Make like a fetus and head out.....

OK here is how it all went down......(my birth story)

So on Tuesday of last week my water sort of broke. I say sort of because it was not totally ruptured, just leaking. I called the Dr and went in and they were not sure if that was it but they told me to call back if I did not go into labor that night. Well, when I did not go into labor that night I went into work the next day. But when I called to tell my Dr that I did not go into labor they made me come into the office. They did some tests and sure enough it looked like my water was broken. It seems that the baby scratched a hole in the sack and the water was just leaking and that is why I was not going into labor. Now, to be fair we can't be sure that the baby caused the leak but that is what they think happened. Anyway much to my horror and shock they told me that I needed to get induced because I had been leaking for all most 2 days and the baby could get infected if I did not have her soon. I was devastated. My plan was to have a natural labor and delivery and I knew that when you get induced with pitiocine it is a different story as far as what the contractions and labor look like. So all teary eyed I called Teddy and we went to the hospital.

Well the long and short of it is that I labored for 12 hours. 7 of those hours were drug free. The evil medicine that they give you to induce your labor is so hideous and painful I can not begin to describe it. All I can say is that I went from no contractions to out of no where the worst pain I have ever experienced. Luckily I had my Douala and Ted there to help me. Poor Teddy, I puked in his face...more than once. The pain was so intense I was seeing double and thought I was going to pass out. Actually I was hoping to pass out because I thought then they might stop the piticone drip, I begged them to take that IV out but they were not into doing that, something about having to finish labor and all.
Eventually I gave in and asked for the drugs...I felt so defeated. I really wanted to do it naturally but like my Douala pointed out, having to be induced with drugs is not natural and the pain I was feeling is not how and normal labor feels. Normally the contractions build up gradually and there are breaks in between but with the piticone it just slams you all at once with out any real breaks to rest in between. So they came in and they gave me the drugs and I will be honest...I was so happy they did. The rest of the labor was much better and when it came time to push I pushed the baby out in 45 minutes.
When she came out and they put her on my chest, I forgot all about the labor pains, in fact I forgot about everything all I could do was cry as I held my little cone headed, blue skinned perfect little girl. It was the most life changing moment I have ever experienced. All those months spent miserable and pregnant were worth it. All those hormones that made me feel insane were gone and for the first time in 39 weeks, I felt really, really good. Just looking at this baby who looks just like Teddy was surreal and wonderful. Sadie lay skin to skin with me for the rest of the night and morning. She and Teddy bonded for a while while the nurse helped me deal with some other bloody, slimy business and then while Teddy slept I watched the sun come up over the mountains with my brand new baby.
Today Sadie is 5 days old. Its so weird but I can't really imagine life before her, it feels like she has always been here. Now that I am no longer pregnant I can say that I really did not like being pregnant. I did not want to say it before because I did not want Sadie to feel those vibes but the hormones and all that stuff was killing me. Being a mom is way better. I don't even mind being tired, it is all so worth it. I will take sore nipples and sleep deprivation over pregnancy woes any day of the week.
So that is the abbreviated story of how Sadie got here. I will continue to post while out on maternity leave. Stu is figuring out who won the contest and that person will get all there candy!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest!!!
Stay tuned for more exciting stories about Sadie, the baby who sleeps 23 hours a day and stories about my right breast that used to have the nipple pierced back in the early 90's when that was in Vogue and how now breast milk shoot out of the holes where the ring used to be!

The world seemed right all of a sudden. Teddy and I spent the next day in the hospital and then asked to be discharged early, they said OK and we left.