The doctor suggested we eat a good breakfast before coming to the hospital on Saturday, so Joe and I went to Shari's around 6 am and got to the hospital at 7 am to be induced. Things, as they usually do at hospitals, took a while. We finally had the pitocin going at 9 am and had a few contractions. Over the next several hours they increased the dosage. They we able to get the contractions around 2-3 minutes apart, but they weren't getting any more intense. I dilated a centimeter to 3cm between 9am and about 5:30pm. The doctor broke my water to hopefully gets things going.
To say the least, the doctor definitely got things going! My contractions started getting more intense in just a few minutes. At about 6 I was in quite a bit of pain but I was only dilated another centimeter so the doctor suggested I just get something in my IV to take the edge off. The nurse came in and gave me the medication and said it would take the pain down a notch or two and last for about an hour and then hopefully I would be ready for an epidural. About 7 pm I was in severe pain. The contractions were about 2 minutes apart and I could barely think during them. Joe was great and would rub and squeeze my feet during the contractions which helped a lot to distract me, but I was ready for the epidural.
When the nurse came to check me at 7:10 I was dilated to 5 centimeters and she called the doctor to see if he was okay with me having the epidural. The anesthesiologist came in about 10 minutes and I was in major pain. She had me get on my side and when I felt baby Quinn fall into place (and my pain level increased even more.) They were ready to insert the epidural, but when the nurse checked me the baby was already crowning and ready to go.
Two pushes later, Quinn was here! It was quite an intense experience, but from 5 cm to birth was only 24 minutes.
Unfortunately, Quinn's lungs weren't quite ready for the big world, so he took a trip to the special care nursery and is probably going to be there for a few days to a week or two while his lungs develop the rest of the way. Please keep him in your prayers. We can't wait to have him home with us.
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