25-10-2009 - Worse Possible Induction

My mood while writing this blog: better now!

If you have been following Jordan's story this is just an update of events for the past few weeks. Jordan had a broken tailbone at the age of 12 from a kick in her buttocks from a quite hefty young man during a Tae Kwon Do competition. She was a black belt at the time and had to spar both girls and boys during this time because not too many girls were black belts at the time. The young man did give her a round house kick in the tailbone and she pretty much broke it at that time. We really didn't think about this injury until the last month of her pregnancy when the baby laid on her tailbone and caused termendous amounts of pain. No pain meds would help with the sciatic nerve pain. The doctors decided an early induction was necessary to relieve her pain. This is our story.

We went in for induction on Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. Her contractions were induced by cervidil. Pardon my spelling because I don't know all the spellings for every term. Her contractions started full force at about 3:00 p.m on Friday. They were about 1-2 minutes apart for ever. They decided to check the cervix about five or six hours into the contractions because she was experiencing a lot of back pain and pressure. She was 1 centimeter dialated and 50% effaced. This was not the best news that we could have hoped for but baby was responding wonderful and she just plugged away for another 20 hours until the pain from the tail bone was so severe they had to stop labor and put her to sleep with the use of morophine. The nurse just held her until the morophine kicked in and she fell to sleep. In the end Jordan never dialated beyond 1 and baby never decended due to the position that her tail bone healed in. She was given 3 options. Not to deliver naturally was probably the safest bet because the tailbone would definately have to be reposition or rebroken in order for the baby to decend. She took this option because it was the safest option for the baby and herself.

She was a trouper though. Although the contractions never did get severe the back pain was ungodly and was threatening her well being she made the best decision she could for her baby. We are to call the doctor's office on Monday morning to schedule an elective c-section. I is only elective because the baby is not in any danger at this point. We all hope and wish that all who have been following her story will keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we face the most amazing time of our lives. Mommy just wants to meet baby.

We will look forward to any kind words and words of wisdom from anyone who may have them. Thank you to all who have given us the words of hope throught Jordan's pregnancy. We have well wishes for you too. Give your baby hugs and lots of kisses. Jordan and Grandma Shirton.