Introducing Michael Madison + Birth Story!

mustanglo · April 2012

Hey everyone! Baby Michael was born via emergency c-section (we're talking 6 minutes and he was out!) on March 29 at 7:40AM, weighing 7 lb, 13 oz and measuring 20.5 inches in length. Here's a few photos and my dramatic birth story!

I had really good health throughout my pregnancy, and then at the very end, my blood pressure started to spike randomly. That concerned my doctor, and between that and the concern of the size my baby would get, the doctor decided it would be best to induce me in a drug-free way on Wednesday night using a foley catheter induction. Wednesday afternoon came, and I was in labor when I got to the hospital and having painful contractions! I was in shock but very excited that I went into labor on my due date on my own!

I had painful contractions throughout Wednesday night, and in the morning, my doctor came in to break my water. When this happened, a very rare thing happened called an umbillical cord prolapse. My doctor remained calm and she and the nurse tried their hardest to reverse it. When that failed, my doctor climbed on top of me in the bed and said something like "I need an anesthesiologist, nurses" etc. etc. "STAT". The nurse climbed on top of me and was holding the baby's head off of the cord while the doctor ran to get scrubbed up. They RAN pushing my bed as the nurse was yelling at me saying "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY!" as I was screaming in pain and panic. They threw scrubs at Madison, said not to worry about the shoes but to just get scrubbed up. When he got the scrubs on, it was too late and before he knew fully what was going on, they came out and handed him a baby. From the time my water broke to the time the baby was out was 6 minutes. Six minutes. My doctor and nurse saved my baby's life and I am forever grateful to the extremely talented team who not only saved my baby's life but did a great job on the surgery, incision, stitches, etc. I didn't have an epidural, and I was progressed far into labor. Because of my lack of epidural and the extreme emergency, I was put all the way under. The last thing I remember happening was having to lift myself (with help of course) onto the operating table, while 20 or so people rushed around me, pinning my arms down and shoving a mask on my face. The very last memory I have was a guy yelling "no not yet! she's not under yet!" and then I was out. Michael Madison III was born at 7:40 AM weighing 7 lb, 13 oz, and 20.5 inches long. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck in addition to the umbilical cord prolapse. He was stunned when delivered via c-section and his APGAR score was a 5 when he came out, but his 2nd one ended up as a 9. When I came to, I was in a general recovery room with a bunch of other people. I saw no one I knew and because of the emergency surgery, I remembered immediately what had happened. In complete panic, I asked the person tending to me "is my baby okay?" He replied, "Yes! He is 7 lb, 13 oz, 20.5 inches". Pretty soon, I remembered being wheeled away and seeing Madison waiting for me. Then I saw my in-laws rush through the door. I was still very out of it though. He showed me a picture of the baby and told me his stats too. I was unaware of the fact that he never was able to make it into the surgery until he told me. They interrupted the baby's 4 hour check up so that I could meet him. I was able to meet him and feed him for the first time, before they took him back to the nursery to finish up his check up. Then from then on, I recovered, he was brought back to me, and now we are home and enjoying our sweet son. I am so thankful that everything worked out just fine, even though it was extremely traumatic.