Writer’s Block & A Story
Pic of the Day ~ Becca At Birth 
We had another bumming around day 
. We talked about the leaving the house, it just never happened! So instead we played, watched movies and bummed around….perfect weekend!!
I spent some of the day slowly working on the new theme. *sigh* I am learning a lot, however it takes me FOREVER to figure it all out.
I am having writer’s block, like in a bad way so I am going to share with you Becca’s Birth Story:
July 13, 2004 - Becca was 5.5 weeks early. Unfortunately, my condition with the pre-eclampsia (toxemia) got quite severe and the OB insisted that I was induced ASAP.
They started me on oxytocin (a drug that starts contractions), penicillin (because I had not been tested for Group B so it was precautionary), and Magnesium Sulfate (a drug that is designed to control blood pressure from rising but makes a person feel like they are going to burn alive from the inside….I am not exaggerating the stuff was TERRIBLE).
It took until 11am for my contractions to start. I was not feeling too well from the Blood Pressure medication and my blood pressure was still very high. OH MY! When those contractions started, my intentions to not have an epidural and “go natural” quickly faded and I was asking as nicely as I could for drugs!!!! Unfortunately the doctor that was to administer the epidural was an ass and insisted that MORE blood tests be completed before he put the epidural in, even though my doctor was confident everything was ok. Anyway, two and a half hours later the tests came back and the doctor was back to put the epidural in. By that time I was in so much pain, I was passing out in between contractions, only to wake up when the contractions were the most intense!! The nurses were distraught that I was in so much pain. Poor J was so upset as I cried “Oooo J it hurts too much make it stop…please make it stop!” The nurse gave me a shot of Demerol in the meantime, but that did not settle well with me. Instead I puked all over her and was still in intense pain!
No one thought to check how far along I was in labor before the epidural was inserted. It was suppose to take till early evening at least to become fully dilated……Oh NOooooooooooo…..not me!!! As soon as they had me back on my back I was asking….”Ummmm why do I feel so funny??? My bum feels funny!” The nurse was like “OH NO NO NO!! Not yet” Well low and behold she checked me and I was fully dilated!!!!!
J had just came back into the room (he had to leave while the epidural was being inserted because it is a “sterile procedure”), to discover it was time to meet our little baby girl. I was so relieved that the pain had subsided and just want to push so bad! Luckily the doctor happened to be in the hallway and they quickly called the NICU nurses so they could be present when she made her appearance. I was suppose to be moved to another room to give birth that had more equipment for the baby in case she was in distress but there was no time to move!
Haha…the OB got my legs in position, Jason was by my side but it took all of me not to push yet…..the feeling to push was SOOOOOO strong!!! Finally the OB said to push, then he says to stop and not push so HARD!! LIKE COME ON!!!! I had so no control over it!!! The OB wanted me to slow down so I could stretch a little more rather than tear when she came out. Well FOUR pushes and Rebecca Ann was HERE!!!
She cried so loud…it was such a relief to hear her cry….the NICU nurses checked her over (her Apgar scores were 9 & 9!!!) and cleaned her up, then let me hold her for a few seconds then took her to the NICU =( J went right away to go be with her, while the OB….stitched up the tear I had from pushing too fast (ouch ouch ouch)! Then I had to wait till the super late stupid useless epidural wore off =( Two hours later they FINALLY let me go see Rebecca, but the nurses in the NICU would not let me hold her, it was not until the next DAY that I was able to hold her again. I have to tell you, it was so hard not to be with her, but I was still very ill from that Magnesium Sulfate and my blood pressure was still way out of control!
That is my story…Hopefully I will not have writer’s block for long!
Love your story! I can totally relate to the extra blood tests and late epidurals…however, that’s where our stories diverge…I pushed for an hour, my baby’s heartrate dropped to zero, and I headed for an emergency c-section…where, just as they cut me open, my impatient son plowed an elbow through my uterus! No more babies for me, thank you!
By the way, Michele sent me!
Awww… nice to read this.
I know what you mean about writer’s block. I think I’m going through the same right now.
I think you also meant to say you were put on pitocin not oxytocin.
Sorry your blog didn’t make it to the finals.
I’m glad you shared that! Tearing is the only thing I fear about birth so Murphy’s Law states that I’ll tear myself a complete new asshole just to make a point…
5.5 weeks early gives me a week and a half…yikes!!
I wanted to make sure we were not wrong about the oxytocin thing. I looked it up (wikipedia) and it was oxytocin. Pitocin is one of the trade names it is sold under. So you are both right.
hehehe you are too cute J! I was wondering the same thing!
chelle
cool stuff J, thanks!!
OMG, what a story. It was fun to read.
Mark was 3.5 weeks early and had to be delivered by emergency c-section. After 2.5 hours of pushing and no progress, they found that my pelvis is to small to birth naturally!!!!
what a story, the pain scares me to death and i’m thinking how if i’m pregnant later ….
Precious!!