On Wednesday, I didn't feel so well. I was very tired. I guess I was more disappointed than anything. In the last few weeks, I had been feeling like a little kid on Christmas eve waiting for Christmas morning. But Christmas just would not come! On Thursday, I felt much better, so I took my sister to the mall. We walked for hours, and had spicy Chinese for lunch. This was my desperate attempt to get the kid out...
Toda la manana tube contracciones por aqui y por alla. Las comence a contar despues de comer, y camino a casa, como a las 3 de la tarde. Las tenia cada 20 minutos. Mientras avanzo la tarde tambien incrementaron las contracciones, pero no eran lo suficientemente fuertes o tan seguidas para emocionarnos. Las contracciones continuaron toda la noche y hasta el viernes. Ese dia estabamos esperando a mi mama que llegara de Mexico. Nuestro vecino Joe la fue a recoger al aeropuerto. Pensamos que la iba a tener que llevar directo al hospital, pero cuando llego, nosotros seguiamos en la casa. A esta hora las contracciones eran mucho mas fuerte y mas seguidas, pero no eran muy parejas, y todavia las aguantaba bien. Ya en la noche se pusieron muy fuertes, e iban acompanadas de un dolor de espalda muy fuerte, tambien. Pero continuaban siendo esporadicas. Cerca de las dos de la manana decidi que era hora de ir al hospital.
All morning I had contractions here and there. I started to count them after lunch on our way home, around 3 pm. They were about 20 minutes apart. As the rest of the day went by, the contractions increased, but they were not quite strong enough or close enough to get excited. The contractions continued through Friday. That day we expected my mom to arrive from Mexico. Our dear neighbor Joe went to pick her up from the airport. We thought he would have to take her straight to the hospital, but, when she arrived, we were still at home. At that time the contractions were stronger and closer together, however they were not very even and I could still handle them quite easily. Later that night they became much stronger and they came along with a very strong back pain. However, they continued to be very sporadic. Around two o'clock in the morning I decided it was time to go to the hospital.
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| Llegando al hospital / Arriving at the hospital |
Cuando llegamos al hospital solo estaba dilatada 2 cm asi que nos mandaron a caminar por 2 horas. Cuando regresamos, solo me dilate un centimetro mas, para un gran total de 3 cm!!! Pero gracias a Dios me admitieron. Yo pense que nos iban a mandar de regreso a la casa. El parto continuo progresando muy lentamente. Las contracciones eran muy intensas y muy separadas y esporadicas. Nunca llegaron a los dos minutos, sino que iban de 4 a 7 minutos. Algunas duraban hasta mas de 2 minutos.
When we arrived to the hospital I was only dilated 2 cm. So, they sent us for a 2 hour walk. When we got back, I had only dilated one more centimeter, for a grand total of 3 cm!!! Thankfully, I was admited. I thought they would send us back home. The Labor continued to progress very slowly. Contractions were very intense, very spread apart and sporadic. They never got to 2 minutes apart, but they went from 4 to 7 minutes. And some of them lasted longer than 2 minutes.
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| Saliendo del hospital / Leaving the hospital |
Nuestro deseo era tener un parto natural, sin medicamentos ni intervenciones, a menos de que fuera absolutamente necesario. Sin embargo, la bebe no venia derecha. Su cabecita veia saliendo un poquito de lado. Esto me estaba causando el dolor de espalda, que realmente era lo peor. El dolor de espalda con las contracciones, era mas de lo que podia aguantar, y ya estaba muy cansada. Asi que le pedi a Cary que me dieran algo para el dolor, que no fuera la raquea. Me dieron una inyeccion que no recuerdo que era. Cary dice que fue stadol, o algo asi. Bueno, la inyeccion solo me calmo un poquito el dolor, a hiso que me durmiera un rato. Aun sentia las contracciones pero las aguantaba mas. El efecto solo duro un par de horas.
Our desire was to have a natural delivery, without medicines or interventions, unless absolutely necessary. However, the baby was not coming out straight. Her head was coming a little sideways, which gave me a bit of back labor. The back pain was really the worse part of it. The back pain with the contractions, was more than I could handle, since I was already very tired. I asked Cary to get me something por the pain but not the epidural. So, they gave me a shot. I don't remember what it was Cary says it was Stadol. Well, all it did was to take the edge off the contractions and help me sleep. It only lasted for a couple of hours.
Las contracciones comenzaron consistentemente el jueves en la tarde. Fuimos al hospital el viernes en la noche ( bueno realmente el sabado a las 2 am). Me admitieron a las 6 am. Comence a empujar a las 4:15 pm. Casi dos horas y media despues, Gabi nacio a las 6:34 pm!
Contractions began consistently on Thursday afternoon. We went to the hospital on Friday night (well, really it was Saturday at 2 am). I got admitted at 6 am. I started pushing at 4:15ish pm. Almost two and a half hours later, Gabi was born at 6:34 pm!
Q ternuritaa =)
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