The Tenth of May

So during labor I posted pretty much everything that I went through. I found it very relaxing and helpful when it came to displacing pain. For those of you that don’t have twitter or facebook I also made it a habit to write everything down in NOTES on my iphone. Well here it is direct from my phone. Enjoy!
Friday August 28th
2:30 NST appointment at Thunderbird hospital
3 high blood pressure, labs, and urine
3 watched Monsters Inc (love this movie, still waiting for a sequel)
4 Dr Tom came by and told me my toxemia had declared itself and found out I was going to be induced
4:30 brought up to labor and delivery by wheelchair
5 dialated to 1 before the process even started, I guess he is ready
Nurse Candace
6 feeling the heat from the meds (magnesium)
Nurse Peggy
7 epi going in but not hooked up (wasn’t given a choice)
7:30 dialated to 2
9 no epi but definitely feeling some pain now, starting to feel the contractions
9 Ben left to get stuff from home
9:10 listening to Casting Crowns, helps relax and displace pain. Feeling a little pain
9:20 starting to bleed, they said good
9:30 dialated to 3
10:30 talked to my daddy, he is excited
10:30 feeling nauseous, Zofran going in
10:30 Ben and Beth are back, I missed my hubby
11 epi going in
11:30 pitocin is going in, here we go
Saturday August 29th
12 Cath in, dialated to 4
12:30 contractions 5 minutes apart
1 nap time
2 woke up and everyone is sleeping
2 15 Ben is up with me and we are talking about what he will look like and when we first found out
2 30 Ben is eating and I am jealous, so hungry eerrrr
3 checked still 4, headache nauseous blah
3 second epi push
3:10 Zofran
3:45 miserable, shaking, nauseous, headache, errr
4:15 blood taken, mean nurse woke everyone up, stupid b
4:20 nap time
5 woke up from nap
6:20 check still 4 told that they were going to break my water, just like my mom she never got past 4
6:30 water broken, weird feeling
7:02 contractions in the 60s
7:05 60 contractions, 3 minutes apart
8:15 brushed hair and flossed teeth, awe
8:15 mom is monitoring contractions
8:15 nap
9:00 wake up and met Dr Contant, she seems awesome. Says lets have this baby before the end of her shift at 7,that is a long time from now
9:15 dialated to 5 1/2
9:20 given bullet ball to open up (graphic I know)
10:20 huge contractions, really feeling it peaking at 50 and 60, breathe breathe
11 dialated to 6, 80% effaced
11:10 epi push
12 30 epi push
12 50 worst contractions, suck it
1 epi push (mom pushed my button, err)
1:10 feeling relief finally
1:30 dialated to 7, 90% effaced
1:40 nap time
2:30 dialated to 7 1/2
2:38 epi push
3:30 epi push
3:45 morphine, holy damn
4:15 epi push
4:45 dialated to 9, 90% effaced
4:50 epi push, worst pains by far
5:10 fully effaced and dialted to ten, time to push.
5:20 pushing time, owwwweeeeeeee
5:53 baby Travis William Leivian is born
5:53 placed on my chest all slimy and beautiful
6:00 6 lbs 2 oz 19 3/4 long, 14 1/2 head. beautiful gray eyes (gray, hhmmmm)