An AMAZING Journey

Zovia Alexandria, 7lbs 1oz, 20in born 11:17am 4/20/12

Our journey began on April 19th at 9:00pm. Buzz and I settled into our labor and delivery room Mansfield Methodist where the nurse sweetly checked me and placed the first induction pill into use. We settled and patiently waited around, buzz put in my favorite movie 10th kingdom. Around midnight she graciously checked me and i was dilated to a 1 she put the second induction pill into play. This one hit pretty well, or so we thought. By 3am i was in agony and both buzz and i were begging for an epidural. When she checked me i was at a 3cm dilated and said it was perfectly fine for me to get one. By 4am in came the anaesthesiologist he did the epidural and informed me that it would only relieve some of the pain.  For about an hour i was still moaning pretty bad but it finally kicked in. During that same hour, i experienced my water breaking; which was probably one of the most nasty experiences Ive ever had. Around 7am Dr. Finkie my ob came in and checked me. I was still only dilated to 3cm. She also noticed that during my contractions baby Zoey's heart rate was not accelerating as it was supposed to. She suggested we place some monitors on her to get a better reading. This worried both Buzz and I. I tried to elevate her heart rate by turning on her favorite music which actually worked. The nurses came in and checked and said she was doing good. Around 10:45 am, Dr Finkie reappeared. She suggested that due to the fact that i still was only dilated to a 3 and the baby's heart rate was not where it wanted to be that the best thing would be to get her out immediately just to be on the safe side. Not moments later they were wheeling me out of the room telling buzz to go get suited up. Almost to the OR i was in tears, i really had not wanted a c-section but there was no turning back now it had to be done. They wheeled me in the OR at 11:00am and Dr. French upped my pain medication. Before i knew it i was cut open and buzz was walking in the room. I don't remember much but i remember i could feel everything even though i was numb. I felt no pain but i could feel all the movement they were doing. By 11:17 baby Zovia Alexandria had made her appearance into the world Buzz was in charge of taking pictures.  While they were weighing her and cleaning her up, they were still working on me. Buzz brought my beautiful daughter over so i could see her and oh how beautiful she was i remember kissing her sweet little head and then they had to take her away.

I started to really feel some bad pain. Dr. French told me that i probably was not numb all the way since they had only been able to perform an epidural and it was common. He claimed he could not give me anything for the pain but could give me something to not make me think about it and boy did that work, the next thing i knew i was telling Dr. Finkie how pretty her pink goggles were and exclaiming how hungry and thirsty i was and ready to eat, they told me the only thing they could do would be get me some water flavored water. After that i was wheeled back to the labor and delivery room and patiently waited for my angel to be in my arms. Two long painful hours later after me asking repeatedly when i could see her they finally wheeled her in. Buzz handed me my beautiful 7lb 1oz, 20in long baby girl and i fell in love instantly.

We had some trouble with feeding at first which put both Me as well as Buzz in a lot of stress at the hospital but eventually switched to formula feeding after talking with Zoey's pediatrician and decided that's whats best for both her and I. Well as of today Baby Zovia is 7weeks old almost 2months and it has flown by quick she changes and grows everyday. I healed pretty quick and was released to do most activities 4 weeks after my csection unfortunately last week i had a little scare i started hemorrhaging last Thursday but all is better now. My life truly has been turned around i now work on less then 5 hours of sleep a day, my days include washing bottles, changing diapers and maybe getting a shower in there if i am lucky. I really am loving every second of being a mother every late night, screaming, crying, dirty diaper is worth it. As many say.."motherhood truly is the only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time"




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