I went into labor on 3/6/10 at about 5:30 am. I woke Ryan up around 7:30 am because I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with each contraction. He ran around doing last minute cleaning and was with me each time a contraction came on helping to make me comfortable and keep track of the time in between them etc. We went to the hospital around 12:00 pm and stayed for awhile. We were given the option to be admitted or go home for awhile. I chose to go home because of complete discomfort in the hospital room and, once again, with the monitors. I felt very confined and did not want to stay. We ended up back at the hospital around 7:30 pm and this time we were admitted. I was given pitocin to speed up the birthing process. We had an amazing doula there who helped me be more comfortable through the back labor, and she commented that Ryan was the most supportive and involved husband that she had seen in her three years working as a doula!
I was very uncomfortable with being checked for dilation as it was painful and all the staff were not always considerate of when they were doing this. A couple of times I had to ask nurses to wait until a contraction was over before trying. This was the WORST part of the experience.
I made it to 5 cm dilation after about 20 hours worth of labor. I had wanted to have a fully natural birth, but came to the realization that if I was only 1/2 way there after this long that I wouldn't have the energy to push the baby out without some sort of pain medication. I actually panicked and lost all concentration until the pain meds were administered. Then I had a kink in my catheder for the epidural and only got some of the effects of it. This worked out to my advantage though and I was easily able to feel where I needed to push when the time came.
Long story even shorter... Uriah was born at 8:54 am. I had one image in particular that went through my mind with each contraction towards the end of labor that I will try to recreate later.
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