![]() Our nurses were amazing and were totally on board with this. ![]() As I talked it out with Tim and my mom, I also spent some time praying and just giving the whole day to God and His timing knowing that whenever Lucy made her arrival would be just as He planned for her! My mom turned on some worship music and I called the nurse in to ask if she had any suggestions such as positional changes that may help things along. From there life got a bit more comfortable.Īfter another hour I was still feeling a bit frustrated that things didn’t seem to be moving along as quick as I hoped. The epidural went super smooth and was in by 2:15pm. The balloon was still in place which was a bit deflating (no pun intended) because it meant my cervix wasn’t dilating like we expected. As the contractions continued, I stood at the bedside breathing through them for about 3.5 hours before deciding I was ready for an epidural. My mom, alongside Tim, have been a part of each birth and they are my dream team! I’m so thankful for each of them. Boy was I wrong.Ĭontractions began within a couple hours and slowly got stronger, happening every 2-3 minutes. I had this same thing done for Griffy’s induction ( read his birth story here) so I fully expected this to go similarly and for the balloon catheter to fall out quickly as it had done with him. Paired with Pitocin to get contractions going, this will get labor headed in the right direction. This means once you are dilated that much, the balloon will theoretically fall out. ![]() The balloon catheter is something they place in your cervix and fill with saline to the same size as 3cm dilation. My doctor came and checked to see how dilated I was, then placed the balloon catheter in along with starting the Pitocin at 8:42am. We arrived at 6:30am, checked in, made it to the room, got changed, answered all the questions, IV in, and were ready to have a baby! Tim and I got up, got ready, ate breakfast, snuck in to hug the older boys and headed to the hospital. But 5am finally rolled around, I called the hospital to confirm they had space for me and so it began. The day was finally here!! Knowing we had a tentative induction date made my sleep the night before all the more restless (in an exciting way!). ![]() I love getting to share these birth stories here. ![]()
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