I was scheduled to be induced on the 17th, so Brian and I spent our last day together making sure everything was ready, and taking one last trip to the zoo! I rented an electric scooter and rode all around the zoo like that! Brian thought it was pretty funny. I was geared up to head to the hospital on the morning of the 17th, but Miss Savannah had other plans! I woke up at around 3:30 am with some mild contractions. I waited for awhile and took a warm bath thinking they might just be Braxton Hicks contractions. They weren't going away, so I decided to start timing them. I was surprised to find that they were about 4-5 minutes apart. I called my doctor and she told me that the hospital was very busy and I probably couldn't get in to start my induction until around 9 or 10 am. She told me to call again if the contractions continued for awhile.
The contractions slowly got to where they were 3-4 minutes apart so I decided to call the hospital. They spoke with my doctor and told me to come on in! I woke Brian up and we drove to the hospital. We arrived at around 7 am. Since the hospital was so busy, we had to wait in the waiting room until about 7:45 or 8 when they finally had a room ready for me.
Right after getting to the hospital!
I got changed and met my nurse. Her name was Megan and she was very nice! I was dilated 1-2 centimeters, but they decided to start Pitocin anyway to get things moving. Shortly after we got to our room, my Mom arrived. We had decided several weeks before delivery that we wanted my Mom to be in the delivery room with us. I am so glad we made this decision. It was so special for her to see her granddaughter be born. My doctor decided to break my water at 9:20 am. This was NOT fun haha, so I decided to get my epidural at 9:30 am. Around lunchtime we had another nurse named Ginger for a little while so Megan could take a break. We waited awhile and when my doctor checked me again at 12:40 pm I was 4 centimeters dilated.
Me and my delivery support team! Love them!!
Megan checked me at 2:00 pm and I was 5-6 centimeters. I kept telling the nurse that it seemed like her head was SO low, so she decided to check me again at 3:45. I was 7-8 centimeters and her head was very low. My nurse was shocked by how low her head was. The right side of my body basically lost the effects of the epidural and I was worried that I would not be numb for delivery. We decided to put in another epidural and adjust it a little bit so my right side would get numb. I will have to remember this for my next delivery! At 5:45 pm things started moving very quickly. I was fully dilated and her head was so low that my nurse decided not even have me do any practice pushes because she was worried Savannah would arrive before my doctor got there! She paged my doctor at 5:56 pm and my doctor got into the room at 6 pm. My epidural still wore off slightly on the right side, but luckily it wasn't too bad. Everything got set up very quickly and I started pushing somewhere between 6:08 and 6:10 pm. I only had to push through 3 contractions! Savannah was born at 6:16 pm, weighing 8 lbs even, and was 20 inches long! Right after she was born they took her to be checked by a neonatalogist because she had some meconium and they wanted to make sure it didn't get in her lungs. Everything was fine, and Brian was the first one to hold her when she came back in the room. I could not have asked for a better delivery experience. I was so blessed, and Savannah arrived perfectly healthy.
Savannah Kay Evans!
Our first family picture!
Me and Megan, my nurse, right after delivery!
My doctor and I with baby Savannah!!
