Kaylee's Birth Story
We went into the hospital on August 7, 2004 at 12:30pm to be induced. The admitting nurse showed us to our room to await our nurse. Since we had some time to kill we shot one last video diary for 39 weeks and took a last belly shot. The nurse came at 1pm and hooked me up to Pitocin and monitored our vital signs. At my last appointment on Thursday I had been 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. My doctor, Lynn Osmundsen, came in to check me at 2:45pm and I was dilated to 3cm so she broke my water. I was very determined to hold out as long as I could before I got my epidural because I didn't want to have to lay in the bed for hours. So they brought out the birthing ball and let me bounce around on it. My family began arriving around 3pm and Justin took Micah home for a nap. My doctor came back in at 6:30 to check me and I was dilated to 4cm but my contractions kept stalling out so they upped my Pitocin. I was a little discouraged cause it seemed to be taking so long for me to dilate, so the nurse hooked me up to the mobile monitors and Justin and I took off to walk the halls. Within a very short time my contractions began to be much stronger and started coming very close together so we went back to the room to be checked. In less then 2 hours, at 8:20pm I was dilated to 7cm. The nurse lowered my Pitocin and Justin and started walking again. We only made a few laps though and had to return to the room cause I was in too much pain. The nurse's shift changed and we got a new nurse who was very funny and nice. She gave me Fentinol to take the edge off until the anistisiologist could get there to give me my epidural. That stuff made me fill very buzzed! I felt like I had had a couple of shots of Vodka and I started giggling between contractions. Well I got my epidural but it wasn't working on one side so I had to lay on that side to get it to work. I began feeling a ton of pressure so only a half an hour since I was checked before, at 9pm, the nurse found I was 10cm and ready to push. Kaylee was still hi so she had me grunt with the contractions until my dr. got there at 9:30pm. It was very relaxing and helped save my energy for the real pushing. I started pushing at 9:30pm and Kaylee came into the world at 10:15pm. She was blue and looked like she had been dipped in water and rolled in flour. They gave her a little oxygen and she was fine. She weighed 7lbs & 1 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. She is very sweet and only squeaks when she is hungry or needs her diaper changed. Her brothers love her very much and the rest of the family was so tickled to see her! We had tons of visitors on Sunday and I know she will be spoiled rotten:)!
