At my 40 week appointment i was dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced, i also had a non stress test done and i was having contractions 8 minutes apart. My doctor thought for sure i would be having this baby before Friday (that was on a Wednesday). Friday came. . NO baby! I went in for another non stress test, still dilated to a 2 but my contractions were 3 minutes apart (crazy thing is i couldn't feel them at all.) I thought for sure they were going to admit me. . but nope! Because i was a first time mom, they wouldn't take me until i was more dilated or at least a week past my due date. They scheduled an induction for Tuesday morning (October 9) At my Friday appointment my doctor said she didn't think I'd make it through the weekend. . .Saturday came and went, then Sunday. . .Goodbye Sunday! Finally came Monday (a week past my due date) sitting at my grandparents house waiting and waiting. At 6:30 i thought my water broke so off to the hospital we went. I was still dilated to a 2 and 80%. My water actually didn't break but my contractions were coming every 2-3 minutes (still couldn't feel them) so they kept me especially since i was due to come in early the next morning anyways. They started me on pitocin and i finally had the joy of feeling contractions. Needless to say I got the epidural at 2:30 am and boy does that stuff work miracles. At 4:30 my water broke for real this time and i was at 4 cm 90%. Right after my water broke i started to feel really bad back pain. i kept pushing the epidural button but it didn't ease the pain at all, just made my legs more numb:) I guess cooper had turned and was facing sunny side up, putting a ton of pressure on my tail bone. They had the anesthesiologist come back in to see if there was anything he could do for the pain. He tried a high dosage of something (i can't remember what it was) but it didn't work. At 7:00 the pain and pressure was at an all time high. The nurse came in to check me and i was 100% complete. They wanted to wait an hour before pushing so cooper's head could descend more. By 7:30 i couldn't take it anymore and just needed to push! Pushing was the only thing that eased the back pain. I would know when a contraction was coming based on the level of pain in my back. After 3 hours of pushing my doctor came in to help get him out because i was about to give up. She was able to get him out within 10 minutes with the help of a vacuum and an episiotomy. Cooper Sean Severts arrived at 11:09 AM weighing 7lbs 12oz 20.5 inches long. He was absolutely perfect and healthy. Through all that his heart rate never dropped and he didn't show any signs of stress . . .Cooper was a trooper.:) Cooper has been the best baby. He almost sleeps through the night, eats great, barely cries, he's just perfect!! Sean and I could not be happier. This is what life's all about:
