So on the 22nd of September at 4:00pm Kenny and I arrived at the hospital so that I could be induced. We called and emailed everyone. We both were thinking that within 24-36 hours we should have a baby in our arms. Super Excited!!!
My contractions began around 6pm that evening and everyone stayed home, thank goodness, Kenny and I got to spend some time together and prepare for our little girl. We were up all night, contractions around 5 or so minutes apart, I told Kenny that I wish I could have been doing that at home, it was boring in the hospital bed. Around 5 am I asked for pain meds, morphin. My back labor was getting intense. They kept checking me: 1 to 2 cm. Ugh!
The next morning, the 23rd of September, people started arriving, this was going to take awhile and Kenny needed breakfast and a shower, so my mother in law came in and sat with me. Then my mom and sisters and sister in law visited. My labor pains were getting worse, they began at the side of my stomach and arched around and up my back. People trickled in and kept me company, Kenny took advantage to get out of the room for a bit. It was boring and intense all at the same time. We just wanted her OUT!
Around 3pm that day, I asked everyone to leave and I requested my epidural. My back labor at only 2 cm was terrible. My back was so tight, I couldnt move during contractions. The epidural helped a lot. I got a compliment from Kenny that he was surprised I went so long without the epidural. To be honest I didnt want it at all, but who knew I was going to have back labor? So from them on, I was confined to the bed.
My brother in law and father in law and step mother in law came in, we thought hopefully Ava would come that evening. I kept getting messages for her to hold out until someone's birthday or anniversary. People! LOL
Poor Kenny had to sleep in this recliner looking chair that was too short and very uncomfortable. I think the best thing for him was that his co-workers kept him with good food around dinner time. Contractions kept going, but the pitocin kept messing with Ava. Apparently they wanted me up on level like 25 to 30 and I couldnt get past 12 because Ava couldnt handle it. That was a little scary.
Dr Anderson came in around 11 that evening (still the 23rd) and broke my water, yay! I thought this should get things going a little faster. Nope! At 3am I was still only MAYBE 3 cm at the most. This kid just didnt want to come out. I told Dr Anderson, she was more than welcome to take her. I was all for a c-section at this point. I just wanted her out.
So here we are on the 24th of September. Kenny's family was preparing for a wedding and trying to keep up with what was going on with me. Finally around 11 am, 12 hours after my waters had been broke, I enter ACTIVE labor, as the nurses told me. I was up to 5 cm and things were moving along. Nurse told me she thought Ava would be born by 6 pm. We put everyone on alert. So that evening everyone was at the hospital, waiting. Around 4 that evening I asked for everyone to leave the room, I had had visitors all day and was getting depressed. I just wanted my baby. They kept checking me, I was 7 cm around 6 pm.
So since I kicked everyone out the room, they begin texting me! This made me mad and I made everyone mad by sending a nasty text telling them to STOP!
Dr Anderson and I had lived at this hospital for 3 days, I wanted to leave! She came in around 7 that evening and checked me, almost 9cm. She said she was going to come back around 9 to check me and if I hadnt gotten to 10 cm then we would take c-section.
FINALLY!!!
The nurse that was assigned to me that evening, checked me around every half hour. I was still at 9cm at 9 and 10 pm. So around 10:30-11:00 (24 hours after my water had been broke) Dr Anderson gave the order to begin prepping me for a c-section.
NERVES!!! My mom said the waiting room was a little jumpy by then and when Kenny told them we were going to have a c-section the worry set in. They watched me be wheeled back to the operating room and waited.
11:50 pm on September 24th Ava was born. Lifted out of me and taken to be cleaned up. Kenny stayed with her while they put me back together. I slept for 2 hours in recovery then got transferred to my room.
Shortly after that, I got to see and hold my baby girl. My life was changed, changed forever.
