I had a doctor appointment on Monday July 22nd. The doctor checked me
and I was at a 3 and 40% effaced, he set me up an induction for the
30th of July. I left the doctors office with mixed emotions - I come so
well on my own that I really HATED the thought of being induced, BUT
the doctor felt because I come so quickly he didn't want to risk me not
making it to the hospital (we have an hour drive), and lets face it - I
don't really want to have a baby in the car!
After a
couple of days of worrying about it, I finally got the feeling that if
she was able to come on her own, and have us make it to the hospital,
that she would arrive before the induction date. So I told my parents
and they decided to come into town on Friday July 26th.
Sunday
Morning, July 28th, I got up and got all showered and ready for church
(we have 8:30AM church). It was LeGrand's weekend to work so he was at
work. I started having a little cramping, not hard contractions, just
cramping --I had felt this a little bit in the previous days so I didn't
think much of it as I tried to get the kids ready for church. Then the
cramping became more consistent and my mom said we should probably get
on our way to the hospital. So I called LeGrand and told him he should
probably come home. We were on the road by 8:30 ish, the drive was the
most pleasant drive to the hospital, in labor I've ever had :),
uncomfortable cramping but no hard contractions. We made it to the
hospital and they checked me and I was still only a 3 and 40%, I was
bummed, I totally thought I would've progressed and I didn't want this
to be a false alarm, I'm just not one of those people who visits the
hospital 5 times before they are actually in labor! They didn't admit
me, after talking to the doctor on -call (who wasn't my doctor) LeGrand
and I decided to go for a walk, grab a small breakfast in the cafeteria
and then check me and see where I was at. We wandered for about 45 min.
and the cramping turned into light contractions --I finally went back
to get checked and I was at a 6 and 70% effaced! They officially
admitted me at 10:40 AM and poked a hole in my water bag to help me
progress. By 11:40 I was at a 9, I had three hard, I want to die,
contractions, pushing on the last one and out she came, born at 11:56
AM! I'm officially 3 for 3 kids without an epidural! Yay!
After
eating some lunch, I was STARVED! I walked from Delivery room to my
recovery room --all of the nurses couldn't believe I was doing so well!
I'm so grateful for a body that handles labor so well!
I
had so many prayers answered in this labor! I was worried about having
to drive an hour in the middle of the night while in labor (both Laex
& Loa were middle of the night babies), she came at the perfect
time of day! I was worried that if it did happen during the day that we
would hit the dang road construction that is going on between here and
Pocatello, she came on a Sunday so no road construction to deal with! I
was worried that I would have to endure an hour drive with hard
contractions, they started as cramping which I know was a huge blessing
to make the drive more pleasant and to give us ample amount of warning
to make it to the hospital. And all of this happened BEFORE the
induction date so I didn't have to be induced, YAY!
While
all of my labors have been quick and fairly easy, this was my easiest
and I'm so grateful for the amazingly good experience it was!
