I became pregnant with Emma a couple months after I married my husband. Uneventful pregnancy. I was 'borderline gestational diabetes' so I watched my diet closely toward the end.
I was having the awful prodromal labor again. I was tired of being pregnant. I had tried a few herbal things to try and get labor going. We scheduled an induction when I was just over 40 wks.
Went to the hospital at 5:30 and they started the pitocin within an hour. I think I may have already been in early labor. I spent a lot of time on the labor ball. My husband was great, rubbing my back, getting me ice, etc.
After about 8 hrs of no real cervical change I wanted to go home. I had gone from 2cm to 3cm so the nurse assured me that there was progress. The OB came and broke my water, which made the contractions more intense. After about 12 hours and only being 4cm I asked for pain meds. I got one dose of stadol. I remember at one point every time I would have a contraction babe would go nuts. That hurt so badly!
Finally, after 16 hours on pitocin, I birthed my second baby. I was still under the influence of the stadol so those first couple hours are a bit hazy. Emma was 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 in (IIRC). Her collar bone was broken during delivery. :(
We stayed in the hospital for 5 days because she was jaundiced. They had me scared half to death over that. On the good side, the hospital where I had her they believed in real rooming in. They had portable bililights and so she was never away from me.
The only hospital pic I have of her, poor thing.
At four months
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