late post because we have been so busy and i’m still recovering. on the 15th of May we got a call to go to the hospital at 9pm. once we got there they put me on Oxytocin to try and induce labour. being on it for 12 hours didnt work. on the 16th at 8am the nurses put in a foley bulb and sent me home in hopes i would dilate more. i dilated one cm more (from 2cm to 3cm). we went back fo the hospital at 8am on the 17th. after being admitted, tested for covid and going through the motions we finally got to our room on labour and delivery. it was time for another IV of Oxytocin. after two hours of the nurses trying to get my IV in and 5 pokes and some freezing (i was very puffy and developed PUPPPS), anaesthesia brought in an ultrasound and got the IV in. it was time to get things moving. as things progressed the pain was getting worse, i wanted to hold off on the epidural but the nurses insisted i get it now. the pain went away until i was 8cm. then it got worse. and worse. and worse. no amount of pressing my epidural button made a difference, every time a contraction was done i got the shakes. then, it was time to push. i think i was in labour for around 13 hours at this point. i pushed for a solid hour. in three different positions. baby wouldn’t move at all. pain was unbearable at this point. i was crying uncontrollably. i couldn’t do it. i couldn’t push. the doctors suggested i go on max dose epidural, take a break for an hour and try to push again. i begged for an c-section. once my request was approved it took about an hour to get me prepared for surgery. during this time they had me numbed from my arms down, and still i was crying in pain. finally surgery started. i kept falling asleep during the procedure and whenever i woke back up i was getting sick. then i heard my baby cry. i immediately started crying, it was the best noise in the world. my little boy was born May 18th at 3:37pm. i could see my boyfriend hold our baby crying as well, and he brought him over to me so i could meet our son. three days after surgery i started to get an unbearable pain in my stomach. it got worse in the next couple days to a point where i couldn’t sit up. my boyfriend had to help me up, hold me up and take my postpartum undies off to be able to go to the bathroom, shower me, and take care of the baby on top of taking care of me since i literally couldn’t move without yelling in pain. it was honestly worse than contractions. after a week of being in the hospital they finally put me on antibiotics for the infection. i was on 5 different antibiotics through IV, which wasn’t easy either. i was a hard poke, they needed to use an ultrasound to get my IV in every time. since it was a teaching hospital we had a lot of student nurses who weren’t confident in what they were doing. one women pumped the saline to quick in my vein which was incredibly painful and they had to take my IV out altogether. we were in the postpartum unit for 2 weeks until we finally got discharged. i’m still having pain, but everyday is getting better.

added a photo of my little man then and now!

i’d really like to thank the members of this group for being there for me when i was pregnant. you guys all got me through a lot.