Well, it's been almost four months since I've posted and WOW what a whirlwind it has been! The hubs and I welcomed an amazingly perfect little girl on January 18, 2013. In honor of my grandmother, we named her Juliana.
We were blessed with a very smooth pregnancy and a pretty easy labor. Yes, I said easy labor, believe it or not. At my 36 week appointment we were very happy to hear that I had begun dilating and was instructed to walk. A lot. Thanks to the hubs, I did. We walked laps at the mall, Wal-mart, Target, Home Depot and anywhere else that was open. Unfortunately, it didn't help. At my 39 week appointment my doctor offered the option for an induction and we went for it. I was horribly uncomfortable and my poor husband was tired of seeing me struggle.
At 40 weeks and 2 days we were off to the hospital for an induction.
We got admitted at 8pm, by 10 I had been given Cervidil to speed up dilation and at midnight I got two sleeping pills to help me relax. They knocked me out until 5am when I started to feel some cramping but fell back asleep rather quickly. At 7am the nurse woke me so the doctor could brake my water and then about 30 minutes later I got my epidural. After that I went back to sleep. Yup. Sleep. Again. So when did the real work begin? Around 11:45 I woke up and told the nurse that I needed help to get up and go to the bathroom. She laughed and reminded me that I had gotten an epidural so I wasn't going to be going anywhere. She also said that what I was feeling was probably the baby sitting on my pelvis and that I should just relax. About 15 minutes later I told her again that I had to go to the bathroom. She said it was way too early for the baby to arrive but I could push to make myself feel better. After about 3 pushes she told me to stop and called for the doctor! Within 5 minutes our beautiful Juliana arrived!
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