Horrible amnio- almost lost baby :(

Kim-n-Eric · January 2012

I went in for my amnio Tuesday to check the lung maturity for my little guy as I have type 1 diabetes and my numbers are getting further and further from my target. When they drew the fluid out, it had blood in it and my little guy started to go bazerk. The next thing I know, his heart rate all but stopped and they rushed me to the hospital mentally preparing me on the way for an emergency c section the minute we walked in the door because they needed to get baby out now. I spent the 15 minutes between the amnio and the hospital thinking I had lost my little boy. Once they hooked me up to the monitors, they were able to find his heart beat. I layed and cried and cried listening to the thump thump thump and praying like hell that it continued. They kept me overnight in l&d so they could monitor him. Baby seems to have recovered and is moving like normal now but holy sh!t, that was the scariest 20 minutes I have ever experienced. I have no control over what happens while he's inside and I will not/cannot relax until my boy is out and in my arms. I'm still freaked out

because of all this, they scheduled my induction for Wednesday at 38 weeks. It cannot come fast enough...

Dawn7233 · January 2012

I'm so glad you still have him! I can't imagine how scary that must have been. Just think, you only have 1 week until he's in your arms! GL!

SoonToBeMsP · January 2012

Oh my gosh. I... I... I can't even imagine. I will keep you and your LO in my T&Ps that everything goes smoothly over the next 6 days.

KitKat83 · January 2012

Oh my God, I can't even imagine how scary that was for you!! Glad everything worked out fine. I can definitely understand the "no control" thing, its slowly driving me insane!! Hang in there, 6 more sleeps left for you!!

emmasue18 · January 2012

I lost my breath reading this post. I am so, SO sorry you had to go through that! Yikes!! I am so glad LO is recovering alright. Sending good vibes your way for your induction. I was induced at 38w4d (he came 38w5d--he failed the NST, and I was off to be induced) and it was such a wonderful experience. Near the "picture perfect" delivery. I only pushed 10 minutes with an epidural. Not all inductions are scary!

Good luck!

emnoahmom · January 2012

Wow, I can't imagine what that must have been like. I hope Wednesday comes fast for you so you can hold your little one soon!

bigbear · January 2012

Oh my goodness how scary, I can't even imagine!

I'm so glad that he has recovered though!! so why was there blood, was it not done correctly or what? Hang in there, he'll be in your arms very soon!!!

Huahine · January 2012

That's horrifying! Were they able to explain to you where the blood came from?

ajponder1 · January 2012

So scary! I would have been terrified and pissed as heck! So glad he will be in your arms soon!!

Jshort914 · January 2012

You're a very strong momma and I would have completely flipped out if that happened to me. I'm glad everything has turned out okay and you will be getting him out soon. I'm sure Wednesday won't be able to come fast enough for you.

Kim-n-Eric · January 2012

Huahine:
That's horrifying! Were they able to explain to you where the blood came from?

The doctor at the hospital said the MFM doc "thinks" he may have gotten the placenta which I think is extremely unlikely as they went in down towards my pelvic bone and my placenta is at the top of my uterus. I'm wondering if they got the baby since they had said at one point he had moved into the space they were working in. I go back to the MFM today for another BPP so hopefully they'll give me more answers. It makes me even more nervous now because there is blood in the amniotic fluid that baby is swallowing and "breathing" in when he does his practice breathing.