Jill Martha Catherine Wilson
March 25, 2012
7 lbs 10 oz
20 in
I first woke up around 5 with what felt like gas pains/cramps. I tried going to the bathroom but nothing was
happening so I went back to bed. I woke
up again around 5:30 with the same feeling but nothing happened again. So I laid in bed and decided to see what
happened when I felt the pain again.
After a couple times I noticed it was more painful into my back and my
stomach was tightening.
About 6 I went to the guestroom and mentioned to my mom what I was feeling
and that I thought it might be the start of contractions. We went downstairs and starting timing them
and pretty much right away they were coming about 4-6 minutes apart. Since my labour with Paul was fairly fast we
decided to go to the hospital right away.
They hooked me up to a monitor and checked for about 20 minutes to a half
hour. They said that I was about 3 cm
but my cervix was still fairly thick and "floppy." My contractions
were coming 4 1/2 min apart consistently and she said that I could go home and
come back when they were coming 3 min consistently.
So I went home for 4 hours and did some labouring in bed and walking
around. When I got up and started
walking around they were beginning to come 2-3 minutes consistently and getting
more intense. We went back to the
hospital and they checked/monitored me again and I was 5 cm/75% effaced but my
contractions slowed down to about 6-7 minutes apart. They were getting more intense, though, so
they admitted me at 2:25 (that's what is on my bracelet.)
They gave me my antibiotics for GBS and then let me use a birthing ball to
help bring her head down 'cause it was still pretty high. I did that for about an hour and a half until
they were so strong I started feeling some pressure to lightly push. Also during that time I threw up in the
bathroom and lost my mucous plug, but my water was still intact.
At 3:55 the doctor checked me and I was at 7 cm. The nurse said to me "let's see if we
can get this baby out by 7!" She was hoping she'd get to be there when it
happened before shift change. I thought
"it would be nice if she was born a half hour from now!" I was on the
bed now and the contractions were coming about 1-2 minutes apart and getting
really intense so I didn't want to move back to the ball. I didn't have any pain relief and it wasn't
long before I was writhing on the bed, almost in tears it hurt so bad. I had been just breathing through the
contractions but I was starting to groan a lot.
Then my water broke during a contraction and she crowned right away. There was a bit of meconium in the water so
she called the doctor and everyone in right away. I was telling the nurse that I HAD to push
and she said "wait wait wait! Not yet!" So she checked me real fast
and said that when I felt like I needed to to push. In 4 pushes Jill was out crying away! I had
2nd degree tearing so it took time for them to stitch me up (same as with
Paul.) About a half hour after she was born I was able to hold her.
So I guess my desire for her to be born within a half hour was reachable
'cause 25 minutes later she was born!