My labour took a long time to start however, and I was allowed
a small lunch at noon. The doctor told the nurses to keep turning
my IV drip up and approved double the normal amount of hormones.
By 4:00 p.m. I was only 3 cm dilated and the doctor decided it was
time to break my water, hoping to speed up my labour. At 6:00 p.m.
I was having regular contractions and by 8:00 p.m. they had
progressed so far that I couldn’t handle the pain. The nurse checked
me and I was still only 3 cm dilated. I had decided before my labor
to use gas to relieve my pain, and take demerol for my delivery. I
decided to have some gas to relieve my pain since I wouldn’t be
delivering anytime soon.
At 10:00 p.m. I was still in so much pain though that I got an
epidural done. It wasn’t what I wanted to relieve my pain when I
first went into labour but it was WONDERFUL and I fell asleep.
At 4:00 am on February 23, 2001, I woke up and found my baby’s
heart rate had dropped to 72. I called the nurse and when she
came she put an oxygen mask on me and stopped my IV. She then
started it back up at the lowest setting, believing that is
what cause my baby’s heartto slow. She also checked my cervix.
I was just under 5 cm.
I slept again until 6:00 a.m. when the doctor came in to check
me. My water had been broken for 14 hours and he wanted the
baby out. He planned to take me in for a c-section if I still
wasn't ready to deliver. I was fully dilated and was told I
could push at any time. At this time I could feel my epidural
wearing off, but was hoping to get the baby out fast so I
didn’t worry about it. 2 hours later my son was born, without
the epidural.
He was born at 8:24am on February 23, 2001 weighing 7lbs 13ozs
and was 20 inches long. I named him Kasey.
