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20-5-2008 - BIRTH STORY

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

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SO I THOUGHT MY PREGNANCY WOULD NEVER END!!! I WAS SO MISERABLE AND SO READY TO HOLD MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ANGEL IN MY ARMS. I WAS SCHEDULED TO BE INDUCED ON MAY 1ST AT 8AM BUT I HAD A FEELING THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND I WAS RIGHT!!! I CALLED AT 7AM LIKE I WAS TOLD TO DO AND OF COURSE THE NURSE TOLD ME THEY HAD NO ROOM FOR ME AND TO CALL BACK IN THE AFTERNOON. I WAS SO UPSET!! SO I CALLED LATER THAT AFTERNOON AND SHE SAID STILL NO BEDS AND TO CALL BACK THAT EVENING. SO I DID AND STILL NO ROOM. SO I TOOK MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS AND CALLED ANOTHER LOCAL HOSPITAL AND ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY ROOM FOR AN INDUCTION AND SHE SAID YES!!!! SO I CALLED MY DOCTOR AND ASKED IF IT WAS OK TO SWITCH HOSPITALS AND HE SAID YES!! SO I WAS FINALLY ON MY WAY AROUND 10PM TO BE INDUCED. I ARRIVED AND I WAS DILATED TO A 3 BUT I HAD BEEN DILATED FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE BEING INDUCED. MY DOCTOR BROKE MY WATER AND STARTED ME ON ANTIBIOTICS SINCE I TESTED POSITIVE FOR STREP B. THEY STARTED ME ON PIT SLOWLY AND EVERY HALF HOUR THEY WOULD INCREASE THE DOSE. I REALLY WAS NOT FEELING TO MUCH ACTION BUT THE NURSE SAID SHE DID NOT WANT ME TO GET THE EPIDURAL UNTIL SHE SAW SOME STRONGER CONTRACTIONS. FINALLY AROUND 2AM I RECEIVED MY EPIDURAL AND ANOTHER DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS. MY LEFT SIDE NEVER REALLY WENT COMPLETELY NUMB SO ABOUT 5AM I ASKED FOR ANOTHER DOSE OF MEDS IN MY EPIDURAL. THEN I FELT COMPLETELY LOOPY. AROUND 7AM I COULD FEEL THE CONTRACTIONS IN MY STOMACH PRETTY INTENSE BUT I WAS COMPLETELY NUMB WHERE IT COUNTED;). I COULD FEEL LOTS OF PRESSURE IN MY BOTTOM SO THE NURSE CHECKED ME. SHE SAID I WAS 8-9 AND ALMOST READY. ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER SHE CHECKED ME AGAIN AND SAID THAT I WAS 9 BUT BABY WAS STILL A LITTLE HIGH SO SHE WANTED ME TO START PUSHING TO BRING THE BABY DOWN. NOW I WARNED HER THAT NORMALLY ALL MY BOYS HAVE BEEN BORN WITH 1-2 PUSHES. SHE DID NOT BELIEVE ME!!! SO I PUSHED AND SHE SCREAMED STOP!!!!! THE DOCTOR WAS ON HIS WAY AND BABY WAS ALMOST OUT. I THINK I COUGHED TWICE AND THE NURSE KEPT YELLING DON'T COUGH , DON'T SNEEZE, DON'T MOVE!!!! THE DOCTOR CAME RUNNING IN AND SAID PUSH SO I DID ONE BIG PUSH AND DEZMOND WILLIAM WAS BORN AT 8:42 AM WEIGHING IN AT 9LBS 5OZ AND 20 IN. EVERYTHING WENT VERY SMOOTH UNTIL AROUND 2 PM. I WAS LAYING IN MY POST PARTUM BED AND I FELT LIKE I WAS WETTING THE BED SO I GOT UP AND WENT INSIDE THE RESTROOM AND AS SOON AS I GOT INSIDE I FELT AN EXPLOSION. I LOOKED DOWN AND I WAS COMPLETELY COVERED IN BLOOD. MY HUSBAND RAN FOR HELP AND THE NURSES CAME IN AND PUT ME BACK IN BED. THEY WERE TRYING TO HELP ME CLEAN UP BUT I JUST KEPT BLEEDING AND THEY COULD NOT STOP IT. MY BLOOD PRESSURE KEPT DROPPING AND DROPPING AND DROPPING. I WAS BLACKING OUT. EVERYONE WAS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO HELP ME. AN ANISTISEOLOGIST(SPELLING) CAME RUNNING IN AND ASKED ME WHAT I HAD EATEN BECAUSE HE WAS RUSHING ME IN FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. EITHER A D &C OR COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY. RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT MY DOCTOR ARRIVED AND HELPED ME. I DO NOT WANT TO BE TO GRAPHIC BUT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE BLEEDING (THANK GOD). I HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS SO THEY COULD MONITOR ME. I AM DOING REALLY WELL AND BABY DEZMOND IS WONDERFUL.

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