Ronin Ryan Rossenbach is here!!! (A little TMI)

[Daemonsmommy]

The day after my OB appointment, I called the doctor to ask them about increased back pain and increased vaginal discharge(TMI sorry). My OB was the doctor on call and he said to go to the birthing center to be checked out. It turns out that the discharge was actually my water leaking. It was estimated that it had been leaking for 36 hours before I noticed and went in. He tested it and came back into the room and said "Well, it turns out that the discharge was amniotic fluid so you are not leaving here until you have a baby!" By that time I had started having slight contractions which I didn't even notice except for watching the monitor. That was around 4:30pm Saturday (2/7) when I went in and I got admitted shortly before 7pm. I had to wait for the doctor to come in and test me because he was delivering a baby.

Anyway, they gave me a pill to increase labor and after a few hours, they put me on Pitocin. By the time they put me on the Pitocin, I was feeling the contractions pretty good. Around 2am, the contractions were getting pretty bad and hard for me to handle so I asked for some Nubane. They also gave me something to help me sleep. It was like 2 minutes after they gave that to me that I felt like I was flying. It was so funny and probably the closest I'll ever get to being high. Ryan was laughing at me because I just flipped out and then told him to give me a kiss before I passed out. lol I don't know how many contractions I slept through but I do remember that they kept waking me up and at some point they put a cold washcloth on my head. Toward the end, I had turned on my side and had my head buried into the washcloth as it was sitting on the bed. Ryan was VERY helpful and was great at being supportive. He kept making me look him in the eyes as he told me to breath and calm down.

At 5:19am I was finally given the okay to push after telling them that Ronin wanted to come out and I needed to push. They kept telling me to wait since I was only 9cm. At some point my doctor came in and when I heard him say that I could push, I got ready and with A LOT of support from Ryan and my favorite nurse, I started to push. 15 minutes later, Ronin Ryan was born at 5:34am. He cried a little and then just laid there squeeking at everyone. He was 7lbs 5oz and 19 in. He was pretty big for being 3 weeks early. They gave me Ronin to hold as they cleaned him off and Ryan cut the cord this time. Then after they finished cleaning Ronin off, and doing everything they do right after birth, they gave him to me to feed. I was still drugged up so Ryan and the nurse had to keep me awake long enough to feed him and then he went into the nursery and I passed out.

The reason the nurse was my favorite is because she was also there when Daemon was born and she helped deliver both of my boys. This is now long enough. I hope you all enjoyed reading about Ronin's birth and sorry if there was tmi.

~Manda~

[MSugarKane]

Feb. 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM

Congratulations!!!!!