I've already posted a million pictures but have failed to detail that wonderful st. Patricks day!
It all started around 7am. I was sleeping and just starting to wake up when I felt 2 strong cramps about 10 mins apart. 10 minutes after the 2nd cramp had passed I realized my water had broken. (well, technically I was wondering if it broke or if I was peeing myself) it was a very slow leakage that gradually became more. ( not like in BAby Mama where a gallon came out).
So at this point I called the DR because I wasn't having any more cramps. He told me to go to the hospital to see if it really was my water- I decided I'd rather wait an hour and just go to his office to verify that, since I wasn't having contractions.
Once 8:30am rolled around we went to his office where Dr. Allred verified it was indeed my water that had broken and I was already dilated to 5 cm!
I was shocked because I hadn't had any contractions I could feel. The Dr told us to head up to the hospital- we were having this baby today!
That's when I started feeling the contractions- but they were very mild and tolerable.
When we got to the hospital we registered and the nurse started my IV and Pitocin to keep the labor going.
We were there about 3 hours when the nurse said it was time to push. She was surprised at how quickly I got to 10cm, and with the miracle of the epidural- I felt nothing.
With 3 sets of 3 pushes, the baby was out and the Dr had made it just in time. They put the baby right on my belly and it was the weirdest thing ever- but also the most awsome.
I didn't have an episiotomy,which I was most afraid of, but I did have a little tearing (a 1st degree tear which they said was really good for a first time mom)
Overall childbirth was fast, easy and painfree! It was the recovery which was lame. The stitches were sore for about a week after. But if sore stitches were the worst part, I think that's pretty awsome!
