October 26th came and went. It was a very boring day in the eyes of labor, I even went to work that day! My next Dr's appointment was on Friday the 28th, and that is when we made the decision to get induced. I was extremely uncomfortable, and Noah was healthy and ready to come out! Dr. Harms, my doctor, scheduled the induction for November 01,2011 at 6:00am.
6:00: Arrived at the hospital and started the waiting process, we got checked in and they got me hooked up the the iv and baby monitor. Apparently when you get induced the baby's vitals get monitored the whole time.
7:30: My doctor arrives, breaks my water and starts the potocin. At this point I was thinking I was going to wait out getting any pain meds. I wanted to see if I could do it without meds.
And so it started, at first the contractions were just very mellow, the nurse would come in every 30 mins or so look at the monitors assess where the contractions where and almost always up my potocin. When the contractions started WOW they were painful. Thankfully Ben was a great at helping me remember all we learned in our Lamaze class. My doctor was scheduled to come at noon to check on me so I figured I would wait till then to see how far along I am then before deciding about pain medication. By 12:30 they were 2 minutes apart lasting a minute and very painful! So of course we (Ben, Darleen, and I) were thinking these have to be doing something.
1:00: The nurse checked my progress, and I was only 1/2 centimeter more than when I came in. Ahhhh.... I thought and promptly requested the medication! I with the slow progress I was making there was no telling how much longer Noah would take! The doctor came in shortly after confirmed its still going to be a while and she will be back around 4:30 or 5:00 to check on me again. So once again we were waiting only this time I was able to rest and relax, and Ben and Darleen could go get some lunch/dinner. They knew they were in for a long rest of the day!
5:00ish: I start to get sick no fun at all thankfully I have had nothing to eat! But this is when we think I entered transition. My Nurse checked me and I was about 7 centimeter!! She told me that she will check me again around 7 and I should be able to start pushing soon! Yay! Finally I had made some progress and the best part for me was that I did not feel any of it!
7:00ish: The nurse comes in and I am ready!! Oh yeah soon we will meet our little one. Now at this point I am thinking not long now the pushing can't take that long. Ha ha yeah I was wrong.
7:00ish-10:00: Pushing... Pushing.... and more Pushing.... My Little man not only got stuck but also was facing the wrong way. They could see his head but he just could not make it out! So around 10:00 I was given a 15 min break from pushing (epidural made that possible).
10:15: My doctor came in and we took a more aggressive approach. We tried to suction him out, we were told that if this did not work on the second or third try we would have to do an emergency c-section!! And this approach also meant we had to call in a bunch of help to make sure when Noah comes out he was OK, thankfully they were there. And with that we started pushing again. My great husband helped and on the third try we got Noah in jammed!!!!!!!!!!! From there it was only a few more pushes!
10:51pm on November 1, 2011 Noah Benjamin Bacon was born, 8 pounds 12 ounces! I got to hold my little boy for a brief few seconds then he was whisked away to be checked and cleaned up. Since I had the epidural I was stuck in bed while the doctor finished with me and they worked on my baby. The next few minutes went by so fast. All I really could hear was things like "oh he has a big bump on his head that needs to be looked at" and "he is not breathing well".... and the next thing I saw was an NICU little incubator. they brought Noah over held him up so I can see him and then whisked him away... following Noah was Ben and Darleen I was left alone. At that point I started to cry, Ben's mom came back really quick for something. And it seems like both the doctor and Darleen saw at the same time I was crying, I finally got them to tell me what was going on. And I got a phone so I could get text updates on my baby!!
Noah has what was knows an anumathorax or air pockets in the lungs, there were four air pockets surrounding his lungs. Apparently his lung ripped a little as he was on his way out. Causing him to not be able to breath well, that and since he was suctioned out he was in a little bit of shock and so they wanted to get him downstairs to the NICU fast. Thankfully Ben was able to be there with him, and I had a WONDERFUL nurse who got me cleaned up and ready to go fast! She put me on the gurney and wheeled me down to see my baby. I was still not able to hold him but I could hold his hand and enjoy him for a little bit. At this point it was after midnight. The NICU doctor talked to Ben and I and explained everything. And we just had to wait the night out and in the morning they would assess where he was and we could go from there.
The next day we got to hold our baby and he was released that afternoon. Praise God the air was gone and he was doing great! Now we have a healthy growing amazing baby boy.
