Allie's First Bath

3 Long Days

So my wonderful husband got the blog up and going and now it is up to me to keep it updated. I will do my best but am not promising anything!

On July 22nd I went into the doctor to get tests done to make sure the baby was moving enough and also to make sure that there was still enough fluid. My due date was on the 25th and they wanted to make sure all was well to let me go over my due date, which I wasn't too excited about! The baby was moving a lot and my fluid was good and so I was prepared to go over my due date because up until that point I hadn't had any contractions that were hurting me. While the doctor was checking to see how far I was dilated he finished saying that he "stirred things up a little bit to get things going." I have come to conclude that he stripped my membranes at that point which was not very comfortable to say the least. He sent us home with the reassuring words of "I'm sure I will see you next week for your appointment." Which would have put me four days over my due date.

Friday night I started getting contractions that were much more painful and although I knew they weren't close enough to go to the hospital they were close enough together and painful enough to keep me up all night. So we went through Saturday waiting for the contractions to get closer and more painful. By Saturday evening the contractions were about 6-10 minutes apart and were hurting, so we decided to go in to the hospital. Well as most of you can guess I was sent home because I was still dilated to a one and about 50% effaced. So we came home and I prepared myself for yet another sleepless night. As 5:00 am rolled around my contractions were about 5 minutes apart so I decided that it was time to go into the hospital again so I went and woke Brad up and after him showering and eating breakfast we were off to the hospital.

When we arrived I still hadn't made much progress as I was now a small 2, how frustrating! The on call doctor came in to check me after we had walked the halls for a couple of hours and he chose to break my water. The rest of the day was spent walking halls, bouncing on the excercise ball, and lying in bed breathing through each contraction. As 5:00 pm rolls around I am barely at 3 centimeters and 80% effaced. They started me on potossum and 45 minutes later I received my wonderful epidural, 30 minutes later the nurse checked me and I was at a 7! The doctor came in around 6:30 and said that it is time to push, I thought he was just saying that to be mean (that is the type of guy that he was) but after being reassured by the nurses, it was indeed time to push.

For the next two hours I was pushing with a nurse on each leg. Brad had to sit down so he wouldn't pass out, after they poked me four times for my IV he got a little light headed. Getting Allie pass my pelvic bone seemed to be the most difficult and when she finally graced us with her presence it was clear why. The umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck twice and the doctor said that the cord kept on pulling her back in after I was done pushing.

But Allie Kay Terry made her debut Sunday July 25th at 8:40 pm weighing 7lb12oz and 22inches.