Hadley's birth story part 2

So off to the labor and delivery room we went. They waited to see how I was progressing and it wasn't very much on my own. I was given pitocin to speed things up and boy did that do the trick (for a while). They had to turn it down several times because my contractions were getting crazy. I was NOT feeling good to say the least. I asked for the epidural at 2:20 am. I felt like I lasted a while with out it but guess not. I don't even care because it was the best thing since sliced bread. Honestly, good for you if you decide not to get one, but seriously, I don't know how they do it. I don't know why you would either if you could feel as good as I did with the epidural. I guess to each his own.

Long story short, James rested while I just sat there freaking out that I was going to have a baby soon. Baby was having spouts of inactivity so they kept turning me on different sides and giving me sugar water. I then stopped progressing and there was a BRIEF talk about a c-section. I was at a military training hospital so I saw several different "doctors", luckily the nurses were highly knowledgable. It was a little uneasy that they always checked what the doctors said....

My epidural on the right side was not working after a while. I could feel everything and it did not feel good. My left side was completely numb and almost to the point where I did not like that feeling. I decided I'd rather have that feeling that the feeling I was having on the right side. I was almost ready to push so they didn't want to give me too much more epidural so that I could feel something. Hadley was head down but she was face up. They tried everything to get her to roll around but they said that's why I was feeling a ton of back labor (which was VERY painful). She did end up rotating herself thanks to all the change in positions I was doing. I was also on oxygen a lot of the time because it helped Hadley move around in there. It also made me feel better and not like I was going to pass out from pain :).

haha you gotta love this photo, James said "just one like this". This was at the peak of miserableness

I ended up having the anesthesiologist come back in and she gave me two new squirts as I laid on my right side. That did the trick. I mean it's like night and day. I was back to being my pleasant self, it got hairy in there for a while :). I want to give a shout out to James. He was the perfect husband. He would get me anything I needed and would always run out to the nurses if something was urgent (or if he felt like I was in too much pain). The nurse kept saying ok, the hard part is still to come (meaning the pushing). I already thought I was doing a hard part so I did not want to hear that. She kept saying "first time moms can push close to 3 hours". I think she was just trying to prepare me but still it wasn't fun to hear.

Lots of doctors came in to confirm that it was indeed time to push and it was around 12:45. The nurse was very encouraging and said I was doing great. I pushed for less than an hour and out came my pretty princess. With the substantial epidural I had, the pushing was a breeze. I couldn't feel anything (including if I was doing a good job). It all worked out though. I am so glad I didn't end up with a c-section because I was up and about less than an hour after giving birth.

We left the hospital two days later (well a couple hours short). A couple of my co-workers from Abilene came to visit us in the hospital! They were in town for a marathon and we were supposed to meet up for dinner the night I gave birth. My sister, mom, max, and david sent me chocolate covered strawberries and a balloon while I was in the hospital as well. We were glad to get home and have settled in nicely.

Stacia and Kerry with baby girl Hadley

I write this to you and she's just over 2 weeks old. I honestly don't know where the time has went (I always hear moms say that but seriously). We had our check up today and I'll post about that next time. A couple other things. We are wrapping up our time here in San Antonio and getting ready to move to Mississippi. We have pretty much finalized the house we are buying. I was waiting to post pictures once I knew it was a done deal and I'd say we're there. We've had the inspection and appraisal. Everything's turned out pretty well so far and I will post on it coming up. Hadley had her newborn photo session this past week. I can't wait for everyone to see them. She did absolutely perfect. She loves her beauty sleep.

We did little photo shoot on Thanksgiving when baby was 11 days old. Have a good day my blog readers!