Labor and Delivery Part II

At 3 AM on Monday morning I woke up wet. I couldn't figure out if I had peed or if my water had broke. I didn't want to go to the hospital and be told no change like I experienced with Miss C. I also didn't want to call Amy and have her waste a trip. So I changed my clothes and tried to figure out what to do.

Ended up going back to sleep and woke up around 5 AM wet again. At this point I thought the likelihood of my peeing my pants twice was slim but I still wasn't sure. Waited until 6ish and my third pair of pants to call the doctor. Changing my pants 3 times in as many hours seemed like a good sign I wasn't having bladder problems.

The doctor told me to come in to be checked so we started getting ready. I am not going to lie...we didn't move with a sense of urgency. We thought we had plenty of time. We showered. Got Miss C ready for school. Finished packing the bag. There was no frantic rush even though I had started having contractions.

The contractions started out harmless enough. They were nothing like what I had with Miss C so I figured I had some time. Of course, by the time we got to the daycare, about a 15 minute drive from home, the contractions were getting stronger but still weren't close together.

We arrived at the hospital at 8:30 and left the bag in the car thinking we'd have plenty of time to get it before I gave birth. By the time I made it to the exam room I was having more frequent contractions. The contractions were getting strong and closer together but there was still some recovery time in between.

My doctor was performing a C section and they had to send in a resident to check me. By the time she arrived I was having contractions every one to three minutes and could hardly stand it. I was 4 cm dilated when the resident did her check and Miss R's head shifted allowing a flood of fluid to wash out.

At this point I was in quite a bit of pain. I was having trouble breathing through the pain of the contractions and SP was doing his best to keep me focused. There was no recovery time between the contractions and I was ready for the epidural. Had to be moved from the triage room to the delivery room before they would do the epidural. This could not happen quickly enough.