[michanders4]

I went in to the hospital on Thursday night and they inserted cervadil. After 12 hours they took it out and started pitocin. I was maybe 1.5 cms at that point. Around 2 the doctor broke my water which was supposed to speed things up. I was maybe 2.5 cm and 80% effaced. At some point after this I got an epidural as the contactions starting coming more frequently and more strongly. Long story short after another 16 hours on an increasing dose of pitocin I didn't get passed 3 cms

. My water had been broken for quite some time and I started to run a temperature. At 6 AM it was decided that I needed a c-section. Cooper entered the world on April 19th at 7:19AM!

Recovery has definitely been rough, but I am getting stronger every day. I was up and took a shower today and have been able to get out of bed quite a lot today considering I had major surgery yesterday. We are hoping to go home on Tuesday.

He is an amazing baby and DH and I are so in love with him (as are my parents)! Its been a rough road but I already can't remember what life was like without him! He is about as sweet as can be and I just love to look at him. He seems to sleep all day during the day and wants to eat at night so we are going to have to evenutally work on getting our days and nights straight. He is latching on ok and we are getting the hang of nursing together, but our biggest problem seems to be keeping him interested long enough as he just wants to sleep when on the breast.

This is definitely not the birth I planned for and was actually the birth I feared for quite some time. I am not sure why my body didn't want to cooperate, but I have accepted that this was the best birth for us and through it all it has been so worth it to bring me my beautiful HEALTHY baby boy!

:

 

[cascadesmama]

congratulations mama! thanks for sharing your story, even if it doesn't conform to the norm on MDC, it's helpful to hear that things work out even when they don't go according to plan and the result is the same - a beautiful baby!!!

:

 

[MI_Dawn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cascadesmama congratulations mama! thanks for sharing your story, even if it doesn't conform to the norm on MDC, it's helpful to hear that things work out even when they don't go according to plan and the result is the same - a beautiful baby!!! :

Amen to that! Congrats, mama!

 

[Murph12334]

Yup yup beautiful baby in the end

 

[nancy11]

All's well that ends well.
You can only try to plan these things.
Ultimately, they have a mind of their own and you just have to roll with it.
Having a healthy child is the only thing that matters.

 

[daisyem]

Congrats! Glad he is here safely--that is most important!

 

[riversong]

Thanks for sharing your story. It's wonderful that Cooper is healthy and you're healing.

My first birth was a homebirth transfer that ended with a vacuum delivery. It was not at all the birth I had hoped for, though it turned out well, all things considered. I found it helpful to be reminded that I could grieve the birth I wanted, but didn't get to have. It was ok to cry and be sad about losing our homebirth, while at the same time being totally thankful for and in love with my precious, healthy baby girl. I carried a lot of guilt about not being able to give my dd the best birth possible and needed to process that guilt before having my second child. I feel good about all three of my births now, but I needed to give myself time to get there.

So...this all may not apply to you, but if and when you need to grieve, I hope you feel free to have any emotions that come up. And there are people here who are willing to listen if you want to write about it.

Congratulations again!