Here is my super fast birth story.....Megs I wish I had a secret to share... but I don't! I guess it is my body's way of making up for a VERY hard pregnancy!
Looks like I am the queen on my castle!!!!!
I went in Thurs, May 12 for my last NST. The doctor had already scheduled my
induction the week before for Thurs night into Fri morning as the week before I
was only a fingertip and 'long.' He checked me at my appointment Thurs and I
was still the same, which meant my induction started 8pm Thurs night with
Cytotec rather than Fri morning with just the Pitocin.
I did some running around Thursday, went to TRU to get bike helmets for my big
boys, picked up Shane from K, then went home and rested as I was having
contractions from being checked earlier in the day. Went back to the school
later and got my other son and went home to straighten up a bit. DH had an
appointment with a new doctor that night at 5 so my stepmom was coming over to
watch the boys and deal with getting them to school the next day. After hubby's
appointment we went and picked up dinner at a local Italian place, we are
friends with the owner and she was so happy that my 'last meal as a preggo' was
hers!!! The doctor said to eat 'lite' but to heck with that, who knew how long
I was going to be in labor for the next day!!! We took dinner home and ate as a
family of 4 for the last time. Loaded up the car, took some last min 'preggo'
picts and off we went to the hospital. When we arrived we went up to the mother
baby floor and saw Larry, the male nurse who helped deliver both of our boys.
He was the nurse we happened to get with our 1st, but he was SO GREAT that we
requested him for our 2nd! We jokingly said maybe we'll see you tomorrow!
I thought they would put me right into a labor room...nope; I got the 'bigger'
room in triage!!! Of course there was just a recliner for hubby, which, with 2
herniated discs, would not have been a place for him to sleep so I told him to
stay with me until I got settled then he could go home. They had me hooked up
to a monitor for a bit, and then the resident came in and put in the Cytotec.
About 15 mins later she came in to say that MY doctor ordered cytotec but the
attending on that night (another in the practice) wanted cervedil, so she had to
take out the Cytotec!!!!!!!! She also didn't have the cervedil on the floor as
it had to come from the pharmacy, so she would be back to put it in. By that
time it was around 10 so DH went home to sleep. The resident came in a bit
later and quickly put in the cervedil (which is a long string/ribbon) before she
had to go in to the OR for a C-section. I had to wait about an hour before
getting up to go pee, so about an hour later the nurse came to help me get up
and of course I felt the string falling out...thankfully it was only partially.
So after the section the resident came back to put it back in and the nurse gave
me some Ambien to sleep and started and IV. I then realized that it was Thurs
night and I missed Greys and Private Practice...hopefully it will be on the DVR
when I get home!!!
Thanks to the Ambien, I slept for about 5 hours or so!!! The nurse came in
around 7:30-8 and said MY doctor was there and she was going to ask him if I
could eat something since I really wasn't in 'active labor.' My doctor came in
then and seemed REALLY annoyed that his partner changed what he ordered, but
didn't take it out on me; he just mentioned that he wasn't sure why his
associate did that. A few mins later my nurse came in to tell me she was
getting me b'fast and once I ate she would move me over to a labor room. Around
this time Hubby and my friend, Amanda, came in. I ate my breakfast, if you can
call toast breakfast, and we all walked down the hall to my labor room.
A different resident came in to check me to see if it was time for the Pitocin
and I was 2cm and 60% effaced!!! YAY the cervedil worked! My doctor came in and
said to start the Pitocin. The nurse got everything all ready, hooked it into
my IV, only to find out, my iv site was no good...it had blown! I am not the
best 'stick' so she was really limited on where she could go, so my hand it was.
Hand IVs hurt the worst, as least to me, but I knew she wouldn't have gotten me
anywhere else. The Pitocin was then started at 11am. My mom, stepfather and
brother arrived shortly after, with a Starbucks Chai tea, which was a no-no as
it wasn't a `clear liquid' so we put it into a cup marked water! I was telling
my nurse, Dawn, that I did NOT want a resident breaking my water....only my dr.
I also told her that with my other two, once I hit 6cm things went REALLY FAST.
(With Cody I went from 6 to 10 fast and only pushed for 18 mins, with Shane I
went from 6 to 10 in an hour and pushed 3 times). Within a few minutes my OB
came in and asked if I wanted my water broken, his timing was perfect! He broke
my water but nothing really came out (no big gush like with the boys). He said
the baby's head was down and acting like a cork so he thought it would be a
'slow' trickle. Which was fine by me since that gush always felt gross to me!
The pain was getting worse so I asked for something, they offered stadol or the
epi...I opted for the stadol. Which helped...for maybe half hour or so. They
checked me again around 1:15 and I was 4 to 5 and 100% effaced and I knew it was
time for my epi since 6cm seems to be my 'magic number. By 2pm I had my epi and
was 7cm, feeling much better. The baby nurse came in to get everything ready
for the baby and when she heard how fast I went with the other 2, she decided to
stay in the room and hang out! Smart woman! I asked Randy if we could have one
more. I was starting to get sad that this was the last time we would have this
magical moment, the last time I would feel a baby kick inside me. The nurses
joked that it had to be the 1st time they have EVER had a patient, in active
labor ask that!
Things started to get a little scary here...baby's heart rate started dropping
below 90, so I became a rotisserie chicken...flopping from one side to the
other. I told them I felt pressure so the nurse checked me...I was 10 with just
a little bit of a 'lip' so they called the resident, who checked me again and
said the same thing, who called my doctor who came in and checked me and said
the same thing, but it was time to push and have a baby!!!!! He suited up, put
my legs in the stirrups and we started. Thinking back no one ever 'counted'
they just told me to push and there was no break of pushing in between, I pushed
with the 1st contractions and once it was over the doctor said to keep pushing.
My mom later told me the cord came out with the baby's head, she wasn't sure if
it was around his neck or not and I didn't ask!
Two pushes later, the baby was out..........a boy!!!!!!!!!!!! Randy announced,
"Another *****!!!" They put his grey body on my chest and started rubbing him
to stimulate him; this lil stinker continues to sleep, letting out only a little
whimper here and there. They let him on me while the doctor did what he had to
do to get out the placenta and everything else. He had a HUGE mess to clean
up....my water gushed after the baby came out and I started bleeding a lot. I
overheard the doctor say, "Up with the Pitocin" and someone else ask, "Does she
have a history of postpartum hemorrage? I really wasn't paying much attention
after that, I was staring at the new little person who, like his brothers before
him, would forever hold a piece of my heart.
Casey Joseph Yardumian was born May 13, 2011, at 2:55pm, weighing 7lbs, 7oz and
was 20inches long with a perfect amount of hair.
Of course since I delivered at 2:55, it was 5 minsutes before shift change! My
poor nurse, Dawn, stayed a bit to help get some stuff done and then Larry came
in...he missed the delivery, but he was there to do all the postpartum work!
I had told Randy we were not going to tell anyone the sex of the baby until his
big brothers got here and could know, so I had Randy call my step-mom, who was
picking them up at 3:10 from school, to tell her to bring them up to the
hospital. Cody REALLY wanted a sister, Shane really wanted a brother. I was a
little concerned at how Cody would take the news. They came up and I was
holding Casey. I announced to them, this is your new little brother. If Cody
was really disappointed he hid it pretty well. I was expecting tears or a hissy
fit, all I got was, "Mom, can the next one be a girl?" Don't I wish there would
be one more! They each took turns holding him, as did everyone else.
The next few hours/days were spent getting to know this new little person in our
lives. Randy took the big boys back and forth to the hospital and we had a few
visitors here and there. My postpartum course has been far from easy as I
developed a cyst on my upper inner thigh that lead to an infection and a few
really bad days. The baby was at the doctor Friday and had some jaundice (had
to get his level checked, thankfully it came back better) and he has pink eye!
My mom came to help out with the 3 boys, which really meant taking and picking
up the big boys at school. We did some cleaning and shopping and organizing
which has been a huge help with all the visitors coming over to meet the little
man. Cody and Shane are wonderful with their baby brother
they love to hug and
kiss and hold him. He breastfeeds like a pro, and is coming around on sleeping
(the 1st few nights were pretty rough!)
After a difficult pregnancy, both physically and emotionally I am so happy he is
here and is safe and sound and healthy. I really worried that with all the
issues I had during the pregnancy I wouldn't be attached to this baby, but I am
happy to report that is not the case. I am over the moon in love... with all of
my boys
all 4 of them.
). I can't get enough Fudgecicles tonight! Good thing they are low calorie!
) Truth be told, I'm not sure my mom has the bandwith right now to think about a shower. She is very supportive, and a great person, don't get me wrong. Her ability to multi task however is non existant. I'm really not sure if or when a shower is going to happen. As our baby is expected the first week of October and then bam! We hit the holidays. Everyone has families now and lives and football games and holiday shopping. It comes with being older 
