I was scheduled to be induced Christmas Day at 5pm, but around 2am Christmas morning I begin the have strong contractions (or so I thought). During this pregnancy I watched too many episodes of a Baby Story because I was terrified of not making it to the hospital on time. So, Jamaal and I headed to the hospital around 2:30am because i felt my contractions were pretty strong and they seemed to be coming about 5 to 8 minutes apart. We were at the hospital for 2 hours while they monitored my contractions but they sent us home to enjoy Christmas Day with our family since my contractions coming in were "mild." Ummmm what? These are mild contractions? We told them we would see them later that evening since I was scheduled to be induced later that day. We had a great Christmas spending time with the family. Once we got to the hospital at 5pm we got settled and they began to give me meds to soften my cervix at 7pm. They gave me two more doses overnight. The next morning the Dr broke my water and pitocin was given to make the contractions come strong and fast. It wasn't long before I was begging for an epidural!!! I was able to get one about 40 minutes later....that was the longest 40 minutes of my life!! It's true what they say...the epidural feels like a warm blanket. All was well, until I noticed that the nurses were looking a little nervous and whispering to each other. The contractions were very strong at this point, but I was feeling good after that epidural cocktail. The contractions were coming strong and fast and this was putting the baby under stress. His heart rate dropped under 75 on three separate occasions. He just wasn't able to recover after each contraction because they were coming so strong and fast. Once his heart rate dropped for a third time there were 6 people from the medical staff in my room in a matter of seconds. The head nurse told me that they needed to get the baby out and I was about to have a C section. Ummm what? Can we talk about this???? I felt like I was in a scene from Grey's Anatomy before i knew it..I was being rushed down the hall towards the OR. There wasn't even time for Jamaal to get prepped and dress for surgery. I felt like what happened next took place in a total of 5 minutes everything happened so fast!!!!! I heard my Dr running in saying they had to do a "slash and go" there was no time for additional meds. Ummmm what??! Doc, can we talk about this? I had two anesthesiologists talking me through what was about to happen on the other side of the sheet down there. One asked me if I could feel that...i said feel what? Then she told me they had already started. Ummm what??? There wasn't a "123 Go" or something? I had a constant flow of silent tears at this point. This was all happening so fast. I felt like I was just in my labor and delivery room and now I was in an operating room having a c section. I could feel the tugging and pulling and could hear a suction and other surgical tools. Before I knew it, Doc lifted Landon over the sheet so I could take a peek. Jamaal was able to come in at this point. He says when he walked in he saw my guts on the table. The way I see it, now he'll be able to say he loves my guts and actually mean it. ; ) Jamaal immediately walked over to me and wiped my tears away (yes I was still crying) and told me everything was going to be ok. Jamaal was then able to go across the room where Landon was being weighed. They brought him over to my face so I could give him a kiss. Landon and Jamaal went to the nursery for a bath and I went down to recovery. Once Landon was cleaned up Jamaal brought him down to recovery. Landon and I got to skin to skin, then he bobbed his head down my chest to breastfeed. It was amazing!!! Jamaal and I are so in love. Landon Knight Broden 7lbs. 21in long born at 11:22am 12/26/13
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