Hi Girls!

kac0807 · November 2011

Been trying to get a chunk of time all week to write you girls and update you on everything. Baby #2 arrived a little earlier than we planned for. Last Wednesday I started losing my MP little by little each day after that and had bloody show. Friday my cramps really started intensifying and lasting for longer periods. By Sunday they had gotten pretty bad. I ran some errands that afternoon and by dinner time that night contraction pains had definitely begun. I found an ap for my iphone that helps you track and chart your contractions and started using that I think around 7 or 8 that night. I didn't sleep at all that night...tried, but couldn't sleep through the pains. By 3:30 am they were like 5 minutes apart but only lasting 40 secs. DH thought that I should call my Dr. just to give him a heads up that I was in labor to see if he wanted me to go to the hospital earlier than what they usually tell you to go. So of course he did. I took my time. Showered, ate a little snack, and we were to the hospital by 5:30 Halloween morn. They checked me and I was only 2 cm's and 50% ....soooo discouraging because I had been having such strong contractions and doing good staying active I thought for sure I was further than that. So they told me to walk the halls for 1 1/2 straight and they'd recheck me. I did and they rechecked and I had only made it to 3 cm's and 80%, but they decided to admit me any way...by this time it was like 10:30 already. Dr. wanted to break my water right away andI was going to fight it like I did during my labor with T but this time decided not to considering the possible risks we would be dealing with in the delivery, so Iet the Dr. do things his way. They broke my water around 11:30 and there was meconium, which T also had so this delivery was starting to feel all too familiar. They put my IV in and it was really hurting. I told them that and asked if we could move it to a different spot (they had it right by my wrist) and they said that was the best spot because my veins weren't cooperating, so I tried just dealing. They started me on pit and fluids I was thinking ok things are going to fly now because when they did all those things with T she was born 4 hours later. So hours started to go by and they would check me and I was still at 3 cm's. I was in shock and just didn't understand it. I had started getting light headed and my blood pressure dropped to like 80 something over 40 something and we questioned it to the nurse and she didn't think anything of it. I also started getting this shooting pain in my the arm with my IV so bad that the pain from that was almost worse then my other pains. This was around 4:30ish, so I told the nurse(different nurse than who put in the iv) and said again could we please move it somewhere. She looked and said oh ya that's not in right at all that's gotta come out. She took it out and I had a golf ball size lump on my arm where it had been. She was trying to find another spot to put it and called in another nurse to help. While they were doing that I could feel the baby moving around a lot and then it just stopped but I thought nothing of it. The nurse was trying to put the belly monitor back on me and she kept moving it all over my belly. I took me a minute to realize what was going on and then I realized she couldn't find the baby's heartbeat. She ran to the door and yelled out that she needed the connector for what I think is the one they insert vaginally to find baby's hb and she also yelled I need help. She came back over to me and continued trying to find it, then ran back to the door and in a panic yelled again "I said I needed blah blah blah and I need HELP now". All these nurses came into the room and started flipping me over from side to side, they put an oxygen mask on me, etc. I saw my Mom get up and leave the room (which was because I knew she was going to break down and didn't want me to see it). Then she came back and DH said he needed to sit down, I looked over and he looked like he was going to pass out and I thought I heard him crying. Meanwhile they're telling me to take nice deep breathes. I was trying so hard not to cry and to stay calm so that I didn't stress the baby out more. I laid there praying for them to find the hb. They found it and then gave me a shot in my arm to stop labor. The bump on my arm the realized was all the fluid and pit they had been giving me through iv wasn't working at all hence why I had not progressed at all. They checked me again during all of this and I was at 5 borderline 6 cm's 80%. They said my Dr. was on his way and that I may need to have an emergency csec and that if baby didn't improve before Dr. got there they may need to get started without him. They were still watching the babies heart rate because it was still super low but what they considered to be stable for the time being. All of them were talking trying to figure out what could have caused the crash. My Dr. got there and said because I was only about half way and that there'd be a chance of the baby crashing again especially once they started me back on pit that we should just "call it now" and deliver the baby safely via csec. He said if it were his wife that's what he would do too. He said if I were at 9 cm we could continue going forward with the vaginal delivery and see how things went. So into the OR I was rushed. There was a team waiting for me already when I got in there. 5:00 I was laying all prepped and ready to go in fact my DR wanted to get started and DH hadn't even been brought into the OR yet. I was so scared. Callie Melania was delivered via csec 3 minutes later. She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long. All her stats were excellent...so she gave us quite the Halloween "trick" or scare.

In the end I think we made the right choice, and I would not have wanted to take the chance of her crashing again. It was so scary and I am just so thankful we have a healthy baby! We are both doing well and going home tomorrow!

TinyPinkBug · November 2011

Wow! What a delivery! Sounds like you definitely needed the c-sec. So glad to hear everyone is safe and healthy!

TinaL99 · November 2011

Oh my goodness, how scary for you! I'm so glad everything was ok. How is your recovery going?

I saw her pic on FB, she is perfect! Congratulations again!

missyjg · November 2011

How scary! I'm so glad everything worked out. Congratulations!

JenJar · November 2011

Amazing story! So glad all is well with you both. I love her name! It was on my list for Riley, too.

Ashnmike528 · November 2011

Oh my gosh my heart was pounding reading this! How terrifying! :-(. Thank god everything turned out well and your sweet baby girl is in your arms. Congratulations!

jewelsonu · November 2011

Oh K I am happy everything worked out in the end. 2 holiday babies 2 scary deliveries. Congratulations she is beautiful.

Irisheyes1247 · November 2011

Oh KAC what a dramatic entrance that girl made! Congrats to you and your family and welcome Callie! Hope the recovery is going well and you are feeling good.