Look at them from the bottom up
If you haven't read this on my Facebook, here is the story on my blog:
July 9th
7:30 am: check in at Mercy hospital
7:40 am: No room in the inn... Seriously no beds were available since July is thier busiest month of babies
8:30 am: Check in to a room
9:00 am: Get IV placed (My nurse was amazing she got me the first poke and didn't have to dig around I love you Sandy!!!!)
9:30 am: Got the wonderful penicillin drip infused and my arm... Felt like it is going to burn off for the next 5 minutes (but only 5 minutes... unlike the 7 1/2 hours with my first delivery)
around 12:30 pm: Doctor Sandmeier (who is pregnant) breaks my water... It takes her about 5 minutes while she tells me that she has never had this hard of a time breaking someones water. Her words not mine: I think your placenta is reinforced... Me: when you do it you do it right (this is when we realized that all that walking did NOTHING to help break my water... my placenta was there to stay
2:30 pm: Still dilated to a 6 since 12:30 and am informed that I get pitocin or a c-section... I grudgingly accept the stupid drug
3:30 pm: my nurse offers an epidural and I say I think I can handle it for now so she turns up my pitocin drip and says that she has everything set up so if I decide that I want an epidural in two contractions it will be available
Two contractions later and a few colored words later: "Where the H*^^ is my nurse I want an epidural!!!!"
5 minutes later: Nurse is there with the anesthesiologist
2 minutes later: needle is in my back and I am being told that I can yell but I cant push or move
Two contractions later: Me to my anesthesiologist: "I love you"
My legs are numb and life is much much better
5:00pm: Blood pressure goes too low and I get some meds
15 minutes later: I am puking my guts out while Lance (literally 18 inches away from my face) munches on a Big Mac while playing a game on her computer
5 minutes later: Anti-nausea drugs kick in (I love modern medicine)
7:00 pm: I call in my nurse because I am feeling the urge to push
5 minutes later: Yep I'm at a ten and ready to push
5 minutes later: I start pushing ( I am then informed that I am a very good pusher especially for someone with a complete epidural... meaning I cant feel a thing and I have NO control over my legs... Im paralyzed from the waste down pretty much)
15 minutes later Dr. Booth comes in to see how I am doing and informs me that she has to go pee and she will be back in a couple of minutes
1 push later: my nurses are yelling at me to stop pushing
Doc runs in, the nurses set everything up for the grand entrance
7:30 pm and two pushes: Lucas Alfred Nethercott enters this grand world screaming and has a perfect Apgar rating 7 lbs 15 oz and 6 grams
Of course I cry and get to hold my beautiful baby boy. Yes he is a little swollen but who cares I know he is gorgeous underneath all that swelling and torpedoed headedness
So, there you have it. the whole story
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