Looking back... my water did break on Sunday, June 12th, it was not a false alarm. When I saw my regular doctor the next day (June, 13th) I was not leaking fluid and there was plenty of fluid in the amniotic sac, however, later that night I began to leak fluid again and had back pain. I waited it out til the following morning and then had my mom take me to hospital... I couldn't take the back pain any longer. I got to he hospital just before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14th.
I checked in and went to labor and delivery and was checked again for amniotic fluid. The test came back positive so the nurse said I would be staying... but the same doctor (from Sunday) was on call and still not convinced my water was broke. He felt the need to examine me and check for a third time... it wasn't until he almost got amniotic fluid all over himself that he was convinced I was 'grossly ruptured'! I was only dilated to a one but my back pain was so bad that I couldn't lie down so I was given an epidural right away. At about noon I was dilated to a four but 13 hours later, and after being on Pitocin, I was still only a 4 so the doctor recommended a c-section. By this time I was after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning and I was exhausted and had started to feel the contractions in my back again, so I was actually relieved to have a c-section since since I would not have even had the energy to push. I don't know what the anesthesiologist gave me in the surgery room but it took all my pain away and I remember just melting on that table... pain free and so exhausted that I just closed my eyes and I didn't care what was going on. I do remember the doctor talking about somebody buying a $90k dollar bottle of wine and tipping a waitress $10k... I thought that was a little strange but whatever. Noa was sunny-side up which is why I had back labor.
I was able to leave the hospital on Friday but chose to stay until Saturday. Come Saturday night I questioned my decision and thought I should have stayed til Sunday but there was no turning back at that point!
Looking back on my pregnancy my biggest complaints were the constant need to pee and the feeling of having done the splits... I felt immediate relief of both after having her. I was surprised by how swollen my feet/ankles were after delivery, it took a little over a week for that to subside. Final weight gain was 17 lbs.
Noa was born at 1:53 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, she was 15 days early. She was 8 lbs., 21 in. long and had hair. Grandma accompanied her to the nursery for a bath while I went to recovery. We finally got to our postpartum room and got settled at about 6 a.m. My mom and I were both exhausted but Noa was left in our care. The only babies that are cared for by the nurses are those that are in the NICU.
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