I was induced on October 29th, 2009. That put me at 40 weeks exactly. I was so nervous the night before. I thought things like... what the heck was I thinking, I am not ready to be a mom! I was doubting myself. It was weird though because throughout the whole pregnancy up until the night before I was very confident. I have taken care of kids my whole life but that night it dawned on me that I really was in trouble. I couldn't leave this kid with his mommy at the end of the night and go home with some money. No instead it would be me taking care of this little baby and in no way making money:) I didn't like the thought that I wouldn't have freedom or be able to stay up all night with Jordan watching movies and then sleeping in the next morning. None of that would be able to ever happen again. Such selfish thoughts eh? Well, you all know that I am completely honest in my blog.
So as we woke up the morning of the delivery, I felt calm and a sense of "I can do this". We went to the hospital at 5 a.m. and they were able to get an I.V. in by 5:40. I looked like a trophy! haha!
They wanted to start my pitoson but unfortunately, my blood pressure dropped drastically and I went through times when I would pass out and throw up. They had to wait for a while and then they began the doses. I didn't go very long until I got my epidural:) I'm not a pain tolerant person at all. From there on out, we were just waiting. We watched the Grinch and talked with family. About 8 hours later, Vance was ready to make his entrance! Everything seemed like it went so fast. I didn't realize that I had been in labor for 8 hours and I also didn't realize that I had pushed out a baby in the end!!! The beauty of an epidural:) He weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and he was 21 inches long. Way smaller than the doctors expected. He was perfect!
They wanted to start my pitoson but unfortunately, my blood pressure dropped drastically and I went through times when I would pass out and throw up. They had to wait for a while and then they began the doses. I didn't go very long until I got my epidural:) I'm not a pain tolerant person at all. From there on out, we were just waiting. We watched the Grinch and talked with family. About 8 hours later, Vance was ready to make his entrance! Everything seemed like it went so fast. I didn't realize that I had been in labor for 8 hours and I also didn't realize that I had pushed out a baby in the end!!! The beauty of an epidural:) He weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and he was 21 inches long. Way smaller than the doctors expected. He was perfect! All those selfish thoughts went right out the window. I didn't care that we couldn't stay up all night. I didn't care that I would lose sleep. All I knew is that I would do anything and everything for this little boy to make him know that I loved him.
2 comments:
Aw Chels! You did it!! I didn't now you were passing out and throwing up, you poor thing! I'm proud of you girl. Look at that little punkin!! Aaww!! And now that you've survived it, I think Ang will be much less freaked by the thought. Love you. :)
Chels, I'm so proud of you! It makes me tear up to read all your posts. I can hear the enthusiasm in your voice, and see the light in your eyes just reading it...makes me miss you so!
Love you Chels!
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