10-17-93
Guess what?! Those were "real" labor pains! About 3:30pm Kevin took me down to Dr. Buchanon, and the contractions were 3 minutes apart and my cervix was 2 centimeters dilated, and I was 90% thinned out. She told me to go out and take a walk around, and get some dinner, and call her when the contractions were VERY painful – by 6:30pm they were so bad I couldn’t even stand up, so Dr. Buchanon said to go to EMMC and check in. By this time I was 4 centimeters dilated, and the nurse I had said she was estimating a midnight delivery. By 9:00-9:30pm I was in really bad shape, and I asked for some medication – this was stupid, because the medication slowed my progress so they gave me Pitocin to "speed things up" and I was given more medication to block the pain. Well, I guess I fell asleep, because the next thing I remember is being instructed to "push"! Kevin says it lasted for 3 hours and I was screaming (so loud in fact, that I was hoarse the next morning.) I remember pushing, but I think the worst part was the aching in my legs – Kevin + the nurse had to hold my legs back, and keep reminding me to PUSH! At 2:53am on October 12th our son entered the world with a cry – and he is perfect! Today he is 5 days old, and he is an angel! My precious little baby. Everything would be perfect if I wasn’t so damn sore! See, Dr. Buchanon gave me an episiotomy, but when Aaron’s head came out she saw that his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 2ce, so she just yanked him out, and in the process gave me a "new asshole"! So an obstetrician (a man) came in to stitch me up, and Kevin said it took 2½ hours to sew me up! I’m just now getting up and about. For the first few days I just layed in bed and hurt. Yesterday I finally sat in the rocking-chair I got for my birthday/xmas and I took a little walk outside to check the mail–and today we took a ride to get some groceries + PADS, and visit my mother so Bambi + Donnie could see their nephew – and I feel pretty good – I’m sitting in the living-room with the baby while Kevin sleeps (it’s his first night back at work since Aaron was born, and my first night alone in the house with the baby.) AND I’m breastfeeding, which my body has to adjust to the milk Aaron needs, so we’re going through an adjustment period, and it’s got me feeling blue, because it’s painful where my boobs are what they call "engorged." I just called the lactation specialist at EMMC, and she said all I could really do was to use a hot wash-clothe, and be patient. And try feeding Aaron a little more often. (Not very encouraging when my boobs hurt SO BAD!) Can you believe I’m a mother?! No shit. and Kevin and I have a beautiful, healthy little boy. (He weighed 7lbs 10ozs when he was born.) He’s so tiny! Yesterday I cried just looking at him! I seem to cry at everything right now – these are called "Postpartum Blues."