Filling out paperwork:
The induction begins...
Of course it is easy for Tom to play on his laptop and smile
Finally I get something to eat - to bad it didn't stay down. (it's now 4/20/2010)
Finally I am able to get a bit of shut eye (so why is Tom still awake???)
So labor was just as tough and painful as I expected it to be. I had to be put on oxygen which having something over my nose and mouth bugged me because even though I was getting air I felt like I was closed in (I'm claustrophobic). When I finally reached 4 cm's I was able to get an epidural. The problem was that it only numbed the right side. So they gave me a second dose, which only numbed the right side more. So they gave me a third dose... which only numbed the right side even more. At this point the contractions were close together and they were still trying to get clearance from the doctor on how to handle the left side. Finally the staff made the decision to move the epidural. They did and FINALLY the left side was numb. Tom was so great through everything - helping me to breath, focus and deal with the pain.
After roughly 23 hours of labor my doctor checked in with me. I was still at 4 cm, where I seem to have stalled. In addition although they had me on the oxygen, Kassandra's heartbeat was continuing to drop. So the option was given to me - I could try to continue with labor and they will continue to monitor Kassandra but if it continued the way it was going we would have to look into other options or I can go for a c-section. It took me all of less than a second to decide on c-section. I was tired and didn't feel like I could go the other 6 cm's in who knows how many more hours and more than that I didn't like that Kassandra's heartbeat was dropping and didn't want anything to happen that would turn the situation into an emergency. So within what felt like 5 minutes I was prepped and ready for the c-section and so was Tom. Check out his new duds :)
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