December 2024 we welcomed our third baby girl into the world. It was love at first sight.
On December 20th at 3:40 am, we walked into the hospital to begin my 39 week induction. By about 5 am the induction had started. I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions every single day since week 31 so when they hooked me up to the monitor and told me I was already having contractions, it was no surprise.
We started the pitocin at a very low drip and the plan was to slowly increase. After hours of no progress, yet intense pain in certain positions, I decided I would sit on an exercise ball to try and help baby get in the optimal position. When I did this, her heart rate plummeted. We are talking, 60 bpm. The doctors and nurses came in to see if maybe progress was being made, but still nothing.
They decided to stop pitocin and use cytotec with the intent to start pitocin back up later. However, each time they would attempt pitocin her heart rate would act up causing them to ultimately stop the pitocin entirely.
After hours and hours of very slow progress and nurses coming in every 30 minutes to change my position on the peanut ball, things finally started happening. Progress remained slow, but progress is progress.
Finally, as December 20th came and went, at 1:51 in the morning on December 21st our sweet baby girl was born.
It was a long and brutal labor but I would do it all again in a heartbeat for my beautiful baby girl.
North Louisiana Lifestyle Family and Newborn Photographer 
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