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Jaxen Ender Cross
Just as with
Paxton, I had Prodromal Labor with Jaxen as well. For those that have forgotten, Prodromal
Labor is your body going into labor, but Baby is not in the correct position,
so the contractions are not very effective.
Usually when you are in labor, your cervix should progress at least a cm
every 1-2 hours.
So, After my
FIFTH time going into Labor and Delivery to be monitored, I was fed up. I was ready for my unnamed baby to be born,
so while on the monitor, I did things to try and make my Contractions
stronger. We arrived at L&D at about
10pm, and was hooked up by 11. They
checked me, and I was 3+ dilated, and 80% effaced. So I needed to get to 4+ in order to stay
within 2 hours.
Contractions
were pretty regular, and strong, coming every 3ish minutes. I did nipple stimulation, and pressed on my
pressure point on my hands with each contraction, willing them to get stronger
and more painful. I actually got a few
of them to be really really painful, but since it wasn’t every one, I figured I
would be sent home….
At about
12am, the Nurse came in to check my progress.
I was doubtful there was any change, but surprising enough, she said I
may be at a 5!!!! She called the Charge
Nurse for a second opinion, and she said probably 4+ but even still, I get to
be admitted!! YAY!!!
Within the
next hour, they moved me into the room I will be laboring and recovering
in. The hooked me up to the Tocometer
again, and inserted my IV. Speaking of
my IV, it was a NIGHTMARE!!! I am pretty
sure I dilated more on the walk over because my body went into shock, which is
what has happened to me both times before when I hit transition. As she started to insert the IV, I started
going into hysteria. I was crying so hard I was laughing (Or maybe Laughing so
hard I was crying) and during my uncontrollable emotional stage, I felt gush
after gush of fluid escape. It took
another couple minutes of the nurses waiting for me to chill out before I could
tell them that I think my water broke.
She didn’t confirm, but she said with how much fluid there is, it’s
probably true.
Contractions
are still going really really strong at this point, so I asked how soon before
I can have an epidural. With my
freakout, my contractions were no longer in a pattern, so they said we needed
to start Pitocin to get the pattern back again, so we are thinking about 5am I
can get my epidural… UGH!!!
So they
slowly started Pit, increasing it every 20-30 minutes, until it was at about a
6 just before 5. At this point they
decided to check me again, and I was “officially” at 5 cm.
At about
5:30, I was finally able to get my epidural. My body was shaking really hard,
and I was really nervous, but knew I needed to get this part over with. I was really anxious about getting it done
with how much I was shaking, but the anesthesiologist assured me that I am
perfectly fine. The epi went in really
smoothly! Took about 3 minutes to take
full effect! It was awesome! Now I can just relax, and wait for push time!
They checked
me again just after 6, and now I was between 7+ cm, still at 80%, but -1
station.
At about 7am,
they came in and finished breaking my water (baby had stopped the “leak”) My nurse was training another, so they were
discussing a few things, such as how water breaking tends to move things a long
a lot faster, and started talking about different positions that can help
things process more. One of the
positions she mentioned was the “Royal Throne” where they sit the mom up, and
spread her legs. I told them that was
the position last time that almost made Paxton fall out. So they laughed, and said they won’t make me
do that position then. This brought
their discussion to pressure. Saying if
a patient (especially with an Epi) complains of sudden pressure, they need to
be checked immediately, because that is usually a sign that Mama is fully
dilated and ready to push. They also
checked my at that time, and I was at an 8
About 45
minutes after all this, I felt that pressure!
So I called the nurse, and asked them to come in. She came in, as well as the training nurse,
and said that I was just on the verge of 10cm, 100% and ready for us to call
the doctor!!! So she said she will call
Davis, and have him head on over.
By about
8:15, Davis was in the room, getting suited up, and we were all excited to get
this going! 2 contractions later, Little
Baby Boy Cross was born!!!
Alexia and Paxton were thrilled to meet their baby brother!!
Lexi was head over heels in love with him, and snuggled him for 20 minutes straight just cooing at him (While Paxton finished off my grapes lol)
