I had my baby!

I went to my OB for a regular check up. I was 39+6 weeks pregnant. I had been 1cm dilated for 3 weeks. I was also having on and off contractions or BH contractions for the past 1 week, intense back pain. In the appointment the doctor did a membrane sweep to induce labor and also set an induction date for 40+4. As soon as she finished, I got up to get dressed and my water broke! Water was trickling continuously! Everyone in the doctor’s office got so excited, they had never seen a sweep work so quickly lol. I then walked over to the L&D unit, it was the next building. Once I was admitted around 3 pm, they started me on misoprostol to soften my cervix. Was given 4 tablets total in the interval of 3-4 hours. After the first miso, the contractions started, and boy oh boy, they were painful! The pain was mostly in my back, my belly hardly pained. That night was definitely very very painful. I asked for pain relief aids, and they started me off with morphine. The morphine was supposed to last for 4-5 hours, but sadly mine lasted for 45 mins. Next they were supposed to give me low doses of fentanyl, but they couldn’t because the baby’s heart beat was high. I went through the pain as much as I could, and then at 8 am the next morning, I gave up and asked for epidural. After injecting in the epidural, they checked my cervix and I was dilated 5 cm. And then came the best sleep of my life, I honestly felt I was in heaven! The nurse kept coming every hour to change my position. This lasted until 3.30 pm when I was dilated 10 cm and it was time to push. Pushed for about hour and half, and there she was, my sweet baby girl!! Won’t ever forget how the last push felt after which I heard the sweet sweet cry 😊

I want to thank this group, I seriously learned a lot from here, and felt supported even though I don’t know any one of you. And to all the FTMs who are going to deliver soon, just want to wish you all the best, you’ve got this mama!