Here is that sweet boy from his party 2 days ago!!!
Here's my story from the day my sweet boy entered this world, my sweet little turkey boy!!!!
Monday Nov 22, 2004 I had a regular OB appointment at 2pm. I was weighed…it was good and I peed…it was clean. I sat down to get my BP checked and when she was done…she said “Oh that is high.” I asked what it was and she said 169/80 O…..M…..G……. :thud
Now all weekend I had been really really swollen, but not any more so then other days when my BP was fine!!! I also felt like crap all weekend. Tired, achy, nauseated….but just attributed it to leftover cold symptoms and working.
So I went into the room and my dr came in and said your BP is high……I am going to send you over for blood work, a NST and BP readings. If they don’t come down I’ll induce you tonight….I said…”Tonight…tonight????” He said “Yes” :faint
So he measured me and checked me internally, I was still closed tight. He said go on over and if everything is fine…I’ll just see you next Monday.
So I went out to the lobby and called T and told him I was on my way to L&D, that my BP was high and he was concerned and that he wanted me to get checked out. To be prepared we might get induced tonight. He was at work and told me as soon as he got things wrapped up he would meet me at the hospital.
I went over had my blood work and got put on the machines. For two hours I was monitored. Liam looked “great” and all the nurses thought my BP’s were fine. They were still a little “high” for me (top # still in the 140’s and 130’s) but we were confident that I would be sent home.
My OB came in at 4:30PM and said…”I am keeping you.” He told me that his experience had been that when women came in with a high reading like mine and had also been feeling “crappy” like that, it was a sign of the beginning of toxemia. So I was moved to a LDRP room and at 5PM he inserted the cervidil. He said that it would just ripen the cervix and then in the morning we would start pitocin.
At 6PM my contractions started and were 1 ½ to 2 minutes apart. There would be no sleep for us Monday night!!!!! By 5AM I was 1-2 cm. I was allowed to get up and shower and take a Jacuzzi bath and walk till 7AM when they would start the pit. At 7AM I was 3cm, my OB came in to break my water and I asked when I could get my epidural. He said anytime . I said I wanted it BEFORE he broke my water!!!!
The anesthesiologist came and gave me my epi, my OB came back broke my water (nice and clear) and between 8AM and noon I just labored away. Liam was having slight heart rate decals, but nothing a little oxygen didn’t help. He was just plugging along being a great little trooper. At noon I turned on my left side and about 5 minutes later started having pain. My nurse checked me and I was 8cm. They got the room ready thinking that any minute I would start pushing. Well from noon till 2PM I had a damn lip that would not go away. We tried EVERYTHING…..turn this way…turn that way….My OB tried “pushing” it away while I pushed….but nothing worked. So for two hours I was really really miserable. I had a hot spot from my epi right over my pubic bone that just BURNED with every contraction. I moaned, I yelled, I cried……I wanted to quit!!!!! Finally at 2PM I was complete and was allowed to push with my contractions. It was not pretty. He was faced the wrong way. His face was up instead of facing my back. I was exhausted (I had been up for 32 hours) and losing hope because he was just not moving down quickly enough.
At 2:45PM I told the nurse to get the doc in here, I could not push anymore…he was not coming out with out help. My OB came in and asked me if I wanted him to use the vacuum. I said YES!!!! So he fitted the vacuum in, gave me a small episiotomy and when my contraction came I pushed 3 more times with all my might and at 2:57PM out popped L’s head. Face up…with his hand up by his head!!!!! :thud No wonder I had trouble trying to get him out!!!!!!!!!
Next came his shoulders and chest (Jesus Christ…which were the exact words I used at the very moment) and then the rest of him. He was beautiful all covered in “cheese” and goo!!!! I was smitten….love at first site!!!!!!!!!
As they cleaned him I was “fixed” up. We were all just chatting away. We were very anxious to see his weight . Once again my OB was right on the weight within just a few ozs. When I finally held him…….he was so beautiful…I could not believe he was finally here and that he was mine!!!!!!!! All the pain was worth it!!!!!!!
We had his party this past Saturday and he got tons of gifts and enjoyed lots of cake and cookies (my mom bought him a package of Chocolate chip cookies and he ate almost the whole package and made himself sick!!!). Both sets of grandparents came over and my sister and nephew came too!!! I think tonight we'll head to Wendy's for dinner since that's what he requested!!!
In other news I left the house last night at 10PM to head to Wal Mart and get my Christmas shopping out of the way.I was there till almost 12:30AM and got almost all of it done. I just need books for all 4 kids and S's and L's "want" gifts!!! DH should be getting L's today at Target and I think I'll order S's online today.....then just a quick stop into Borders and BAM I'm done!!! OK I'm gonna jet because I need to get little C off my boob and into bed and G is being wild and needs reined in!!! Have a great day!!!!
~~Later
