Well April Fool's Day 2008 was a long hard day for the three of us (no this doesn't include He-Man).
We went in to the hospital around 7:15am yesterday morning to be induced.
Labor (with the help of pitocin) officially began at 8:40am
We sat around for three hours watching tv, not much to report.
Around 11:30am Dr. Apgar broke her water.
We sat around for a few more hours....no contractions yet.
Her contractions started around 3:00, and we began using breathing techniques we learned in our class.
Around 4:30pm Renee got an epidural which didn't take effect until 5:15 when they upped her dosage. It helped a lot and eliminated the pain (excluding the baby's feet to her ribs). She did get "the shakes" which her nurse said was a normal side effect. Only 4 cm.
Around 7:00pm she amazed the nurse by being 10 cm, ready to push, but our doctor said he needed to finish with another patient who had had some complication but everything looked great for us.
Around 7:40 pm Renee started pushing.
The doctor said she was pushing great but the baby's head was cocked to one side and we needed to try to get it to turn so she pushed for awhile on her side.
She pushed courageously and without complaint for 2 1/2 hours, but after she got a fever the doctor said he'd try to suction cup the baby out while she pushed. If this didn't work by the third contraction he said he'd have to do a C section.
On the third push, during the second contraction our baby was born (details and pictures to follow) at 10:19pm.
Without giving too much unnecessary detail, Renee needed a LOT of stitches and ended up needing to go to the operation room for surgery to stop the bleeding.
Long story short, my wife is a trooper and never complained, even though she was never able to hold our baby until 3:30am after she recovered from the extra surgery and paperwork.
Now she's resting up and we hope to be home with baby on Thursday or possibly Friday afternoon.
God's presence was evident during the entire labor and even with surgery, Renee was calm and able to trust Him. Thanks to ya'll for your prayers. They were greatly needed and appreciated.
3 comments:
Way to go, Renee!
Aw, we are so so excited for you guys and for Brendon to have a new little friend! Way to go, Renee... and Gene for supporting her through all that long labor and pushing! I'm sure it's so worth it to have your little one in your arms now and we will be praying for a quick recovery and sleep for the both of you. ;o)
Jeremy and Rachel
Congratulations to you both! I'm so proud of you RRHDD and I can't wait to meet your little guy. Wow, you're a MOM!!! (Can you teach me how to fold a fitted sheet now?)
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