A Birth Story - Part 3

Feb. 6th - 12:40am

Me: Are we forgetting anything?! Oh my god, I keep gushing! I thought this only happened in the movies! It hurts, it hurts!

Neil: We have everything!

Me: Mom, dad are you coming with us?

Mom: Yes!

Dad: Let me grab my shirt first!

Me: Bah, the rental car is blocking the driveway! Dad, hurry, hurry MOVE IT!

Neil: Ok, get in the car!

Me: Oh my god, I can barely get in the car. Here's another contraction, ooooowwwwww! OH MY GAAAWD! I keep gushing more with each contraction. My pants are soaked!!! Please HURRY!

1:00am

Me: NEIL! I thought you knew how to get to the child birthing center. BAAAH!

Neil: I... I... I'm trying to remember!

Me: OH MY GAAAWD! WHY DOES MY BUTTHOLE HURT!?!

Neil: Ok, this is it!

Mom: Just drop us off! We'll meet you inside!

Me: JUST HURRRRRY!

Get checked in
taken to labor room

Nurse: Here's the room. We'll need to exam you to see how far along you are.

Me: Can I please take a shower? I was leaking all the way here. I have amniotic fluid all over me.

Nurse: Sure, here's the bathroom and I'll come back with some towels and a gown.

Me: Neil, please help me! Oh my GOD, I hurt.

Neil: Ok, ugh, this bathroom is not made for two people.

10 minutes later

Nurse: Ok, I'm going to exam you and see how dilated you are right now. Hmmm, ok you're 4 cm dilated.

Me: I NEED SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN! PLEASE!!!

Nurse: Ok, we'll need to page the anesthesiologist for the epidural but in the mean time we can give you some morphine for the pain.

Me: Yes PLEASE AND HURRY!

15 minutes later

Nurse: There, that should help manage the pain until the anesthesiologist gets here.

Me: Ooookaaay, souuuuunds gooooooooood....

15 minutes later

Dr. P: Ok, I'm going to need you to curl up with your knees to your chest.

Me: Ummmm, okaaaaay... I'm verrrrrry biiiiiig though.

Dr. P: Ok, good! Just like that....

15 minutes later

Me: Holy crap, I can't feel my mid-section but I can feel my feet and toes! This is weird.

Neil: How are you feeling?

Me: MUCH better. But my butthole still has pain. I'm not sure why.

5 hours later

Me: Nurse, I'm feeling pain in my... um, rectum area. Is this normal??? It hurts bad even WITH the epidural.

Nurse: We can try to page Dr. P and get him to up the epidural, but we would like to see that you are able to push. The last time I checked you a few hours ago you were at 5 cm.

Me: Ok, maybe it will just go away.

Nurse: Also, we paged Dr. T and she will be here in a couple of hours. Try to get some rest until then.

7:00am

Dr. T: Hiiii, Marrriiisa. How are you doing? Let's check to see where you are... hmmmm, ok, you are still at 5cm.

Me: Ugh. I'm also feeling pain in the rectum area.

Dr. T: Yes, it seems the baby is posterior and that's creating the pain. You haven't made progress for a while and the nurse has noted that the baby is having "lates" meaning after a contraction his heart rate is dropping. This has been happening for a while I see... This is not good.

Me: The nurse did mention it and gave me this oxygen mask and I thought the oxygen was helping.

Dr. T: It is a little better but not completely. I'm going to recommend a C-Section if you don't progress in the next hour. I will go and come back in an hour to see if you've progressed, if not we'll need to perform a C-Section.

Me: Oh, no! Neil, please, I don't want a C-Section. I'm worried about the baby, oh my god, what's happening??

(The end of the story will be posted tomorrow. Need sleep!)