by BrandiJK » Sep 12, 2005 11:54 am
With first, I started going into labor at 2am. Labor would not progress on it's own, and the nurses strike was scheduled (and did) to start about an hour after I arrived at the hospital. So they kept me and induced it to progression as they were afraid it would progress on it's own while he strike was in force and I would not be able to get a room. (By the way, labor with no nurses is really not a great experiance LOL) First contraction, 2am. 5 minutes apart for 3 hours, then dwindeled to not much until potison drip began. DD was born at 1:45am the following morning. I should add, 13 babies were born that night before my labor made any progress. I was, indeed, lucky to have a room.
Second labor was started by the gell insert. They were sure one would not do much, and even scheduled me for a second 2 days later. They sent me home, telling me that I should expect mild to heavy cramping. Getting to the car was hard, and driving home in traffic was even harder. Some guys did not like my bumper stickers (political) and kept getting in front of me and slamming on the breaks and flipping me off. I arrived home in tears and told dh (then partner) that the cramps were bad and next time he needed to drive me. I also told him about my experiance getting home, and he sent me to bed to rest, as on top of it all, I had a cold/flu. I could not rest, and kept telling him the cramping hurt. He sat with me for a long time, asking me to call the hospital. After a few hours, the cramping was *very* bad. I was litteraly crawling around on the floor screaming. Dh kept begging me to call the docs, and I would yell at him that it wasn't labor. LOL poor guy, he had NO idea what to do with me, and it was his first baby so he didn't know if this was normal or not. But I was instisitant. My first labor was 24 greuling hours, and I had so many false starts I was sure this wasn't real. After a bit longer, he went ahead and called. The nurse could hear me screaming while on the phone with Dh and demanded to talk to me. She asked, "chin, nose, or forehead?" I was clueless, and started to ask what she meant...I recall her saying something about the way my tumy felt, when the next contraction rolled over me and I dropped the phone to scream some more. Then I realized what she was saying, and felt my belly. I have a faint memory of feeling my belly then my nose, chin, and forehead, and then yelling out "FORE HEAD!! TELL HER FORE HEAD!!!" LOL Dh, poor guy, was still clueless and thought I was loosing it. I watched the color drain from his face and he repeated what I said, then watched him turn green as he took directions from the nurse. He hung up, and MADE me get in the car (with me fighting I am sure it was not easy), to begin the drive to the hospital. Apparently, the nurse told him to get me there ASAP, and they were waiting out front with a wheel chair to pick me up.
Less then one hour and 3 pushes later, second DD came into the world. LOL I am glad he listened to that nurse, and has informed me that this time he will not listen to me, no matter how instant I am.
Second labor, first contraction was at 3:10pm. DD was born at 9:15pm. Apparently it began as back labor. The nurses I had were angels, one sat with me and would not leave me side that last hour. I see her in my mind as draped in a white glow, she truely was that amazing to me. But when I got there, they could no get me to lie down, I kept crawlin gon the bed. Water broke just as I lay down, and that helped the pain.
The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.