MY LABOR STORY!
Saturday nite March 13th, me and Dave decided to stay in a hotel close to the hospital Incase I went into labor, because my DR said she wouldn't doubt if I had the baby sometime during the weekend. My due date was on Monday, March 15th, and my induction date was march 16th. I feel asleep around 12:00am cuz i was having a really bad headache, and for some reason I woke up at 3:30am in a lot of pain in my abdominal area, and i thought i just had to take a poop (haha), so i kept going to the bathroom, so i could try and poop, but nothing was happening. then around 4, i noticed their was some icky blood on my underwear, and it still didn't hit me that I was going into labor. I tried to go back to sleep, but I kept waking up to sharp pains in my back. I tried waking up Dave but he was so exhausted from work, he wouldn't get up. I finally feel asleep, for an hour and then woke up again in a lot of pain. For some reason, it still didn't click that I was going into labor, I guess because I didn't really expect that it was gonna feel like it did. At around 7:30am I woke up Dave crying, he finally jumped out of bed and went right next door, to get his mom. His mom asked me where I felt the pain at and I told her, and she cried and said sweetie your going into labor. I freaked out. I didn't know what the fuck to do. I called my mom and grandma and told them Dave was gonna take me to the hospital, and they said for Dave to call them when the DR's told me what was going on. Well, I got there, and I was in a bitchy ass mood, cuz the contractions hurt, and we had to get registered, which that was really pissing me off, because I wanted to know what was going on. The lady ended up not knowing how to work a computer, and it took a little longer than expected. Finally, I got into a room, and one of the nurses checked to see how far dilated I am, and if I was having any contractions. well I was 4 cm dilated and contractions were every 3-5 minutes. She said that she was gonna come back in, in 30 minutes to see if the contractions were still 3-5 minutes apart, and to see how far I was dilated. Dave asked if they were gonna admit me, and the nurse said yes. So Dave went and picked up his mom, and called my mom and grandma and they said they'd be up to the hospital shortly. I was freaking out for the whole 15 minutes that Dave was gone. I hated being in a hospital alone, it always makes me go crazy. Him and his mom came back and we talked for a little bit (atleast i tried to, cuz the contractions were getting worse, and they made me in a bitchy mood, but right after i had a contraction i was fine) anyways the nurse then showed up to check me, and she said that i was 4 1/2 cm dilated and that they were gonna call the anesthesiologist in, to give me my epidural. I got my epideral early, because the DR's didn't want me to deal with all the stress of the contractions and pushing, because I have a heart problem (pulmonic stenosis) and if my blood pressure gets really high, their could be complications, so shit was I thankful for that! They then put me in the birthing room, and the nurse said she thinks I'd be in labor by 7-8 PM that nite, so I was pretty ecstatic, that it was gonna be over soon, but that was only an estimate, but she believed it was accurate. An hour went by and the anesthesiologist finally arrived, and gave me my epidural. It wasn't as bad as I expected. He poked me with that damn needle 4 times, because he couldn't get in-between my spine. after the 3rd time, he was ready to give up, but I insisted that he continued, there was no way I was gonna do this natural, it hurt WAY to much! So it was around 3, when I got my epidural, and it took about 15 minutes to kick in. I was soooooooooo comfortable after that. The nurse told me she was gonna come in at 4 and check on me and to see how far i was dilated. at around 4:30 she finally showed up and checked me, and said i was 5 cm dilated and she'd come check on me in another hour! I was really happy, because soon it would all be over and I would be able to hold my baby boy! My mom, step dad, my sister and my grandma finally showed up! of course after I was all in pain and wanted to scream at all of them, they show up right when I'm feeling no pain at all. I told them the news, and everyone seemed pretty happy. Dave's mom left, because she thought that I didn't want her to be in the delivery room when I was having the baby, because I was only aloud to have 4 people in the room with me, and she thought that I'd pick Dave, my sister, my mom and my grandma. I didn't find this out till Dave told me after she was already home. I was really pissed off about that because I really wanted her to be there. I told Dave to call her and tell her to come back, she said she'd come back around 7. My mom, grandma, my step dad and sister all went outside to have a cigarette, and an hour went by and they still didn't come back. well come to find out they all went out to dinner! Those ass holes. I was up for 25 hours with nothing to eat, and had no cigarettes. I tried to eat the nite before but I didn't feel good. Anyways they came back around 6 and at 7 the DR came in to check me. I was 6 cm dilated. I started to feel a lot of pressure and a little bit of pain. I asked the nurse to increase the epidural because it was started to hurt, but she said they can't because i wouldn't be able to push when i was supposed to. she told me to lay on my side, to feel more comfortable, so i did as told, and damn was that a mistake, that just made everything worse! i started having the urge to push more and more. all the pressure was killing me, and made me feel real antsy and annoyed. I told the nurse and she said it was normal and that it meant it was almost time. She told me that she would be back in 30 minutes to check on me. 30 minutes goes by, extremely fast, and the nurse finally arrives and checks on me. She said I was 9 cm dilated! so within 45 minutes went from 6 cm to 9 :) She told me that she could feel the babies head and that he had lots of hair! She called my ob to inform her that I was ready, and she would be at the hospital in 20-30 minutes 20 minutes later they started setting everything up, and this is when I got really nervous! I started feeling the pressure really bad now, and I felt the need to push. I yelled at the nurse and told her it was making me uncomfortable and I wanted to push now! she checked me and damnit I was 10 cm dilated!! (the happiest moment ever!) I knew that soon I would be able to see my baby whom I've been dying to meet. Dave's mom and step dad finally got their, right before I'm fixing to have the baby, so it was perfect timing. My ob got there around 8:30, and put on her scrubs, and asked me to push! wow was it hard! After 30 minutes I felt I couldn't do it anymore. They said I wasn't pushing hard enough, and that they had to stop my epidural completely. I was so pissed, but their was no other choice, besides a c-section, and I determined not to do that. The nurses kept talking about a c-section and that's when I began pushing harder. Dave's mom was on my right and Dave was on my left holding my legs. the next contraction I pushed as hard as I could, and the babies head was out! Everyone was telling me he had lots of hair. my little sister was crying because she was so happy, and I kept looking at my mom and grandma and they were in complete shock. Dave had to put the breathing mask on my face and it felt like i couldn't breathe with that damn thing, so i kept yelling at Dave to stop, but they told him not to. the nurse told me she had to use a vacuum to help get him out, and everyone kept telling me that she was really hard on me. she kept shoving her finger in me and that's what mostly hurt. i specifically recall telling the nurse not to set the baby on my chest, because i was gonna freak out, but after 3 more hard pushes the baby came out and he was thrown (not literally) on my chest, and i started screaming and crying saying he was so beautiful. everyone in my family jumped up to look at him. they then put him on the heating table to clean the baby off, and everyone ran to him. I got hugs and kisses from everyone after that. they were saying he was so beautiful. David Allen Sweat was born at 9:25 PM and was 8lbs 6 oz and 20 1/2. He was a tough one to get out and only an hour of pushing, but extremely worth it. I got a lot of condemning from everyone that i didn't have a c-section because he was so big, but damnit i did it! after that everyone left the room so i could get cleaned up, and they went to the nursery. shit I've never seen so many people cry before! it was defiantly magical. everyone gave me a kiss and a hug, and left so i could get some rest, but Dave stayed with me. the nurse helped me to the shower, and then walked me and Dave to my resting room. I was in some serious pain, but i knew the next day was gonna be worse. they gave me some motrin to help with the pain but it didn't help much. Finally at around 10:30 the nurse came in and let me hold the baby for a minute, and said for me and David to rest and that she was gonna be in around 1, 5 and 9 to feed him. i was woken up at 1 to feed my baby, and it was so wonderful. it was nothing I've ever felt before. me and Dave just sat next to each other holding our baby boy. I was told that i had to stay at the hospital for 48 hours, because they have to do a 48 check on the baby. i was really aggitated and very sore. I could barely walk to the bathroom or even stand up. Time went by really slow, and Dave had to go to work at 4, the last day their, so i was crying a lot and really emotional. My mom, sister, cousins and my friend misty came to bring me gifts. they were very compforting. I was very nervous leaving the hospital. it was like i was isolated from the world or something, but i managed. the first week was pleasent, because all my little man did was sleep, but the 2nd week it got harder. he'd cry more, and need more and more. I'm pretty well adjusted to it all now that he's almost a month and a half old. I'm loving every minute of it! sorry for my birth story being so late, I've been really busy with moving and the baby now. I wasn't even gonna do my birth story but I really wanted to share it. I hope you enjoy it! :)