Labor and Delivery was very busy on Monday, so for most of the afternoon I was placed in a c-section prep room. Aaron got to the hospital around 1:30 or 2 and we just hung out and watched some T.V. as I was being monitored. Around 3:30, I was moved to an actual labor room. An IV was started to give me some fluid. They also checked me and I was still at a 2 and 80% effaced. With that, Pitocin was started and the waiting game began.
I was really hoping that since my body had already been preparing for birth for a couple of weeks, the induction wouldn't take too long. Boy - was I wrong! At 7:30, I was barely dilated to a 3. Between 8:30 and 9, they broke my water and I was barely at a 4. I also took the liberty to get my epidural at this time. Then, my labor stalled: 11:30 = 4, 1:40 AM - 4 1/2. They decided to turn up the Pitocin a bit more because my contractions had started to space out. At this point, I started to pray for acceptance that I may need to have a c-section. I would obviously do what I needed to do in order to have a healthy baby who wasn't in distress, but I really didn't want surgery and the recovery that would go along with it.
Then, my body kicked it into gear and started to cooperate. Around 2:35 AM, the nurse came in and put me on oxygen. She said that according to the monitors, it looked like Kenton had moved down more, but wasn't tolerating the contractions very well. She also said that if I start to feel pressure, to let her know. She came back in around 3:20 and I was already dilated to an 8. They then had to place an internal monitor on Kenton because he had moved down so far that they couldn't monitor his heart rate properly. This is also when my hormones really started to kick into gear. The shakes I had with Hunter, but nausea was new ...and NOT fun. I'll leave it at that and spare you the details. Within 30 minutes, I was dilated to a 9 1/2 and the room was prepped for delivery ... Hooray!
Well, then the real "fun" began. Around 4:40 AM, I began pushing. However, Kenton wasn't moving down like he should through the pushing. The doctor was monitoring Kenton's heart rate during the contractions and pushing and was concerned. Just like during my NST which caused me to have an induction, Kenton's heart rate would fall dramatically after contractions and he was becoming distressed. She came in and checked things out. While watching the glances between the doctor and the nurse during and after pushing, I could tell something was wrong. Kenton was trying to go down the birth canal with his head "cockeyed" and angled. Every time I would push, I would just push his poor little head into my bone rather than out.
The doctor decided some intervention was needed, especially because Kenton was not tolerating things well at this point. She decided to try using forceps to try to straighten him out. By the way, it's never a good thing when the doctor says. "Oh good! She does have an epidural!" With that, I had Aaron push the button on my epidural to give me a little extra doss. I will, once again, spare you the details, but I could not even come close to imagining what that would have felt like if I didn't have an epidural. I would not wish that mid evil torture device on anyone! After a couple of minutes of agony, she then switched to the vacuum. After one or two good pushes, Kenton Joseph Zsilavec was born at 5:48 AM on March 20, 2012. He weighed in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 20 inches long. He's my long, skinny boy!
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| after my first bath |
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| Nana and Papa came to meet me. |
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| My brothers and Grandma came to see me, too! |
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| Talan was excited to hold "Baby Kenton." |
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