After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP)

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Post by lauren170 on Feb 2, 2014 15:34:31 GMT -5

After 36 hours, Harper Irene was born yesterday 2/1/14 at 41w1d! She was 8lbs 1oz.

I went in for the induction on Thursday night at 7:30pm. I was basically 0cm and 50% effaced. They started me on Cytotec and when they checked me around midnight I was around 1cm and having mild contractions. They couldn't give me another dose though, because the contractions were too close together. I was finally was able to get another dose around 4am. When the doctor checked me around 7am I was still around 1cm. My options were to go home and wait a few days, or get a dilation balloon catheter and start pitocin.

I chose to move ahead and so they moved me to labor and delivery. Once they insert the balloon, there is no stopping because of risk of infection. I had the balloon inserted around 12pm on Friday. The actual insertion of the balloon did not hurt that bad, but I was actually begging for the epidural for the next half and hour. It was like on non-stop contraction and an 8/9 on the pain scale. At this point I was only 1cm dilated, so they were like, sorry but there's no way you can have it. They didn't even really offer any other pain management options. During that half an hour I felt like I was going to die and just curled up in a ball and some how feel asleep. I felt much better when I woke up.

The point of the balloon was to get me to 3cm. This took 12 hours and the nurses warned me the these kind of inductions can take days. I was feeling pretty down about how painful and slow things were going. Things were moving really slow and I was in a lot of pain for these 12 hours because it was too early for the epidural but I was having contractions from the pitocin. The doctor woke me up around midnight and said they were going to remove the balloon and break my water.

Well, once they broke my water, the pace unexpectedly changed. They broke my water at midnight and allowed me to get the epidural not long after. I slept on and off for the night. The doctor checked me again at 7am and everyone was shocked that I went from 3cm to 8cm. My husband heard 8cm and shot up out of bed - with a deer in the headlights look! Then the new nurse checked me at 8am after the shift change and was like "the head is right there" this baby is coming! They ran around getting all the delivery stuff ready, in quite a hurry, and came back and allowed me to start pushing. 45 minutes later she was born. I had 2nd degree tears, but so far it has not been too painful.

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adcobe Junior Member Posts: 948 Likes: 622	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 15:46:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adcobe on Feb 2, 2014 15:46:00 GMT -5 Congrats! She is so pretty!
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changedname Full Member Posts: 4,025 Likes: 1,697	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 15:50:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by changedname on Feb 2, 2014 15:50:30 GMT -5 Wow, I can't believe how quickly everything happened after you had been waiting for so long! Congrats, she is so cute.
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loira Senior Member Posts: 8,948 Likes: 9,581	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:02:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by loira on Feb 2, 2014 16:02:04 GMT -5 Congratulations! She's a cutie!
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Blue Moon Senior Member Posts: 6,139 Likes: 6,631	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:04:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blue Moon on Feb 2, 2014 16:04:11 GMT -5 Congratulations on the birth on your daughter! I love her name and she is so adorable.
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Yankees21 Moderator Posts: 8,597 Likes: 6,359	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:05:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Yankees21 on Feb 2, 2014 16:05:26 GMT -5 Congrats, she is adorable!! I didn't know that about the balloon, sorry you were in so much pain!
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Myrrhine Full Member Posts: 1,677 Likes: 833	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:07:35 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Myrrhine on Feb 2, 2014 16:07:35 GMT -5 Aww so adorable!
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pinotgrig Elder Posts: 10,381 Likes: 11,200	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:11:39 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pinotgrig on Feb 2, 2014 16:11:39 GMT -5 What a great story - she insisted on her timing to the end! She's beautiful - congrats to you all!
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lobstertail Junior Member Posts: 728 Likes: 566	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:22:46 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lobstertail on Feb 2, 2014 16:22:46 GMT -5 Congratulations! She is a beauty!
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bananapancakes Senior Member Posts: 9,922 Likes: 16,938	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:33:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bananapancakes on Feb 2, 2014 16:33:48 GMT -5 Congrats! She's beautiful!
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mannah Full Member Posts: 2,455 Likes: 2,413	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:34:39 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mannah on Feb 2, 2014 16:34:39 GMT -5 OMG that picture made me tear up! So gorgeous! Congratulations!!
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jene Senior Member Posts: 9,491 Likes: 10,259	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 16:55:54 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jene on Feb 2, 2014 16:55:54 GMT -5 Congrats! She is beautiful!
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hokiegirl82 Full Member Posts: 2,109 Likes: 1,002	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:08:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hokiegirl82 on Feb 2, 2014 17:08:34 GMT -5 Congratulations! sorry to hear you had a long wait for her in this hospital, but so glad to see she arrived as beautiful as ever!
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robinsbff Full Member Posts: 1,471 Likes: 1,465	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:17:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by robinsbff on Feb 2, 2014 17:17:08 GMT -5 congrats on your new little one!!
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greencrayon Full Member Posts: 3,838 Likes: 3,000	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:25:22 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by greencrayon on Feb 2, 2014 17:25:22 GMT -5 Congratulations!
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JayhawkGirl Senior Member Posts: 5,144 Likes: 3,199	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:42:32 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JayhawkGirl on Feb 2, 2014 17:42:32 GMT -5 She's beautiful! Love her name- that was the name we were choosing between at the end for DD. I hope you get some rest-that's quite a labor!!
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JayhawkGirl Senior Member Posts: 5,144 Likes: 3,199	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:43:03 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JayhawkGirl on Feb 2, 2014 17:43:03 GMT -5 Dup
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zarapipe Elder Posts: 15,230 Likes: 11,685	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:56:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zarapipe on Feb 2, 2014 17:56:53 GMT -5 Congrats!!!! Way to go, that is a long labor!
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zarapipe Elder Posts: 15,230 Likes: 11,685	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 17:57:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zarapipe on Feb 2, 2014 17:57:05 GMT -5 Congrats!!!! Way to go, that is a long labor!
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blushing Full Member Posts: 2,295 Likes: 1,064	After 36 hours...(birth story and PIP) Feb 2, 2014 18:22:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blushing on Feb 2, 2014 18:22:13 GMT -5 Congrats! She is very cute.
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Post by lauren170 on Feb 2, 2014 15:34:31 GMT -5

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