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MiniBini Birth Story and PIP
MiniBini is almost a week old now and I'm finally getting around to a post about his birth. Here it is 
I went to the hospital last Tuesday morning for some moderate bleeding and they
checked me out and put me on the monitor. They weren't sure where the blood was coming from but I was 3cm dilated and
the doc said at nearly 36 weeks it would be safe for him to come out and
scheduled me for an induction. They were worried the placenta could be
abrupting.
So I had pitocin for a few hours and got some pretty
painful contractions going on--but the contractions weren't actually making my cervix progress--and then it was time for my epidural
around 3am. I got that and let me tell you, it's truly a miracle
(pain-wise)! About an hour after that though the doctor became concerned
that the baby's heart rate wasn't varying enough and my BP was
dropping. He broke my water and there was a lot of blood when he did
that so he said I needed an immediate c-section because the placenta could be
separating from the uterus.
And they weren't kidding about
immediate. From when he said that to when the baby was born was under 15
minutes! It was all really fast and scary and lots of people running
around yelling. One of the people running around knocked over my IV pole and ripped the IV out of my arm, and the anesthesiologist had to put another one in very fast. Fortunately I had the epidural already and didn't need
emergency anesthesia which would have been general--since I have a genetic allergy to most general anesthetics, I was told to get an epidural early on just in case of such an emergency. I felt nothing
except pressing on my stomach (which made me barf...lovely) and then I
heard a baby cry. It was so fast I asked "is that MY baby?"
My husband couldn't be in there for the delivery because
it was too crowded and they were majorly rushing. He came in right after
though and cut the cord and sat with me. He got to hold Noah once they
had done his apgar score and stuff, I really couldn't because of the way
my arms were with the IV and all but the anesthesiologist took pictures
of the three of us. I was so jealous because I desperately wanted to
hold him. He was born at 4:28am on 10/19/11 weighing 5 pounds and 6 ounces, 19 inches long. DH was so incredibly happy sitting there holding him. I don't think I've ever seen anyone so happy.
Once they were ready to bring me to recovery they
took Noah to the special care nursery since he wasn't quite full term. I
didn't really know what was going on because I'd had a shot of
morphine, but I was upset that I hadn't held my baby yet. My mom sat with me in the recovery room while DH was with the baby in the nursery. A couple hours later they brought Noah back down to
recovery so I could hold him and then I felt a lot better.
He had to stay in the special care nursery for about 24 hours due to being not quite full-term, but he was just fine and had no complications. They brought him to me in my hospital room on Thursday morning and we got to go home on Sunday afternoon.
The c-section scar hurts
big time and I am still on Percocet for it, but I am so so so happy I don't even care right now. In my
extensive experience of 6 days--being a mom is the greatest thing
ever!
Re: MiniBini Birth Story and PIP
I delivered at Salem Hospital, which is where I had originally planned to be all along, but actually it was just a matter of coincidence. When I started bleeding they told me to go to the nearest ER, and since I was at work, that was Salem. It worked out well though, I liked the doctors and nurses at Salem and while they're a smaller community hospital, they are closely affiliated with the big Harvard teaching hospitals like Brigham and MGH, so I felt like they really knew what they were doing.
This made me laugh!
Glad you guys are home. He is so cute!
With all the worrying over the weeks and so pleased everything turned out so well including a shower and big item gifts from your mom and grandma. And of course a healthy little boy, you can't ask for more. Great photos. He is a dear.
My Israel Blog!
It sounds like a scary experience, with all the rushing, but I am glad everything worked out. How great that your Mom was there to stay with you and comfort you when you were upset about not getting to hold Noah yet. I hope that my Mom can be with me on that day.
The line about your hubby being happy got me all choked up.
So glad you're loving being a Mom!
We're headed to the Maldives on Christmas Eve!