We arrived at the hospital just after 8 am. I was in the hospital gown, all hooked up & the pitocin started with in the hour & then the waiting game began. The doc broke my water & then I got the epidural at about 10:30 am. At this point I figured I would be able to relax, read a book, or even take a nap but nope! I started to have one of those light headed/pre- fainting spells that lasted a couple hours. Anyone who has a history of fainting knows how miserable it is. You're in this state where you can not get comfortable & your mind is "faded". You're kind of there but kind of not and your body is like screaming & scrambling inside, trying its hardest to keep you there. You're having hot flashes and you're sweating. Usually soon after this you either pass out or you're able to revive yourself by laying down (I was already laying down) or drinking fluids (I was already hooked up to fluids & was sucking on ice). It sucked & I hated it. The nurse couldn't figure out exactly why I was doing it nor could she help me. I just had to suffer & concentrate on breathing.
What I learned from my first delivery is that I was very slow to progress then all of a sudden I did & was ready to go. Same exact thing happened here. Whenever family called we kept saying, "not happening anytime soon". The plan was as soon as signs showed it was getting close I would call my sister Cami to come up & take pics of the delivery. Well the nurse came in to do a check & all of a sudden she was in panic mode to set everything up. She even gave me oxygen bc the fetal heart rate became questionable & she warned me to not push at all. We called Cami & she arrived right in the nic of time....
