Naomi's Birth Story

I started feeling like something was up Dec 28. I started to get what I thought was increased discharge. Turns out it was probably my water slowly leaking. I thought several times that maybe I should call in and tell them what was going on but I felt ok so I decided just to wait and see what would happen. Around 5:30 am the next morning, the 29th, I woke up to a pretty strong contraction. I pretty much knew it was labor after only a half hour. The contractions were already pretty intense and coming 4 minutes apart. Also, although the pain would let up a little between contractions, it never fully went away like all the books say it does. I told Micah he could go to work because I thought I was in early labor and that I had several hours till I would need to go to the hospital. Well I ended up calling him just 10 mins after he left, around 8:20. I felt like I needed to go in as the contractions were getting hard to deal with. Strangely the docs office told me to come into the office instead of labor and delivery. I think they doubted like I was really in labor because I sounded so calm. I have a really high pain tolerance though. So I got to the office and they told me the doc wasn't there yet, that she was finishing something up. I was a little annoyed because by this time I was in a considerable amount of pain. Finally i just couldn't take it anymore and asked if I could just go down to labor and delivery. A nurse took us down there. We got to the desk and I had a pretty big contraction that I couldn't even talk through and it took everything in me to deal with it. I started to feel sick and they got me a pail and I threw up. I should have known then that I was in transition but I thought I was probably only a few centimeters dialated. They took me to a room and it felt like an eternity till people started coming in although it was only a few minutes. They checked me and I was at a 6 already. That is exactly what happened with the twins. Although I ended up with a csection, my water broke and when I got to the hospital I was a 6. I guess I go through the early stage of labor quickly. They asked if I wanted an epidural and i said YES mainly because the lain wasn't letting up between contractions. I think if I had any sort of break I might have tried it without one. While they were getting someone to do the epidural they gave me some drugs in my IV to take the edge off. I know a lot of ladies say those drugs make them feel strange, I actually liked them. I got the epidural and it took a little bit to take effect but once it did I was so happy. Right before they gave me the epidural they checked me and I was an 8. So I guess i progress pretty quickly. The doc said I should rest and she would come back to check me in an hour. I was checked again and I was still an 8. At this point my water broke all the way. She waited another couple hours and then checked me again and siad I was a 10. I couldn't believe it. I didn't feel a thing, not even pressure. This was around 2:45. So then they got everything set up for me to start pushing. Pushing was a lot harder than I expected and I never got the urge to push that some women say they get. By this time my epidural had worn off a bit so I could feel some of the pain again but in hindsight that was probably a good thing. I pushed for over an hour and the doc asked if I would like her to try the vacuum since Naomi wasn't coming down past a certain push. The doc made it clear that this would be the last few tries before a csection. They were worried about uterine rupture since I've had 2 previous csections. Also i had started running a fever because I was starting to get an infection from when my water had broken. I wasn't about to make it this far only to end up with another section. So I gave it all I had and in just a few pushes with the vacuum Naomi was born at 4:14pm. They laid her immediately on my chest which was amazing. I had never gotten to experience that before with my csections. I started crying and telling her we did it. They took to the other side of the room to be checked out by the NICU because she was technically premature. She was born at 36wks 5days. She also had a fever so they said they were going to have to take her down to the NICU to monitor her for 24hrs. =(. Thankfully though they checked her one last time before they took her down and her fever was gone! That was totally God. He let my little girl stay with me. I still couldn't believe I had a girl. Turns out I tore pretty badly, a 4th degree tear. It took 3 people an hour to sew me up. Ouch!! I also ended up needing a blood transfusion because I lost so much blood from the tears. But overall it was a wonderful birth and I would do it all again for my precious baby girl.