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Monday, December 8, 2008

The end is here!

Ok so, just a quick update while i can. Baby came at 36w6d(my count) 35 weeks to the day the drs count. Almost full term, still considered preemie (not sure why). He was 6lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. A BIG difference from Ashes 33-34 weeks and 4 lbs 4 oz and 17 inches lol. He is such a miracle and wonder baby. He sleeps all night, only wakes up maybe once.
So heres my little birth story for anyone interested... I think Alex, you are the only one who reads this still lol. So i went in Friday, Nov 28 because I had been having some major contractions and cramps all day. My contractions went away and I decided to take a shower. Well, i felt loads better while I was in the shower, but the act of walking from the bathroom to the livingroom I got some really bad cramps that just didnt feel like they were going away. I called Wes to tell him he needed to come home cause I needed to go to L&D. He came home to watch Ashes and I went to L&D. Come to find out I was having contractions every 2 min!!! They weren't enough to change me (yet). He told me that since I was only 34w5d (36w4d my count) he was going to stop them!!!! I couldn't believe he was telling me this!!! My High risk dr told me at 34 weeks he would just give me something to ease the pain and help me relax but not stop them and here this on call dr was telling me he was gonna stop them!!! I was to tired and in too much pain to argue with him and ask for my high risk ob to come in to look at me that i just agreed. Normally when I get terbutaline, they give me anywhere from .50-.75 ml and I have never hd a reaction to it other than whats normal. He gave me .25 ml and I had the worst reaction to it. My heartrate went from 98 to 145 in less then 2 min when normally its a gradual rise as the medicine goes threw the system, my BP jumped up to 139/95 which is bad, I had to be put on an O2 mask cause I couldnt breath and it made the contractions worse. Since i cant have anything else cause of my asthma, he decided to over hydrate me to slow down my contractions. Well after 2 hours of that he discharged me. He told me i was to "sit my ass on the couch and not do anything until monday" yes, he said ass lol.
So Saturday rolls around and after sitting there for half a day with no relief, I decided it was pointless because even getting up to go to the bathroom made them extremely painful and worse. I decided that A and I were gonna go to Subway to get dinner for all of us. We ate and then L told me he was gonna go to work and since he was gonna be in the box, that if i needed to get ahold of him, call the company and they would get ahold of him and he would rush back. (he was gonna be 45 min away for like 9 days) He left at about 900 pm but since they werent doing anything, his plt sgt said he could just come home, no sense in him sittin at the company when he could be home with me. He got home about 930 and we started timing my contractions. By the end of "Charlie Wilsons War" They were 13-17 min apart with a few that were 3-5 min. We went to bed around 11 and before we went to bed he asked me if i was sure i didnt want to go back to L&D to get checked out and monitored. I told him no since the only thing they could do for me was monitor me and hook me up to another iv and i would rather try and get comfy in my own bed and get some sleep then be there. I fell asleep right away and woke up at 0100 with the worst contraction I had ever had, so bad it was in my back with the majority of the pain in my pubic bone. Now, I had had a few times where I had peed myself or almost peed myself during contrations so I thought that I was about to pee on myself so as I was saying oh shit from the pain and trying to get out of bed, I took 2 steps (which brought me to the bathroom) and as soon as my feet hit the tile my water broke. I sat down and told wes he needed to call l&d and tell them we were coming cause my water broke. It was so funny cause after he called them and was trying to get some of the last min things in my bag, he asked me "are you sure it broke and you didnt pee yourself?" I looked at him, looked down right as I had a little gush and it was leaking on the floor and was like, nope, im peeing myself, I have an extremely large bladder that lets me hold gallons of water lol.
So we got there about 130 and they got me hooked up, looked at, I was 2 cm and 90% by then, got me all preped to go get my section and then the dr came in. he just laughed at me when I said "I know i was supposed to wait til monday but hey". The contractions were nothing like they were with A after my water broke. I was able to laugh, joke and talk to everyone. I was trying to keep the mood light for my hubby who although will never admit it, looked like a deer caught in the head lights lol. The dr explained all the risks with him being early and so on. they took me back to the section room, gave me my spinal and at 307 am Mr. K made his entrance into this world. He wasn't breathing at first but still managed to have apgars of 6,7,9 which are good. They put him under an O2 tent after I got to see him and by the time the ped got there he was fine.
We got to come home on Tuesday at noon and he has been an absolute joy. he's only had one bad night but all it took to cure it was lettin him sleep on me. I think about how long it took to be able to get pregnant with him and all that I went threw with my labor and I am soo thankful to have him. Words can not even explain.

1 comments:

Alexxxxxx{andra} said...

LOL Yes, I still read this blog. LOL and yes, I did ask what happened! I am sorry to hear that you were in labor for that long! thats insane and intense! But I am glad that he got here safe and sound! And that he got to go home with you! Congrats on your handsome son!! So I guess its my turn next eh?
PS... your not pregnant for your birthday!!