Finally, progress! My water broke (on it's own) a few minutes ago! The pitocin has been on max, and I've been passed out, thanks to the awesome drugs that they gave me when the pitocin contractions started hurting. All the sudden I feel this pressure, and I go "oh shit". Aaron says what, and I'm like, "either I just peed myself or my water broke!" Sure enough, it was the water! Now I still feel like I'm peeing myself, but I'm very excited that things are starting to happen! I am also dilated to a 2, so some progress there.
More later!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Day 3... I heart Ambien
Technically on my third day in the hospital now. Through the wonders of Ambien, I slept pretty much from 8pm until 6am, with just a little wakeup at midnight. Not too bad. I'm resting right now, 2nd round of cervadil is done, so hopefully that helped. Pitocin starts again as soon as the nurse comes in, and some more sugar water, which is about the only think I'm eating these days...
I've been told that treatment today gets "a lot more aggressive"... higher pitocin levels earlier, breaking my water, and helping to get rid of scar tissue from a surgery I had 4 years ago that is probably a big part of the reason I'm not dilating as fast as I should. So maybe once they get that cleared out I'll just go from a 1-10 right away! Right....
Okay, pitocin is in, let's get this show on the road!!
I've been told that treatment today gets "a lot more aggressive"... higher pitocin levels earlier, breaking my water, and helping to get rid of scar tissue from a surgery I had 4 years ago that is probably a big part of the reason I'm not dilating as fast as I should. So maybe once they get that cleared out I'll just go from a 1-10 right away! Right....
Okay, pitocin is in, let's get this show on the road!!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
No baby today
So, 5pm check...still no progress. I've been taken off the pitocin, and they'll restart the whole process again at about 8 tonight. We will be having her tomorrow, either the regular way or by c-section if I don't make any progress tomorrow. Super frustrating, and not a lot of fun to spend this much time at the hospital, although everyone has been really nice.
Frustrating...
So far, no new progress. Ridiculous... Still having contractions every 2-3 minutes, they just aren't doing much of anything at the last time I had been checked, around 2 hours ago. So if nothing happens by 5, they'll shut off the pitocin, let me eat and take a shower, and then will start the cervadil again around 6 I think. It's very frustrating how slow it's going, but at least it's not too painful, since I'm no where near ready for an epidural.
Fun stats... current blood pressure 122/82, baby's heartrate 157. More to come later...
Fun stats... current blood pressure 122/82, baby's heartrate 157. More to come later...
6lb 6oz!
That's what the doctor last night put in as her guess on the baby's weight, but she's still not here yet to compare.
We got to the hospital last night at around 9:30, and they called us upstairs a few minutes after 10. The midwife on duty was one of the midwives that I see in the office pretty frequently, so it was nice to see a familiar face, since I had been freaking out a bit. My nurse was really nice, even though she couldn't get my IV in. I have thin, rolling veins. She had to get another nurse to come in an get my IV set .... it took her 2 tries too, so I look like I have track marks on my arms. I got the cervadil at about 11:30, and an ambien to help me sleep. Woke up around 6 am to have the cervadil removed, took a shower, and was started on the Pitocin about 6:30. I've been on it almost 4 hours now, and am having contractions about every 2-3 minutes, although not particularly painful. I'm guessing they'll check me in a little while to see if I've made any progress, until then just hanging out in my rocking chair making gravity do it's job. I'll keep updating!
We got to the hospital last night at around 9:30, and they called us upstairs a few minutes after 10. The midwife on duty was one of the midwives that I see in the office pretty frequently, so it was nice to see a familiar face, since I had been freaking out a bit. My nurse was really nice, even though she couldn't get my IV in. I have thin, rolling veins. She had to get another nurse to come in an get my IV set .... it took her 2 tries too, so I look like I have track marks on my arms. I got the cervadil at about 11:30, and an ambien to help me sleep. Woke up around 6 am to have the cervadil removed, took a shower, and was started on the Pitocin about 6:30. I've been on it almost 4 hours now, and am having contractions about every 2-3 minutes, although not particularly painful. I'm guessing they'll check me in a little while to see if I've made any progress, until then just hanging out in my rocking chair making gravity do it's job. I'll keep updating!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
News!
So, nothing really happened on Tuesday, the doctor called back Tuesday evening and said that the OB surgeon had decided I wasn't "a good enough candidate for c-section", so they were just going to see me in the office again on Thursday.
I went back to the doctor today, and surprise surprise, the blood pressure was still up! On the plus side, baby has dropped lower and seems to be locked into place. I was measuring a lot smaller than I had been on Tuesday, she said that was a good sign that the baby had dropped pretty well. So anyway, after I told them that my headaches were not going away, I was still seeing spots, etc, they decided to send me into triage at the hospital and let them montior my blood pressure for a few hours and then decide what to do with me. Typical to everyone else, they monitored me for a few hours, then decided to send me home. But they did decide that they will be inducing me Monday night, so baby Claire will be here on Tuesday! I'm going in Monday night at 9:30 and they'll start the induction at 10, and she should be here sometime on Tuesday. It's exciting to finally know something, and to see an end to the high blood pressure and the headaches that come with it.... to be followed by headaches from the baby! I am also going back to the doctor tomorrow (yep, again, I live there) and if the headaches/blurry vision/swelling gets worse over the weekend, I'm under strict orders to return to the hospital.
So I'm excited, and will try keep up (or teach Aaron how to use) the blog so you can keep up to date while were in the hospital. I'll be your own personal "Truman Show", like Becky was for me! And I'll do better to post some pictures of her than I did of my fat belly!
I went back to the doctor today, and surprise surprise, the blood pressure was still up! On the plus side, baby has dropped lower and seems to be locked into place. I was measuring a lot smaller than I had been on Tuesday, she said that was a good sign that the baby had dropped pretty well. So anyway, after I told them that my headaches were not going away, I was still seeing spots, etc, they decided to send me into triage at the hospital and let them montior my blood pressure for a few hours and then decide what to do with me. Typical to everyone else, they monitored me for a few hours, then decided to send me home. But they did decide that they will be inducing me Monday night, so baby Claire will be here on Tuesday! I'm going in Monday night at 9:30 and they'll start the induction at 10, and she should be here sometime on Tuesday. It's exciting to finally know something, and to see an end to the high blood pressure and the headaches that come with it.... to be followed by headaches from the baby! I am also going back to the doctor tomorrow (yep, again, I live there) and if the headaches/blurry vision/swelling gets worse over the weekend, I'm under strict orders to return to the hospital.
So I'm excited, and will try keep up (or teach Aaron how to use) the blog so you can keep up to date while were in the hospital. I'll be your own personal "Truman Show", like Becky was for me! And I'll do better to post some pictures of her than I did of my fat belly!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Pictures, finally
So, I figured it was time to put up some nursery and belly pics, since today could potentially be the last day that I have the belly... I went back to the doctor this morning, and my blood pressure is still climbing, the baby, while head-down, is "sunny side up", I'm not dilating any more, and with a bunch of other issues, I'm a good candidate for an elective c-section. I was also put on bed rest for at least the next 3 days. So right now I'm sitting on the couch, waiting for the doctor to call me back and see when they can schedule a c-section for... possibly as early as today, since they are essentially starting my maternity leave today by sending me home, although I am working from home until baby gets here. Hopefully I'll hear something soon, I'm getting impatient!! I'll keep everyone posted on what happens, in the meantime, here are the nursery and belly pics!
The nursery, minus curtains, which are made but not hung...
The nursery, view 2
The crib with the bedding that Nana made
The dresser, with the pink softball glove daddy bought her
The changing table
A blanket chest for now, sure to turn into a toychest before long...
Little CGP's initials
Belly pic, 38 weeks, 6 days (in the guest bathroom)
Eww... up close of the big belly
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