Many of you know that I was a little overdue for quite a while. I went to the doctor on the 8th, being 8 days overdue and we decided that I would come back in that night to start the process of induction. My cervix was beginning to efface, but I wasn't dilating. My doctor wanted to put me on Cervadil to help ripen my cervix. My instructions were simple, I was to call the charge nurse at 5 p.m. and come in at 7 that night.
I called that night from 5 p.m. to 11:30 that night every 2 hours or so. Every time I called, two more women walked in. There wasn't enough rooms available for me to come in. The nurse called my doctor and we rescheduled for the following night.
It is now Wednesday, July 9th. I called at 4 p.m. and the charge nurse told me to come in! I started Cervadil around 9 p.m. When I went in that night, I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. My labor nurse was optimistic that I wouldn't need to start pitocin to induce labor. Boy was she right! Around 5:40 the next morning my water broke on its own! :)
That's when the contractions REALLY came on! I immediately decided I wanted an epidural! However, it was shift change and the first anesthesiologist had already gone home and the next one wouldn't be in for another hour. The nurse offered me an IV and it KNOCKED. ME. OUT!!! One minute I'm trying to talk to Skyler (and seeing double!) and the next thing I knew three nurses came in, rolled me on my side and gave me oxygen. Nicholas' heart rate had dropped. I was on oxygen for a few minutes and fell back asleep until the anesthesiologist came in to give me the epidural.
He talked me through everything and I didn't really feel it at all. I was always so scared that it was going to be this major thing, but I'm certainly glad I got it! About 10-15 minutes into the following contractions, I could still feel everything on the left side of my body. The anesthesiologist came back to readjust the catheter. Due to that, my right leg got a double dose! The only side affect I had from the epidural was aggressive shaking in between contractions. Mom freaked out when she walked in and saw my violently shaking!
I was able to sleep most of the morning and only woke up every once in a while. Around 10 a.m. I remember feeling an intense amount of pressure and asked my mom to call the nurse in. She came in, checked me and said I was ready to go! She called the doctor and told me to wait.
The doctor came up only thinking he was going to check me and see where I was at. He immediately began getting dressed and set up. This was it! I was only in active labor for 5 hours and it was time to push! 15 minutes later...our beautiful baby boy entered the world!
Nicholas Parker Luthi
Born July 10, 2014 at 10:35 a.m.
7 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long
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