May 15-19.......

..... Was the longest few days of my life! On Tuesday May 15, we went in for a scheduled induction at 8 at night. We were excited That we would hopefully have a baby the next day....we had so many emotions that we could barely sleep! They started me on the potosin shortly after I arrived. Wednesday morning I woke up excited that I was going to be a mom that day! (now before this induction we were about 85% effaced and 2 cm dilated) because of the progress I was making my doctor had told us that she thought we would have a baby by Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon came and gone...I am still laying in the hospital bed ...still only about 2 cm dilated ...and now it is 5:00 pm on Wednesday! Still no baby and I am starving ... Becuz when you get induced you can't eat much...except jello and chicken broth...so I am crabby and hungry....about 7:00 we still had no progress so the doctor said lets stop the potosin and let me eat. So they stopped the potosin and let me have toast and ice cream :). Then they had me take a shower ..THEN our hospital has a room that has a queen size bed in it ...so they let Pete and I sleep in that room that night so we could sleep next to each other...they still checked me multiple times in the night....by 7:00 am I still had no progress ..but they decided to start all over again...so we started the potosin...by 3 that same day...I STILL had no progress and they were mentioning that maybe they would send me home. We were so upset! Dr.beckenhauer came in about 5:30 and said that because I have had no progress and because they can not give me more potosin..because it would be a dangerous level...that they were sending me home. We were crushed, sad, mad...so many emotions!! The doctor told us to go home and try to put me in labor...eat Mexican food, drive on bumpy roads, go for walks, etc.... This brings us to Friday. Friday morning I was having contractions but nothing serious. I went to fremont with my mom to have lunch with my dad and grandpa. On the way to Fremont I had 2 strong contractions but kept going to Fremont. While at lunch, at Gringos, I again had a few strong contractions. After lunch my mom took me back to Blair and the doctor had called asking me to go get a ultrasound becuz they were worried about the size of the baby. At the ultrasound they determined that the baby was looking about 9.2 lbs give or take a few lbs either way. So then we went to the doctors office to discuss what we just found out. Dr.beckenhauer really wanted me to have a natural birth, but because of the amount of potosin I had in the past 48 hours my options were limited. We decided I would come back to the hospital a 7 that night and be induced again...however...I had 12 hours to have that baby otherwise I would have a c section. So mom and I went home to prepare for me to come back ...about an hour and half after being home my contractions were painful and stronger and I had the urge to push...so my mom took me back to the hospital ...and I was admitted...YEA I PUT MYSELF IN LABOR!! My mom stayed with me until Pete got there. My contractions were getting stronger and stronger so about 1030 I got my epidural and fell asleep. They woke me up about 2am on Saturday May 19 and I started pushing...after 2hours of pushing they had me take a break because they didn't want too much stress on the baby. Then they woke me up again about 745...I pushed for another 2 hrs...about an hour and half into the second round of pushing it was determined that we had to try to use the vacuum to get the baby out. After trying twice with the vacuum it was determined that the baby was stressed and we had to do an emergency c section. I was so upset ...I wanted to so badly have this baby naturally! They prepped me for the c section and had Pete change into scrubs then took us to the surgery room. At 1036 am on May 19... We became the luckiest people in the world....we became parents to a healthy 8lbs 9oz perfect little boy!! Ethan Ayer Casarotto was here!! Pictures to come on the next blog.....