I was induced on November 29th. Nick and I arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. and the doctor broke my water at 8 a.m. and things started moving super fast. By 11:30 my contractions were about 2 minutes apart. I couldn't take it any longer so I got the epidural at 12. I was so nervous for this part but let me just say that the epidural was AMAZING! I couldn't feel any pain and by 3 it was time to start pushing. I pushed for 46 minutes and Ian was born at 3:46 p.m. He weighed 7lbs. 13oz. and he was 21 inches long. It is pretty cool because my husband weighed the same and was the same length when he was born.
After I gave birth I was experiencing a lot of back pain. I couldn't even move without hurting myself. It was awful. The nurses said it I probably strained my back during labor. I got lots of pain meds that helped a lot!! Everything was going fine and we were enjoying Ian so much when the anesthesiologist nurse came in and told me that the girl who performed my epidural messed up and put the catheter in too far in my back which created air pockets around my spine and because of this I might experience an extremely bad migraine that could start a few days after giving birth and last up to a whole week. I had about a 30-50% chance of getting this head ache.
Everything was going fine on Wednesday when we came home and I was feeling fine until that night. I started experiencing a terrible head ache that went from the front of my head all the way to the back of my neck and shoulders. I would feel fine if I laid down but when I stood up I was in so much pain. I couldn't even enjoy or take care of my brand new baby. It was awful. Nick was having to take care of me and Ian. By Friday I couldn't take it anymore. The head ache was unbearable and it actually caused me to throw up. The nurse said if I got the head ache and my pain medication wasn't working then I would have to go back to the hospital and they would have to perform a blood patch. A blood patch is where they take blood from you and insert it into your spine so it can fill up all the empty space around my spine that was causing my head ache. As soon as they inserted the blood into my back, I felt a million times better. The head ache was gone instantly and I felt great! I was so happy that I was finally able to enjoy my sweet baby instead of being miserable.
Everything is going fine now and we absolutely LOVE our brand new baby. He is perfect. I will be posting new pictures soon. I lost the cord to my camera so as soon as I find it I will be posting pics of our lovely boy.
After I gave birth I was experiencing a lot of back pain. I couldn't even move without hurting myself. It was awful. The nurses said it I probably strained my back during labor. I got lots of pain meds that helped a lot!! Everything was going fine and we were enjoying Ian so much when the anesthesiologist nurse came in and told me that the girl who performed my epidural messed up and put the catheter in too far in my back which created air pockets around my spine and because of this I might experience an extremely bad migraine that could start a few days after giving birth and last up to a whole week. I had about a 30-50% chance of getting this head ache.
Everything was going fine on Wednesday when we came home and I was feeling fine until that night. I started experiencing a terrible head ache that went from the front of my head all the way to the back of my neck and shoulders. I would feel fine if I laid down but when I stood up I was in so much pain. I couldn't even enjoy or take care of my brand new baby. It was awful. Nick was having to take care of me and Ian. By Friday I couldn't take it anymore. The head ache was unbearable and it actually caused me to throw up. The nurse said if I got the head ache and my pain medication wasn't working then I would have to go back to the hospital and they would have to perform a blood patch. A blood patch is where they take blood from you and insert it into your spine so it can fill up all the empty space around my spine that was causing my head ache. As soon as they inserted the blood into my back, I felt a million times better. The head ache was gone instantly and I felt great! I was so happy that I was finally able to enjoy my sweet baby instead of being miserable.
Everything is going fine now and we absolutely LOVE our brand new baby. He is perfect. I will be posting new pictures soon. I lost the cord to my camera so as soon as I find it I will be posting pics of our lovely boy.
I am glad you are both home, happy, and healthy! Congrats!
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