Jasper is here!

Name/screenname: Megan/ Meganvon
EDD/birthdate: June 11/June 5
Name: Jasper Charles Vaughan
Gender: Boy
Weight: 7lb 5oz
Length: 20 inch

On Wednesday we went to my regular appointment and my bp had jumped up to 139/98 and there were traces of protein in my urine. So my doctor said we should just go ahead and induce the next day. We came in Thursday night around 7pm for our scheduled induction. It took them forever to check me in and get things going. By the time they hooked me up to the monitors I was already having some contractions, although not very strong ones. I had a really funny old lady for a nurse. She was from Nigeria and it was hard for me to understand what she was saying. She and the resident argued over how much pitocin to give me.

So the pitocin got things moving along. Around 5am I was tired and starting to get uncomfortable so I asked for the epi. I had the nicest Anesthesiologist ever! In general all the nurses and doctors were fabulous. So I was nice and numb for about 2 hours. Then around 7am I felt really dizzy and nauseous. Baby's heart rate dropped and my bp dropped suddenly. They came in, rolled me over to my side, gave me oxygen and broke my water to put an internal monitor on. So I started feeling better and baby was fine but then I was feeling the contractions. And it got worse and worse.

By this point the pitocin was really kicking in and my contractions were 2 minutes apart. And my epi was failing! I got the whole anesthesiology team come in (a doctor and 2 residents) to try and figure out why I wasn't getting the meds. They tried everything they could but it took over an hour and ½ to get any relief. I have never been in that kind of pain before. I can't believe how terrible it was. Finally they gave me a spinal block and reinserted my epi. I was in heaven!!!

I got to rest for about an hour or so and woke up feeling the urge to push. My OB was in surgery so they asked me if I could wait 15 minutes and I said “No, I need to push this kid out now!” And boy was I right! After 15 minutes of pushing Jasper slid out at 12 noon on the dot. I didn't tear but I did poop during delivery. (It was gross! LOL)

He's a perfect 7lb 5oz, 20 inches. He's been bf really well. He's still pretty tired and doesn't want to wake up to eat too often. I'm sure that will change soon!