- My LMP was March 7, 2008
- I found out I was pregnant at the end of April 2008 due Dec.12
- In around June/July found out it was a boy and that I had pregnancy pre-hypertension.
- October we had a 3D ultrasound done and found out it was a girl at 32 weeks. We went back the same week and the confirmed it was a girl again.
- November I had a routine ultrasound done and they confirmed it was a boy again.
- November I went in for another appointment and the doctor did an ultrasound and said it was a boy. (about 35/36 weeks)
- November appointment we set up for me to be induced on December 5(39 weeks on the dot) because the were worried things would get bad if I continued the pregnancy with pre-hypertension(even though my blood pressure was fine and I hadn't had signs of pre-hypertension since June...) and because I had gotten pre-eclampsia with Jaidyn.
- December 5th I go in to be induced at about 12pm and they say I shouldn't even be getting induced.
Ok, now mind you, I had seen just about a different doctor every time I went in and they all said something different. I had seen the one who diagnosed me with pre-hypertension several times so I listened to her. She was not at the hospital when I went in and the lady who said I shouldn't be there was a midwife so I was a little skeptical. I went in to a different doctor the week before and he said that I should still be induced just to be safe(of course he thought I had pre-hypertension). The whole pre-hypertension was due to faulty equipment on there part. I had my blood pressure tested by the machine(which made it higher then it was) and by hand(which was fine). Anywho, she talked to another doctor and they said I could be induced but I didn't have to be. I had planned on being induced, Zach took work off, and Jaidyn's was at a friend's house so this was all kind of pissing me off. I thought that something was there that wasn't and they shouldn't have messed with my mind. I went with my original doctor's opinion and decided to be induced. I was 39 weeks so I wasn't really putting me or the baby at risk and I wanted to be safe rather then sorry.
So, we came back at 7 pm that day and they got me in a room and put an IV in(which after I had the baby, moved into the wrong vain and made my hand blow up like a balloon..). I was already 1 cm dilated but not effaced so they started me a Cervidil. They checked me at 12pm and since nothing changed they put in a balloon catheter to help me dilate quicker. That thing was a pain but after it fell out I was 3-4 cm dilated and more effaced. After that they broke my water and put me on Pitocin. That didn't help much and by noon on the 6th I was still not much more dilated. I had now been through 2-3 different doctors and a bunch of nurses. At about 3pm they decided to put in an internal monitor to see how my contractions were. I wasn't happy about that at all and I asked them to take it out about an hour after they put it in. I could feel the baby playing with it and it hurt like heck. By this time I was pissed off that I had been in labor for almost 24 hours and nothing was happening. They weren't listening to me and the doctor wouldn't even come talk to me about taking it out. He had nurses come tell me that he wouldn't. I had gotten the epidural done a few hours earlier and it started wearing off about this time so the guy came back and gave me an extra dosage. The doctor came in to check and tell me who the new doctor on call was (a family practice doctor...not even an OBGYN!). I was at about 7-8 cm and he told me it would be soon. This is about 5:30. A few minutes after he checked me I had a huge urge to push so I had Zach go get the nurse. He check me and I guess I dilated allot more but I wasn't thinned out enough for the baby to be able to fit through. They told me to wait it out but I kept feeling like I had to push so they told me to try it. I did but nothing happened so they tried to push the cervix out of the way so they could get the head through better. That didn't work either so they told me to still wait it out. I am about ready to kill someone by now. I have had so many people shoving things up places they don't need to be and I am hurting like none other. I swear the epidural only made my stomach and my legs numb cause I could feel EVERYTHING. So, I tried not to push but ended up pushing anyways with the nurse. Now, I had Zach, a guy nurse, and a guy doctor. The doctor didn't even come in until about 2 hours after pushing when the baby's head started to pop out. I was so upset that the doctor wasn't there throughout the pushing because Jaidyn's doctor didn't make it there in time. Needless to say I wasn't at all happy with any of the doctors but he's here. The doctor announced it was a boy and we were thrilled! Ryker Frank Griffin was born at 7:35 pm on December 6th, 2008. He was wide awake and scored a 9 on the APGAR test(which is perfect). He weighed 6pounds 12 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. He was perfect and even shocked the pediatrician with how alert he was. I am definitely waiting till we get back to the states for another one. I've got two beautiful boys and its going to stay that way for a while..or so we hope ;)
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