Fallon Zora Lee Barnette

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Fallon Zora Lee Barnette


I went to my Dr's appointment on Friday and my blood pressure was elevated so they admitted me to start the induction process. It was quite a shock to the system because I wasn't expecting it to happen like that. I was so scared and really didn't know what to think or how to react. I thought that I was ready for it but when reality struck I wasn't so ready. So I went home and got my bags, some vanilla ice cream down since I wouldn't be eating the rest of the day till she came, and we headed to the hospital. They started the pitocin about 11 am. Supposedly I had been having contractions on a regular basis but I felt nothing. I had started to feel them a little bit as I was able compare what I was feeling with what the monitor was saying. They broke my water at around 1230-100, that was very painful because Dr. Wolf doesn't have the smallest hands either. I would not really want to go through that again if I didn't absolutely possible. Then I begged for my epidural. The contractions became so painful that I was crying. I couldn't manage breathing or focusing on anything else in the room to help with the pain and it kept intensifying. It felt like someones ripping your lower stomach out with a dull knife to be perfectly honest. I know whoever created an epidural needs a Nobel prize. They are the best thing ever!!!! I didn't progress very fast at all but as soon as I reached 6 cm dilated within a half hour I was 10 cm and complete. So around 8:30 Friday evening I started the pushing process. It was very rough because I had to push 3 times every time a contraction was coming on. The epidural was starting to wear off as well. She was face up and needed to be face down and was at the -1 position (higher up in the canal, +3 is crowning). So come 11:30 that evening, my Dr and I made the decision that a c-section was required. Fallon was wedged into my pelvic bones. Fallon arrived Friday evening at 11:53:58 PM at 8lbs 2 oz and 20.5 inches long.

I am doing pretty good. Not really having a lot of problems with the c-section. We came home yesterday afternoon and settled in. The hospital was great and has spectacular food. The nursing staff in the women's center are extremely helpful and knowledgeable for breastfeeding and such.