So Jackson had to come into the world with a bang...he couldn't let his sisters out do him, right?? I had been contracting all night at work and went home to shower, shave my legs, you know...get gussied up for the doctor. I called the doctor on my way home and told him that my contractions were 5 minutes apart and that I would be right back to the hospital. When I got there, they hooked me up to the monitors and we find that I am now contracting every 2-3 minutes. My mom starts giggling as I am having to breathe through these contractions and tells me that I have always wanted to experience labor, right?!? They check me and call the doc to tell him that I am NOT dilated, but that I am in an extreme amount of pain. He gives me the option to go ahead with the delivery or try and stop it since I am preterm. I was not yet 36 weeks. I said GO...get this over with...I am DONE being pregnant! They move me to get my epidural placed and call the doctor to let him know that we are ready. Jamie arrives...having missed all the fabulous pain, breathing, moaning...just in time to get dressed for the OR. My mom and Jamie both get to go to the back this time, which I am excited about since my mom has not seen any of her other grandchildren be born. Then in comes Chaney, my fab nurse!, and wants to know what is going on because Jack is having decelerations of his heart rate. They turn me to my side and decide to start moving to the OR. We get to the back and hook Jack up one more time to check his heart rate...56! Not good since there should at least be a 1 in front of that number!! Dr. P and Dr. DR move quickly to get him out and hand him off to the NICU staff. APGARS were 5 and 7...not too bad for a little guy one month early and a heart rate of 56 about 5 minutes prior! The NICU staff take him to their nursery and Jamie and my mom follow. All in all...he did great only spending a day and a half in the NICU and getting to come home with me 4 days later. Thanks to Dr. P and Dr. DR...Kris P and Chaney...Jamie K and Dr.O'Neill we have a beautiful addition to our family and couldn't be happier!!Thursday, July 16, 2009
So Jackson had to come into the world with a bang...he couldn't let his sisters out do him, right?? I had been contracting all night at work and went home to shower, shave my legs, you know...get gussied up for the doctor. I called the doctor on my way home and told him that my contractions were 5 minutes apart and that I would be right back to the hospital. When I got there, they hooked me up to the monitors and we find that I am now contracting every 2-3 minutes. My mom starts giggling as I am having to breathe through these contractions and tells me that I have always wanted to experience labor, right?!? They check me and call the doc to tell him that I am NOT dilated, but that I am in an extreme amount of pain. He gives me the option to go ahead with the delivery or try and stop it since I am preterm. I was not yet 36 weeks. I said GO...get this over with...I am DONE being pregnant! They move me to get my epidural placed and call the doctor to let him know that we are ready. Jamie arrives...having missed all the fabulous pain, breathing, moaning...just in time to get dressed for the OR. My mom and Jamie both get to go to the back this time, which I am excited about since my mom has not seen any of her other grandchildren be born. Then in comes Chaney, my fab nurse!, and wants to know what is going on because Jack is having decelerations of his heart rate. They turn me to my side and decide to start moving to the OR. We get to the back and hook Jack up one more time to check his heart rate...56! Not good since there should at least be a 1 in front of that number!! Dr. P and Dr. DR move quickly to get him out and hand him off to the NICU staff. APGARS were 5 and 7...not too bad for a little guy one month early and a heart rate of 56 about 5 minutes prior! The NICU staff take him to their nursery and Jamie and my mom follow. All in all...he did great only spending a day and a half in the NICU and getting to come home with me 4 days later. Thanks to Dr. P and Dr. DR...Kris P and Chaney...Jamie K and Dr.O'Neill we have a beautiful addition to our family and couldn't be happier!!
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