He’s Here! (My Labor Story)
Posted on | July 10, 2009 | 8 Comments
Hey everyone. I’m going to try to updte this as best as I can. It’s 2:42 am and I’m a tired, sore mommy with an attached, yet semi-demanding son so I don’t get much rest 
On the 5th, my last entry I wrote about being concerned about labor being around the corner. That morning I lost my mucus plug at around 1 am and after that I randomly (TMI) got the poops like crazy. I knew something was up because my body was obviously starting to clean itsself out.
Around 6 am I started getting what felt like period pains. I always heard contractions were stomach pains, plus for about half of my pregnancy I had vaginal pains and aches so I ruled out anything going on .. that was until I realized they were coming and going in intervals!
I called my mom and told her that something was happening and by the time she got here they were getting pretty strong so we went to the hospital t around 9 am. When I got there the nurses confirmed that they were indeed contractions but I wasn’t dilated so they sent me home. Arrrgh.
By the time we got home I was practically screaming every time they came on, but I took their Ambien pill and held it off for about 8 hours. I really couldn’t sleep and omfg they were hurting like crazy so we said fuck it and went back into the hospital at around midnight. Dilated or not they were at least going to drug me up!
I got back to the hospital and they agreed to take me in and hook me up to an IV. When I first came back I was only dilated to about a 2 the nurse insisted that I get pain medication and my epidural going which freaked me out because I heard so many horror stories that women started their epis before about 6 and ran out. The nure assured me that they had plenty for me and if I ran out they’d give me a refill so I agreed.
4 am they hooked me up to the epi and omg it was amazing. Plus I was high as a kite from the pain meds and really able to relax at this point. I still felt some pressure and the contractions coming on so I called the nurse and told her something wasn’t working. She checked me and said I was fully dilated and the baby was already crowning!
Long story short, my doctor was still on vacation so they scrambled to find me one to deliver me and it ended up being my old OBGYN! By the time he got there Jack was pretty much hanging out so they told me I only needed to push once and within 5 minutes, 2 pushes later on July 6 at 7 am (3 days early) I had my baby!
He’s so amazing and so beautiful (ignore me in that pic I look like crap!). I love being a mom although it’s hard doing this alone and I can tell it’s going to be a long journey! I’m lucky that I got a pretty easy labor despite all my worries, but I did suffer one gnarly rip So I’m pretty exhausted and cripple from that plus all the other post partum pains, but my little man is so worth it. I would do this whole journey all over again just to have him!
BTW OMFG he looks 100% like his daddy it’s so outrageous LOL. People are always looking at me like I kidnapped a white baby lol but nope! He’s ALL mine.
I’ll update more later. Little man is finally sleeping so its time to get my nap in! Thanks so much everyone for the support throughout all of this! I appreciate you all so much!
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July 10th, 2009 @ 9:27 am
Congrats! And don’t worry about the photo. As a rule of thumb I never trust birth pictures where the mom looks all nice and pretty. Birth takes hard work.
July 10th, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
woohooo!!! Congratulations!! How exciting for you, i’m so glad you didn’t have to be induced! Now sit back and enjoy your new baby!
July 10th, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
oh, and he is totally gorgeous!
July 11th, 2009 @ 1:29 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YAY!!!! He is gorgeous and you look beautiful!!! Oh, and btw my sons bday is also July 6!!!
ENJOY!
July 11th, 2009 @ 10:45 am
Congrats!!!
July 12th, 2009 @ 10:28 am
My heart skipped a beat when I saw the title of your post!
CONGRATULATIONS! He’s beautiful! Try to get some rest and enjoy that baby!
July 12th, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Congrats on the beautiful bundle!!! I hope you’re both recovering and adjusting well. I was also just wondering how you dealt with Daddy during your labor. Did you tell him when it started? Does he now know his son is here? I’m due soon as well and am just wondering how other mothers in similar situations have dealt with nonresponsive fathers during the birth.
July 12th, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
Thank you so much everyone
I’m so excited to officially be apart of the mommy club.
Satsuki – I hate the girls that look beautiful in the post labor pics while here I am fat, bloated, tired, makeupless and all of it showing in my pics!
Squawroot – daddy has no idea his son is born. Though I want to tell him more than anything he’s made it loud and clear that he no longer believes our son is his and has made no attempts to be in contact with us since Christmas so I’m just going to let the government do all of the talking for me and put the ball in his court from that point on. No use in bothering/hagging a man who can’t give a damn I say! I shouldn’t have to force him to be a man and pester him to be there for his son.