Tuesday, November 6 I went to the doctor's because I wasn't feeling well. I knew I had a sinus thing going but still wanted
to get checked out since she was watching me for headaches. I went in, saw the midwife Kim who said the baby's head was engaged and that I was 3 cm and 80% effaced. I did the NST and everything was looking great with the baby. On the way out of the office I passed the doctor who was surprised to see me and she asked if she could check me again. She said the head was low and that things could go at any minute. She called me her "little time bomb" and told me to wait while they called the hospital about inducing me. I had had a Lovenox shot so the hospital wouldn't take me until Thursday morning.
On Wednesday I woke up and the doctor called me at 8:30 a.m. to say she wanted me to be at the hospital by 9 pm. I was so unprepared because I thought I was going to have all of Wednesday to get ready. I went into over drive and even went and got my haircut at 5 pm before going in to the hospital. Adam and I got all packed up and my mom and dad stopped by to wish us well before we headed to hospital.
On Wednesday I woke up and the doctor called me at 8:30 a.m. to say she wanted me to be at the hospital by 9 pm. I was so unprepared because I thought I was going to have all of Wednesday to get ready. I went into over drive and even went and got my haircut at 5 pm before going in to the hospital. Adam and I got all packed up and my mom and dad stopped by to wish us well before we headed to hospital.
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| Last family picture before heading to the hospital! We even got Penelope in there! |
We got to the hospital at 8:30 pm and checked in. When we pulled in the parking lot Adam and I were filled with so many emotions. We saw the nurses getting our room ready as we walked in. After we registered we were shown to our room and they had me put on a gown and wait for the nurses.
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| Last pregnant picture!! |
The nurse came in and asked us all the fun questions about my medical history and then they started the Pitocin. My doctor had ordered an Ambien so I could get some rest during the early part of my labor. It knocked me out for a little while and I slept through Adleigh's heart rate dropping, getting rolled over, and needing oxygen. Eventually I woke up and I labored all night until the doctor came in and broke my water at 7 a.m. When she broke it, I had meconium as sweet little girl had already went poop! Just like her dad, something had to be silly with poop. Once my water was broken things went very fast. I labored as long as I could and I caved at 9:30 and got the epidural. At 10 they came and checked me and I was 7.5-8 cm and the nurse said uh-oh, let me go get another nurse. The other nurse came in and felt and said "Yep, that's the butt". With that, things began to happen very fast. All of a sudden there were 10 or so people in our room getting me ready for a c-section. I remember Adam gowning up, the anesthesiologist coming back, and the ride down the hallway to the OR. I was amazed that the doctor was already there waiting since everything happened so quickly. 10 minutes later I was in surgery and the doctor proclaimed "There's the butt!" Then I heard Adleigh's first cries and she was here! The craziest thing about it all was that only ONE person thought Adleigh was breach. Remember when I laughed it off! All I remember after seeing Adleigh was that they were listening to Christmas music while I got sewn back up and that I had the shakes like crazy!
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| Holding my baby for the first time! I am so thankful we still got to do skin to skin :) |
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| First family photo! |
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