Posts
OBOB
7 years ago
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Harmony Grace Smith
Well you have probably been wondering where I have been? Well, I have been having a baby.
I guess I can say it all started last Wednesday evening/ early Thursday morning. I was having contractions all night and they were 5-7 minutes apart but not intense at all. So Thursday I wake up and get ready for my midwife appointment that morning. I finished packing my bag because I KNEW I was going to have the baby that day... I got to the midwife that morning and told her about the contractions and then she took my blood pressure. When she was done taking it she calmly told me that I need to get to the Hospital soon so they could run a bio-physical and a stress test on me, and then she told me to make sure I have my things because she is going to admit me. So I didnt get freaked out, I just got really excited. We take care of a few things that we needed to take care of and then we head off to the hospital. One of the things that we SHOULD have taken care of was eating lunch. The only thing I ate that morning was a bowl of raisin bran. I get to the Hospital and go into our room and I get dressed and get on the bed and they start to do all of the stuff that they do, like put the monitor on me. The ultra sound machine comes in a few minutes later and they start to check the size of the baby and what not. Then after about 5 minutes they start to freak out a little but because they can not find her head. Me personally I know for a fact she does have a head so I stayed pretty calm until the nurse puts the device on my upper stomach and says "Theres her head, shes Breech".. I was totally thrown off guard. I just froze and could not even move or speak. After a few minutes I regained the feeling in my body and proceeded to ball. Unfortunately I could not spend a lot of time crying I had to go for a nice little ride down to the Ultra Sound room so they could do the bio-physical. So I went thru 30 minuets of not only intense contractions but the tech making me move from one side to another for 30 minutes. So that was finally done and I was on my way back upstairs. Now this whole time I am praying that she just moves and turns and go back to head down. I knew it could be done considering just the week before she head down and ready to go. Ok so anyway, we sit and wait for my midwife to come back in and talk to me and well, I really wasn't looking forward to hearing what she had to say. So after waiting we finally talk to her and she tells me that I HAVE to have a C-Section. There is really no way around it. We can not turn the baby due to my blood pressure being so high, he fibroids that are right next to the sack, the fact the my water had been leaking, so there is not enough fluid in there and the fact that they said she was 9 1/2 lbs, well it didnt make for a safe "turn" . So after the midwife came in and talked to me now it was time for the Doctor to. She did tell me that because the fact that I haven't eaten since 9 that morning, she was going to do the surgery that night. So we all waited around and talked and prayed and balled, ok I balled (what a great way to bond with your friends) then at about 9 - 10 PM they come in to tell me that I have been bumped by an emergency C Section of twins and now I can eat, get a good night sleep and they will deliver me at 7:30AM. Well, I wish I could say I got a good night sleep but it was AWFUL... I could barely sleep and I was still having contractions. Well at about 3:45 AM I feel this large movement and then I felt wet. I get up and ring the nurse and she comes in to check me and to an ultra sound real quick. Well, sure enough she had moved, but she was now transverse (side to side instead of up and down) so she was trying to go head down. I decided since they had to prep for surgery starting at 5:30 AM I would get in the shower and get ready. Which I did and I am so thankful that I was able to do that. By 5:30 AM when they did the next U/S she was back breech so they proceeded with the preparation. I will save you all of those details dont worry. Well they wheeled me back to the OR at 7:30AM and Harmony Grace Smith was born at 7:52 AM and she weighed 8lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long.
This is about all I can write for now due to all of the pain killers and anti-biotics that I am on at the moment. I will post pics in another blog. Please keep my family in your prayers in the next few weeks of this recovery process. Alot of you have already offered to help in anyway and normally I would tell you I am good and I dont need any help, but I will not be stubborn anymore.
I guess I can say it all started last Wednesday evening/ early Thursday morning. I was having contractions all night and they were 5-7 minutes apart but not intense at all. So Thursday I wake up and get ready for my midwife appointment that morning. I finished packing my bag because I KNEW I was going to have the baby that day... I got to the midwife that morning and told her about the contractions and then she took my blood pressure. When she was done taking it she calmly told me that I need to get to the Hospital soon so they could run a bio-physical and a stress test on me, and then she told me to make sure I have my things because she is going to admit me. So I didnt get freaked out, I just got really excited. We take care of a few things that we needed to take care of and then we head off to the hospital. One of the things that we SHOULD have taken care of was eating lunch. The only thing I ate that morning was a bowl of raisin bran. I get to the Hospital and go into our room and I get dressed and get on the bed and they start to do all of the stuff that they do, like put the monitor on me. The ultra sound machine comes in a few minutes later and they start to check the size of the baby and what not. Then after about 5 minutes they start to freak out a little but because they can not find her head. Me personally I know for a fact she does have a head so I stayed pretty calm until the nurse puts the device on my upper stomach and says "Theres her head, shes Breech".. I was totally thrown off guard. I just froze and could not even move or speak. After a few minutes I regained the feeling in my body and proceeded to ball. Unfortunately I could not spend a lot of time crying I had to go for a nice little ride down to the Ultra Sound room so they could do the bio-physical. So I went thru 30 minuets of not only intense contractions but the tech making me move from one side to another for 30 minutes. So that was finally done and I was on my way back upstairs. Now this whole time I am praying that she just moves and turns and go back to head down. I knew it could be done considering just the week before she head down and ready to go. Ok so anyway, we sit and wait for my midwife to come back in and talk to me and well, I really wasn't looking forward to hearing what she had to say. So after waiting we finally talk to her and she tells me that I HAVE to have a C-Section. There is really no way around it. We can not turn the baby due to my blood pressure being so high, he fibroids that are right next to the sack, the fact the my water had been leaking, so there is not enough fluid in there and the fact that they said she was 9 1/2 lbs, well it didnt make for a safe "turn" . So after the midwife came in and talked to me now it was time for the Doctor to. She did tell me that because the fact that I haven't eaten since 9 that morning, she was going to do the surgery that night. So we all waited around and talked and prayed and balled, ok I balled (what a great way to bond with your friends) then at about 9 - 10 PM they come in to tell me that I have been bumped by an emergency C Section of twins and now I can eat, get a good night sleep and they will deliver me at 7:30AM. Well, I wish I could say I got a good night sleep but it was AWFUL... I could barely sleep and I was still having contractions. Well at about 3:45 AM I feel this large movement and then I felt wet. I get up and ring the nurse and she comes in to check me and to an ultra sound real quick. Well, sure enough she had moved, but she was now transverse (side to side instead of up and down) so she was trying to go head down. I decided since they had to prep for surgery starting at 5:30 AM I would get in the shower and get ready. Which I did and I am so thankful that I was able to do that. By 5:30 AM when they did the next U/S she was back breech so they proceeded with the preparation. I will save you all of those details dont worry. Well they wheeled me back to the OR at 7:30AM and Harmony Grace Smith was born at 7:52 AM and she weighed 8lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long.
This is about all I can write for now due to all of the pain killers and anti-biotics that I am on at the moment. I will post pics in another blog. Please keep my family in your prayers in the next few weeks of this recovery process. Alot of you have already offered to help in anyway and normally I would tell you I am good and I dont need any help, but I will not be stubborn anymore.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
