All is Wells: April 2010

Well my life has just gotten a bit more complicated, and a whole lot sweeter!

The story of Kindi's birth: (If you are squeamish at all you might not enjoy it.)

Wednesday morning when I got out of bed I had a little bit of fluid leak down my legs, I didn't call the Dr. right away, but instead just paid close attention the rest of the day. The rest of Wednesday and Thursday I didn't have enough leakage to mention, but when I woke up Friday there was more leaking with a slight pink tinge. So I waited until the clinic opened to call and see what they thought. While I waited I packed my bag, showered and shaved (with Kaden sitting in the bottom of the tub). When I called the clinic they told me to come in right away, so I got Kaden and myself dressed, called Jeremy to tell him they wanted to see me, and out the door we went.

We waited for a few minutes at the clinic until the Dr. on call could see me. And of course the Dr on call was the one Dr. that we don't particularly care for at the clinic. She examined me and took a swab of the fluid to make sure it was amniotic fluid then told me she was going to admit me to be induced, but she couldn't officially do that until the test results came back. Even though the swab turned very blue immediately, which of course means that it is amniotic fluid. So out to the waiting room Kaden and I went again where he flirted with everyone he could find.

Jeremy stopped and picked up lunch and got to the hospital at the same time they sent me over for admitting. Then came the IV (YUCKY I hate needles) and the pitocsin (Don't have a clue how to correctly spell that!). I was so sure we weren't going to have to induce this time! I was looking forward to a quick labor, which is common in my family, but no... here I was again waiting in the hospital as the pain slowly escalated.

Mom came and got Kaden and took him home with her. Then she got Morgan to come and babysit him so she could come back and be with me. I would have hated to have him there for all of that. Plus he was sick and bored to tears in that room already. Poor kiddo had a cold and this was going to be the first time I wasn't there for him at night. That was pretty tough for me. Jeremy's parents were able to make it down to stay with him though and see Kindi right after she was born.

As the pain kept getting worse I kept hearing my sister's voice saying, "Get the epi!" I hate needles so much that the thought of a needle in my spine was way worse then the thought of the pain. And I did it without it for Kaden. The problem was that I didn't really want to take the Stadol (once again I don't know how to spell that... silly medical terms) again though it makes everything seem distant and fuzzy and it takes me a long time to process what the nurses are telling to do. When the pain was bad enough I was wanting to be done already I asked the Dr. to check my progress. I was only at 5 cm. I was at 7 cm by this point with Kaden. So I gritted my teeth through a few more contractions debating with myself. Thinking that if I did get the epi I wouldn't even have to feel the stitches afterwards (which is what I remember the most about Kaden's delivery) and Jeremy's family was there and Morgan and Jacy and I didn't really know that I wanted to be as beat up when they all came in to see me... SO I finally gave in... Yes I want the epi. I think it was an hour before they gave it to me! So I took some Stadol while I waited. GRRRR The anesthesiologist came and asked me all my medical history while I am going in and out of contractions every minute and I am just thinking DO IT ALREADY! Oh, that and wow this guy has freaky hair! (It was really bushy and very gray.)

When they had me sit up to get in position for the epi I thought it was too late. I sat up and told the nurse I need to push! They just told me to keep breathing and I tried to rip Jeremy's arm off as he helped support me. I would just start sobbing (and yelling I'm sure) when the contractions came because I wanted to push so bad. Luckily he was fast and he put the needle in during a contraction so even though I felt it I didn't have any energy to worry about it and it was nothing compared to the contraction. My left side went numb right away. The right side took longer. That was a weird feeling. All of a sudden half of the intense pain vanished, but the rest was still just as bad. With each contraction the pain shrunk. Soon it was down to a fist size spot on my right then all I could feel was a tightening and some pressure. It was so crazy. It made me laugh. :)

After a certain amount of time on an epi if you haven't had the baby yet they have to cath you, because obviously you can't get up and go pee by yourself! So when Dr. Lee came in to put the catheter in she took one look at me and said, "Oh, there's the head, guess we better get ready, she is going to have this baby without even pushing." Once again I just started laughing. Maybe it was the stadol... I don't know, but I just found it incredible that here I was having a baby and I didn't even know it! The nurses chuckled at me as I laughed and chatted through the pushing. My precious Kindi Kae entered the world at 10:15 pm on April 16th, 2010. I ended up with only a 'scratch' that required two stitches and I didn't even know she did them!

I fully believe that she would have been earlier if I hadn't had the epi because I would have pushed just to get rid of the pain! But I wouldn't have had as much fun. :) So all of my friends beware. I am now a firm believer in the epidural having done it both ways and will be sure to encourage you in that direction! The only thing about doing it without the epi is that... I don't know if I can put it into words that will make since, but here goes anyways... I think I was slightly more excited to see Kaden because not only was I getting to see my baby for the first time, but my pain was done (Okay so it wasn't really, the part I remember being the worst was still to come, but it seems like it at that moment!). But let me tell you, if I knew then what I know now... I wouldn't have hesitated to get the epi with Kaden either. :)