Okay! Labor and delivery, story time!!! *TMI Warning* Parts of this go into detail, proceed with caution! Right before the adventure began I was scheduled to be induced on Sunday August 6 th at 7 PM. We arrived and the excitement began! I had been tested weeks earlier for GBS, a type of bacteria found in the digestive tract which can sometimes contaminate the birth canal and infect the baby during birth. So I was put on antibiotics for that, both before and during labor, so that Loriana wouldn't catch it on her way out. However, I'm allergic to the penicillin, so they gave me vancomycin in my IV. But guess what?!? Yup! I was allergic to that too. My hands and scalp became very itchy and I was given a Benadryl pill. After that adventure, around 9 PM they finally inserted the medication that would start my labor, behind my cervix. Two hours later, the contractions were 1.5 - 2 minutes apart! But I went the rest of the night only 1cm dilated, and I developed a feve...
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