Thursday June 4, 2009:
I had my 40 week appointment with Susan Selbe the midwife. She told me I was 2 cm dilated and I don't believe she mentioned anything about being effaced. But I'm sure I was almost 100%. Nothing too exciting. They made me set up an appointment for a NST test - Non Stress Test in OB at Goodall on Monday 6.8.09 I basically would go and get hooked up to the heart monitor and they would make sure the baby's heart rate was good. This appointment they do for everyone who goes past their due date! They also scheduled another ultrasound for that upcoming Thursday - just to make sure everything was ok! So I was bummed to say the least! I was so mad that I hadn't had the baby yet! And there wasn't much progress! Later that afternoon I went to the bathroom and there was a little bit of blood. I wasn't too nervous but I called the doctor's anyways. They said it could have just been from my exam and it could be the early signs of labor. I thought to myself, "I'm not that lucky".
Friday June 5, 2009:
I was sick of sitting home doing nothing. I had stopped working May 29. I felt like I was waisting my maternity leave and was regretting not working up until I had the baby. I decided around 9 am that I was going to go to Bob's Discount Furniture up in South Portland to buy a new couch! I went by myself. Everyone was mad at me for going up there by myself when I was so close to having the baby. My response was - "I'm not going into labor...I'm not that lucky". Besides, I figured even if I went into labor I had to drive by the hospital anyways to get to South Portland! So I drove my car to Jarvis to get my dad's truck in case I found something in the Pit and I had to bring it home. Well the drive up there was fine. But my dad's truck is a monstrosity! 95 was all construction, they had smaller lanes and it was all grooved pavement from Biddeford to Portland! So I was a nervous wreck driving that truck. Well anyways, I got to Bob's and what felt like an eternity later...I found a couch and a coffee table and two end tables! I bought them but they weren't going to be ready for pick up till the following Wednesday. I left Bob's around 1ish. The drive home was not a good one. I kept having cramps. These were cramps I hadn't had before. I knew I wasn't going to make it through the night. I just knew I was going to end up going to the hospital. These cramps were getting really strong the closer I got to Rochester! I dropped the truck back off at Jarvis. I told my dad I didn't think I was going to make it! He got all excited. He called my mom and told her what I said! I called Mike and told him that if he could get out of work early it would be good cause I was in labor.
I was trying to time my contractions when I finally got home from Bob's. But every time I would forget when the first one had started!! So it was useless. I think Mike was sick of me saying "tonight's the night" because I think I said that like every night for 3 weeks! But it was the night! We ordered a buffalo chicken pizza from the new place on the hill Rt. 153 Country Store. I was stuffin' my face when the phone rang. It was my mom. She wanted to know why I was still at home and not at the hospital. I told her my water hadn't broken and I wasn't going to the hospital until it broke! Well I swear to god...10 minutes later my water broke(6 pm). It was the grosses thing ever! I also started to cry. I think I was nervous...So we grabbed our bags and headed to the hospital - it took about a half an hour to get out of the house. Mike made me tell him every time I was having a contraction
We got to Sanford and were in our room at 7 pm! Everything was going good. Contractions were manageable. Then they got to be pretty bad. So they gave me some staidol...that stuff made me feel like I was drunk. But everytime I had a contraction...I was hallucinating! I told Mike that I was seeing circus animals! Once the staidol starting wearing off the contractions were even worse! I wanted another dose but they didn't give me another one because it was causing the heart rate to drop. So then I said, "I'm getting an epidural!" It seemed like FOREVER to get the epi! That was the greatest thing ever!! I loved it. I couldn't feel a thing. I was ready to push at 3 AM...so I pushed and pushed! I had an episodimy and still tore. I had the worst kind of tear! But at 4:48 AM Keltin Michael was born!!! 8 pounds 10 oz and 22 inches long!! He was so cute!
So there you have it! My birth story!
xoxo
Deidra
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