onto the good stuff...
as you may recall, i was scheduled to be induced as this little bugger did not want to come out on his own =) early monday morning, mike & i arrived at the hospital, checked in & threw on a good ole hospital gown. as i nestled into my home for the next unknown hours, we made certain everyone knew that we were not going to be leaving w/out a baby {outside of my belly}! the monitors were strapped on & i was given my iv...and i am fine w/ this happening, however, this particular time...maybe it was the nerves, but all of a sudden...things started getting fuzzy. i eyeballed the nurse & she noticed that the color had gone from my face. quickly, she turned me onto my left side & strapped on the o2 mask. mike walked in at this moment from filling up his coffee mug & looked at me like "what the heck...i left for 2 seconds & what is happening?!" my blood pressure had dropped suddenly & caused me to about lose it. wonderful start to this magnificent day! i honestly don't know why i reacted that way, but i soon recovered & we proceeded...
since baby man was sitting really high on a lot of fluid, unless i started having really big contractions, his little baby head was not going to move down & break the water. so, bring on the pitocin to get the contractions going. doc came by to check on me & give me some slack for trying to "check out" early before the hard part started =) he was able to break my water & oh my gosh...it felt like i lost 37 lbs! i was finally not in misery...lots of fluid up in there! so we sat back & waited...& the contractions soon began. we had videos the hospital makes you watch either before or after delivery...we opted for before to pass the time. mike got an a+ for participating in the infant cpr video - oh he makes me proud - haha! and after composing myself from videos of sids & infant impact crashes due to improperly installed carseats...i was dilating fairly quick & things started getting uncomfortable. epidural time! this was about the time mom walked into the room as i was straddling a chair as the anesthesiologist was shoving a needle into my back as i tried to sit comfortable...oh the things we do =) almost instantly after i settled back into my home was there relief from the pain. awwwww that feeling of no labor pains! and soon after that, i was soon dilated completely. go time!
my doctor was notified of the progress & he gave the go ahead to start pushing...which i found completely insane since he wasn't in the room instructing me what to do...or to catch the baby when it shot out...but, i went with it. mom & mike suited up...literally...they were going to be playing a very hands on role in this birth. even more so than my delivery with oliver did they play a VERY hands on role. i started pushing & like oliver's delivery, my contractions were coming so close together i couldn't catch my breath & recover in between. so the pitocin was slowed down to increase in-between time. and also, like the first delivery with an epidural, it was very difficult to push...as the sensation of pushing down there is little to none w/ an epidural. the nurse strapped a bar up over across the bed with a rope attached to it. it kind of confused me, but she instructed me to grab a hold & go into a c-curve w/ my back - oh hello pilates...as a pilates instructor, i was constantly reminding my students to pull their belly button towards their spine & make a c-curve with their backs. alas...things were coming together. but no...they didn't. this second round of pushing didn't work to move his head down either...onto the next plan.
in my head, i thought take the dang handle bar contraption off my bed for starters - which they did...& then they shut off my epidural to bring back some sensation. and maybe i was subconsciously anxious about not having the doctor there, i don't know. nothing against my mom or mike for heaven's sake...but they hadn't ever really technically delivered a baby before ;) as i started having pressure back in my pelvis...we gave it another go...and this time the doc was present. everything came together & after a couple of rounds of pushes...on the last one...i opened my eyes, which had been shut the entire time... and saw a little body below me. i watched the doctor unwrap the cord from gus' neck twice...{somewhat disturbing but it happens quite often} & then the nurse asked if i wanted him right on my chest or to take him to the warmer...uhhhhh...chest please! i loved this! i watched mike cut the cord a mere 3 inches from my face - whoa! and then the one thing that i will never forget this delivery...he held my hand. this little baby that loved living in my belly...held my hand! sigh.
i forgot to mention that in between pushing sessions...mike totally spilled the beans to my mom what our baby's name was going to be: august michael. of course, she cried when we told her =) and then we swore her to not tell anyone that we let the cat out of the bag early b/c we had done such a good job keeping it a secret i thought...except...i just told everyone now. and now, gus is here & we just love him so much! it's truly still the hardest most physically exhausting thing i've ever done in my life...but so SO worth it. hugs & kisses little gussy goo goo!
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