Kali is here

I'm so excited to announce that Kali is here. What a crazy last few days. The number 1 thing people usually want to see is pictures so I will add some but I want to write my story down. Mostly just for reference sake and hopefully Kali will read it someday.

We planned on getting induced on Monday at 3am. I called the night before and they told me to call at 2am to see if they had an opening for me. At 2 am they said that they were full and that they would call about 8 if I hadn't heard from them then I could call back. Well I called at 8 and said they were getting a room ready but weren't there yet so hang tight. Well they finally called like 8:30ish and we got to the hospital about 9. We got paper work done and went back to our room where we would spend the next 32ish hours preparing to have a baby. They put me right on pitocin after getting an IV and I was on that till 1pm. Well my contractions were getting stronger but my cervix was really hard still so the doctor stopped pitocin and put a balloon in me for the next 12 hours. The balloon puts pressure on both sides of your cervix and has been found to be as effective as the gel that they normally use to induce labor but can't use on VBAC's because you have a greater chance of having your uterus rupture which is the number 1 thing that we DO NOT want to happen. Well I still had contractions all night anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes apart. When 1am came around they took out the balloon and started me on pitocin again. The balloon had done its job and the cervix had softened very nicely. I knew from that point on that I was in for the long hall so I tried to rest as much as possible while the balloon was in me and also just after they took it out. They slowly turned up my pitocin all morning long and my contractions just got harder and harder. About 11am my contractions were very intense and I started thinking I want an epidural. I had the nurse check me and she thought that I was only at a 2 and I just felt like crying...I was dieing and only at a 2. They finally came to give me an epidural and it took everything and I mean EVERYTHING I had to sit still enough for them to give it to me. The 1st one they did didn't work so I finally got a 2nd one and it helped with the pressure in my back and stomach that was so intense but it was NOT and I mean not helping the vaginal pain I was having. I was feeling much better than before and I really didn't want them to have to try again so I just dealt with it. Also the anesthesiologist told me that because I was trying to have a VBAC they needed me to feel enough that I could tell them if something was going wrong or if my incision was hurting. So I decided because it was helping I would just deal with it. Well I dealt with a lot of pain laying in bed from like 330 till I delivered about 5:15. The doctor finally numbed me when I started pushing and it was a good thing because it really helped. He had to give me an episiotomy as well so I'm glad I didn't have to feel that. But I couldn't believe when she was finally born. I pushed through about 3 or 4 contractions so like 12 pushes and she was here.

I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father that I was able to deliver her vaginally. I believe it was a true miracle. I feel my Doctor really didn't want to do it but I'm so grateful he supported me through it and did everything he could to help it happen. I know that he was inspired and that there were many people looking out for me and praying for me. While I was sitting in bed just waiting till they took my balloon out I could feel the spirit so strong and I'm so grateful to have Kali in our lives.