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Three years ago this Labor Day weekend, we were blessed with a bouncing baby boy. He did not come to us easily though….
I was induced the day after Labor Day after being two weeks over. I was pretty miserable at that point. I remember trying just about everything to go into labor. Long walks, check. Working out, check. Spicy food, check. I bought caster oil, I opened the caster oil, but I just couldn’t get myself to drink it.
I remember going to Santa-Cali-Gon Days thinking, this would be a terrible place to go into labor… it was 100 degrees and I was surrounded by thousands of people eating fried food and coming in and out of the beer garden. I grabbed a double-fist full of corn dogs and got my festival on. I walked all over the Square and nothing. Nothing. So I went home and stared at the caster oil for a bit longer before I went to bed because we had to be at the hospital super early to be induced.
I will be honest. Inducement sucks. I can’t say I liked the process at all. You are hooked up to multiple IVs, cords and pretty much bedridden for most of the process. I was in labor for about 16 hours before we got to the pushing part. That part took another 2 hours. Niko’s head wasn’t lined up correctly.
After the first hour, I was put on notice that we were getting into the “C-Section” zone. As much as I was pushing, we should have been further along. Something was not happening correctly.
I have and always will credit my wonderful doctor and doula for why I didn’t need a C-Section. I was pretty bull-headed about NOT having one. After some very unpleasant “readjusting” by my doctor and doula, Niko finally came out. Whew.
Of course when he finally did come out, the doctor looked at me and said that I was further along than he thought and they should have induced a week earlier. I could have told him that! I was sooooo ready to be done being pregnant by that point!
I must say that I had a much better time with Niko three years later. We celebrated his birthday at The Great Wolf Lodge with my parents. Although it was SUPER expensive, it was also a great time. I have to keep reminding myself that sometimes it’s worth spending the money on these kind of things. Niko will only be 3 once, and my parents won’t always be able to go to waterparks with him.
Happy Birthday, Niko-chan!
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