Ethan Thomas 9/30/10

i'd like to preface my birth story by saying i gave birth at 34 1/2 weeks

on 9/28) i woke up at 330am to pee... i noticed a little bit of red blood in my undies... i sat down to pee & felt a HUGE GUSH come out of me & it literally sounded like someone dumped water into the toliet. i looked in the toliet & it was ALL BLOOD... i freaked. i screamed for DH to wake up & we rushed to the hospital. my OB got there & did an internal exam... my water was still in tact, but my cervix had started to open... i wass 1cm dilated at that point. my OB started me on meds to try and stop labor & gave me one shot of steroids to help the babys lungs mature (incase he needed to deliver) and i would get another shot 24 hours later -- the steroids take 48 hours to start working from the time the first shot is given. 12 hours after getting started on the meds, my contractions just kept getting worse & closer together so my OB basically said, "yup this is it! this kid wants out"

he wanted to keep me pregnant for as long as possible -- if he had his way, he wouldnt have delivered until i was 36 weeks. in the middle of the night wednesday, i get woken up at 1am by 2 nurses giving me oxygen & telling me to flip to one side of my body... aparently, my body was having these massive 5 minute long contractions & everytime i would have them, they would squeeze the baby so tight that it was causing his heart rate to drop.... so of course i freaked! the next day i saw my OB who said that he wanted to see how the day went with the long unusual contractions and he would talk to me later in the day

so i went on that whole day having regular contractions for an hour and then i would have a really long massive contraction. around 5pm my OB came back and basically said that at this point, hes not sure why my body keeps having these contractions & the baby will be better off on the outside than inside me. he said that he was willing to let me try and have a vaginal delivery, however he was almost certain that it would end up in an emergency c-section b/c of the pressure it would take to push him out.... once i heard that i told him to just go ahead with a c section. i started getting prepped right away & then around 730 i was brought down to the OR!

the c section itself was SUCH a weird experience... it was also a very pleasant one & i wasnt freaked out while lying there at all... my OB is AMAZING and talked me throughout the whole thing which made me feel good. if anyone is planning on delivering at good sam, i have a very awesome OB recommendation

Ethan Thomas was born at 819 & came out WHALING crying -- which made me happy since they were worried about his lungs....5 lbs 9oz, 19 inches long.... the nurses wrapped him up and i got to see him very brefily & then he got taken away to the NICU.... then it took my OB about a half hour to stich me back up.... i didnt get to see Ethan for the first time until around 11 that night

i cant say enough about all the NICU nurses at good sam... they have been amazing & are all great nurses. DH has also been amazing throughout this whole thing & i really couldnt have gotten through any of it without him <3

so there ya have it... thats the true story of a baby that couldnt wait any longer to come out of my belly

Message edited 10/9/2010 9:12:12 PM.

Re: Ethan Thomas 9/30/10

Congratulations! Your son is beautiful. WHo is your doctor? I am currently looking for a new OB and your doctor sounds great.

Re: Ethan Thomas 9/30/10

Re: Ethan Thomas 9/30/10

That's some story... almost as dramatic as the baby girl born in an elevator. Seriously though, I'm so glad everything is going well for you and Ethan!

Re: Ethan Thomas 9/30/10

Posted by TheDivineMrsM

That's some story... almost as dramatic as the baby girl born in an elevator. Seriously though, I'm so glad everything is going well for you and Ethan!