Caden's birth 10-16-2010

I want to start off my blogs with Caden's birth. As many of my close one's know this was not the easiest pregnancy in world and it eventually lead to my induction at 37w5d. Here's how it all went. Keep in mind this is for my memory so I wont leave anything out. It was a friday, Oct.15 2010, I was working at the credit union. I remember it was Friday because I was wearing that awful work shirt that we all had to wear on Fridays. My doc had me coming into the clinic pretty regularly to do routine blood pressure checks. A little background. I had high blood pressure before I got pregnant and all through pregnancy so my dr was worried it would lead to pre-clampsia. I had an appointment that friday to come in on my lunch break and get my blood pressure checked. I remember driving to the clinic trying to calm myself by listening to some music on the radio and drinking a bottle of water. I arrived at the clinic and it was packed. I remember thinking "well crap I'll be late going back to work." I was already super annoyed I was going to have to come in and miss lunch. Heaven forbid a pregnant woman miss a meal. While I was in there I guess they forgot about me because everyone got called on and I was still sitting there in the waiting room until it emptied and I was all there was. Finally they called me back and they took my blood pressure. It was high but for the life of me I can't remember, maybe 150/100. The nurse was freaked so she went to go tell the dr. She came in a few mins later because she forgot to get a urine sample. Well duh! Finally the dr came in and said " Allyssa I am going to do a cervical exam on you today so get undressed and I'll be back in a few" I thought this was very strange since I had just had a dr's appointment that previous weds. and I wasn't dilated or effaced. But I did what I was told. The dr came in, preformed the exam and as he was pulling off his gloves said "Okay we are going to have a baby today your dilated to a 1".........Wow wow wow hold up doc I can't have a baby today. I'm not packed, my house isn't ready. He is only 37 weeks for goodness sake! He then explained to me that they found protein in my urine and with my high blood pressure I had a one way ticket on the pre-clampsia train. Well heck I was worried about my house being cleaned and he laid that one on me! So I got dressed while he went out and called the hospital to see if there was room for me. I was shaking. I called Luke first off and told him he had to get up to hospital right NOW! I remember being so frustrated with him because he wasn't understanding how urgent the sitiuation was. He wanted to go let the dog out to the bathroom! No no no someone else can do that get up here NOW! I then called Patsy my mother in law. I told her what was going on and she didn't for the life of her believe me! My dr laughed at our conversation and I vowed never to joke around with her again because when something serious happened she didn't believe me! I cried all the way to hospital. I was all alone, scared, frustrated. I was having a baby today and I was NOT ready. I couldn't wait for Luke to get to the hospital so I went up the 4th floor and checked in. They changed me into robes and asked a million questions. Finally Luke and his mom showed up. Well nice of you two to join us. Luke was shaking his head. Well whats your problem? I asked. We got stuck in the damn elevator! What? We got stuck in the elevator I was on the phone with your dad and the elevator just stopped! Sure it did ;) They put my i.v. in and started the pitocin. And the dr came in and inserted the foley bulb. A foley bulb is a tube they insert into my vagina and pump it up till it is a ball the size of 4 centimeters. In hopes to dilate my cervix to a 4. Not the most comfortable thing in the world but I was still feeling alright. I was even on Facebook updating everyone on my status! We waited a couple hours and I was finally starting to feel the effects of the medicine. But none of my contractions were showing up the screen. Dang I must be a weeny I remember thinking so they uped my medicine as much as it would go. The dr came back in and removed the foley bulb and I was dilated to a 4 and 50% effaced. WooHoo we were making progress! I remember them then breaking my water and it was the weirdest feeling in the world. I made Luke look but he didn't seemed too grossed out by it. The contractions really started picking up and they wanted to see my contractions so they inserted a tiny little pin into Caden's head because I was having back labor and they couldn't track my contractions with the normal strap that was wrapped around my belly. Well thats nice, so you mean to tell me you pumped me full of medicine thinking I wasn't contracting and I was having back labor all along. Well hell. I was determined to not get the epidural. I kept telling everyone it was because of the effects it had but secretly it was because I was scared of a huge needle stuck in my spine. So they gave me some medicine in my i.v. to "take the edge off" LIARS. It was the worst. It didn't take the edge off and it made me so high I couldn't even think straight! I had a few visitors but I couldn't really remember what was going on. Finally the medicine wore off and I felt a little better but my contractions were so strong and coming every min thanks to them pumping me full of pitocin. The nurse finally came in and told the there was a c-section so if I wanted an epidural to get it now or wait till the anesteologist got done at about 8:30. It was probably about 5. I was still scared so I said no. The hours dragged and the pain got worse and I was finally screaming for that needle! 8:30 eventually turned into like 9:30. I was in so much pain but he was finally here to take the pain away. Everyone had to leave the room. I wasn't even scared anymore I was in so much pain and dilated to a six. He put the epidural in and it didn't even hurt. Nothing compared to back labor! I finally felt better and was already tired and hungry. Good thing I had eaten breakfast that morning.The hours went by and I finally felt that urge to push. "Luke go get someone I think I need to push." Of course no one would listen to me. I was so mad. After sreaming I was ready to push Luke finally went to get the nurse. She checked me I was 10 and fully effaced! I was ready to see my little man! She had me do a couple practice pushes which werent bad. Then they rolled in the huge mirror that I had stated in my birth plan that I wanted to see the birth. Oh no take it back I said it looked awful down there but I finally decided it was something I wanted to see. Luke was just wow'd by it all. Patsy on the other hand looked like she was about to faint. The dr finally showed up and I think it was about 12:30 at night. I started pushing really hard. The hardest I have ever applied to anything in my life! I was pushing so hard that I wasn't breathing correctly and Caden's oxygen was getting cut off! They put the oxygen mask on me and I kept pushing. I remember even throwing up from pushing so hard, which I hear is normal.I pushed a couple more times and I finally saw Caden's head from the mirror. Look at all the hair!!! I pushed and pushed and pushed and finally at 1:15 a.m on Oct. 16, 2010 Caden Palmer was born. I looked over and kissed Luke and he were both smiling and crying.The dr looked at Patsy and said "do you believe her now?" We all laughed with joy! The dr cut the cord and let me hold him for a second but Caden was blue. They took him over to the warmer, got his prints, and whisked him off to the nursery. He wasn't breathing the way he should. Luke looked at me so scared and I told him to follow the baby. Everyone filed out and I was left alone in the room. Alone, scared and babyless. Maybe 30 mins later which seemed like a lifetime they finally wheeled Caden back in and I held him and nursed him for the first time. The greatest moment of my life. I looked at my husband and my pride and joy son and thanked God for all he had given me.