This month has been crazy getting used to my new reality, I forgot to put my labor story so for anyone interested, here it goes! :)
So it was Sunday morning 5am and I thought I was dreaming I was having contractions, but I guess the pain woke me up and they actually were contractions. I went to the bathroom and I had a bunch of brown pinkish discharge, I was 40 weeks already and getting induced the next day so I just wiped and went back to bed. I tried going back to sleep but the contractions kept waking me up. So I opened the contraction app on my phone, I set it aside and tried to sleep again and everytime one would wake me up, I clicked the app and kept track of them. They were coming every 5-6 minutes, not too painful but strong enough to wake me up and make me hold my breath. About 30 minutes went by and now they were coming every 3-4 minutes, same amount of pain. So I got out of bed, started to get the diaper bag, checking to make sure I had everything, I got my bag packed (I was walking around so that they would either go away or become stronger). So then I got in the shower and I thought the shower should make them go away like they always do if they're BH. So I was in the shower and they actually started getting more painful, that's when I knew it was time, when one contraction made me bend over in pain and tears came out. I got out of the shower, got ready, still having the brown discharge. We headed to the hospital, stopped to have breakfast, and the pain wouldn't even let me eat. I got to L&D and they put me on the monitor, and to my luck the contractions slowed down, they were coming every 5-6-7 minutes. I was still only dilated to a 3 so they sent me for a walk around the hospital to make me dilate. I walked for over an hour, came back and still only 3cm, still contracting but irregularly. The nurse left and came back with my discharge papers and some Tylenol ready to send me home. I was like whaaat? I knew I was in labor, she knew I was in labor but I have to be either 5-6cm or consistent contractions 3-4 mins apart. I told her I was not going home to just have to drive back up there later on that day, I was getting induced the next day so why not just keep me? So I told her to hold off on the papers and that I was gonna go for another walk. So I went and found some stairs and walked up and down for an hour, my feet were soo swollen right after and my hands got swollen as well! I went back and finally I was almost 5cm! So they admitted me and took me to my room. They were going to start pitocin but they decided to let my body do it on it's own first. My contractions were coming every 4-5 minutes now, and getting more and more painful. I held off on the epidural at first, I was handling it pretty good. It was around 9pm almost 10pm when they came and checked my cervix, by this time I was almost crying from the pain, contracting every 2-3 minutes now, they checked me but the nurse said she couldn't find my cervix! She went out and got another nurse and she came and checked and she said I was tightening up my cervix but that I was about 5cm. I was in so much pain though I decided to get the epidural because I was still 5cm and I could hardly take it anymore. Getting the epidural and a contraction at the same time is horrible!! I couldn't even move so I was just biting that pillow as hard as I could! After the epidural they checked my cervix and I was 8cm! They broke my water, then I started shaking sooo badly, I was so cold and literally shivering and just shaking horribly! I thought I had a reaction to the epidural, but they said it was normal and that it meant I was almost ready to push, they brought the recieving blankets in, they brought the weighing machine in, they checked me again and I was 9cm almost ready. Like 5 minutes later my doctor came in all dressed up, checked my cervix and I was finally 10cm, they turned those big bright lights on, they put my legs up, one nurse holding my left leg and my hubby holding my right leg, and the pushing began. Four hard pushes later and my baby boy was born at 11:45pm 8 pounds 12 ounces, 22 inches long. I had a little tear, my doctor put 3 stitches and it was all over! Second happiest moment of my life! When they put my baby on my stomach and I heard his little cry, omg I started crying with him, happy happy tears though! When my hubby cut his umbilical cord, he started crying! I know this is long but thats my labor story :)