here before we knew it
Contractions are still getting tougher and now Cheryl says, "My water just broke!" The nurse and I look, it's true. Things are going to really progress now.
Cheryl has the epidural put in. The anesthesiologist says it'll take 10 to 30 minutes for it to kick in. I take a quick couple of minutes to tell our folks how it's going.
When I get back, the doctor is there... he says, "It's time to push." I'm shocked and so is Cheryl. Neither of us can believe that she's at 10 cm and the time has come. I make an attempt to call our folks to give them the update so they can call people... but the doc says no way. It's time to go.
She's also disappointed. She went through basically the entire labor without medicine of any kind. By the time it's all done, only one contraction will have been covered by the epidural. Still, she thinks the epidural was good and helped save her some strength.
I've been giving you my viewpoint on how difficult it was for her labor, but I really have no idea. There is so much psychologically going on too. I'll let her tell you if you talk to her, what this was like.
After about 4 pushes, you can see the baby's head starting to emerge. A mirror has been placed so that Cheryl can see the baby coming out. This, she said, really helped her pushing because she can see the results her pushing is having.
After 7 pushes, the baby's head is about half way out. Gwenny's right hand is up by her face. Squeezing the head out now is a little more difficult. The doctor shows us. A couple more pushes and the baby is completely out.
Cheryl is exhausted; I'm pretty tired also. We're both in complete disbelief the work is done, and we're parents to a beautiful little girl.
Some of this is flash back to when Rich was born. Another greatest day of my life is here. And all I can do is smile and try to absorb as much of the feeling as I can.
Cheryl has the epidural put in. The anesthesiologist says it'll take 10 to 30 minutes for it to kick in. I take a quick couple of minutes to tell our folks how it's going.
When I get back, the doctor is there... he says, "It's time to push." I'm shocked and so is Cheryl. Neither of us can believe that she's at 10 cm and the time has come. I make an attempt to call our folks to give them the update so they can call people... but the doc says no way. It's time to go.
She's also disappointed. She went through basically the entire labor without medicine of any kind. By the time it's all done, only one contraction will have been covered by the epidural. Still, she thinks the epidural was good and helped save her some strength.
I've been giving you my viewpoint on how difficult it was for her labor, but I really have no idea. There is so much psychologically going on too. I'll let her tell you if you talk to her, what this was like.
After about 4 pushes, you can see the baby's head starting to emerge. A mirror has been placed so that Cheryl can see the baby coming out. This, she said, really helped her pushing because she can see the results her pushing is having.
After 7 pushes, the baby's head is about half way out. Gwenny's right hand is up by her face. Squeezing the head out now is a little more difficult. The doctor shows us. A couple more pushes and the baby is completely out.
Cheryl is exhausted; I'm pretty tired also. We're both in complete disbelief the work is done, and we're parents to a beautiful little girl.
Some of this is flash back to when Rich was born. Another greatest day of my life is here. And all I can do is smile and try to absorb as much of the feeling as I can.
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