Saturday, September 29th. We were at the hospital at 8 am with much anticipation. We knew what the outcome would be but how would we get there and how long would it take? I decided to wear flip flops one last time! Don't deny a pregnant woman what she craves most.
They started me on pitocin around 9 am. Because I was being induced, I had to be hooked up to the monitor. No walking around to reduce the labor pains....not that I could walk very well anyway. I started feeling the contractions around 10 am. We watched Mythbusters for a while. My parents got there around 10:30 am. We visited for a while. I told my mom the name. She was surprised and happy. My Aunt Myrna and Uncle Joe stopped by and brought beautiful flowers and a baby gift from my cousin Randa.....who's pregnant due November 7th.
The contractions got stronger and more painful around 12:30 pm. I didn't think it was too bad. Dr. Russell broke my water about 2 pm. Thank goodness THAT didn't happen in public!!! I changed my mind about the contractions around 3:30 pm and was still not fully dialated! My mom went to the nurses station and asked for an epidural for me. There were several other women in labor and needing epidurals so I had to wait quite a while. Finally around 5 pm, they came in to give me an epidural. I had heard horror stories about the administering of an epidural. Not bad at all. What freaked me out was that the baby's heartbeat dropped immediately and the nurses were frantically moving me about to get it stable! After about 10 minutes, everything was back to normal. The pain meds kicked in just in time for the Rockies/Diamondbacks game.
We watched the whole game. The Rockies won again! Starting Sept 16th (the game we went to) they have won 21 out of 22 games! They have a great chance of making the playoffs. They had to win 2 of 3 against Arizona to make it to a "playoff" game against San Diego to make the wild card.
Back to labor....I asked Nathan to have my mom come in. He went out and came back and said she was outside walking. OK. A little later, I asked for my mom again. He went out and came back and said she was napping. OK. About 9 pm, I asked for my mom again. He went out and his mom came in. Nice but what part of MY MOM don't you understand?!?! About 10:30 pm my mom FINALLY came in. She had had an anxiety attack and was in the emergency room at the other end of the hospital! Crazy! Everything was ok but they kept her there for quite a while.
At about 11 pm, my doctor decided it was GO time! My contractions were getting stronger but I couldn't tell because I had just taken another pump of epidural. The nurse and Nathan were holding my hands and legs. Dr Russell was telling me to push right here....where the hell is here?!? I couldn't feel anything. He didn't want to come out. They used a vacuum suction to get his head out. Once his head was out, I suddenly felt where here was! The nurses got him wiped down and Nathan cut the umbilical cord. Nathan placed him in my arms and I just cried.....
REMINGTON LAWRENCE TOLAND
SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 11:37 PM
7LBS 15OZ 21 1/2 INCHES
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!!
Dr Russell was right about 8 lbs. I tore a little bit but it's normal. 14 hours of labor, not horrible but considering the three months prior, I will take hours of labor over a broken ankle any day!
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