We were schedule to be induced on March 21st. So
on March 20th my mom and step dad drove in so they would be here if
we got a call in the middle of the night. We had a call time from 4am- 8am to
come in. We did not get a call until 11:00 am to come in to start the process.
I was 39 weeks and my doctor was on call so I was excited because I really love
my Dr. He is in a big practice so the chances of getting your dr is slim. So we
went in at 11:00 and started all the paperwork and getting the process started.
They started me with Pitocin and bag od fluids. My doctor’s
order was to up the Pitocin every 30 minutes. I was not really feeing any
contractions so I got up and was walking the hall. I walked the hall for about
30 minutes and then they upped the Pitocin. Then my contractions were coming
ever minute but still were not strong enough that my Dr. wanted. I then rested
and at about 3:00pm my Dr. wanted to brake my water. So he wanted to know if I
wanted the epidural before or after. I wanted to go ahead and see how the
contractions would be before I got the epidural. So at 3:30pm they broke my
water. My contractions started coming on pretty good and was every 1-2 minutes.
I then got my epidural and went from 4cm to 6cm. I then stayed at 6cm for
several of hours. At 5:30 my Dr. wanted to talk about a c section, but I still
wanted to try to have the baby vaginal since I had my first one vaginal. My Dr.
suggested to get the peanut ball and lay on my side and switch sides every 30 minutes.
At 6:00 I started the peanut ball and switched sides every
30 minutes until about 8:00. I started to feel a lot of pressure and my nurse
came in to check me and I was at 10 cm and was ready to start pushing. So around 8:30 I started pushing every
contraction. The baby was coming and they could see the babies hair, but every
time I would push the baby would come then would slip back up and was not
making progress down. I pushed for about an hour and half and was starting to
get so tired and so much back labor pain that I was in such pain. My Dr. came
in and put an internal monitor on me and the baby to make sure we were all ok.
Baby Porter’s heart rate was dropping every time I was pushing and my oxygen
level was getting low. So my dr. came in and told me I have 2 options that I
can rest for an hour and we would push again or I can have a c section. He told
me that he was unsure that after we got the head out that he could get the
shoulders and arms out. He told me the risk that they might have to brake the
arm, paralyze the arm or even the shoulder could break if they could not get
him out. I started to freak out and was
already in so much pain with back labor and neck pain from pushing so much. So I
called the dr back in and told him let’s go ahead and do the c section. So they
rushed in and prepared me so fast I don’t even remember everything that was
happening. Later to find out the babies’ heart rate was dropping and my dr was
already preparing for a section.
I signed all the paper worked and they got me prepared and
ready for c section. They told my husband and family that after surgery Porter
and daddy would go back to post op for 45 minutes and then I would have to go
to recovery for an hour and then they would move us to a room and they could
see the baby. We went in for c section at 11:45pm. When we got back in the room
all I remember was how white/cold the room was. They got everything ready and
they were doing test cuts to see if I could feel anything, I was able to feel
everything so they told me there was no more medicine that they could give me
they were going to have to put me out. I was so scared because if they put me
out Jeff could not come back. So they tired one last thing and was able to get
it under controlled. They told me that I would feel a lot of pressure and man
where they right… I felt like someone was ripping me apart and pulling my
stomach apart. They told me that my c section was a little different because I
had already pushed and the baby was in the birth canal and they had to push him
back into my stomach to get him out. The rest was a blur and Porter was born
March 22 at 12:10 am weighing 7lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long.
