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My Birth Story
For
Jazmyne Adeline Zurch
September 13th, 2005
Well everyone, here is the beautiful painstaking
Birth story of our precious little princess Jazmyne. On September 11th
at 1:15am I started having some “show” so the mucus plug was starting to
come out. The next morning at 1:30am I woke up all of a sudden because I
thought a bug was crawling up my leg. When I went to check It felt like I
peed myself so I got up to look and of course there was some leakage on
the blanket. See my husband is smart; he was scared that my water would
break and gush all over our bed and duvet so he put some old sleeping
blankets under me so that would soak up the mess. Thus nothing got wet
but that. So up I was with some wet trickle down my legs. I woke up my
poor husband to take me to the hospital to see if I was leaking fluid for
sure. The doctors told me if I started to leak I must hurry on in. We
arrived at the hospital about 15 minutes later. Levi had the car full of
our bags and the car seat; boy was he ready for something. We went into
the emergency doors, forgetting we could of went straight up to the case
room, so we had to wait for a porter to wheel us to the other side of the
hospital. We finally arrived in the assessment room at about 2am and the
nurses checked me to see if I was leaking but because my Urine dipped
positive as well as the pads they could not say for sure. So they called
my Doctor and she said she would come in the morning to do a spec exam.
Because I had a General practitioner and not an OB the Doctors there had
to let my GP check me. This was good in a way since I got to avoid
residents I didn’t know touching me. But I had to sleep in this awful
bed/stretcher all night because they could not admit me until they had a
reason. So needless to say I didn’t sleep a wink Again (I didn’t sleep a
wink when I got the “show “either”). Finally my Doctor arrived at about
10:30am September 12th and checked me to confirm I did rupture
a bit and I was 3 cm dilated. I was only having minor contractions that
were very irregular so she wanted to wait until 1:30pm to see if I would
go into labor myself. They had to keep me there because of the risk of
infection and the risk to the baby once your water has ruptured. So
basically I was having the baby there ASAP. The sent me downstairs and my
doctor told me to walk lots. Well…. I was exhausted from not having
slept at all so all I wanted to do was sleep. But of course there were no
private rooms so I was in a room with 4 people and how can you sleep when
all people do is Talk. I knew walking around was not going to get
anything started unless she ruptured the rest of my membranes so I tried
to sleep a bit. At around noon and I was transferred to the induction room
where I waited till 2:30pm for my Doctor to come and induce me. She
wanted to start with the gel to soften my up more. This is where the
story gets UGLY…
Let me tell you, NEVER get a GEL!! Holly smokers, I
thought I was going to die! As soon as she inserted that gel I started
contracting like crazy with REST. I had to LAY there for an hour and take
all this pain, no meds or anything! I was so ready to give up after 10
minutes. I could have handled the pain had I been able to get up. All I
did was breath and try to concentrate and cry. Finally when the hour was
up I went to the bathroom and walked the halls a bit. The pain was
bearable after I could get up, and the contractions were 5 minutes apart
so I had some resting time in-between. I was able o handle this pain, but
then they started getting worse again I finally decided to take the hot
shower and I basically stayed in there off and on all night till the
Doctor came back to check me at 6pm. The nurses said I might need another
Gel and I told them no way on this earth that I was getting another one.
When my Doctor arrived she said she would come back at 8:30pm when the gel
wears off to check me and decide. She came back at around 9-9:30pm and
seen I was 4cm (All that pain for 1 cm!!) and felt a bulge of water. So
she ruptured the rest of my membranes and sent me upstairs to start the
oxytocin drip and get my epidural. I decided after the gel I was getting
an epidural FORSURE! My contractions started immediately, but the pain
was somewhat bearable. When they took me upstairs I had a hot shower to
cope with the pain and waited for the anesthesiologist to give me my
epidural. They had to try 3 times because apparently I have a Thick back
or shall I say thick ligaments in my back so it was hard for her to get
through. Holly smokers did it Hurt, but nothing as bad as those
contractions with the gel. I toughed it out and about 30 minutes later it
was in. The lady said I was unbelievably strong, but all I knew was that
I didn’t want that other pain again. My husband was so wonderful to me,
massaging me while she was doing it but I could feel him feeling my pain.
My poor baby. I was having contractions through it all but apparently I
numbed them out because I didn’t feel a thing. Once the epidural was in I
was in HEAVEN, the pain from my contractions stopped immediately. I could
even feel my legs and toes. I got what would be called a walking epidural
but I wasn’t allowed to walk. Finally I got to go to sleep, and I figured
I would be able to sleep for a while since I was only 4 cm dilated. It was
probably about 10:30-11pm when it was all finished. So off to lala land
went me and hubby. Well now I was sleeping like a baby then all of a
sudden I felt this awful pressure by my bum and the nurse said she wanted
to check me. It was probably only midnight and I had not slept that much
but I felt nice and refreshed. She checked me and I was already 8cm
dilated! And I did it all on my own, I wasn’t even hooked up to the
oxytocin yet since I was contracting on my own. She told me to go back to
sleep for a while as I would be pushing soon. So off to lala land I went
again and soon enough I was up like a light again because it felt like I
needed to push something big out of my bum. She checked me again and lone
behold I was fully 10cm dilated and my cervix was all ready. So we began
pushing and it felt like heaven! Every time I felt pressure from the
contraction I got to push and it was such a relief. That was the only
pain I felt. I could defiantly handle the pressure pain. Her and my
husband was amazing, they coached me through the pushes and he counted
to10 for me. But I could hardly get through 3 pushes of 10seconds each.
It was hard on my arms to pull and push. I was pushing hard; I just
wanted this little bugger out. It took me less than an hour for her head
to crown. I think I started pushing at 1:45am. They called the Doctor at
around 3am and she arrived shortly after. All I remember was saying “Come
out you little BUGGER”. I didn’t swear at all or get mad at anyone
through the entire pushing process. It was so exhausting though and my
mouth was so dry. Levi had to keep giving me ice cubes between the
contractions. The doctor helped me a lot through the pushes and when she
arrived I was able to push for 20seconds and 4 pushes for each
contraction. They got me a mirror so I could see her head coming out. I
just remember the Doctor separating my labia to help her head out and it
felt like she was going nowhere. I swear I tried to push that head out
for over an hour and it just didn’t want to come out. I could see I was
close and it was almost out but I was so exhausted and it was so HARD at
this point. I was just shivering and crying through each push and I
couldn’t get her out. I was also getting scared that she was going to die
in there or something. The doctor realized she wasn’t coming and I think
she knew at that point that my baby was huge because she asked if she
could cut me. And I was more than happy for this. She was amazed that I
didn’t even tear at all. That head was so HUGE man! So she cut me and
right then and there I stopped watching. I had this new found hope that I
could get her out and I pushed like a MAD women. Still she wouldn’t budge
so the doctor continued to help me and then finally I pushed her head
out. They cleaned her face and I didn’t hear her cry but I heard Levi cry
and I guess she was wide awake looking around. I figured the rest was
candy at this point and that it would only be one more push. But of
course why would I get off that easy. She was a monster and I pushed and
pushed and pushed and the doctor had to pull with all her might to get her
out of me. Then Levi cut the cord and said “It’s a GIRL baby” and he
cried and cried. I was just in shock, and just smiled. They put her on
my tummy then took her away to clean on the table. Still I had not heard
her cry so I was worried, then I heard the team say “Is the NICU on their
way” and I was terrified. But silly me, I forgot that they were there for
all deliveries, my team was just late. Finally I heard her cry and I
cried I was so happy she was alive. Then I heard them say “Did the mom
get narcotics” and I was terrified again. What could be wrong with her
that they might think that? I said No to the morphine and Demerol because
I didn’t want it to go to the baby. Then they told me her left arm wasn’t
moving. I guess the strain of her coming out and maybe even the way she
was sitting in me caused something in her arm to be out. They were scared
it might be dislocated or broken so they did X-rays on it. I still don’t
have the results, but my Doctor figures it’s just a stunned nerve network
in her shoulder and it should be fine.
So then they put my little (huge) princess on the
scale and she measures 10 pounds (after she had her bath downstairs they
confirmed she was 10lbs 3oz though). They couldn’t believe I pushed her
out. And they didn’t need to use forceps or a vacuum or anything.
Finally I was stitched up after the placenta came out in one nice push.
It took forever to stitch me but I guess she wanted it to be good. I
could tell my poor Doctor was so exhausted and stressed from getting that
baby out but she was amazing and she stitched me up like a pro. It was
one continuous stitch and guess what!! It doesn’t even BURN when I pee or
HURT when I do the other thing. I asked her why and she said probably
because she did a good job at covering up all the exposed tissue inside
and so I was lucky.
She was 10 pounds 3onz and 20.5 inches long! Born
on September 13th at 3:43am.
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