Sorry I haven't been on here to blog in several days. As you may have guessed, Connor arrived! :) So we have been busy with snuggles and getting used to life with two babies under 2 years old. :) But I finally feel like I have a rested moment, Connor is fed, and here I am to update you on how he got here. :)
If you read the last few posts that I made, you know a lot of the story already, but I'll start at the beginning. ;) We got to the Birthcare Center at 6:30am. We got checked in and into a room. I was at 4cm when they checked me. They took my blood to check my platelets and I explained that I wanted to start by having my water broke before we started pitocin. We got approval from my doctor for the water break. We didn't know my platelet count yet, so no epidural was in. After they broke my water (at 7:30am) we walked around the hallway a lot trying to get contractions started. I had a few, but things were moving pretty slowly. At 11:30am they checked my dilation again and I was at 5cm. I expected to have progressed more than just a centimeter in 3 hours, so I asked to start the pitocin.
We got the results back from my blood work, my platelets were at 96,000. The anesthesiologist's assistant came in and told me I was allowed to have my epidural! :D Hooooray!!!! I was stolked! After the pitocin was started we got my epidural in as well. Then I was bed bound. After that we just had to wait. The next time anything happened I was feeling contractions again and asked for more medicine. They checked my dilation and I was at 8cm. They gave me some more medication and the pain of the contractions died down. Then, we waited some more. ;) When I started feeling the contractions again I was at 10cm! We got everyone into position and got ready for the delivery. Despite receiving more medicine, my epidural only did so much to numb the pain. It was about half an hour before everyone was ready. I kept waiting for the extra meds to kick in, but they didn't do much. Finally, we were ready for the delivery. My doctor went to check how far down Connor was and was surprised that he was right there and ready to go. I had one more contraction and they had me push for 8 seconds, breathe, push for 8 more seconds, breathe, one more small push and he was here!! 5:21pm, our son, Connor Michael Voss arrived in this world. :) Weighing 9 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 19 inches long, he is absolutely perfect! :) We could not be happier!
That's all I've got for now. :) I'll report more soon! :)
7 Pounds 12 oz, not 9 lb 12 oz!!!
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