At my last appointment, everything looked good with the exception of my blood pressure which was pretty high, but not so high that he wanted to send me to the hospital right away. I had already dilated to 2 cm from my last appointment. Thank goodness since we had the sibling tour that afternoon! He had some additional blood work done that day and as long as all of that came back okay, we were good to go for the 23rd. If something was out of the ordinary, I was going to the hospital on the 21st or 22nd. All was good, so everything was set for the 23rd.
Part of our instructions for the 23rd were to call the hospital at 5 am, yes, in the morning and see when they wanted us to come in...either right away or later in the morning. Well we were up early, showered and called at 5 and they told us to be there at 7 am. Well, we tried to take a quick nap, but due to Taryne getting up around 5:15, that didn't happen. Oh well.
We arrived at the hospital and got checked in. By the time they got everything done and my IV's in, it was almost 8 am before they started the pitocin. Of course, my blood pressure was REALLY high that morning and I am sure being nervous and anxious didn't help. I was so worried they were going to have to give me the magnesium. They did another round of blood work and luckily it all came back great so my doctor decided we would first try a dose of some blood pressure medicine and hope that helped. If it did not, then we would have to resort to the magnesium. Well luckily the medicine helped lower my BP and kept it low until I received my epidural. When they gave me the epidural, my BP dropped to 94/46 and after a few minutes of feeling light headed and clammy, my blood pressure went up to a normal rate and I felt much better. Besides not dealing with the pain, the epidural was a plus to keep my BP in check while in labor.
My doctor is a jokester. When he came by to check on me around 10 am, he told me and my nurse that he thinks the baby will come between 3:30 and 4 that afternoon. At first I am thinking, really, that long? I was hoping to be done by then...(this is the person that decided I was not going to "push" more than 15 minutes when I had Taryne....I beat my goal time and had her in about 10 minutes). Well, I felt like I was progressing slowly as the day went on, but I did get a really good nap that afternoon!
About 3:30, my parents were in the room with us chatting and they decided to leave and pick up Taryne and run by the house to do a few things since we thought it would be a while. I was only at 6 cm the last time my nurse checked and that was sometime after 2 pm. About 10 minutes after my parents left, my nurse came in to "check my progress" and she sort of had this alarmed look on her face and said "don't move, don't sneeze or cough, you are about to have this baby". She left the room and called my doctor. I told Kyle to call my parents and tell them to just pick up Taryne and they could come back and sit in the waiting room because Hayden would be here sooner than I had guessed. Well Dr. Sanders arrived at 4:01...I only remember this because he commented on the estimated window he had set and said he was a minute late. Well at 4:05 pm, Hayden was born. Dr. Sanders joked with us at how fast Hayden was born..."must be a record" sort of comments.
Everyone was healthy, no magnesium, no pain at all and I didn't have to push forever! What else could I have asked for? Nothing!
I know these pics were posted previously, but just wanted to post again...seemed appropriate with this post.
Until next time...Gig'em!
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