Finally! My turn for a birthstory!!
So my day started out by going for a 39+1 week checkup. I had worsening pretoxemia like symptoms in the last week and my ObGyn felt that they will only get worse, hence she sent me straight from the appt to the maternity ward to get induced..
They started the pitocin drip at 2PM. I was still at 2cm and 80%effacement from last week..I started getting very painful contractions at about 3PM. By 4:30, I was in tears, so an epidural followed right after. Big sigh of relief and lemme tell you, I would have NEVER done it without it! Relaxed right away, progressed much more smoothly and was ready to start pushing at about
10:45...I was so numb from the epidural that I really did not know what I was doing without the feedback from the nurse on my progress. I did maybe 12 sets of "three 10 second breath counts" and she popped right out at 11:11 PM!!
I tore just a bit on an inside fold, so I needed a stitch, but otherwise it was totally EASY! (post epidural, of course!) My hooha was in a shock of a lifetime, but I feel much better today..so far so good!
And now the grand prize!!!
Miss Keira was 7lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long! To my surprise, she had hair ( I was bald as a rat) and she actually looks like my sister when she was little. She latched right on the boobs and its going very well so far, although my nipples are on fire! Here are just a few pictures, sorry I feel like a stinky, greasy, swollen elephant, so I'll get some of moi when we get home and I'll have a proper shower!
Thank you all for being here, ever so supportive. You all have made this journey so much bearable when it felt like non-pregnant people just didnt understand. I totally love you guys!!
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