Born at 5pm weighing 8Ibs |
I started having contractions about 6 PM on Thursday. That's when my
mother showed up with Mary, it was excellent timing. When we got to the
hospital I wasn't quite 4 centimeters dilated yet but the contractions were
coming two minutes apart so they had me walk around the hospital having
contractions every two minutes until I was 4 cm dilated (It was a very slow walk).
When I was 4 cm dilated and they admitted me to the hospital. As I was walking
to the room I would deliver in I had a very strong contraction and asked for
the epidural (nicely). The woman came very soon after I asked to do the
epidural and it started working quickly. That was extremely nice.
Very awake |
Soon my midwife came in and asked me to rest until 8 o'clock in the
morning (at this point it was about 2 AM). I was able to sleep most of the
night (epidurals are amazing) and when I woke about 8am my midwife broke my water
and came back about noon to check on me. I hadn't made much progress so they
gave me pitocin and the contractions started to pick up by 3 o'clock. I started
feeling the pressure to push but my midwife wanted me to wait and let that
pressure push the baby down that way I wouldn't have to push very long and it
worked because I started pushing about 4 PM on Friday and after my first push
you could see his head! Unfortunately my midwife was helping someone else
deliver their baby at the same time I was trying to deliver mine so after a
couple pushes and it was clear that the baby was coming very soon they had me
wait for my midwife (apparently nurses are terrified of delivering alone, cause
I did ask them to do it). It was the most uncomfortable 20 minutes of my life
and as I waited the girl who was delivering with my Midwife was screaming
bloody murder the whole time (she did it naturally, hence her taking precedent
over me).
I kept feeling the urge to push while I waited and it felt like the baby
was half out and I just had to hold him halfway in and out of the world! It was
so painful that I had to resist the urge to yell “Rachel!!”,my midwifes name.
Finally Rachel came in and I was so happy to see her! I finally go to push
again! It was really cool to have my mom, Melissa, and Mary there. I hope Mary
it wasn't too scarred because she was holding my hand most of the time that I
pushed. The pain and pressure was still quite uncomfortable so I had Nath distract
me by telling me stories about our trip around Europe, it worked pretty well. At
one point they tell me to look down and I saw my midwife pulling out my baby
Oliver and she placed him right on top of my chest having done nothing to him.
I'll never forget how I felt. He was so amazing and so beautiful and so
wonderful!
I didn’t have long with him before they took him to the NICU because they
were worried he'd swallowed too much poop. Nathan got to go with him so soon I
got a text from him that Ollie was doing well. The first thing I did after
hearing this news was eat some fruit loops! I was so hungry! I had gone about
24 hours without food at this point. After the yummy cereal the nurse took me
to the bathroom to shower. I remember thinking the bathroom looked like a
murder scene as I left it. Yikes, that was a lot of blood!
After the shower I was taken to the mother-baby unit. I got to order a
big cheeseburger, fries, and chicken strips. It was really good food! It wasn’t
much later that we all fell asleep. Oliver did great that first night! He slept
about 4 hours, ate, and then slept another 6 hours! The second night was not as
great, but still good, its been downhill since!
I really don’t mind the lack of sleep too much because I
get to see the most wonderful baby boy every 2 hours in the night. He has made
Nathan and me so unspeakably happy! I am VERY much enjoying motherhood. I am
learning to be more selfless, kind, and caring. He makes me want to be a better
person, because someone so perfect deserves a wonderful mother. Everything I do
now, I do for him.
Oliver Kai Mulligan |
I love the 'very awake' picture. I wish I could meet him in real life...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful beautiful baby Megan! I love reading delivery stories and I'm so glad yours went so well. Miss you! I will need to call you and hear all about how you and baby are doing these days. Love you!
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