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	Age: 29 Country: USA Province/region: South East City: Atlanta Partner: Husband, Andre Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Yes Due date: 15 Mar ,2012 Occupation: Teacher
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15-10-2009 - My Miracle Baby is here

My mood while writing this blog:
Blessed and so IN LOVE

It started off on Saturday, October 3 when my Braxton Hicks turned into Real Contractions. This particular contraction woke me up out of sleep and shocked me. I had lost part of my mucus plug earlier that day. My contractions were coming 3 an hr and I were knocking the breath out of me but I did nothing because I heard that unless it was more than 4 an hour not to call or worry about it. All night Saturday night, I had BH contractions from hell!!!
We woke up on Sunday afternoon, October 4 spent from the night before due to the contractions. My family (Mom, Dad, and sisters) came over and helped wash the new clothes we got from the baby showers and eat Sunday Night dinner. I told my mother about the contractions and she called my aunt (L&D nurse) who mentioned the contractions possibly putting stress on my baby and for me to call the Dr. I called and she mentioned that I may want to go get checked so my husband made an executive decision and we put the bag in the car and we drove to the hospital. The whole time, I am thinking, everybody needs to calm down b/c they are going to send us home and say we were in false labor. We get to the hospital and they put me on a monitor and they check my cervix, which was at 1.5 and it had been the last 2 weeks. They noticed that I was having contractions and everytime I had a contraction, my baby's heartrate would drop. The nurses called my doctor and she decided to start induction.
They admitted me and placed Cervadil in my cervix to soften my cervix. Now Cervadil is a strip that ends up inflating like a tampon and it by itself wasn't that bad but the nurse who put in my cervix had to have had the BIGGEST fingers ever!!!
So they monitor me throughout the night and notice that I am not progressing and my baby's heartrate is still dipping everytime I have a contraction so they start Pitocin and she breaks my water and places a fetal monitor on my baby's head (which hurt like hell!!!) My contractions started to prgoress from 2 minutes apart to 45 seconds apart!!! They weren't THAT much worse than my mentsrual cramps which used to be a beast to handle but I was so used to them, I just breathed through them (LAMAZE DOES WORK!!!!)Then they ask me if I want an epidural and that was the BEST thing ever made!!! The epidural was scarier because of the LOOK of the needle but didn't hurt at all....
The Pitocin given made my baby's heartrate dip way too low and they made the decision to do a c-section. They took me back at 12:30 and I delivered my baby boy at 1:11 PM on October 5, 2009!!! He was perfectly healthy and vibrant. I am not a crier (sp???) but the minute I saw him and heard him cry I was a wreck. I instantly fell in love with him.
All is well with him but I contracted a blood infection from the operation and am having to deal with that. I delivered on October 5 and ended up not going home until October 12 due to the blood infection. I have daily injections 2X a day of 3 antibiotics to get rid of the infection. Please pray for me and my family...
Oh by the way, my miracle baby is the most beautiful baby boy !!! Thank you ,Jesus!

8 Comments on My Miracle Baby is here

vargas baby - Thursday, 22 Oct
Congrats. Hope you are doing better.Thats cute both our babies have the same birth day.

normalee - Tuesday, 20 Oct
congrats. hope you feel better soon. keep us posted.

tsimmons - Friday, 16 Oct
Congrats!!! On you new addition and God bless your family

Kim-baby-2 - Friday, 16 Oct
Congrats on your little baby! I hope you are feeling better.

joanwest - Friday, 16 Oct
I'm soo happy for you that your miracle boy is here!! I'll be praying for you make sure you get plenty of rest

makaylas-sibling - Friday, 16 Oct
That is a wonderful birth story. I was like that with my daughter. I didn't think it was time when it was. ut this time.. I KNEW! it was time to go! Congrats on your miracle. I and i pray for a speedy recovery for you.

barbieken7981 - Thursday, 15 Oct
Congrats!! Hope you recover fast!

masonnickey - Thursday, 15 Oct
Congrats!!! I hope you get better asap from the infection. I'm glad your baby got here safely. Can't wait to see pics. How are you feeling?

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