My contractions started at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. I started counting from that time to about midnight and finally called the Dr. She said to wait it out until I couldn't breathe or talk through them anymore. That never happened. I went to sleep and felt them still when I woke up at 6 a.m. They were a little stronger than the night before but I kept counting just in case. They were still about 5-6 minutes just like the night before. Because I had a quiz that morning to go to I thought it was best to go into the hospital early and check it out in case it was it was real and that I wouldn't be going into labor while I was taking the quiz or that it if wasn't the real deal, I could at least be released by the hospital to make it for my quiz. Anyway, I ended up going in and getting checked and the Dr. said she would keep me.. I was in bed from 7 a.m. until about 1 p.m. while mild contractions. It wasn't too bad at all.. I was still just dilated to 3 cm and not much was changing. My contractions also seemed to be farther and farther apart too. The nurse relayed this to the Dr. and and they decided they would rupture my membrane. This happened the last time too with Ella and my contractions started kicking in really bad so needless to say, I was scared.. Once my water broke, it seemed like my whole body was drained of fluid.. I lost so much blood and fluids and could feel everything come out from my body.. Thou was sitting there totally grossed out. Five minutes after, my contractions become 100x stronger and faster. Everything was about two minutes apart. It was so hard to get a break in between. i must've looked like I was in so much pain because the nurse suggested that we get the anesthesiologist in to get the epidural. I couldn't have been happier. It took a good 10 minutes to get him in the room and it seemed like it took forever for him to prepare his things and get the damn needle in there. I was so desperate at this point for the damn thing to just kick in. With Ella, it was so quick.. This Dr. even said..."Something's wrong here." All I could think about when he said that was, OMFG, I will never walk again or I'm going to go in cardiac arrest! But it quickly went away cause the contraction pain was unbearable at this point. He must've knew I was near because it felt like I hardly got anything. He must've just given me enough pain medicine to last me for the next hour or so.. I could still feel some pain. With Ella, I was totally numb and was even able to take a nap! Anyway, 15 minutes after my shot, I felt a huge amount of pressure down there like I was ready to give birth. This time it wasn't the contractions that were hurting, it was the amount of pressure I was feeling. The nurse checked me and said I was 9 inches! This was only a 40 minute time frame that I went from 2" to 9" dilation. I couldn't have been happier. About 10-15 minutes later, the nurse checked again and said I was ready. I swear it took the Dr like 15 minutes to get into the room which felt like a century! I couldn't believe that I could feel almost everything and by this time, I felt like I had no energy left in me.. I was so tired. I pushed and pushed and felt like I wasn't pushing hard enough. The Dr. was so good though because she helped guide baby out for a faster delivery. If not, I'm sure it would've taken a lot longer with me just pushing alone. As baby was coming out, i could feel his whole body and everything else gushing out. It was so all so quick. it was about 10 minutes of pushing that it took him out. After all of that, I'm happy that I was able to feel all of it rather than going numb like the last time..
Logan has been wonderful. He's been breastfeeding well and bottle feeding well too. I'm hoping to exclusively start feeding him my breast milk soon. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to find time to use my new breast pump. Gotta do it soon before my milk dries out. Once I go back to work though, I will possibly just go back to formula...unless, I can find a routine somehow to do this.
Anyway Logan has been pooping well, sleeping lots, and waking up a few hours a day. What they say about boys are true too. I need to find a way to block him during changing time because I've been a victim of his urine stream 4x now. Regardless, I love him so much and he is such a handsome little guy. And Ella has adjusted to him well too. There are times of jealousy and seperation anxiety when I have Logan but hopefully that'll pass as she adjusts to him. Love those two babies. They are my pride and joy and my heart; my reason for existence. Thou has been also great and such a hardworking man for his family. There is nothing better than what I have in my life right now.
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