I don't know why, but one night when I was bored I started watching 16 and Pregnant. All of their labors seem to last under 6 hours, which is completely unfair! Ha! I was in labor with Alayna for 14 and a half hours and only 7 with Olivia. (Which I think is normal for second labors.) It's just so nostalgic watching that, because I remember what I went through with my girls. My pregnancy with Alayna was the worst, I gained 75lbs, I was diabetic, I was pre-eclampsic and had hypertension. I was in the hospital more than I was out of the hospital with my first pregnancy. The night I had Alayna I went into the hospital because I thought my water had broke, it didn't; but I was leaking fluid. They were going to try to keep me on bedrest until I was a little farther along but my blood pressure was record high and they decided to induce early instead of risking my having a seizure because of the high blood pressure. I remember how horrible it was since I also was GBS positive. I had to be put on several different IVs, pitocin, something for the GBS (I know it wasn't amoxicillin since I'm allergic) and the worst of them all, magnesium for the pre-eclampsia. The magnesium was the worst because of the withdrawal off of it. Horrible... Because of the magnesium, I wasn't allowed out of bed for 48 hours. That also meant I wasn't able to see Alayna for two days in the NICU. :( I also had a horrible reaction to the epidural, I believe they gave me too much... I couldn't feel anything at all below my waist. Hardly any contractions, I actually felt like I was paralyzed. Hey, at least I didn't feel any pain... (Oh, did I mention my mom fainted when they administered my epidural? Yeah, she did...)
