| During my pregnancy with Rain I had a lot of stressors and I am sure that didn't help when at 8 months I started having strong Braxton hicks contractions. That wasn't so bad until they started coming 8 minutes apart. " More then 5 in an hour... call the doc" I ended up at the LDR ward 3 times before the baby was term. I was so scared. I was put on Terbunaline to stop the labor at 33 weeks and had to stay on it until I was 36 weeks. I thought my heart was going to fly out of my chest and around the room. I went off the Terbunaline at 36 weeks and DIDN'T go into labor. Didn't dilate didn't do much of anything except have these MISERABLE Braxton hicks contractions every 6 minutes for 2 weeks. At the time I was in the Air Force and had a major inspection of a program that only I had control of... (possible stressor???) I would go to work with these contractions and organize the books and get every thing ready... these are the kinds of inspections that end a career and land people at Fort Leavenworth. My supervisor was so scared he was going to deliver the baby on my desk. And I was so miserable. Hot and sweaty. Cramped up all the time... People kept asking if I was in labor I replied yes... It wasn't really a lie and I loved to see their faces... Too funny!!! The day of the inspection came 11-14-2000. And I showed up to work and plopped down at my desk and just and of watched the inspectors rifle through my work and critique it. They would ask questions and I would answer them. After 2 hours of this I noticed that the BH contractions were beginning to hurt just a bit more. And they were still 6 minutes apart so I was down right screwed up. I finally excused myself and told my supervisor that I didn't think I would be reporting for duty again until I was a mommy. He had been anticipating this and sent me home. At 6:00 in the evening I decided that I should go to the hospital and be checked. I thought for sure I was having a baby... No change. My cervix was thick and closed. Thick and closed are the enemies when you hurt like that!!! The had me walk the halls for 2 hours and I would squat and wiggle my booty with the contractions. I looked like a duck in heat or something. Really quite an awful sight. At 9:00 PM they checked my cervix again and I dilated � of a centimeter!!! I think I cussed out everyone in the room. They sent me home to labor in the comforts of my own home and gave me a sedative to help me sleep through the night. I was happy to sleep in my bed because the LDR beds were really horrible. I woke at 6:00 AM with the same pain and thought that any time the pain would get worse... It didn't . Mike went to work and I walked for 2 hours around and around my apartment complex. Thinking about the baby falling out and picturing my cervix opening. Just wanting the real thing to happen. I drove to Sonic for some chili cheese fries and a milk shake. I sat and watched a baby story and I cried real hard when the baby was born. I was so angry that these women had their babies and I was just contracting. I had gotten so used to this that I stopped timing them. I called my mother and she pointed out to me that I was stifled and unable to talk about every 3 minutes. 3 MINUTES!!!! I had to be in labor!!!!!! I called Mike at work and told him to come get me to go to the hospital. I actually said "it's time" At the hospital I waddled in beaming. I knew I had been victorious!! I was in labor!!!! I........ hadn't dilated even a millimeter!!!!! I told the doctor she was wrong this was just unfair. I couldn't do this for many more days. I would quite literally lose my mind. They decided to keep me. The Cirvidil went in at 7 PM. The HORRIBLE PAINS came at 7:01!!! NOW I WAS IN LABOR!!!! All of the previous contractions may as well have been a feather tickler. Oh my God!!!!! After an hour I had to pee. So I waddled to the potty and when I peed I had a contraction and I was so mad for ever getting out of bed because now I had to sit on the toilet during a contraction. When I looked into the toilet here was like... well a pint of blood from the looks of it. I freaked!!!!!! Then I threw up! Now I didn't know about any of this stuff and thought for sure I was dying or already dead and in hell. Once the really painful contractions kicked in they didn't let up. A minute apart lasting a minute and a half!!! I kept asking the nures if this was normal and why did it hurt so bad? Dumb huh? At 8:30ish I rememeber having to go pee again and getting up to do so. I trickled like 3 drops of pee then halfway to the bed I had another contraction and had to pee!!! I was so frustrated. I called the nurse in and asked why it felt like I had to pee all of the time she said. " I better check you " Well my thick hard cervix had now dilated 4 cm with a bulging bag. She said this was one of the fastest 1st time labors she had seen. I looked he square in the eye and hollered. EPIDURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said "I don't blame you!!!" At 9:00 The epidural was in and I was apologizing to everyone in the room. It was really funny. I slept until about 2:00AM on the 16th. The nurse then informed me that it was once again time to be checked because Rain's heartbeat was listing with each contraction and that of course made me nervous. Well luckily I was 10 cm! Time to push. One problem.... My epidural was so strong I felt literally nothing. The nurses shouted at me to push and why wasn't I pushing at the right times and It was just plain frightening. I was so angryI finally said "I don't f*****g know when to push!" Right at the doctor! She screamed " Someone put your hand on her stomach and tell her when to push!" And 3 Pushes later my little angel arrived. Along with the help of forceps and a class 3 episiotomy. Heck I was numb! Rain made not one squeak and they were so concerned about her little heart they forgot to tell me if it was a boy or girl! I "knew" it was a girl from the U/S but you never really know til they're out. She had nines on her apgars and hardly squeaked!! She is so beautiful. She is still beautiful. |
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| BC Screen Name: Lillian Gilkes Email: [email protected] Est. Due Date: Children and Birthdays: Rain 11-15-02 |
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