Thursday evening, around 9pm on the 13th of December I started having contractions. Hillman and I went to the hospital per Dr.'s advice at around 2am December 14th. We were admitted to Labor and Delivery at 3am...What happened next was a whirl wind beyond belief! I am going to tell you how my precious daughter came into this world, let me warn you.. Its not pretty as you can see in the picture above!
Everything went so smoothly until I started to push. I was admitted to L&D, experiencing very uncomfortable contractions happening every 2 min or so...Woah! Menstrual cramps on crack is what I told Hillman at one point in the middle of breathing, grasping onto the bed rails, and curling my toes to the point of foot cramps. H and the nurses found much humor in this statement but its true!!!! I chose to go the pain free route. The epidural was a breeze!!! Its not something I want to do every day but... wow, things were much more tolerable now. I felt a wonderful warm sensationcome over my legs, HEAVEN!!! Then I realized how many bags of that fluid had come through my IV, I had no control over my bladder and was terrified I would pee on the bed!! The nurse put a cath in thank goodness!!! WHEW! One embarrassing moment avoided!!! Many more to come that were unavoidable... We won't go into that much detail though, some things are just better kept to ourselves!!
Its time push. 1130 am. Friday December 14th. She is almost here! So I thought. I pushed, and pushed, and pushed.........2 hours later. I had NO more pushes left. The Doc came in through out the two grueling hours of pushing and found that Avery's head was turned the wrong way. "sunny side up" is what she called it. Ave was stuck, my hips would not allow her to come through. Utterly exhausted, I was sobbing. Feeling a lot of pain, despite the epidural, in my lower back ,I was totally and completely spent. The Dr realized this and told me no more pushing. I had one more push and she wanted to use a vacuum to turn her, not pull her out, but she though that if she could just turn her maybe I could push her out. A team came in, started prepping me for the vacuum and Hillman was sort of pushed back. All of these people were swarming around me, "sign here, what is your pain scale right now, can you feel this?" all of the sudden PUSH PUSH PUSH KARA PUSH! Nothing. The Doc, says the magic words, "Kara, lets get Ms. Avery out, I want to do a C-Sec. She'll be her in 30 min, lets go" BOOM! H was pushed even further away, more people swarmed me, ripping my gown off to expose ALL!! That's right, nothing left to the imagination at all, a nurse started frantically shaving my private area..i meant to ask for a Brazilian wax but I just couldn't get it out between my sobs. " lets hook her up to the real stuff" the CRNA said, they were stitching me, tugging on me, pushing me in places that I didn't know others could reach, and we're off!!
The O.R. Was bright, decorated in Christmas decor. By this time I was in and out of sleep, I was trying so hard to stay awake! The Dr asked me questions about my life that should have been easy for me to answer however.. I struggled to put sentences together. Before I knew it Hillman was holding my hand, he squeezed twice and said Kara! THis is it!!! Tugg, Tugg, Pressure PRESSURE! And HERE SHE IS!!! SLAP and WAHHHH WAHHHHH WAHHHHHH!!!! Oh my GOD, I remember saying, they let her peep over the giant blue curtain and she matched it! I gave birth to a beautiful smurf!!!! ;-) They put her on the exam table where i could barely see her out of the corner of my eye. I told H to go see her, I was fine. 8 lbs 6oz!!! 19&3/4 inches! WOW!! No wonder you couldnt push her out!!! My mouth felt like the driest desert and the CRNA gave me a damp rag to suck on..how nice!! It really helped!!They placed her on my shoulder, I could barely see her between my glasses the space of blur where my glasses couldn't cover, she was red now and the most amazing thing I have ever seen! Even if the Sahara Desert wasn't in my mouth, I actually had NO words. I just stared until someone whisked her away. "another tattoo saved" The Dr exclaimed! YAY! The crowd replied! Before I knew it, They were wheeling me out! I wanted to hug them all, tell them how much I appreciated them, express all of my gratitude but I couldn't say a word! My mouth was too dry and I was FIGHTING to stay awake!!
Back in recovery, My body was shaking uncontrollably! I felt as though I was in shock. My mom,dad, and brother were all in there. Hillman also by my side, trying to calm my nerves. CC the nurse tells me not to sit up too fast, I began to put my bed in the upright position. I really tried to slowly do that but apparently it wasn't slow enough! I had a rush of energy and a nurse stepped in and asked me if i wanted to see my baby! YES! I managed to say. Please! They brought her in to me. I held her and then the words left my mouth that I will never live down in my entire life...Sobbing I said " O my god, she's beautiful, somebody, take her, I'm going to throw up" My Mom gathered her up, Hillman grabbed a container and I lost it. I puked for the next hour! "Now its time to try to breast feed" I thought, everybody apparently looked at each other like"no way"... I was actually thinking, I cannot possibly give anything else from my body right now, but some how, with the help of my family and nurses, I managed to latch her on for a few precious moments in between hurl sessions.... Lovely huh!
Its over, what an event! I am not complaining in the least though. I am just simply sharing Avery's story of her blessed arrival. It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It makes last years half marathon look like cake! She is here and the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! It is truly amazing how wonderfully life is. I brought her into this world, there is nothing more satisfying that that. Get ready for a fun ride Avery! We will have our ups and downs but we have passed our first test in life together! Your birth.
2 comments:
Holy smokes girl!! You had one heck of a time! Are you going to hold this over Avery's head forever? And just so you know, I think all get delivery stories involve puking and urine. ;)
Kara! Congrats! What a story but what a blessing. I am so happy for you guys!
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