The week before I had begun a long stint of prodromal labor.  Then Tuesday at my weekly checkup they sent me to have a baby.  I went to the counter and told the nurse, "I would like to have a baby please."  After a giggle she put us in a room.  It was small and they decided we should be in a bigger room so they moved us.  OK All settled in.  Bring on the pitocin.  All day small contractions.  They keep saying they are not strong enough.  I am thinking OUCH already.  Well at 8:00 PM still 1 cm!!!  GGGRRRR!!!! 

They stopped the pitocin and put in cervidil for the night.  Then I was told this could take 5 or 6 days.  NO NO NO!!!  I got to eat dinner.  Yummy daddy brought me souper salad.  They brought in a pillow for Clint and he slept on the pull away couch bed.  SLEEP GOOD!!!

OK Now it is Wednesday morning at 6:00.  We had contractions all night but not good strong ones.  They started the pitocin again.  Not so bad except I am strapped to the bed with stuff being pumped into me.  At 11:00 AM the nurse midwife decided to break my water.  WOW MAMA That started the process moving.

By 2:30 PM I had an epidural and was in heaven.  I chatted and we laughed with family there.  Clint came and went.  At 7 is the doctor said that the contractions were not strong enough and it would be a while.  We were dilated to 5-6.  I said well they feel pretty strong so they put an internal monitor inside.  Now they see them.  It was 8:00 and by now we were 6-7 cm.  But it started to hurt in my tushy!! 

All of the sudden I started throwing up all my water.  After a couple of hours of ralphing my guts up I was dilated to 10. I was 9 and then like 15 minutes later I was 10 cm.  Boy were they shocked.   At 10:00  I was told you are complete but there is an anterior lip.  Whatever that is.  So now I have to NOT push.  At 11:30 I started pushing.  An hour and 33 minutes later I pushed out a beautiful baby boy.  He was born at 1:03 AM January 27, 2000.  He was 19.5 inches and 7 lb. 1.5 oz..   And he is growing so fast.

Misty