I went in for an induction on Monday, Dec. 8th at 5 pm at Hackensack Med. Center which was 2 days before my due date. I went in for an induction because the OB felt that the baby might be too big for me to push out if we waited any longer.
At 8pm, the nurses started the cervadil. Everything went well and the next morning at 8 am we started on the petocin and I did start having some very noticeable contractions. The OB came in at 10 am and broke my water. At that point, my contractions got a lot stronger (which I guess I expected). At 12:30pm, the contractions were unberable. So I asked for the epidural. When they checked me at that time, I was about 5 cm dilated. I got the epidural and the world was fine again.
I was happy and receiving phone calls from friends wanting an update of what was going on. At around 4 pm I was 9 cm dilated and thenurses began to call for the doctor. They assumed I would be 10 cm within an hour or so. They began prepping the room for the delivery. 1, 2, 3, 4 hours go by and I'm still 9 cm dilated. My family and Dh's were waiting in the waiting room since 5 pm and of course there was still no baby yet. At 9 pm, they had me start pushing to see if the pushing would help me open up to the full 10 cm. During this whole last hour, I had major urges to push and I did a bit.
Now, I begin getting a fever and my body is exhausted. OB comes in and tells me that she doubts I will open up anymore since I've been at 9 cm for over 4 hours. She offers me the option of doing either a c-section or waiting another hour or two and try pushing again. I opted for the c-section since I really wasn't feeling well anymore and time seemed to be ticking away with no progress.
They immediately prep me up for a c-section. They bring me into the OR and begin pumping the drugs into me. They do a test before cutting you open to make sure you are numb...and when they did that...I still felt the sharpness of whatever it was they were sticking me with. So they put more anesthesia. Again, they do the test...and again I tell them I feel something. So they give me more. This time..I'm only numb on my left side and not my right. After a few minutes, I seem to be numb all over and they begin the c-section. I felt a few tugs and pulls and in a little while later...at 10:42pm they pulled out my son. He looked just like my father-in-law weighing in at 8 obs. 4.6 oz and 21 inches long. They then take the baby away to clean him up. Vlad stayed by me as he was afraid to look past the curtain. LOL...but he could see the baby from where he was....so he wasn't concerned.
They immediately started stitching me back up when I feel the pinches again. This time they give me general anesthesia and right away I feel it working and begin to get very sleepy. My breathing also slowed down and it became very hard to breathe. When they showed me the baby again....I could barely see him. My eyes were crossing and I felt terrible. I told Vlad to take him as I couldn't hold him since I couldn't feel my arms. The chills than began almost immediately. I felt like a crack addict on withdrawal (at least I assume that's how it feels...because it was TERRIBLE!!!).
The nurse gave me the baby as they wheeled me out on the stretcher. I kept telling them I couldn't hold the baby and was afraid to drop him. However, no one listened. Finally when I was in the recovery room I had Vlad take him and the nurses finally put him in a crib.
2 hours later I began to feel more like myself and was finally able to enjoy looking at my baby and feeling like a mommy.
Overall, I feel like I had a terrible experience..but it was all worth it....because I now have this precious little boy here at home whom I love soooo much!!!
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