Tag: labor

  • Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 2

    Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 2

    The tampon-like medicine I mentioned in Pt. 1 was called Cervidil, and I had it in for 12 hours before it got me to the correct dilation. In the labor timeline, this puts us a little before mid-morning on Saturday, April 20.  Once I reached 3 cm, it was time to insert the dilation balloon. …

  • Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 1

    Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 1

    It’s been a minute since my last post, which leads into this week’s blog. Look back here. When I arrived at the hospital, I took the nurse’s suggestion and asked the greeter for a wheelchair. I felt a bit silly, honestly; I felt fine. But my nurse recommended it, and who was I to question…

  • The Unexpected

    The Unexpected

    On Friday, April 19, I went in for a non-stress test. I’d been going in for those tests twice weekly for the previous few weeks, and they’d all been textbook up until this point.  And this test was also textbook… until the very end. The nurse took my blood pressure, and it was a little…