My induction story.

Yup you read that right I labored for 60 hours 🥲

When I was told I would need to be induced I was very nervous but I knew it was the best option for my baby since she wasn’t growing well in my belly. I got a diagnosis of IUGR in the third trimester so I was watched very closely. I was induced at 37 weeks exactly and had a lot of trust in my doctors.

When I was admitted into the hospital it was Sunday night and the first thing after getting check in and getting my IV they check to see if I was dilated at all. I was only like .5 cm dilated which was not surprising to me. They decided to start by injecting something into my cervix called cytotec this is to ripen the cervix and to hopefully get me to start dilating! It was uncomfortable but nothing too bad! I had this in for 12 hours and really did not have anything change other than on the monitor it did show I was having contractions which was cool! The next thing they tried was a Foley balloon that they placed in my cervix, which ended up staying there 12 hours also. This was PAINFUL. I started to have way more pain with this and did get what’s called a bloody show. I still didn’t get any epidural at this point but got a medicine called stadol and this was so intense but helped and I finally slept 😂 this was in for a while they ended up taking it out Monday night/Tuesday morning. I finally was 5cm dilated!! My contractions were getting more consistent I was dilated more and at this point they wanted me to move around more walk the hallways and shower if I would like. Tuesday night they started me on pitocin and told me they were going to break my water. I knew I wanted an epidural so I told them to definitely call for that prior to breaking my water (from what I heard it goes fast after this!) my water was broken (the weirdest feeling ever it was like warm but didn’t hurt.) literally 10 minutes later I was contracting so hard and so fast the pain was intense. Luckily the epidural did get placed shortly after this and I was feeling a lot better. I did have a lot of shivering and throwing up after the epidural which was a bummer but not the end of the world. During that whole night into the morning they were turning me very often because my baby was having a difficult time, I truly think it was because it had been such a long stressful process. This went on till Wednesday morning and at this point I knew I was fully dilated.. sure enough they checked me and told me I was ready to push! I didn’t have baby girl for 2 more hours! I was so exhausted from the pushing that I kept falling asleep! 🫠 but by the grace of god she finally came out!!!! My sweet little peanut Georgia! 5lbs 4oz!

This was the most intense and challenging thing of my life but I would do it a million times over for this little girl 🤎 I was so grateful for my husband and my mom as well for being so helpful during the whole process.

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