Wow, has a whole month gone by?! Okay, well I'm back to being a fairly well functioning person, considering I now have a tiny infant and a very active toddler. I better jot down my second birth experience while I have a quiet moment...
I started having contractions on June 7th in the afternoon/evening and we finally went to the hospital on June 8th around 2:30 AM. My friend/coworker Laurie, came to my house to spend the night and take Nathan to daycare in the morning.
By noon, I was still at 5 cm, and hadn't progressed at all since the wee hours of the morning. To make a long story short: the midwife on my case suggested pitocin to make my contractions longer and stronger to help me dilate. I accepted. Then the attending physician on my case came in about 20 minutes later and said that there was so much fluid in my uterus that the contractions would be ineffective in pushing the baby down to where he needed to be. She recommended that she break my water. I accepted. Then the nurse told me that breaking the water ALSO makes the contractions longer and stronger. Then I realized that my epidural was no longer providing any pain relief because it had been turned down after I passed out a few hours earlier and had not be turned back up. Too bad the anesthesiologist was NOT AVAILABLE! (Why did we do BOTH interventions, why didn't we check to see if the anesthesiologist was available BEFORE the interventions?!! - Next time...haha probably not!) I went through an hour of AGONY while my contractions were looonnng and strooonnng (that's what we wanted, right?!) and successfully dilated my cervix from 5cm to 10 cm. Finally it was time to push, my epidural was useless, IV pain relief was administered and I was thrilled to get this thing over with and meet my sweet baby boy!Britton delivered the baby but I think he was happy to also have the midwife there to deal with painful Lauren! (The attending physician was called away to an emergency.) I only pushed for about 15 minutes and I was so excited to get to watch it all again in the mirror. This is a picture of the moment Greyson came out.
Some people might think that this picture is a little graphic, especially if the medical field is foreign to them. I included this picture because I think this moment is beautiful! What could be more amazing than a baby coming into the world? As far as breathtaking moments go, the moments when each of my children came out of the birth canal were the most amazing, thrilling moments of my life. It was AWESOME!
Welcome!:
Greyson McKenzie Crigler
June 8, 2012
1:35 pm
6 pounds, 3 ounces
19 inches
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| Give me that beautiful baby! |
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| Wow! We have another beautiful son! |
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| High on life! |
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| Greyson gets his first check up and bath. |
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| Greyson gets snuggles from his daddy. |
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| Hey family! Nice to meet you1 |
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| Greyson adjusts to life outside the womb. |
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| Love at first sight, all over again! I'm a VERY lucky woman! |
It's wonderful to see pictures of you and Greyson! I'm sorry the delivery was so tough, it's a good thing that moms tend to forget all that pain quickly. thanks for sharing this exciting and blessed event! It's great to see you back blogging. Love you all!
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