Jan 23 2008
Today was the day I had a scheduled induction. We set our alarms at home for 4:30Am as we had to be to the hospital by 6:30 AM. Both Jayden & Jacob heard a loud noise in the night at 2:30 AM and woke us up. I never went back to sleep. We arrived to the hospital on a dark and cold winter morning,temp in the teens. At the hospital, we were informed that all 40 rooms were full and we may not even get in today.
We waited for 2 hours to get into a birthing room. I had my pillow and blanket and a nice nurse got me all settled in. By 8:30 I was started on a pitocin IV. That gets the contractions rolling pretty quickly.
I have had Dr. Mansager for all three pregnancies, but once delivery comes around, I always end up with one of his partners. Dr. Hwang checked me and broke my water. I was already at 4cm. I requested an epidural and at 9:30 I had one. Within seconds, I was nauseous and felt awful. Before the anesthesiologist did the epidural and during the process I was having intense contractions. They were so strong! The epidural took a good 20 minutes to really work which felt like forever. The contractions were already to the unbearable point. One side was numb before the other so I still had all the pain on one side, which was pointless. Eventually I numbed.
At 10:15 the nurse checked me and I was 8cm. She had to leave the room briefly and when she came back I told her I felt the pressure to push. She checked me again and could feel the babies head. She was pretty amazed at how quickly things had gone and I was too. She called the doctor who was in the building and came in minutes. At 10:30 I was pushing and Luke Donald Orrie Muench was born at 10:46AM.
He gave out a gurgle cry and the nurse plopped him right on my belly. He cried as they rubbed him off. He looked big and very filled out. He had dark hair. We were all so grateful that he was born normal and healthy. We were also amazed and happy at how fast the delivery went.
They checked Luke over right in the room and weighed him at 8lbs. 2oz. My biggest baby, and a week before his due date. Mark and I got to hold Luke and have alone time for a few hours before family arrived. In the afternoon both Grandparents and the kids came. Jake was very excited and curious. He got a good look at him, then was on to the next thing, playing with a balloon. Jayden was all smiles and wanted to hold him and hold him. Allie was excited and took pictures and held him. Around 3:00, I was moved to the maternity rooms. I was expecting the tiny little room with the tiny little bed as before. However, Mercy has renovated the whole maternity area and my room was huge. There was a big counter with a fridge, a big bay window with a daybed, table and chairs, and a full size bed, room enough for two. The bathrooms were even big and roomy. I was happy to have such a nice room. I was all settled in with my new family, and realizing how blessed I really am.
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