30-6-2008 - Birth Story

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^*BIRTH STORY*^

FRIDAY DEC 28TH 2007 I WENT IN FOR MY 39 WEEK FOLLOW UP. THE DOCTOR ASKED IF IT WAS OK IF SHE SCRAPED MY MEMBRANES TO TRY AND GET THINGS ROLLIN. I SAID SURE, GOOD LAWD DID THAT HURT. SHE MADE ME CRY SO HARD I SNORTED LOL. AT THAT POINT I WAS DILATED 2CM. NOTHING PROGRESSED UNTIL NEW YEARS EVE 2007, I LOST MY MUCOUS PLUG AROUND 6PM. I CALLED "MY CHILDS FATHER" TO LET HIM KNOW CAUSE HE WAS OUT PARTYING IT UP FOR NEW YEARS AND OF COURSE NO ANSWER NO REPLY.I WENT TO BED AROUND 9PM ALONG WITH HAVING SOME CRAMPING. I THEN WOKE UP AROUND 11PM AND HAD TO GO PEE. WHEN I STOOD UP I ABOUT FELL, I HAD A CONTRACTION AND IT HURT LIKE CRAZY I HAD TO LAY BACK DOWN. SO I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND DRANK SOME WATER. I LAID BACK DOWN AND HAD CRAMPING FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. SO MORNING ROLLS AROUND AND IM FINE, NO MORE CRAMPING. UNTIL AROUND 2PM NEW YEARS DAY 2008 I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND WHEN I WIPED THERE WAS ALOT OF BLOOD. SO I CALLED MY GIRL AND TOLD HER SHE SAID OK IM ON MY WAY. SO WHEN SHE GOT HERE I STARTED HAVING SOME CONTRACTIONS BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. SO SHE WENT TO GO AND GET SOME CHICKEN OUT FOR US TO EAT. BY THE TIME SHE GOT BACK I COULDNT EVEN EAT, I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS SUMTHN SERIOUS NOW. SO I BELIEVED IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

HAVING CRAZY CONTRACTIONS WHILE IN THE CAR I FELT THE NEED TO TRY AND CONTACT "MY CHILDS FATHER" ONE MORE TIME TO LET HIM KNOW THIS WAS IT!! WOW I RECEIVED A REPLY BUT GUESS WHAT IT SAID "ARE YOU SERIOUS" KNOWING DAMN WELL MY DUE DATE WAS THE 4TH OF JAN. I REPLIED "NO IM FAKING IT." I THEN RECEIVED A REPLY FROM HIM "IM ON MY WAY ASSHOLE." SO SWEET OF HIM SEEING THAT I AM ABOUT TO HAVE HIS CHILD. GOOD LAWD, BUT ANYWAYS WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND I SIT IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR ABOUT 30MINS WAITING TO BE SEEN FEELING LIKE I WAS ABOUT TO DIE!! I WAS HAVING CRAZY AND STRONG CONTRACTIONS BACK TO BACK. OOOHHH BOY. "MY CHILDS FATHER" SHOWS UP, YAY!!! LOL....THEY FINALLY CALL ME BACK AND I AM ONLY 3CM AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT ME UNTIL I AM 4CM, SO THEY SAID THEY COULD TRY AND ADMIT ME AND LET ME SIT AROUND IN PAIN OR I COULD GO WALK AROUND THE HOSPITAL FOR 2 HOURS AND TRY TO GET DILATED TO 4CM. THANK GOD IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND A HOLIDAY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE HOSPITAL CAUSE I WAS WALKING AROUND SCREAMING LOL. I WAS HURTING SO BAD.

SO I WALKED AROUND FOR 1.5 HOURS AND I COULDNT TAKE IT ANYMORE SO WE WENT BACK UP TO L&D AND I WAS FINALLY 4CM. THEY PUT AN IV IN ME AND ADMITTED ME AND PUT ME IN A ROOM. THE FIRST THING I ASKED WAS WHEN CAN I GET AN EPIDURAL?? THEY SAID AS SOON AS THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAN GET UP HERE, YES!!! THANK GOD. SO I FINALLY GOT MY EPIDURAL AND ALL THINGS WERE GREAT. I WAS DILATING LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO AND ALL WAS GRAVVY.

SO I GET TO 6.5CM AND IM NOT DILATING ANYMORE, ITS PROB BOUT 1AM ON 2JAN2008 BY THIS TIME. SO THEY COME IN AND START PUSHING POTOCIN AND BREAK MY WATER TO TRY AND HURRY THINGS UP. SO IM JUST LAYING THERE CHILLIN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BOUT 20 DR'S RUSH IN AND START FLIPPIN OUT, THEY TURNED THE POTOCIN OFF, GAVE ME SOME MED TO SPEED MY HEART UP AND STOP ALL CONTRACTIONS, STARTED GETTING READY FOR AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION AND FINALLY TELL ME MY HEART RATE IS WAY DOWN AND THE BABY WAS ABOUT TO CRASH, THEY PUT ME ON MY HANDS AND KNEES TO TRY AND TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE BABY, WHEN THEY DID THAT HIS HEART RATE AUTOMATICALLY WENT BACK TO NORMAL, WHEEEWWWW THEY HAD ME FREAKING OUT FOR REAL. WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS MY SON DIDNT AGREE WITH THE POTOCIN, SO THEY WAITED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR CHECKED ME AND I WAS 7CM.

SO AROUND THIS TIME PROBABLY 4AM 02JAN2008 MY EPIDURAL STOPPED WORKING AND THEY STARTED PUSHING THE POTOCIN AGAIN, THEREFORE I AM FEELING ALL CONTRACTIONS. THEY CALLED THE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS BACK UP AND THEY TRIED TO FIX THE EPIDURAL I ALREADY HAD, WELL DIDNT WORK AT ALL. SO YAY I GET TO RECEIVE A NEW EPIDURAL. GOODDYYY GOOODYYY BOY WAS I EXCITED. SO THEY PUT THE NEW ONE IN IT WORKS FOR ABOUT 30MINS AND QUIT. AWWW MY GOODNESS I WAS DYING SERIOUSLY. SO THROUGH ALL THIS TIME I STILL HAVENT DILATED ANYMORE, AHHH I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT CAUSE I WAS HURTING, HAVING CONTRACTION AFTER CONTRACTION ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND HAD NO BREAK. THEY GIVE YOU 3 STRIKES AND YOUR OUT MEANING IF THEY CHECK YOU 3 TIMES WITHIN HOURS AND YOU HAVENT DILATED ANYMORE THEN C-SECTION IT IS. WELL HERE CAME THE 3RD CHECK AND STILL THE SAME, SO YAY NOW I GET TO HAVE A C-SECTION AFTER 25HOURS OF LABOR.

SO I GO IN FOR MY C-SECTION AND OF COURSE THE EPIDURALS DIDNT WORK SO I HAD TO RECEIVE A SPINAL BLOCK WHERE THEY NUMB YOU FROM SHOULDERS TO TOES. OF COURSE I HAVE A RESIDENT DOING THE SPINAL AND CANT GET IT RIGHT...OH LAWD I WAS ABOUT TO GO OFF, I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS TRYING TO STAY STILL SO SHE COULD GET THIS DANG THING IN AND MY SON WAS STUCK ON MY RIGHT SIDE SO I WAS JUST HURTING EVERYWHERE. HONESTLY IT WAS HORRIBLE. SO FINALLY SHE GETS IT THEY LAY ME DOWN AND START DRAPING ME. THE STAFF DR REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE IM NUMB SO HE TAKES A WOODEN STICK AND STARTS SCRAPING MY STOMACH, AND THEN SCRAPES MY NECK TO SHOW ME THE DIFFERENCE. IM LIKE YEA OK IM NUMB, BUT WHAT I DIDNT KNOW IS THAT HE SCRAPED ME SO HARD HE BROKE THROUGH MY SKIN, AND HE LATER ADMITTED IT. ANYWAYS SO IM LAYING THERE WHILE THEY MADE MY INCISION(HAVING SEEN THIS DONE IN PERSON, KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOIN, ALL GROSSED OUT) I START THROWING UP, YES GREAT, ALL TIED DOWN AND ALL I CAN DO IS TURN MY HEAD SO I THREW UP ALL OVER MYSELF, HAVING JUST HAD A POPSICLE IT WAS NICE AND RED LOL. SO THEY START TUGGING AND PULLING, WHILE DOING THAT DADDY GOT TO COME IN AND SIT WITH ME, THE NEXT THING I KNEW WAS MY LIL MAN POPPED OUTTA THE UTERUS AND I HEARD WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH AND THAT WAS THE GREATEST NOISE I HAD EVER HEARD!!!!!! ALL I DID WAS CRY, IT WAS SOOOOO AWESOME.

WHILE THEY STARTED PLACING MY ORGANS BACK INTO MY BODY PROPERLY, THEY WERE CLEANING MY LIL MAN. MY HEALTHY 9LB EVEN 21IN BABY BOY BORN AT 4:02 PM 2JAN2008. DADDY THEN GOT TO GO OVER AND TAKE HIM TO COME SEE ME, ME STILL TIED DOWN BEING SEWN UP, TALKING THE MOST NASTY FEELING IN THE WORLD. I GOT TO SEE MY LIL MAN AND HE WAS BEAUTIFUL, ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY!!

SO AS SOON AS THE SURGEONS WERE DONE WITH ME I GOT TO GO SEE MY LIL MAN. THAT WAS THE GREATEST FEELING EVER, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TRAUMA I HAD JUST WENT THROUGH IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. SO WE GOT TO GO TO OUR PRIVATE ROOM FINALLY AND OF COURSE "MY CHILDS FATHER" LEFT, NOT TO MENTION THE FOOL SLEPT THE WHOLE TIME I WAS IN LABOR, THANK GOD FOR MY BEST FRIEND SHANNA SHE WAS BY MY SIDE THE WHOLE TIME. SO HE LEAVES ME STILL NUMB I CANT MOVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEWLY BORN SON. YOU SHOULDVE SEEN ME CHANGE HIS FIRST DIAPER, ALL I COULD DO WAS LAUGH. OF COURSE IT WAS THE NICE BLACK TARRY MECONIUM AND IT WAS ALL THE WAY UP HIS BACK. HERE I AM I CANT MOVE, SO I PUT HIM ON MY LAP AND STARTED TO CHANGE HIM. AS SOON AS I OPENED THE DIAPER IT WENT EVERYWHERE LOL....ALL OVER HIS FEET, MY HANDS, ETC. FINALLY GETTING HIM ALL CLEANED UP WE WENT TO SLEEP LOL.

WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 5 DAYS, GOT TO LEAVE ON 5JAN2008. ON THE 4TH DAY MY MOM CAME INTO TOWN. SHE WAS SO UPSET SHE MISSED THE BIRTH. THANK GOD FOR MY MOM, SHE HELPED ME SO MUCH I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULDVE DONE WITH OUT HER. I WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT. I WAS SO SWOLLEN WITH FLUID I HAD TO GO HOME IN SOCKS, I COULDNT EVEN PUT SHOES ON. SO WE GET HOME AND I START FEELIN A LIL BETTER, GETTIN A LIL STRESSED OUT WITH THE WHOLE BREASTFEEDING SITUATION. HE WOULD NOT LATCH ON FOR ANYTHING, SO I JUST PUMPED EXPRESS MILK WHILE AT HOME. FIGURED THAT WAS BETTER THAN NONE.

SO THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH JAN 2008 I HAD REALLY BAD ACID REFLUX, TAKING SOME TUMS THINKING NOTHING OF IT. STILL CRAZY SWOLLEN EVERYWHERE, SO SWOLLEN I GOT STRETCH MARKS ON MY FEET!! SO HERE I AM SLEEPING THAT NIGHT AND I WAKE UP GASPING FOR AIR FINDING IT REALLY HARD TO BREATHE. IT WAS REALLY WEIRD. I HAD TO SIT UP AND SLEEP. SO I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND TELL MY MOM. SO WE DIDNT REALLY THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE 9TH. SHE COUNTED MY HEART RATE AND IT WAS REAL REAL LOW, AND I WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME BREATHING ALONG WITH A FEVER AND HEADACHETHAT WAS RISING. SO WELL HERE WE GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL TO THE ER.

SO WE GET THERE THEY TRIAGE ME AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS 180/100, NORMAL FOR ME IS 118/80. SO THEY AUTOMATICALLY TAKE ME BACK FOR A CHEST X-RAY BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING. NOT EVEN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT MY BP IS. SO I GET THE XRAY DONE AND THEY TAKE ME TO A ROOM. THE DR COMES IN, DOES HIS EXAM AND SAYS HE HEARS WHEEZING SO HE IS GOING TO TREAT ME FOR ASTHMA. NEVER SAID A THING ABOUT MY BP, SO MY MOM GOES OUT AND TELLS HIM HEY DID YOU EVEN NOTICE HER BP?? HES LIKE OH YEA I JUST SAW THAT LOL. SO THEY WANNA GET A CT SCAN OF MY HEAD, WHY?? I DONT KNOW. SO I GO FOR THE CT SCAN. AT THE SAME TIME MY HEAD IS POUNDING BECAUSE MY BP IS GOING UP. I GET BACK TO THE ROOM AND FINALLY THEY START AN IV AND GIVE ME SOME BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION. THE DR STILL TREATS ME FOR ASTHMA LOL...IDIOT!!!! THEY FINALLY CALL A DOC FROM LABOR AND DELIVERY DOWN AND FINALLY A SMART DR FIGURES OUT WHATS WRONG WITH ME...I HAVE PRE-ECLAMPSIA. SHE WANTED TO GET A CHEST CT SCAN FIRST THOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WERE NO BLOOD CLOTS. SHE ALSO DIDNT AGREE WITH THE BLOOD PRESSURE MED THEY GAVE ME, PLUS IT WASNT WORKING. WHILE LAYING DOWN FOR THE SCAN I JUST ABOUT PASSED OUT.

OK SO THEY TAKE ME BACK UP TO L&D AND START TREATING ME IMMEDIATELY, MY BP WHEN I GOT UP THERE WAS 191/121 AND I WAS ABOUT TO START HAVING SEIZURES. THEY GAVE ME 2 VIALS OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS ASAP AND THEN STARTED PUMPING MAGNESIUM IN ME FOR THE PRE-ECLAMPSIA. THEY DID THIS FOR 2 DAYS. WHILE PUMPING IT INTO ME ALL THE FLUID WAS FINALLY DRAINING OUT THROUGH MY CATHETER. THEY SAID I HAD SO MUCH FLUID IN MY BODY THAT IT WAS LIKE I WAS DRINKING A GALLON OF WATER EVERY 30 MINS!!! DRAINING MY BREAST MILK ALSO SO THERE WENT BREASTFEEDING DOWN THE DRAIN.SO CRAZY, IT ALL TURNED OUT WELL FOR ME THOUGH, I LOST 30 LBS IN A WEEK AND AM ALREADY BACK DOWN TO MY PRE-PREG WEIGHT. NOW I DONT RECOMMEND THIS WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM TO ANYONE!!! DONT TRY THIS AT HOME LOL ;)!!!!

WELL THAT IS MY CRAZY CRAZY DRAMATIC BIRTH STORY....PLEASE DONT LET IT SCARE YOU BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. EVEN IF IT WAS CRAZY I NOW HAVE A BLESSED SON THAT IS VERY HEALTHY AND HONESTLY I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. ITS ALL WORTH IT IN THE END AND I AM SO HAPPY. I LOVE HIM WITH ALL I HAVE AND I AM GOING TO BE THE BEST MOMMY EVER!!! TO YOU JASHAUN, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU THE GREATEST LIFE THAT I CAN AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY ME AND YOUR FAMILY. I LOVE YOU BABY BOY!!! ;)

^*THE END*^