Okay, so a lot has happened this week, I need to back track.
After a weekend on bedrest I called my doctor on Monday (2/14) He recommended I just stay on bedrest for Monday and come see him for my scheduled checkup the next day. So I went in Tuesday (2/15) and first order of business was to check my blood pressure. It was still elevated and he immediately said I need to get induced so I can have the baby to be safe. I was scheduled to go in at 1:00am on Thursday 2/17 to Banner Estrella Hospital to begin the process and until then remain on bedrest. When the time came for me to go to the hospital for my induction they let me know that they were just too full with women already in labor and I would be delayed, for how long, they didn't know. I was told to just wait. By mid afternoon Thursday my doctor called me and told me that Banner Estrella was so backed up that they may not even get to my induction until Monday or Tuesday and because of my bloodpressure he didn't want to wait. So we moved my induction to West Valley Hospital in Goodyear (closer to home actually) and they would be able to check me in that night. So Thursday night at 10:30 (2/17) I was admitted to West Valley Hospital to begin the process. So here is the timeline of my labor and delivery... It was a slow start but got very exciting very fast.
Thursday night 2/17 10:30pm - Check in, get into my room, have bloodwork done, insert my IV, complete medical history questioning.
Friday 2/18 1:00am - I was given a gel in my cervix called Prostaglandin Gel, this gel helps you to begin having contractions and soften your cervix. I was asked to spend one hour in bed, one hour walking, then another hour in bed (3 hours total). I started having small contractions right away.
4:00am - I was checked by the nurse and I was 2 cm dilated. She gave me another gel treatment and followed the same 3 hour - bed, walk, bed routine.
7:00am - I was checked again and I was 2.5 cm dilated. I figured since I had not made much progress with the 2nd gel treatment I would be in for a long labor.... But things changed very quickly. Around 7:15 they started me on pitocin and my contractions instantly got a little more strong.
8:00am - The nurse told me my doctor was on his was to come break my water and also asked me if I needed anything for pain. I knew I wanted and epidural eventually but wasnt sure when to get it. She said I could have it anytime I wanted, but if I knew 100% I was going to have one either way I should just get it early and avoid too much pain. So we agreed to just call for the anesthesiologist and see when he could come. Well he wasnt doing anything so he was there really quickly. My doctor actually showed up at the same time. I had my water broken first and then they started my epidural. Thank goodness I agreed to have the epidural done when I did because once my water was broken I was instantly sent into hard contractions. The process to get the epidural took a little bit and I was contracting the whole time, so I was thankful when it began to work.
9:00am - My epidural was gradually taking away my pain and I was preparing to settle in to get some rest from a sleepless night of walking the halls of the hospital. But there was one spot on my right side that the pain just wouldnt go away. So I let the nurse know.
9:30am - My nurse came to check on me and my pain that wasnt going away. She checked me at the same time and I WAS 9 CM!!!!! (only 1 hour after having my water broken I went from 3cm-9cm) I was in shock! She told them to call my doctor to get ready for delivery. I stopped her and said "Please, you need to call the anesthesiologist to fix my epidural, I dont want to push until it is working all the way." She went and got him very quickly for me and he gave me some more medicine and ahhhhhhhh........ relief!
10:00am -I had 1 more centimeter to go so I took advantage and rested a little. The room began to fill with nurses, my mom arrived, and then my doctor. He checked me and I was ready to push!!!! Oh my gosh! This was it!!!!
10:30am - They got me in position and the nurse explained to me what was going to happen and told me how to push. They had me do a couple "practice" pushes. Turns out I was a really good pusher, my doctor told me he was impressed. Arturo and I think I pushed about 5 times, it happened very fast. Then at 10:54am on February 18th, Sabrina was born!!!! It was so amazing! They put her on my chest and the first thing I said was "SHE LOOKS EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED SHE WOULD!" My doctor laughed. Then I said "That was so easy! I did it!" I watched Arturo cut the umbilical cord I helped wipe her off and they took her to be evaluated. She scored two 9's for her apgars She was 19 1/4 inches long and weighed a petiete 6lbs 3oz.
We stayed in the hospital for 48 hours after the birth and just got home yesterday. Life is good as parents so far. Sabrina is very good at breastfeeding and loves to cuddle. She does not like having a dirty diaper and lets us know very quickly when she needs a change. She has really big beautiful eyes and likes to be propped up on a pillow on my lap and we just stare at eachother and I talk to her. Arturo has 2 weeks off of work to help me around the house and spend time with Sabrina, we are enjoying our time together as a new family.
One cool thing about the hospital I delivered at is they send a professional photographer to your room and they take pictures of you and your baby. They did an AMAZING job! Here are some of the images.
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