January 9, 2008 - Wednesday
I was very excited because the doctor that I really liked from my clinic was on because the other on-call doctor was sick. I remember thinking to myself, "I really want her to deliver Landon," so I was pretty confident I was going to have a baby on January 9th.
When I was checked that morning, I was only 1 1/2 cm. and 90% effaced. We decided not to pursue Pitocin at this point, because we wanted things to happen as naturally as possible and I was assured that there was no risk to the baby because my body kept producing amniotic fluid and I was being monitored. The nurse would ask me how my pain was doing on a scale of 1-10. I kept saying 1 because I wasn't in any pain - I wasn't having any contractions. This should have been a clue to me that I wasn't going to have a baby on January 9th, but I was hopeful or else not thinking clearly or both!
So at 1:15 pm we decided to move things along with Pitocin. It kind of worked in that by 9:30 pm I was 2 centimeters (still only 90% effaced). The doctor came in and recommended that I be taken off Pitocin and we resume in the morning. This way I could eat and get enough rest because tomorrow was going to be a long day. That was very hard news to hear and there were many tears. I thought about others who were told that once your water breaks, you have the baby within 24 hours and voiced this to the doctor. She had a great bedside manner and consoled me and encouraged me and I thought "No wonder, she was rated one of the Top Docs by Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine." I went to bed after eating my mediocre turkey sandwich (I didn't get a dinner menu because I could eat while on Pitocin and they had some of those on hand) and dreamt of what tomorrow would bring. To be continued....
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