We got to the hospital�got checked in and they put me in triage. They checked my cervix there and told me I was almost a 5 and said that we were going to be having our baby! Then came the first scare�the bump we were told was the baby's behind for the last 4 weeks, the nurse said was her head. They brought in the ultrasound machine and the nurse said, "Yup, that's her head, she's laying sideways." I was so confused! They all told us that they could feel her head�and she said all she could see was her heart right there�How could they mistake her chest for her head?! They had Jason fill out all the paperwork for the c-section, they were ready to rush me in there�then she comes in one last time and looks again and says oh look, I had it tilted when I was seeing her heart�if I put it this way it is her head. Talk about being scared!
They asked then if I wanted the epidural and I told them yes. By the time he got there to give it to me, it was about 6:30 and I was at 6 cms. The anesthesiologist came in and started to look my back�he told me because of my weight, it was going to be difficult to get the needle in. He numbed me, put the needle in, hit bone and tried again. He tried 7 times before asking if they had a longer needle for the numbing�at this point I looked up and Jason was sitting on the floor white as a ghost. He got it after 3 more tries�then I was in heaven, lol.
Jason's parents got there about 9:30 or 10 a.m. At 11 they decided to go ahead and break my water since I was stuck at 6 still. They came in and broke it, then started me on pitocin immediately. Jason's step dad and our niece, Amber, went to get something to eat at this point. I fell asleep for the next hour, and woke up and was feeling my contractions. I called the nurse to tell them, they came in and told me I was almost at a 9. They uped my epidural and came back about 12:30 and said I was almost at 10 cms. but the baby was high yet and had to move down, if I felt the urge to push, let them know. Five minutes later�.I called them saying I felt the urge. My nurse came in a few minutes later and told me I can bare down, but don't push yet�she got the bed all ready and called for the equipment. Once it was all set up, she told me we were going to start pushing. I pushed for all of 20 minutes and Jason's mom said at this point she could see her head with a little finger sticking out. About this time, Jason's step dad and Amber came back and got the shock of their life, lol.
The nurse called for back up and the doctor at this point since they were sure it'd be soon�well the tech gets there and then the front desk calls and says that the doctor said don't push, and he's on his way. He's the one that said the baby's head had to move down when I was 10 cms, and he left?! So then they told me not to push�.which if I didn't have that epidural, that would of never happened. We waited for the doctor for 45 minutes, he ended up being across town delivering a baby�can't be mad at him for that =) He got there, I pushed through 2 contractions and he said that she would be born on the next contraction. The nurses told Jason they'd hold my legs and he could go watch�and he was right! 3 pushes in and her head came out, her cord was wrapped around her neck once. Then he had me push again, and I delivered the rest of her! It wasn't until the shoulders came out that I tore. They offered to Jason for him to cut the cord, which he had said he didn't want to�if they had asked one more time I think he would of done it�but they offered it to his mom and she did it, so that was cool. =) I delivered the placenta right after�what a relieving feeling =) Then he sewed me up and we got to hold her =) She was born at 1:59 p.m. central time. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and 20 � inches long. It was so amazing�we didn't even realize we weren't letting anyone else hold her until they took her away and Jason's mom mentioned that she hadn't held her.
They came and got her 2 hours after she was born and said they'd give her a bath and then after a couple of hours she could come back. Well, the nurse came back in and said she wouldn't be back tonight cause her pulsox was wavering between 95 and 80. It should be at a 100. They had to put her on oxygen. They also told us she had a murmur, which I had one and so did my mother so we figure it's nothing to worry about. They said that Jason was welcome to come visit her but I couldn't until my I.V. was out�so I didn't get to see her until 11 p.m. that night.
We went to visit her on the morning of the 28th. She looked great! The pediatrician came in 2 hours later to tell us they took her off the oxygen cause she was doing so well�but when they did that her pulsox dropped again. They decided to take her to the NICU in the next town for an e.k.g. to make sure everything's okay.
They let me go before my 24 hours was up to be with her. When we arrived they said her murmur sounded great since they moved her and that she hadn't needed to be on oxygen since she arrived! She looked great, there didn't even look like there was a reason for her to be there, lol. I even got to breast feed her while we were there. All she had was her I.V. of antibiotics at that point. They did her e.k.g and it could be back anytime between the 29th and the 31st of July�then hopefully she'll get to come home with us! We have to take a cpr class before she leaves�which we're scheduled for the 30th, so I'm sure it will be at least then.