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Well, so Sunday night we had to be at the hospital at 8pm. We got checked in and around 10pm they inserted the pill to dialate and soften my cervix. Before they did that, they checked my cervix which was really high still and only 1 cm. dialated. Then they gave me Restoril (sp?) to help me sleep. Anywho.. they started the Pitocin at 4am! When they checked my cervix around 5 or 6, I was only dialated at 2 and my cervix was still pretty high. I was eating ice chips like crazy because I was hungry and then they decided to put a Catheter in because I couldn't use the bed pan. It DIDN'T hurt and WASN'T/ISN'T sore! I was so nervous about that.
My doc. came around 7am and broke my water, even though I was still barely dialated at 2. I don't remember what time it was exactly that I started having painful contractions, but they came eventually. They had had me on the IV for fluids and antibiotics since Sunday night, so I asked for a little something for pain, mainly because I had a headache. They gave me Stadol, which helped a lot. Then I think it was around noon they went to put the Epidural in. Heh heh. GOSH that HURT! Mark had went to go get something to eat, so I was stuck there leaning on the nurse and she poked me TWICE because she missed the space it was supposed to go in. The local anesthetic didn't really do anything but sting like a bee. I felt the pressure, and Mark walked in and saw the needle apparently, and had to sit down, he almost passed out. lol. But my arms were shaking and I was biting my lip and almost cried,.. but eventually she got it in and I felt better. Then throughout the day I had about 3 or 4 doses of the Epi. Mark sat by me after they got it in and was like "I'm so sorry that hurt". heh.
Anyways.. so.. I made a BIG mistake apparently while I was sitting in the hospital. One time, I went an HOUR with NO epidural, and went through those contractions (which were mainly in my lower back and way low on my pelvis) .. and another time I went half an hour through the most painful ones, where i almost started crying. They got on to me for that and said that I should never sit there with the pain and let my epidural go completely dry like I did. Ooops!
Well, I had to see a diff. doc. because mine had left. But Dr. Cardenas who delivered my baby was REALLY nice the whole time and tried to encourage us. hehe. To make a long story short, I wouldn't dialate past 4. And even then, I was barely AT a 4. baby's head was bullet shaped they said (and he was like that when he was born, but now it's normal and so cute) and that even if he did come down and I had dialated, I wouldn't have been able to deliver him. THEN they came and said that I probably wouldn't ever be able to deliver Vaginally like I wanted to because my birth canal is pretty small and that even if Samuel was born a week or 2 earlier, he still would have been too big. (His daddy has a big head/body, tho, lol). So around 5:30pm Monday they decided that I had to have a C-Section.
Mark was excited, but got REALLY dissappointed when they said he wouldn't be able to cut the cord. My mom was upset because she was scared about the C-Section and new I really didn't want one. I cried a little bit, too. So they got us all dressed up and ready to go.. but as they were wheeling me in there, I COULD NOT stop shaking because of my nerves. This happened a LOT that night. But eventually I stopped.
When we were in there, Mark kept kissing my head, but he never sat down once he was just watching the whole thing waiting for them to get him out. And when they FINALLY did, he took like tons of pictures and then went out with them to clean him up. I don't remember if he said anything to me or not. lol. When they showed him to me, all i said was "he's not as big as I thought he'd be" and "he looks just like Mark". hehe.
Anywho.. I had a hard time with the pain afterwards, and still am. I literally can't breathe every time I get up and my chest feels like it's tightening, even WITH my inhalor. I'm not sure why it does that. But I've been walking around lots and feel like I'm about to die it hurts. lol.
So, yeah. I had to wait about 20 minutes to see Mark after they got me in my recovery room deal. He was taking pictures and holding the baby. EVERYONE told me that he just had tears rolling down his face (he said he probably wouldn't cry! but he did!). When I finally saw Mark, he couldn't stop smiling and kissing me and saying he loved me and that I did a good job. It was so cute. He kept saying that the baby's perfect.
So.. baby Samuel's APGARS were 8 & 9. And he weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and was 21 inches long. His head measured 14 1/2 in!! and his chest measured 14 1/4 in.
He's only woken up 1-2 times during the night and sleeps most of the time. He watches Mark wherever he goes and only cries when he's hungry. So.. I think he's pretty much perfect for me. lol.
I'll have pictures up soon, I just have to get them downloaded.
Oh, his hair's brown and his eyes are dark blue. I'm anxious to see what color they'll turn out to be.
Congratulations. Now that I think of it, I have never really thought to understand this apgar score business. All I know is that they tell me the aprgar score was great for both children at 9-9 and I dont bother much. dah!
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Kel: Blessed mom to:
Precious - 7 yrs old
Trinity - 5 yrs old
Jordan - 3 yrs old
Children are an inheritance from the Lord. The fruit of the womb a reward.
