Well it's never dull. After my last early morning update I rested for a little while then got up and took a shower. I felt really good on my feet, but as soon as I got back in bed my contractions got HARD! I knew that the doc would be in any minute, and I knew that he would check me and most likely break my water. I was pretty concerned about how painful that would be especially since I was already hurting. So I talked to my nurse, Amy, about my options. I was still only 2 cm dilated so she suggested me getting some IV pain medication. I've never had IV pain med during delivery so I was a little hesitant, but we talked through it and agreed it was the best option.
Soooooo as soon as she started pushing the meds in the IV, I started to feel dizzy and sick. Maybe I'll tell the longer version later, but the short version is that I had a pretty negative reaction to the medicine...think hallucinations. It took probably 2 hours to recover. I had just received the medicine and was feeling bad, but wasn't in full blown bad reaction mode when Dr. C came in. He did go ahead and check me and broke my water. He did not start Pitocin as planned because I was already seriously contracting. I don't remember much about him being in my room. It was pretty crazy.
Feeling much better now. Will try to give a new update as soon as I can.
I had a really rough reaction to pain meds (pills) they gave me. Was worse than the pain. I stopped taking after that. Mine was chills and severe nausea. Will continue to pray for you.
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