nope, no baby

Nothing can be easy for me! This has been quite an ordeal. They started pitocin this morning and although I was having regular contractions, I couldnt really feel them. They left that stupid foley bulb in for about 22 hours but when they finally took it out I was dialated 6 cm and they went ahead and broke my water. Super weird to have stuff constantly gushing out of you. It went all over the floor! Gross! That was around 2 and I started having intense contractions. I lasted about 4 hours and then they told me I was really only 4 cm! I had planned to do this without an epidural but had total meltdown when they told me that and decided I needed one. I could have handled the pain but not for like 10 more hours. Pretty much feel like a complete failure but this epidural is great and I can't feel a thing now. Half my reason for not getting one was because I didn't want to be stuck in the bed but I've been stuck in it anyway with everything I've had to be on. My blood pressure also went up every time I left the bed. So now Im all numbed up and just hoping that something happens soon. Here's way too much info...I have gas that I don't feel and don't know is coming! So embarassing! Why did no one tell me about this! I hate all of you that have had babies and failed to mention this! Hopefully the next update is a pic of a baby!

I need coffee

The ambien let me get a little sleep but not much. Foley bulb has not fallen out yet even though it's been over 15 hours at this point. I'm pretty sure that means it is not working and I would really like them to get this balloon out of my hooha. As Lee-Lee said, it really is a party in my pants-complete with balloons! Not even having contractions anymore. Boo.

Everett is taking very good care of me and patiently unhooks everything and helps me to the bathroom like every hour. He's resting now in an uncomfortable looking lounge chair. My mom and dad are also here. They stayed at a hotel but apparently are already down in hospital lobby waiting on us. I need coffee. Pretty sure I can't have any or food. That is making me grumpy!

Nite nite

No real news to report. This crazy foley bulb has been in place for about 7 hours now. Basically we are waiting for it to fall out which will most likely be when I go to the bathroom and it will freak me out and be accompanied by blood. Sounds very lovely. At that point they will start pitocin if they decide the foley bulb worked. None of this will happen until the morning. Still a long way to go and a lot of unknowns.. Contractions still pretty regular. About a 3-4 on the pain scale-more annoying than anything. They just gave me an ambien so I can get a few hours of sleep.

Much to Everett's dismay I made him help me into my ""pretty pusher" gown. We tangled up cords and broke a few things but got it on eventually. I look like poop in it so here is someone who looks better. There is also a gown with matching pillowcase for after the birth. :)

Opening Fort Knox (hopefully)

This morning  we went to the doctor just to check everything out. Induction was scheduled between 7-9 pm tonight. During the nonstress test, the baby wasn't very active so they sent me for an ultrasound where they determined my fluid was pretty low and said that we needed to head straight to labor and delivery. Good thing we had our bags in the car!

So we got here and got checked in pretty quickly. Because it's a holiday, none of my doctors are working so I have a random doctor. He's nice though so its fine. The nurse "blew up" 2 of my veins trying to get an IV started and had to call in someone else. Not fun and my hand hurts pretty bad. Because I was not dialated at all they had to put in a foley catheter which is basically a water balloon that manually dialates me. That was a highly uncomfortable experience and they had a hard time getting it in because of how closed I am (Fort Knox as my doctor called it last week). So...this crazy water balloon is now inside of me and I basically have to wait until it falls out which could be 10-12
Hours and there is no guarantee it will work at all. I'm having regular contractions that are painful but not horrific. So for now I'm just laying here...being uncomfortable.

Blog is temporarily back

Since I'm going to be stuck in the hospital for several days it seems, I am resurrected the blog to give me something to do and because people have told me I should.  I make no promises how long this will last. If you stop seeing posts, maybe my little dude had finally decided to arrive.  I tend to just abruptly stop these things...see last post below that ended with Australia Day 2. There were definitely more days in Australia but I ADD'd on the blog and wandered off. Headed to the doctor in an hour. Will update then!