Here is Ava's Birth Story, she came on friday, sept 29th
I went in for the cervical ripening gel, at 9am, not too much happened, i had a few contractions through out the day but nothing different from usual. After they insert the gel you lay there for an hour, so they can montitor the babies heartrate, and you have the button, so you can press it everytime the baby moves. They also monitor your contractions on the screen.
After i got out of there, i came home and hung out with Jordan and my mom and sister. Mike came home at 4 drove me back to my appointment, this time i had the gel inserted at about 4:15 or so, and within minutes i had contractions that were 3 minutes apart, not too bad though, but worse than the fake one's i had been getting. I had to lay there for an hour again, the nurse was really nice so we just chatted away, she guessed that i would have the baby that night but she said sometimes she is wrong, and she dident know if it would be before or after midnight.
I went out side and waited for mike to come get me, they were getting worse, and i phoned him a few times and told him to hurry, traffic was super bad, and we had to take the long way home, i was having pretty painful contractions in the truck because i couldent move around, mike wanted to turn around and go back to the hospital but i said they would just send us home, so we might as well go home so i could go in the shower and be more comfortable( i wasnt allowed to have a bath because of the gel)
We got home, i think it was about 6ish, i had a shower for awhile, then went back and forth from my room to the living room, contractions were every 3 minutes but they were not too bad, i could still handle them pretty well.
Mike kept telling me we should go to the hospital, but i would tell him that they were not bad enough yet, so we might as well just stay home for another hour or so. Jordan was at my mom's house throughout this, i dident want him to see me in pain. I told mike we should go for a walk in the back yard to make the contractions stronger, but he just kept telling me that we had to go to the hospital, finally i gave in, when we got into the truck (with the garbage bag and towel under me) it was the first day i rode in mike's new truck lol. I called the hospital, by this point they were 2 minutes apart, they told me too come in and get checked out. We stopped at the gas stations, and they started becoming quite painful, i had 3 contractions while mike was pumping gas, because they were 2 min apart and lasting for almost 90 seconds each i only had about 30 seconds in between, the hospital is mabe 15 minutes away, and i think we got there around 7:45, it took me a few minutes to walk in because i kept having to stop to have another contraction. We made it to the ward, and they told me to wait in the waiting area, so there i am, having horrible contractions at this point, waiting with a bunch of people that are there waiting to visit people, im sure they were looking at me like i was some freak who couldent handle early labor, lol. I kept telling mike, find out where the bathroom is i have to go, finally after like 5 minutes he told a nurse, and i went in, by that point it was super crazy pain, and i was just sitting on the toilet, making crying noises every contraction, mike came in and he said he was going to get a nurse, the nurse came a few contractions later, and took me to a bed that was were they find out how far dialated you are, i couldent even get my pants of the nurse and mike had too, she checked me and i was only 3cm with my water bag bulging, i was like WHAT!!! i kept saying im not going to be able to do this without drugs if im only 3cm and it hurts to bad, i need a epidural. Then they had to walk me to the hospital room where i would deliver and stay, that was really hard, i kept stopping for contractions, we got in the room and i told mike to start the shower, she said she had to do something?? so i had to lay down first, then i kept saying i have to go to the bathroom, and the nurse said well i better check you again, so you dont have the baby on the toilet, at that point i was 5cm, mike called me mom and told her to hurry, and she was there almost right away, about a minute later they checked me again and i was 7 cm, and i was saying i had to push, at this point there were 3 nurses there and they were getting everything set up and waiting for the doctor, i started pushing about a minute later when the doctor was just getting here gown and gloves on, One push and the head was out, but they kept yelling at me to stop pushing, since her cord was around her neck, so the doctor cut it and then one more push and she was out, she was on my belly for a short while, maybe 10-30 seconds, im not really sure, it's all blurry now. And then since she wasnt crying the took her to the warming table and rubbed her down and got her crying. her weight was 7p 11 o, and she was 21 inches. i was only in that room for 7 minutes before she was out.. Too me she looks tiny. She is so beautiful and has dark hair, blue eyes so far, but they will be brown soon im sure, such a little sweetie. She had bruises on her face the first day, because of the fast birth, but they cleared up fast. I never even got changed into the hospital gown, i had here in my shirt and bra still on.
I only needed 10 stitches for my tears. So im doing pretty good. We came home the next night around 9:30, since they needed the room for other people, me and mike were bored and i really missed Jordan so i was glad to come home.
I went in for the cervical ripening gel, at 9am, not too much happened, i had a few contractions through out the day but nothing different from usual. After they insert the gel you lay there for an hour, so they can montitor the babies heartrate, and you have the button, so you can press it everytime the baby moves. They also monitor your contractions on the screen.
After i got out of there, i came home and hung out with Jordan and my mom and sister. Mike came home at 4 drove me back to my appointment, this time i had the gel inserted at about 4:15 or so, and within minutes i had contractions that were 3 minutes apart, not too bad though, but worse than the fake one's i had been getting. I had to lay there for an hour again, the nurse was really nice so we just chatted away, she guessed that i would have the baby that night but she said sometimes she is wrong, and she dident know if it would be before or after midnight.
I went out side and waited for mike to come get me, they were getting worse, and i phoned him a few times and told him to hurry, traffic was super bad, and we had to take the long way home, i was having pretty painful contractions in the truck because i couldent move around, mike wanted to turn around and go back to the hospital but i said they would just send us home, so we might as well go home so i could go in the shower and be more comfortable( i wasnt allowed to have a bath because of the gel)
We got home, i think it was about 6ish, i had a shower for awhile, then went back and forth from my room to the living room, contractions were every 3 minutes but they were not too bad, i could still handle them pretty well.
Mike kept telling me we should go to the hospital, but i would tell him that they were not bad enough yet, so we might as well just stay home for another hour or so. Jordan was at my mom's house throughout this, i dident want him to see me in pain. I told mike we should go for a walk in the back yard to make the contractions stronger, but he just kept telling me that we had to go to the hospital, finally i gave in, when we got into the truck (with the garbage bag and towel under me) it was the first day i rode in mike's new truck lol. I called the hospital, by this point they were 2 minutes apart, they told me too come in and get checked out. We stopped at the gas stations, and they started becoming quite painful, i had 3 contractions while mike was pumping gas, because they were 2 min apart and lasting for almost 90 seconds each i only had about 30 seconds in between, the hospital is mabe 15 minutes away, and i think we got there around 7:45, it took me a few minutes to walk in because i kept having to stop to have another contraction. We made it to the ward, and they told me to wait in the waiting area, so there i am, having horrible contractions at this point, waiting with a bunch of people that are there waiting to visit people, im sure they were looking at me like i was some freak who couldent handle early labor, lol. I kept telling mike, find out where the bathroom is i have to go, finally after like 5 minutes he told a nurse, and i went in, by that point it was super crazy pain, and i was just sitting on the toilet, making crying noises every contraction, mike came in and he said he was going to get a nurse, the nurse came a few contractions later, and took me to a bed that was were they find out how far dialated you are, i couldent even get my pants of the nurse and mike had too, she checked me and i was only 3cm with my water bag bulging, i was like WHAT!!! i kept saying im not going to be able to do this without drugs if im only 3cm and it hurts to bad, i need a epidural. Then they had to walk me to the hospital room where i would deliver and stay, that was really hard, i kept stopping for contractions, we got in the room and i told mike to start the shower, she said she had to do something?? so i had to lay down first, then i kept saying i have to go to the bathroom, and the nurse said well i better check you again, so you dont have the baby on the toilet, at that point i was 5cm, mike called me mom and told her to hurry, and she was there almost right away, about a minute later they checked me again and i was 7 cm, and i was saying i had to push, at this point there were 3 nurses there and they were getting everything set up and waiting for the doctor, i started pushing about a minute later when the doctor was just getting here gown and gloves on, One push and the head was out, but they kept yelling at me to stop pushing, since her cord was around her neck, so the doctor cut it and then one more push and she was out, she was on my belly for a short while, maybe 10-30 seconds, im not really sure, it's all blurry now. And then since she wasnt crying the took her to the warming table and rubbed her down and got her crying. her weight was 7p 11 o, and she was 21 inches. i was only in that room for 7 minutes before she was out.. Too me she looks tiny. She is so beautiful and has dark hair, blue eyes so far, but they will be brown soon im sure, such a little sweetie. She had bruises on her face the first day, because of the fast birth, but they cleared up fast. I never even got changed into the hospital gown, i had here in my shirt and bra still on.
I only needed 10 stitches for my tears. So im doing pretty good. We came home the next night around 9:30, since they needed the room for other people, me and mike were bored and i really missed Jordan so i was glad to come home.
