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M/C October 2014
BFP #2 4/3/16 EDD 12/8/16 DS 11/19/16
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December 2016 Moms
karmba
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Karmba's Birth Story
karmba
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DS is napping so I figured I'd write this out. It's been over a month so we'll see how good my memory is 
On 11/17 I had a regular weekly OB appointment and an NST scheduled. The week before I had an ultrasound showing that DS was measuring small, so I was going to be getting weekly NSTs and biweekly BPPs to monitor him. At the OB appointment my BP was elevated and trace amounts of protein in my urine. After that I walked across the street to the hospital for the NST. During that they noticed that DS's heart rate was falling slightly after the smal contractions I was having. So they did an unscheduled BPP. He looked good, but because of the 3 things put together (BP, protein and heart rate) my OB recommended induction since I was exactly 37 weeks. So she told me to go get a meal in the cafeteria and go up to L&D within a few hours. I called DH and broke the news and he freaked out lol, I had to talk him down off a ledge a bit haha. I had to send him a detailed list of things to grab since I hadn't fully packed my hospital bag.
I was admitted to L&D at 5:45pm and DH showed up within a half an hour. At this time I was dialated to 1 cm and 50% effaced. Because L&D was packed, they didn't get around to giving me cytotec until 11pm. DH and I were able to get sleep until about 6am when they checked my cervix and I was up to 3 cm. At this point I was excited! I was having mild contractions and I totally thought the whole induction thing was going to be smooth. I was hooked up to pitocin around 10am and the contractions were building. I was checked again at around 3pm and I was only at 4cm and 75% effaced. The OB said the next time she checked me out she'd break my water. At around 8pm they broke my water and everything intensified. I asked for an epidural right away, but it took 3 hours to get it. I asked right before the anthesiologist went in for a C section and the surgery took 3 hours. The had to reopen the poor girl because they were off count and thought they left something inside of her
Before I got the epidural at 11pm they turned off the pitocin because DS kept moving off the monitor and they couldn't monitor his heart rate. Once the epidural was in, they hooked up an internal monitor. Less than half an hour after getting the epidural, my OB came in and said that they couldn't restart the pitocin because DS's heart rate was falling after each contraction. Until he leveled out they couldn't use pitocin. She gave me the option of waiting for him to level out or move forward with a C section. I chose a C section because at that point I hadn't dialated further in 8 hours and I was worried without the pitocin I would still be in the same position in another 8 hours.
I was wheeled into the OR at midnight and DS was born at 12:35am on 11/19, 5lbs 5 oz, 18 inches. He had the cord wrapped around his neck once which was most likely causing the heart rate issues. Overall his birth was not at all what I had envisioned or wanted, but I'm happy with my decision to get a C section and I'm grateful it went smoothly and he was born healthy.
On 11/17 I had a regular weekly OB appointment and an NST scheduled. The week before I had an ultrasound showing that DS was measuring small, so I was going to be getting weekly NSTs and biweekly BPPs to monitor him. At the OB appointment my BP was elevated and trace amounts of protein in my urine. After that I walked across the street to the hospital for the NST. During that they noticed that DS's heart rate was falling slightly after the smal contractions I was having. So they did an unscheduled BPP. He looked good, but because of the 3 things put together (BP, protein and heart rate) my OB recommended induction since I was exactly 37 weeks. So she told me to go get a meal in the cafeteria and go up to L&D within a few hours. I called DH and broke the news and he freaked out lol, I had to talk him down off a ledge a bit haha. I had to send him a detailed list of things to grab since I hadn't fully packed my hospital bag.
I was admitted to L&D at 5:45pm and DH showed up within a half an hour. At this time I was dialated to 1 cm and 50% effaced. Because L&D was packed, they didn't get around to giving me cytotec until 11pm. DH and I were able to get sleep until about 6am when they checked my cervix and I was up to 3 cm. At this point I was excited! I was having mild contractions and I totally thought the whole induction thing was going to be smooth. I was hooked up to pitocin around 10am and the contractions were building. I was checked again at around 3pm and I was only at 4cm and 75% effaced. The OB said the next time she checked me out she'd break my water. At around 8pm they broke my water and everything intensified. I asked for an epidural right away, but it took 3 hours to get it. I asked right before the anthesiologist went in for a C section and the surgery took 3 hours. The had to reopen the poor girl because they were off count and thought they left something inside of her
Before I got the epidural at 11pm they turned off the pitocin because DS kept moving off the monitor and they couldn't monitor his heart rate. Once the epidural was in, they hooked up an internal monitor. Less than half an hour after getting the epidural, my OB came in and said that they couldn't restart the pitocin because DS's heart rate was falling after each contraction. Until he leveled out they couldn't use pitocin. She gave me the option of waiting for him to level out or move forward with a C section. I chose a C section because at that point I hadn't dialated further in 8 hours and I was worried without the pitocin I would still be in the same position in another 8 hours.
I was wheeled into the OR at midnight and DS was born at 12:35am on 11/19, 5lbs 5 oz, 18 inches. He had the cord wrapped around his neck once which was most likely causing the heart rate issues. Overall his birth was not at all what I had envisioned or wanted, but I'm happy with my decision to get a C section and I'm grateful it went smoothly and he was born healthy.
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