Our sweet sweet Oliver Gage is finally here!
And this is how it all happened....
Tuesday 3/23 I went to my 38wk check up (I was 38wks 5days) and my blood pressure was up to 130/90 (it's usually 120/80) and I had been having some headaches and "floaters" so the Dr. said he wanted to go ahead and induce me... imagine our surprise when he said THAT DAY & we had to go straight there because it was already 3:30pm. I was SO ready to get it over with but boy did the nerves kick in as he was calling the OB nurses to let them know I was coming.
Charlie drove me over to the hospital and I had to say bye to Wesley (he went to every Dr. appt). I had NO idea how hard that would be. I couldn't even talk because every time I started to I started bawling crying and poor Wes had no idea what was going on lol. Finally I got out that mommy was going into the hospital to have his baby brother and that tomorrow he was going to be able to see and hold him finally and his response "Yeah ok mommy Bye" lol (He was in one of his moods). So I went in and Charlie took him home and went to get the bags we had JUST gotten ready the night before.
I registered and finally went up to my delivery room where I was SUPER nervous and antsy and excited all at the same time. I mean I had been waiting almost 9 months for this... 9 months of morning sickness, pelvic pain, depression and just plain yuckyness was finally going to be over!! It was a bit overwhelming really.
Charlie brought me my stuff and got me all set up with Jolly Ranchers, my phone and Ninetendo DS while he went to work for the night and of course while he was gone the nurses came to put in my IV and could not find my vein. The 1st nurse actually went through the vein in my right hand... leaving a nice bruise and all kinds of pain the 2nd nurse stuck me another 3 times (with an 18gauge needle) before finally getting in on the 4th try.... I looked like I have been stung by bees. So naturally I'm thinking "O my gosh this is going to be a long stay" But thankfully that was the worse of it. Then they put in the cervadil. After that was done I did a lot of searching the web on my phone and playing sudoku on the Ninetendo while I waited for Charlie to get off and keep me company.
Once Charlie got there is was tired and pretty much just went to sleep. I on the other hand... all hooked up to monitors... could not sleep... The baby was moving ALL OVER THE PLACE and would not stay on the monitors so the nurses were in there at least every 30mins to put him back on. (Charlie slept through all the noise and in and out visits and the nurses and I giggling at him... at one point the baby had hiccups which were SUPER loud on the monitor and even that didn't phase him) The nurse told me after I had gotten to at least 1cm Dr. Spielvogel would put an internal monitor in and I'd finally be able to move around but he wasn't going to be there until around 8am. Around 2:30 I started having some contractions which kept me just uncomfortable enough that I really couldn't sleep. I was just counting down the minutes until 4am when they were going to take out the cervadil and I'd be able to take a shower. O my gosh the thought of a shower up against my back sounded amazing! But with the contractions the baby's heart beat started speeding up and he was not handling them very well and we all (as in me and the nurses... Charlie is still knocked out) started to get worried because if they couldn't get it down it wasn't going to be good. They pumped me up with LOTS of fluids through my IV and it finally settled down to normal. Then they were thinking he was breech b/c he was so high up so they did a quick ultrasound just to see if he was head down which thankfully he was. By then the nurse and I had both threatened to spank him when he comes out for being such a butt butt. Finally 4am came and they took it out and monitored me for 30mins and I got to take my shower! It was AMAZING! At 5-5:30am they started my pitocin and I was not looking forward to what that was about to bring. At 6:30am Dr. Speilvogel came in for another patient and stopped by to check me and insert the monitor... No one happened to mention that this was going to HURT! Really bad!! I mean can't they warn a girl?! Inserting the monitor meant breaking my water at the same time so that's when that happened too.
After my water had been broken there was lots of pain involved lol. My contractions weren't being monitored by the external monitor so around 10-10:30am Dr. Spielvogel came back over and I was dilated enough for him to insert an internal monitor for that too (I was a 3-4) and that hurt maybe even worse because I was in the middle of a contraction during it! I was in SO much pain but wanted to make sure I didn't get an epidural too soon and then it wear off before it was time to have him.. I had only been in labor a few hours and was thinking it was going to be another long one like Wes' (21hrs) but Dr. S said its never really too early when you're being induced so I told the nurse to give them a call. I hadn't gotten up since my water had been broken and when I finally did after the 2nd monitor was inserted... what a mess! I wasn't expecting a whole lot of water but apparently he had a good bit in there... Meanwhile Charlie has slept through all of this going on and by now I was in LOTS of pain and decided to wake him up for some moral support and to take off my socks which had gotten soaked during my potty break. He didn't even remember getting up to help me dry my legs after my 4:30 shower... I wish I could sleep as good as he does lol.
By time my epidural got there I was in SO much pain! My mom keeps saying how surprised she is I didn't curse or anything lol. I did say a few Sh**s and O MY GOD's!! lol But other then that I just do a lot of breathing and moaning and want it VERY quiet around me. My mom at one point came over and asked if I wanted a wash cloth and I just put my hand up like don't even think about it lol and then later Charlie had fallen back asleep and after my contraction was over looked back at him and called his name to wake him up and he said "What?" and I said "Wake up! I am so sick of hearing you snoring while I am in pain!!" lol He stayed up the rest of the time. During my epidural I was having the biggest most painful contractions yet and I was having to sit on a rolled up towel and those monitors and it was beyond painful! O my gosh I was literally crying during the epidural which is so not me lol. I was sitting there telling myself in between contractions that I was such a wimp for crying haha. The nurse was so great and kept talking to me about how I was going to feel so much better.. yaddah yaddah which really wasn't helping until she leaned forward and said "I like your freckles" BAHAHAHAHAH I was SO confused I couldn't even focus on the pain anymore lol. I just sat there thinking "my freckles? really?" lol I had actually just noticed a couple days before that they were really prominent which they usually aren't until summer. Once my epidural was in I was still feeling pain on my left side which was starting to worry me because the Dr. had just told me that one side of your body can go numb while the other doesn't and I was laying there thinking "GREAT! of course that would happen to me" but that problem was solved by rolling over towards that side and the meds kicked in. They checked me and I was 5cm! They cranked up the pitocin but the baby's heartbeat started to slow down so they gave me some oxygen which got it back up and then they cranked it back up.
I was laying in my bed just thinking how nice it was to FINALLY not be in pain. I laid my head back thinking "man it is SO nice to just lay here" when all of a sudden it was like I could feel my contractions again. I laid there thinking to myself "is this what they mean when they say are you feeling pressure? Is this pressure I'm feeling?" I let one contraction go by without saying anything. Then the 2nd one came and I said something to my mom and Charlie. I gave it one more and said "O no I need to call the nurse" She came in and checked me and I was expecting at the most for her to say I was 8cm... but no.. she looked up and said "Yep his head is right there" my mom said "What? How far along is she?" and the nurse said "10" and pretty much RAN out of the room while saying she was going to call Dr. Speilvogel and write up everything. Next thing I know it's 1:00pm and Dr. Speilvogel is in there getting all ready and setting me up... 2 students also came in and the nursery nurse as well as my nurse. A contraction came and they told me to push and I did. After 3 pushes mom said she could see his head and I asked if she was bald... She had a surprised look on her face and said "NO!" The baby's heart beat started to drop and Dr. S said he may have to use forceps and I was not so happy about that. He was telling me how comfortable he feels using them and what not but I did NOT want that. Then he started talking about how that's just how boys do lol. They make things difficult. and I said "Hey now! My Wesley is an Angel!" and he started having a conversation with the nurse about how smart Wesley is. He said "Now that's true! She has the smartest little boy ever!" and was telling the nurse all about stuff he says at the office! The baby's heart beat slowed back down and another contraction came... I pushed 2 more times then 1/2 pushed 1 more time and out he came!! Dr. S started talking junk to him and so he decided to pee all over him!! hahaha it was hilarious! I just looked at him and said "mmhmmm that's what you get!" lol He then peed on the nursery table lol.
Oliver Gage was born at 1:08pm on March 24, 2010 weighing 6lbs 3oz and was 19in long. Absolutely perfect, healthy and SO handsome. We were so blessed to just have 1 amazing little boy and now to have 2 is an even bigger blessing. We could not be more proud and feel more privileged to be called mommy and daddy by these 2 boys.
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