Forrest and I were excited for the day ahead of us DELIVERY DAY! I was given pitocin Thursday morning. I started making steady progress and we were pleased. I had my epidural placed at 9:30 am when I was 4 cm. We had a few scares with decels in Aiden's heartrate that was treated with oxygen. I continued to progress until around 8:30 pm-ish. It was then that my OB came in with some less than desirable news. She said I stopped progressing and Aiden's head would dip down then go back up. She recommended a c section. I was nervous about it but knew I was in the care of the best doctors in town. I trusted them completely! Forrest and I were prepped for the OR. The anesthesiologist added medication to my epidural in hopes that it would numb my belly enough for surgery. It did not! I felt every "prick test" they did. The next step for the anesthesiologist was to do a spinal. This was a strange experience! My legs and most of my abdomen were completely numb. This meant that I had to be held up by two male nurses because I was dead weight and munched over while shaking uncontrollably What a sight! Once the spinal was placed I went through the "prick test" again and felt everything. I was not affected one bit by the spinal. The anesthesiologist looked at me and said he was going to have to put me completely under. I was scared. I remember praying hard! The worst part of this whole process was that Forrest was not able to be in the room because I was under general anesthesia. My heart broke for him! As I was being put under I remember praying for Aiden and praying for Forrest!
I woke up in recovery to my mom and Ninny. I am so glad we made the decision to have our mothers in the room during the delivery, or so we thought. They were such a calming influence! Forrest and I had already talked about the if's of a c section. I told him as long as I was doing ok I wanted him to be with our little one! Under the circumstances, he was hesitant but agreed. He has been my rock through my entire pregnancy and even more so now that we are home!
Aiden was born weighing 7 lb 13 oz and 20 3/4 inches long. He was brought to the nursery right away because he was having labored breathing. Once he was stabilized, the nurses bent the rules and let Forrest hold Aiden in the nursery since he was not able to be in the delivery room.
