She was born at 39 weeks, so one week early, good girl :). I was scheduled to be induced that same morning at 9 am because of my gestational diabetes, but there was no need for the induction luckily! I was induced with Alyssa and always heard pitocin makes it so much more painful so I really wanted to go into labor on my own this time.
My doc stripped my membranes at my doc appt monday morning at like 1030 am. She said there was a 50% chance it would put me into labor and I should know within 12 hours, probably less time for me since I was already 4 cm dilated and effaced. I had braxton hicks all day, some were crampy, but nothing different than the last couple weeks. My mom was already in town to watch Alyssa for the induction and we all went out to dinner, target, and ritas (my last time having to restrain from ice cream!). By the time we got home, the braxton hicks stopped. Oh well, at least I knew I had the induction the next morning. We went to bed at like 1030. I woke up at 530 to pee (well and like 5 times before that of course). I could not go back to sleep since I was too excited about the induction. My alarm was set for 745 am and I just had too many things running through my head to sleep. Dave Saw me up in bed at like 545 and asked if i needed anything. he got me a granola bar and the computer so I could facebook and mess around researching last minute labor tips. At 6 I had what I assumed was a more uncomfortable/slightly painful braxton hicks contraction. 6:08 another. I kind of had to sit up to make it not hurt. But still only slighly painful, but more uncomfortable. 6:15 another, little more painful. I woke Dave and told him I thought maybe i was having light contractions. 2 more came 619, 623. I decided I'd shower in case this was labor as I was planning on showering before the induction anyway. I took about a 5 minute shower and had 2 or 3 contractions in the shower. At this point it was about 630 and Dave decided we were going to the hospital. I said no, I wasn't sure it was true labor yet. And if it was it had to be early labor because 1.it just started and 2.they weren't really regular, i had a couple 2 min apart, then one 4 min later. I told him he could go back to sleep until we had to wake up at 745 Dave said no, he was not delivering this baby and we had to be at the hospital soon anyway for the induction so what the worst hat can happen, we wait a little. I figured he was right. I had 2 fears for going into labor on my own. One was that it would be really fast since Alyssa's was only 2 hrs. But the other was that I would show up to the hospital and have them say nope, its not labor, go home. Don't know why i was afraid of the second. Anyway, at 640 I told my mom we were leaving and kissed Alyssa goodbye in her bed. 645 dave called labor and delivery and told them we were coming in. We got in the car and left the house around 6:50. My contractions were 2-3 minutes apart the entire drive. I knew at this point it was labor. I was delivering at the naval hospital, which is on base. Base traffic is horrific in the morning, 7 am . I was starting to get pressure and told Dave maybe we should go to the local civilian hospital because traffic took 1-2 hours sometimes to get on base when its usually a 25 minute drive. Dave decided to just turn on his flashers and ride the shoulder past all the traffic. We made it to the hospital at like 720. We pulled up out front, went upstairs, and they took us to our room. They told me to get in my gown and someone would be in soon to get me ready and check my progress. I told them they may want to do that sooner than later. Dave ran down to get the labor stuff, I stressed run. My OB had just started her shift at 715 and came into the room right away to say hi, saw me have 2 contractions in a couple minutes so checked me. She said "Oh you're 10 cm, let me go hang up my coat, I'll break your water real quick, and we can push". They didn't have time to admit me to the hospital. The rushed to get an iv in and the heart rate monitor on. Cassidy Blaire was born at 7:46, roughly 20 minutes after we parked. I won't say it was "easy" but it was SO different than my labor with Alyssa. It was so calm this time. We talked between pushing. At 745 my alarm went off and I joked that was my alarm to wake up to come to the hospital. The doctor also mentioned how calm and relaxed it was, especially considering the rush. It was so much less painful than delivering with pitocin. i didn't get pain meds either time but with Alyssa I wanted to, it was hard not to. Pain meds never even entered my mind this time, i wasn't even close to needing them or wanting them. So from first uncomfortable cramp/contraction to holding my baby was about an hour and a half, Alyssa was a little over 2 hrs. They said I may want to live at the hospital the last couple weeks if i have a 3rd.
Cassidy scored a 9.9 out of 10 on her apgar score (they don't give 10's because they think its jinxing a baby to say they are perfect). They had to test her blood sugar 4 times the first day. Anything over 45 was fine, hers ranged between 63-68, perfect! No sign of jaundice whatsoever. We were discharged to come home the next day at noon. Everything went SO well, just about perfectly. I had a "dream" labor and sweet healthy baby girl. I am loving having another newborn, so sweet and innocent and snuggly! Off to feed my new little 4 day old Cassidy Blaire :).
Pictures are on facebook...
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.657378042172.2143476.20103801&l=506cd0c456&type=1
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