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My baby girl Meadow has arrived! It was a long haul - But well worth it:)
I had been having regular contractions since one hour before my baby shower - May 30th - got checked at local hospital and was 1 cm-contractions every 2 min-not strong though - got checked again next day -still only 1 cm - figured i was in for the long haul......
Our hospital in 100 Mile House is not doing deliveries at all - so i have a new doc in Williams Lake (one hour away) that i see once a week and who delivered Meadow as well. Dr. Scrooby - he is AWESOME!! Saw him - 2 cm dialated - swept membranes - NOTHING tried again the next week - still 2 cm still having regular contractions - just enough to keep me awake at night - doc wants me on sleeping aids so that im not too tired to labour when the time actually does come - not comfy with this - finally cave on the 13th of June and take sleeping pill and a shot of morphine - i spent the WHOLE DAY (9hours) WALKING and getting checked every 2 hours and swept membranes-a little painful and at the end of the day i took the morphine shot and a sleeping pill went home and passed out for like 12 hours - apparently i needed it. On the 14th at 6pm Im doing dishes with my daughter and my water broke and EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
no one tells you how gross that is - and OMG how much there is - i even impressed a couple of the nurses when i got to Williams Lake - and i had already lost a lot at home!!!! Anyway= you have 24 hours after your water breaks to deliver or they c section you cause of infection risk.....Im still only 2 cm - contractions are way stronger but they arent progressing at ALL Meadow is still HIGH not coming down at all- i told them that it felt like she wasnt going to fit. They had to put me on a oxy drip to strenghen my contractions - more and more oxy - wasnt working - except now Im in real pain...... They tell me they want to up the dose of Oxy to higher than normal levels, but that i should have an epidural first, well ms tough Heather says no epidural and takes the oxy, after one contraction with the oxy i dropped to the floor and begged for the epidural. Ive never had one before - and ive gotta say WHY?? IT was freakin GREAT!!!!! Now its been 24 hours since my water broke and Im only 7-8 cm dialated. They are talking c section, i say NO and they up the oxy AGAIN! The epidural froze all of my mid section except a little spot on my left butt cheek (which still hurts btw) so i felt the contractions.....At 8:15pm, after watching nurses and doctors running in and out of my room and listening to alarms going off i learned what was happening. MEadow was in serious distress - her heart rate had been dropping dangerously low after every contraction, and then spiking dangerously high after that......they finally told me that she was in distress, i had spiked a high fever and was getting delirious....the whole thing was terrifying...the OR was getting prepped, the doc was telling me im now 10 cm and can try to push before going to OR. I pushed as hard as i possibly could - NOTHING, then he grabbed the vaccum (he knew i didnt want a csection - especially not now in an emergency situation) Meadow still wasnt down....with the vaccum and my serious effort - we got her out, i was told i had one more try and if she wasnt out we were going to the OR. She wasnt breathing at first - i didnt get to see her right away- they told me that i wouldnt though because of her heart rate troubles.....after what seemed like an hour (prob only 30-40 seconds) she cried then i cried then Wayne cried and we have our girl.
I had to stay in hospital for a few days on 3 different types of antibiotics getting my fever down and they had to watch Meadow very closly-aside from a little jauncice (which is gone now) we are both great!!
I got a hernia in my belly though and i will need a D and C soon (retained placenta) It happens after EVERY pregnancy - even the ones we've lost-its just my stupid body! Meadow is great and healthy though and thats what matters:)
