They came in and decided to start pitocin.... ummmm...yay!? They were increasing it every time they came in to check me. The pain was starting to get to be much to handle. I asked for an epidural, and got partial relief. Jsut like with Wyatt, it worked only on the left side of my body. I don't even remember how many times they came in to "top it off".
I think it was around 2 am that I really started feeling like I HAD to push. The nurse came in and found that I was completely dialated and I said I could start pushing.
Kristin was holding my left leg, and Richard had my right...while Nancy stood beside the bed. All of the sudden, Kristin said she didn't feel good, and her eyes rolled back in her head. She told Nancy that she was gonna have to come hold my leg. The nurse got her a stool and made her sit down. Nancy looked like she was going to throw up....she said it was because of the smell... LOL! They both did an awesome job though.....couldn't have done it without them!
Things went slow, but okay for a good long while, till about 3:45 am. The monitor wasn't picking up her heartbeat anymore. The nurse called for extra hands, and all of the sudden the room was flooded with nurses. They flipped me onto the opposite side, that didn't work...still no heartbeat. Then they had me get up on my hands and knees (which isn't easy when you have an epidural) that didn't work either. They put oxygen on me, and Dr.Iobst came in.
The rest of this was so quick....... he got out the forceps and started to pull. Then he made a small cut, then he pulled, then another cut.....finally he told me to really push while he pulled, and I can remember begging him to do whatever he had to do, to get her out alive. Finally...I can remember pushing as hard as I could, and him pulling with all his might...me screaming and she was finally out. Josie Lucille was born on November 16, 2010 at 4:06 am. She weighed 8lb 10oz and was 21" long.
She started crying, and I just knew that everything was going to be okay. She laid there on me for a while, then Richard finally got to cut her cord.
The nurses took her and started to clean her up and suction her out, while Dr. Iobst sutured me up.
I found out after the fact (from Richard) that the Dr had his knee on the end of the bed for leverage while he was pulling...she was stuck...and I also found out that she was face up, just like Wyatt was. That's why the delivery was so hard.
I ended up with a 3rd degree episiotomy, but Josie was okay...and that's all that mattered.
I couldn't thank Dr.Iobst enough for saving her! I love that man, almost as much as I love Richard! Hahahah! After he was done sewing me up, he spent a while with Josie while they finished cleaning her up.
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