Jay Jrs Birth Story

Where to begin...

I'll detail the induction but just for my own memory really, it might he boring.

I went in to be induced Sunday morning at 8am. I was still only 1cm dilated and 50% effaced so we started with Cytotec. Got my first pill at close to 10am, minimal contractions and 4 hours later, still only about 1.5cm and 60% effaced. Got another pill inserted and 4 hours later I was having mild contractions and was about 2cm and 60% effaced (I believe). 

So at that point it was about 6pm. The midwife and I decided to start pitocin and see what happens. I was given the choice of another pill or the Foley bulb but thought pitocin might just work easier and be more comfortable that the bulb. Two hours later around 8 or so I was having some relatively strong contractions and getting uncomfortable. Got checked and I was at 4cm and about 70% effaced. We decided to break my water but first to go ahead and get an epidural because I never got the opportunity in the past and I just wanted things to be easier.

I was really worried about getting the epidural. It wasn't really that bad honestly. I even had to be poked twice because the first space wasn't the right space. I would do it again for sure though.  The worst part was the local anesthetic shot to numb the area then just a lot of pressure.

The midwife broke my water around 9 and I layed on each side for about 25-30 minutes with the peanut ball between my legs. They upped my pitocin to a 6 and my contractions got stronger but I couldn't feel them yay! 

Things went really fast from here. By the time I finished laying on both sides for the recommended time I started to feel quite a bit of pressure. I called the nurse in and the midwife came to check me. I was at least an 8 and she said I could probably push. We got set up to push and when I layed on my back JJs heartrate dropped for a second. The midwife said that's pretty normal but we should go fast. Called a pediatrician in just in case. (She later said that she isn't even sure what made her call the pediatrician in but thank God she did)

I started pushing. 4 or 5 pushes later he was out. He came out moving and he cried a little as they were putting him on me and wiping him. They rubbed and wiped him off but he just wasn't getting any more pink. They took him over to the pediatrician to give him some oxygen. He stayed over there while I was finishing up delivering placenta and getting sutures (1st degree).

I started to worry because they hadn't given him to me yet and it seemed to be taking forever. The doctor came over and said that his blood oxygen levels just weren't staying up high enough so they needed to take him to the NICU. That was really hard. I got to say bye to him and they took him to the NICU. I couldn't leave to go see him for an hour and a half while my medicine wore off. Jay went with him. My nurse stayed with me the whole time because as you can imagine, I was a mess.

They took me down to see him around 1:30 because the NICU nurse came and said they needed to bring me down because they were thinking of transferring him to main campus.

That's pretty much the end of the birth story. In the NICU they xrayed him and listened to his heart. They did everything they could to get his oxygen levels up but they just weren't staying up so called in someone to do an EKG and that's when we found out he had a congenital heart defect.

Around 3am (I think) they transferred him.