I had my last doctors appointment on August 6th (I believe). I had not been having any contractions (that I could tell) or any signs that labor was approaching. My due date was the 8th. Michael and I had talked about what we wanted to do before the appointment. I had decided I was done being pregnant and wanted to be induced again. I was nervous about this decision since Madi’s birth was so difficult for me. But I was at the stage of pregnancy that I was so uncomfortable and could barely sleep. I decided I’d rather be induced now vs potentially being pregnant for another week and needing to be induced then anyways. My doctor asked when we’d want to be induced and we had decided we wanted to do it on our due date the 8th. Sadie’s middle name was going to be Elizabeth after Michael’s, grandma Mamaw Libby. Mamaw Libby’s birthday is on the 8th, so we thought it’d be so cool to have Sadie then too. Plus the birth date was a cool one 8/8/18!
We checked in on the 8th at 7 am. We got all situated then the nurse started the Pitocin at 8. Luckily this time no issues when the Pitocin was started. Sadie was doing great! Dr. Denson came and checked on me around 8:30. He broke my water and at that point I was around 2-3 cm dilated.
Around 10 the nurse came in and said if I wanted an epidural now would be the time. The anesthesiologist was free now, but a surgery coming up and would be available for several hours. Contractions at this point were definitely bearable, but I decided I’d get the epidural now rather then potentially have to wait when contractions got worse. 10:30 the epidural was in with no issues. I was so glad that so far everything was going much smoother than it had with my last delivery!
At 10:45, the nurse checked me again and I was now 3-4 cm dilated. Moving slowly, but surely. Michael and I just kinda hung out. We watched Netflix and relaxed. It was so nice not having any pain at all! 11:55 the nurse checked me again and I was a 6!
Around 12:30 I started to feel pressure and like I needed to push. I called the nurse in and she said you were only a 6, 30 minutes ago, but I can check again. She checked me at 12:45 and sure enough I was fully dilated!!! Crazy how fast that last part progressed! She ran and called Dr. Denson. He was in the middle of a c-section. Dr. Denson and his wife both work together, so he said he’d have his wife close and he’d run over.
At 1:10 I started pushing. I mentally was prepared to be pushing for a while, since with Madi I had to push for 2 hours. With each contraction I pushed as hard as I could. Dr. Denson said after just a few pushes that Sadie was almost here. At 1:24 Sadie was born! I couldn’t believe that I only had to push for 14 minutes!!! Especially since I had an epidural and couldn’t feel anything! Michael was able to cut the cord and I did skin to skin right away.
My mom brought Madi over shortly after we had Sadie and Madi got to hold her. She was so excited! Madi was 2.5 when Sadie was born. She was so soft and gentle with her. It was so sweet to watch!
Labor and delivery was so amazing! I couldn’t believe the night and day difference it was compared to when I had Madi! There were no complications. I had a second degree tear, but that healed much quicker than the last tear. I was able to be discharged the next day and we went on a walk just a few days later! I was so happy that my recovery was much better this time around. When I had Madi I couldn’t even sit for the longest time let alone go on a walk!
We are so blessed to have Sadie in our family. Before we were pregnant with Sadie, I always wondered how I would be able to love another child as much as I loved Madi. But the second I held Sadie, I was so in love! She was perfect! It really is crazy the amount of love you can feel for each child!
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