On our way to the hospital the skies were dark and stormy there was lightning and a bit of rain. It was a calm cool breezy night. Perfect for the perfect storm. We got to the hospital and Matt decided to make me walk as much as possible the crazy loon. I have been on bedrest for 5 months not permitted to walk anywhere! He parked at the lowest parking spot in the garage and then proceeded to tell me to get on up the stairs 3 flights. I made it just fine. My contractions had been silent again but the storm was coming. We got into the hospital and checked in and they wanted to wheel me up to the L&D. I had my first baby in Korea and was ambulanced into the L&D there so we didn't expect such nonsense from a hospital. Walking the baby out ever heard of it! SITTING are you crazy! No thanks we are going to walk my husband says. He was like uh ok like we were weird or something. So we get up there and they check me into a triage room and make me do the stupid contractions machine to PROVE to them I was having a god damn baby. Like are you freakin serious just give me the damn room! There were all these loud obnoxious woman moaning and groaning like they were having sex or pushing a turd out like a fat man. Wimps I do believe we called them I was about to go in the room next to me and show the lady how it's done! She was so loud! I was having contractions the same times and for the same amount of time she was yet I was silent and just irritated they made me lay on my back because the contractions weren't showing up so I laid on my side anyway to make them go away. I didn't want to go backwards of course. So 1 hour 30 minutes later she came in they were swamped she checked me I let her because we knew I was like a 5 and she said I was like a 4 stupid bitch she said she was gonna get ahold of my doctor and to go walking to see if we could get those contractions going steady since the whole time we were waiting it couldn't pick the contractions up because the machine was being retarded. It also was giving a low heart rate on the baby well duh he's in my pelvic bone!! We told the lady my situation she didn't really seem to give two shits. So we went a walking! It was like 2 by now. We were told to come back in about 45 minutes. We got downstairs I needed some fresh air and we got out and the skies were nice and glowing blue from the thunder and lightning and it had just rained so the air was clean. The streets were empty and it was nice and quiet outside. Me and Matt walked around the circle in the downstairs of St. Luke's boise one time and then he wanted to go back in! So not happening we walked and walked and walked and walked. Nothing really happened until about 30 minutes later. I was feeling the contractions then but still not consistent just random and they weren't full on contractions they were more like a pinched nerve feeling. I was thinking it was going more towards back labor now, very uncomfortable feelings. I started to walk with my legs wider like a penguin, and dancing sort of rotating my hips like a hula hoops would as we walked up and down the hill having a nice conversation with my not so anxiety ridden husband was nice. It was comforting knowing he was there by my side and the timing was right and we were together at last and no pressure. As we were walking I saw another pregnant lady full term you could tell, she was with her husband and she had to stop to throw up in the parking lot. We were like oh there goes another woman that doesn't know what to do. She of course took the wheelchair upstairs. So 15 minutes later we headed upstairs of course we came in early and Matt went pee and I went pee then we headed up the elevator to get the party started. I was finally feeling them regularly it was about 3:05 when went upstairs. She put me back on the damn machine and guess what I did I got up instead and did my thing. She came in and said the nurse will be in to take you upstairs. Again we turned down the wheelchair I do believe...at this point it was about 3:20 and I was really having contractions and they were heavy. I was quiet and Matt was rubbing my lower hip bones in circular motions as I leaned over the bed. It really is the best thing for me during labor. You just relax and as long as he's rubbing my body is doing what it's suppose to do and there isn't really any pain. We went up to our room and all I wanted was to be in the damn jacuzzi tub they had promised me from the beginning. So the nurse was super nice and Matt was ready to get the show on the road. The nurse was filling up the tub and she said it was going to take about 30 minutes. I was pissed I knew I didn't have 30 minutes to waste. The doctor came in and we were surprised to see him. He was wearing his bronco shirt and jeans and was happy and ready to go. He said well lets get this show on the road tooand checked me to see why my water hadn't broken yet. Hmmm he said I was a 7 and didn't know why my water hadn't broken yet but we were ok with him breaking my water because I was going into back labor which was bad meaning something was going wrong along with the babies heart beat was dropping. Even though the damn machine was inaccurate as hell I wasn't trusting that for an excuse. But back labor is a sure sign. So now we are about 3:45 I should say. He reached in and BAM my water broke he quickly reached in and moved something around. He said well I didn't really have to break your water but the cord was in the way so good thing we did that now the baby can come out just fine. AMAZING. That is like a 1 in a million chance of the cord coming out first. So he leaves to go get his scrubs on in a hurry and said no joke you do move fast! Matt was about to call his mom to tell her we ere having the baby so far we hadn't told anybody except my mom. I didn't want to jinx it. So now I'm squatting through the contractions and husband is rubbing my lower back still as I lean over the bed. and we are well aware of what is going on and what we should do it was routine now. They gave me a a hep lock and administered the antibiotics for the gb strep or whatever I'm still trying to figure that one out. I had missed my appointment to see if I was or not so they only gave me one dose and we didn't need anymore after than. The Koreans gave me a ton of antibiotics same with after the birth due to infection and I wanted to avoid that for sure seeing it gave me thrush for 10 months! So I had thrown up my dominos after she gave me the hep lock. Then I was squatting and I do mean like up and down squats and the nurse was super awesome we were fine with the baby monitor being on as long as I could do my own thing and move around freely. She would come adjust as needed and tell me I'm a champ. So now we are at about 4AM I was ready to push still squatting and blood was coming out now and I just kept squatting Matt was behind me supporting me I was so groggy from the whole experience everything was a haze I was in dreamland on a mission. The doctor came in and said well lets get her on the bed. We stopped in amazement like UM HELL NO. We don't do that my husband said. He said we need to be able to squat. I said "squatting bar" then went back to doing my thing. The nurses knew what we were talking about the doctor had no idea. Of course typical OBGYN. So they got the never been used squatting bar on and I was still squatting on the side of the bed and I had to stop and get on the bed in position I did this at super speed. I was standing and squatting on the bed and the doctor was in front of me in his uncomfortable rolley chair. I must say the room was huge. They had stuff set up for anything to happen on a table behind him which was creepy but it was alot better there was just me, my husband and the nurse and the doctor. In Korea at this time they were rolling in all kinds contraptions and there was like 10 people in the room. It took me about 4 minutes of pushing and Albreigh was here! I felt like a balloon right before it was getting ready to pop. That is what labor feels like to me and then when it pops the baby just falls right out! When his head and body is finally emerging through your pelvic area there is that last feeling full and tightness before everything just falls out. Good thing he came out all at once too just like my first! The doctor didn't assist either we told him we wanted as little intervention as possible so his hands were down by the bed not up there and he gently caught our baby boy. The doctor was going to not clamp the cord until the placenta was delivered. But he had never done this before and I was 37 weeks so he wanted to observe the baby while this was going on to see what happened INSTEAD of put him on my chest. He didn't tell us about this and both me and my husband were asking for the baby on my chest. So with both babies they weren't on my chest for the first minute of there life. He came out screaming he wanted his mama. I don't believe they suctioned him we wanted all that delayed including bathing for at least an hour and they had agreed on that was good they said. YET they didn't put him immediately to the chest. So as soon as the placenta was about to come out he let Matt cut the cord...I think! The doctor was so amazed at the delaying the cord clamping because there was no blood left in it and the baby got it all. He got all those great stem cells and everything! Good thing, he didn't lose any weigh the first 24 hours either. Me and Matt both looked at him like he was an idiot since this was the first time in his 20+ years delaying. He told me he was going to change his practice especially because he works with preemies! Amazing. Baby Boy came right to me and crawled to my chest and started nursing it was the best thing in the world!! He could actually latch right on and of course was guzzling milk like a mad man they had pissed him off. I was really feeling drowzy and wanted to take a nap at this point and the doctor said I was losing a ton of blood so they needed to give me pitocin. Which breastfeeding is suppose to help contract your uterus he did about 20 minutes each side I was flooding him with milk since I was still nursing. But no such luck I had to get pitocin. The doctor told me I was super close to having a transfusion and had lost 3x the normal amount. This happened with my first son as well. Oh and by the way I'd like to keep my placenta....Hmm we've never had anyone ask to keep there's before...(In my head thinking-Well your just going to throw it out anyway or sell my stem cells to someone else for extreme prices)....So I'd like to keep my placenta please....Ok well we have to mark it as hazardous waste and you need to sign a release form...(a release form for my on organ)..Just so the hospital is not liable for anything that happens to it after you take it out of the hospital and it has to be gone within 6 hours. Hmm OK.
The Newborn Hospital Procedures
About an hour later they weighed baby boy and he was 6lbs 2 oz the biggest baby ever(to us anyway)! He was 20 inches long I believe. He had dirty blonde hair and we knew he was going to have blue eyes. He had a blue line around the black in his eyes. We didn't want the vitamin K shot or the hep b shot I find very unnecessary. There really is no need for these unless the boy is getting circ'd (vit k)and they don't even do that til a week later at the doctors. We also didn't want those stupid eye drops because with our first son he wouldn't open his eyes for 3 days and I had no infection this time so we didn't need them anyway. They made Matt sign a waiver and I'm glad I didn't have to tell them anything Matt told them all by himself he is so smart! I didn't like when they were measuring Albreigh or doing the APGAR test to see if he was alert and functioning. He was screaming and a crying baby is a baby that needs fed. I've never seen a nurse give a baby her finger of course with a glove on to calm the BRAND NEW BABY down, just stop the not important test and run the baby to the breastfeeding mother. Really pissed me off and Matt didn't like it either but he put a glove on and gave baby boy his finger so the nurse could hurry up she seemed like she was taking her time. You would think as a hospital the most important thing would be feeding the baby but nope. They also has super bright lights on the poor baby as if he hadn't just crawled out of a dark cave. Also with tunnel vision which babies are suppose have with the blinding white lights I would be crying too. Baby ate and then was asleep on my chest as we were waiting to go upstairs to our overnight room they only wanted to keep us for 24 hours.Big improvement compared to Korea and all there random testing they do on preemies. They didn't even test Albreigh for anything and he as only 37 weeks. Weren't too sure about that.
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