Monday's doctor's appointment...surprise!
So Monday, May 7th, I had a sonogram and doctors appointment scheduled to "just check" and make sure everything was okay. After being in radiology for several hours I knew something was wrong as soon as the specialist ordered a doppler scan and told me not to leave until I went to see my doctor. It did make me laugh though...in Oklahoma Dopplers are for tornados not babies!
Of course this was one of those times where I had forgotten my cell phone in the car....several buildings away. So when I got to the doctor's office I called Gabe on the waiting room phone...told him something wasn't right...and of course they called me in and I had to let him go. I knew he'd panic but I figured I wouldn't be in there for long. WRONG! She told me my amniotic fluid level was 4.2 and the normal range is 8-25. While she was checking a few more things a nurse came in and asked if the lady in the room next door had time to go home before she checked into the hospital. The doctor said no way...and turned her attention back to me. I said, "I'm glad that's not me I'm not even packed". Wrong thing to say! Dr. Thompson said actually I was going to have to be admitted immediately. SHOCKER! Luckily they didn't have a room ready yet so she let me drive home.
On the way home I called Gabe...who was already leaving work. He had known something was wrong since I hadn't called yet. So we met at home and grabbed as much as possible. Oh and we called our parents, Joyce, a few other people (my work)and tried to get everything we would need. Good thing we had gone to Target the night before! When I got home Coco was frantically packing the car....I guess Gabe had panomimed to her what was going on and she was just as nervous as we were. So we kissed Bentley and Bailey goodbye and took off to the hospital.
Once at the hospital we were in for a long stay. I checked in at 1:30pm May 7th, and they started the cervix ripening at 3pm. By then my parents were there and Gabe's parents were on their way from Dallas. Things were pretty good...my mom was more nervous then anyone. She couldn't stop eating twizzlers...right in front of a pregnant woman that only gets ice chips! Landon came by with his friend. We pretty much hung out. My parents went home around midnight and Gabe and I slept. At 3am they took out the cervix ripening strip and the doctor decided to let us sleep and check for dialating at 8am.
8am May 8th - The nurse came in to check for progression but nothing yet. So they administered an IV with drugs to induce labor. The doctor said we would know if it was working in 12 hours. At about 1pm Gabe's parents and my parents were at the hospital. I had started to have labor pains but wasn't dilating. A few more hours of labor pains...only 1 minute apart...but still only dilated 1cm. So the doctors checked at 4pm for progression. At that point they decided my pelvic bone was too narrow for a baby anyways (shouldn't they have noticed this earlier?)...so we had two choices...A) break my water and see if they can get him out...but probably not likely with a small pelvic bone B) do a c-section. So we decided a c-section was the safest route.
They immediately rushed me into the operating room and Gabe was there for everything but the epideral. Dr. Holstein performed the surgery but our doctor, Dr. Thompson, got there at the last minute and stayed the whole time. One of the technicians offered to take pictures so Gabe got to concentrate and helping me. I was pretty much knocked out but having a hard time breathing...and after the birth I was almost shaking off the table!
Baby Jordan came out with no problems...sucking his thumb! Gabe left for a few minutes with the baby and to go tell our family. Such a thrill! Then he came back and stayed with me in recovery until I had stocked shaking and got to go back to my room.
I ended up staying in the hospital until Saturday (a total of 6 days) because I was having migraines off and on. Which was fine with me! Jordan was in great care with the nurses and we needed the sleep.
http://photos.themadrids.com/gallery/2826606#151339483
Of course this was one of those times where I had forgotten my cell phone in the car....several buildings away. So when I got to the doctor's office I called Gabe on the waiting room phone...told him something wasn't right...and of course they called me in and I had to let him go. I knew he'd panic but I figured I wouldn't be in there for long. WRONG! She told me my amniotic fluid level was 4.2 and the normal range is 8-25. While she was checking a few more things a nurse came in and asked if the lady in the room next door had time to go home before she checked into the hospital. The doctor said no way...and turned her attention back to me. I said, "I'm glad that's not me I'm not even packed". Wrong thing to say! Dr. Thompson said actually I was going to have to be admitted immediately. SHOCKER! Luckily they didn't have a room ready yet so she let me drive home.
On the way home I called Gabe...who was already leaving work. He had known something was wrong since I hadn't called yet. So we met at home and grabbed as much as possible. Oh and we called our parents, Joyce, a few other people (my work)and tried to get everything we would need. Good thing we had gone to Target the night before! When I got home Coco was frantically packing the car....I guess Gabe had panomimed to her what was going on and she was just as nervous as we were. So we kissed Bentley and Bailey goodbye and took off to the hospital.
Once at the hospital we were in for a long stay. I checked in at 1:30pm May 7th, and they started the cervix ripening at 3pm. By then my parents were there and Gabe's parents were on their way from Dallas. Things were pretty good...my mom was more nervous then anyone. She couldn't stop eating twizzlers...right in front of a pregnant woman that only gets ice chips! Landon came by with his friend. We pretty much hung out. My parents went home around midnight and Gabe and I slept. At 3am they took out the cervix ripening strip and the doctor decided to let us sleep and check for dialating at 8am.
8am May 8th - The nurse came in to check for progression but nothing yet. So they administered an IV with drugs to induce labor. The doctor said we would know if it was working in 12 hours. At about 1pm Gabe's parents and my parents were at the hospital. I had started to have labor pains but wasn't dilating. A few more hours of labor pains...only 1 minute apart...but still only dilated 1cm. So the doctors checked at 4pm for progression. At that point they decided my pelvic bone was too narrow for a baby anyways (shouldn't they have noticed this earlier?)...so we had two choices...A) break my water and see if they can get him out...but probably not likely with a small pelvic bone B) do a c-section. So we decided a c-section was the safest route.
They immediately rushed me into the operating room and Gabe was there for everything but the epideral. Dr. Holstein performed the surgery but our doctor, Dr. Thompson, got there at the last minute and stayed the whole time. One of the technicians offered to take pictures so Gabe got to concentrate and helping me. I was pretty much knocked out but having a hard time breathing...and after the birth I was almost shaking off the table!
Baby Jordan came out with no problems...sucking his thumb! Gabe left for a few minutes with the baby and to go tell our family. Such a thrill! Then he came back and stayed with me in recovery until I had stocked shaking and got to go back to my room.
I ended up staying in the hospital until Saturday (a total of 6 days) because I was having migraines off and on. Which was fine with me! Jordan was in great care with the nurses and we needed the sleep.
http://photos.themadrids.com/gallery/2826606#151339483
posted by BethanyJoy at 5/07/2007 08:44:00 PM
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