June 29th, Trip's official due date, came and went without event so my doctor scheduled an induction for early in the morning on 7/5. On the night of the 6/30, I got sick and chalked it it to eating too much at dinner with Will's folks. The next morning I woke up at 3:30am sick again and was having contractions 5 minutes apart (some were 2-3 min apart.) Will had to be at work at 4:00am and in all of the frenzy I somehow failed to communicate to him that I was having contractions. My doctor had told me earlier to go to the hospital when I had contractions 5 minutes apart for 2 hours straight. After the first hour of very steady contractions I called Will at work and asked him to come home.
We left for the hospital around 5:30am on 7/1.
We got checked in and went to the triage room where they checked me and found that I was only dilated 3 cm. I begged the nurse to not send me home and she said that they would keep me for a little bit to monitor me and may go ahead and induce me since I was past my due date. The contractions were so strong that I was ready for some pain relief.
I got an epidural at 8:00am and it was wonderful. (Here I am putting on makeup while the monitor in the background shows my contractions.)
The doctor broke my water at 9:00am and by 10:30am I was 10cm dilated and fully effaced.
I started pushing at 10:35am and Trip was born at 12:36pm!
7lbs 6oz, 18.5"
Pink cheeks, 10 little fingers and toes
Our little family!
So I was thinking it all sounded like it moved pretty fast until you said you pushed for TWO hours.
ReplyDeleteSo glad things went smoothly and that you have a healthy little boy! Congratulations!!
Beautiful little boy, Cheryl! So glad that everything went so smoothly. Hope you are enjoying your little man and sleeping when you can!
ReplyDeleteYay!!! Can't wait to come over and see how much Trip has grown in the last few weeks.
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