Banks Jordan Barfield
March 21, 2022 10:08am
7.4 lbs 20 in
My induction date was scheduled for March 21st at 6:30am. I was debating cancelling it because I just wasn't feeling ready but ultimately we decided to just continue going with it. At 4:30 in the morning labor started happening on its own so regardless of if I cancelled it was gonna happen.
I laid in bed and started counting contractions. At 5:30 when Andrew's alarm went off I told him I thought it was happening so we moved a bit quicker. We ended up going into the hospital 30 mins earlier than my apt. They went ahead and checked us in.
I got my epidural as soon as I could haha. Then the doctor came and broke my water and left. After just a little bit the nurse checked me and was surprised at how fast I was progressing so she went and called the doctor to come back.
I started pushing when he got there and after about 20 mins his heart rate was dropping so the doctor said the one thing I was dreading...that we had to use the vacuum to get him. After my experience with Crew that was the number one thing I was terrified of. me and Andrew just looked at each other like "here we go". But to our surprise he used it very gently for just one contraction and he was out.
Molly cut the cord and everyone was in good spirits so I was able to put together that it wasnt as bad as it was with Crew which made me feel better. He had a lot of liquid in him so they laid him on me and sucked him all out. Then they took him to do some things with him because they were still a bit worried about him. Everything turned out great though and his head was barely injured.
