So we finally got to meet baby Schafer!!
His due date was Saturday the 18th and that came and went without event... I was having contractions though on and off even before the due date, they just weren't the kind that were doing anything!
The week after my due date I went into the doctor for two appointments and at both of them, they monitored the baby to make sure everything was alright and he was great, perfectly healthy both times. He just really like me. :)
So our doctor decided that if he hadn't made his appearance by Monday the 27th we should come in at 7:30am to be induced. I really didn't want this because I didn't want pitocin to start my labor I wanted it to start on it's own.
Well on Monday morning, jimmy and I woke up and went and had breakfast at the Egg Plantation (it was amazing...) and headed to the hospital. We were a little late so I called Labor and Delivery to let them know and the charge nurse told me that they were REALLY backed up and I would be waiting for a while since they didn't have a bed for me. If I didn't want to wait, I could come back after lunch. Sounded good to me so we turned around and went home.
Jimmy and I both took a three hour nap and then woke up around 12, ate lunch and headed to the hospital at 1. When we got there, we still had to wait for a bit to get checked in and put in a room. We got to the room around 2:30 and I requested that the doctor break my water first to see if labor would start on it's own. So at about 3:45 the doctor came in and checked me, I was at 2cm and so he broke my water and said he'd be back.
I had no pain really at this time but steady contraction that really weren't doing much.
At 8:30 I was 3.5 to 4 cm so the doc said he wanted to give me pitocin. So by 9:00 I started having painful contractions.
I was doing fine for about 45 minutes and then the pain started to compound VERY quickly. I had had Connor with pitocin and no epidural so I knew what to expect in the pain department. I thought that maybe I just didn't remember well but I was hurting! I started to tell Jimmy that this pain was different and I needed pain meds. He was trying to be the good supportive husband and tell me that it was ok and I didn't need it, I could do this. I was pleading with him as the pain was becoming more severe.
At 10:30 I asked for them to check me and I told Jimmy that if I wasn't at at least 6cm I was getting an epidural. They came and checked and I was at 7cm! This was actually NOT good news to me but that's what I said so I was going to stick with it. I tried to keep going and went through about 2 more contractions and I started to convulse uncontrollably, sweat profusely, I couldn't open my eyes and when I did, things started to go black. I thought, I'm going to pass out! I kept telling Jimmy that I needed his approval and I didn't want to get pain meds without him saying it was ok but at that point, I told the nurses I needed pain medication. They brought in the anesthesiologist but at that point, my pain wasn't stopping long enough to get it done without a contraction. I was still shaking uncontrollably, I was pretty nervous, hoping that he'd be able to do it well.
He did a great job and got the pain medication in me. It didn't stop my pain though. My legs were numb and it brought my pain level down to about a 5 from a 10 which I was very grateful for and was bearable. I got the epidural at about 11:30pm. I was still in pain but time was passing quickly. Schafer's heart rate kept dropping and the nurse said that this baby might have the cord wrapped around his neck as well. They kept flipping me over from laying on my left side to my right side. At around 1am, I was at 9cm and they had taken me off of the pitocin. My contractions were still coming about every 3 minutes but I wasn't feeling them at all, I could only feel this dull continual pain in my abdomen.
Schafer's heart rate dropped again and this time it wasn't going back up. The nurse said to call the doctor. She checked and I was about 9.5cm and at phase 1 but Schafer wasn't recovering very well. Then about 5 nurses came into the room and started doing things it kind of a flurry. The head nurse said, "Did you tell the doctor he needs to come right now!?". Soon after that, the doctor showed up and told me that the baby needed to come out and I needed to push. He told me to take a deep breath and push as hard as I could. Well up until that point I hadn't tried to take a deep breath so didn't realize I couldn't! I couldn't even push for 10 seconds as the nurse counted I could only make it to about 6 or 7 and had to take another breath to keep pushing. She counted to ten 5 times (which should have been 5 big pushed but ended up as about 8.5 half strength ones) and Schafer came out all blue. His color recovered quickly and he soon began to cry, which was a wonderful sound!
I was doing fine for about 45 minutes and then the pain started to compound VERY quickly. I had had Connor with pitocin and no epidural so I knew what to expect in the pain department. I thought that maybe I just didn't remember well but I was hurting! I started to tell Jimmy that this pain was different and I needed pain meds. He was trying to be the good supportive husband and tell me that it was ok and I didn't need it, I could do this. I was pleading with him as the pain was becoming more severe.
At 10:30 I asked for them to check me and I told Jimmy that if I wasn't at at least 6cm I was getting an epidural. They came and checked and I was at 7cm! This was actually NOT good news to me but that's what I said so I was going to stick with it. I tried to keep going and went through about 2 more contractions and I started to convulse uncontrollably, sweat profusely, I couldn't open my eyes and when I did, things started to go black. I thought, I'm going to pass out! I kept telling Jimmy that I needed his approval and I didn't want to get pain meds without him saying it was ok but at that point, I told the nurses I needed pain medication. They brought in the anesthesiologist but at that point, my pain wasn't stopping long enough to get it done without a contraction. I was still shaking uncontrollably, I was pretty nervous, hoping that he'd be able to do it well.
He did a great job and got the pain medication in me. It didn't stop my pain though. My legs were numb and it brought my pain level down to about a 5 from a 10 which I was very grateful for and was bearable. I got the epidural at about 11:30pm. I was still in pain but time was passing quickly. Schafer's heart rate kept dropping and the nurse said that this baby might have the cord wrapped around his neck as well. They kept flipping me over from laying on my left side to my right side. At around 1am, I was at 9cm and they had taken me off of the pitocin. My contractions were still coming about every 3 minutes but I wasn't feeling them at all, I could only feel this dull continual pain in my abdomen.
Schafer's heart rate dropped again and this time it wasn't going back up. The nurse said to call the doctor. She checked and I was about 9.5cm and at phase 1 but Schafer wasn't recovering very well. Then about 5 nurses came into the room and started doing things it kind of a flurry. The head nurse said, "Did you tell the doctor he needs to come right now!?". Soon after that, the doctor showed up and told me that the baby needed to come out and I needed to push. He told me to take a deep breath and push as hard as I could. Well up until that point I hadn't tried to take a deep breath so didn't realize I couldn't! I couldn't even push for 10 seconds as the nurse counted I could only make it to about 6 or 7 and had to take another breath to keep pushing. She counted to ten 5 times (which should have been 5 big pushed but ended up as about 8.5 half strength ones) and Schafer came out all blue. His color recovered quickly and he soon began to cry, which was a wonderful sound!
The little monster pooped right as he was coming out though so he was
covered in poop!!! He stunk so badly! :) They put him on my chest and
the first thing he did was grab the scissors that were holding his belly
button. This kid is boy through and through from the moment he was
born!
He was 8lbs 6.2oz, 20.75" long with a 13.5 head circumference.
His hair was dark on top but blonde around the edges and his eyes were a blue/green color.
Daddy stayed with his as the nurses checked him out and got him all cleaned up.
Grandma helped give him his first bath, which he needed badly!
Schafer was SUPER alert with his eyes wide open, looking at everything, including his adoring daddy.
Grandma was pretty excited he was here! :)
I'm pretty sure I was most excited though... :)
You need to read the REST of the story to understand the pain problem... that's in Schafer Saga Part II.
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