My Birth Story…
Thursday Jan 1 @ 07:01am
October 4, 2011 i was already a week & one day PAST MY DUE DATE!
& let me tell you, i felt like i could not be more pregnant. The night before i had might have slept 2 hours at the most. I always thought my water would break in the middle of the night. But no that didn’t happen. Got up that morning & made me the same breakfast i had ate my whole 10 months oatmeal & ornage jucie :) Took a nice bubble bath & then, started to get ready for what i was hoping my last prenatal appointment.
Headed to my doc appointment with my mother & Emi’s dad. I was so nervous on my way there. I swear i ate a whole bag of candy corn. lol Once i got there everyone was still surprised that i was pregnant at the office. Since the week before my doc had scraped my membranes to help a little & i had walked like crazy, but that didn’t do it. My little doll was not ready to come out. Got called back got weighed & on the way back to the room my nurse told me she had good news for me. I was to going to get induced on October 5, 2011 @ four! I was so excited yet nervous so many emotions. Waited for my doctor too come in & check me. Still didn’t have much progress i was Almost to a 2 & 85% effaced. She went on to tell me what was going to happen when i showed to labor & delivery. I was getting a cervidil pit inside in me. Which helps open the cervix. & that would stay in me until the next morning. Then they would start me on pitocin to help start off my labor. After my dic finished explaining this all to me. I had a sono to make sure everything was okay with baby. The ultrasound tech weighed Emi to be 6 pounds 14oz. Oh how Emi had gotten big from two weeks before. My tech lady was saying for me to be late & the little room she had left in my tummy how active my baby was, Emi was all over the place. I’m pretty sure it was because of the candy i had ate before i came though. She then measured my fluids. She told us that it was a little low. i had lost my plug a few days before & she said that could be why. It wasn’t a dangerous amount but she was going to tell my doc anyways. After that she had one more thing to do & that was to watch Emi breath. She had to do it for at least 10 sec. She would get to 8 :( So she went to talk to my doctor & guess what…? Yep she decide for me to go ahead & head to L&D now. Well we got to go home & get our stuff. & Headed up to L&D.
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It was 4:09 when we walked into the hospital. One of my best friends work there. I remember i went to go tell her it is time. She was so excited for me. & told me she would be up there later to check on me. Went up to the 4th floor. I got walked back to my room & changed into my gown. My nurse Tessa had came in & it was time to put my cervidil in. Oh man was that uncomfortable. I couldn’t eat for a hr or use the restroom. A short time after my new nurse came in named Taylor. She is a gift from God. Such a amazing nurse. She went over something & told me she would be back shortly to check on me. While the mother was recording, Emi’s dad making jokes & trying to keep me from worrying. My sister coming back & forth.
The night was going pretty good so far. Finally i got to eat. & i picked the worse thing to eat a big mac. lol My bestie who worked there had came up. While my mom had went to get her something to eat. & Emi’s dad was in the waiting room talking to his family. We were talking & laughing. I was telling her how nervous i was & that i could not believe i was going to be a mom soon.
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I remember we were watching teen mom & my nurse came in with my doctor. Asking how i was feeling & checked me. She told me she was going to stick a Foley balloon to help open my cervix more. My doctor had left & told me she would see me in the morning. My mom was back right after that got put in. I started to actually feel my contractions. They didn’t hurt but i was very uncomfortable.My nurse had came in told me when i was ready to go to sleep let her know & they would give me something to help sleep at night. Since i was going to start being induced at 5 the next morning. I told her after the show was over i would want it.
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9:36 is when it started to get scary. My nurse had & asked me to turn on my side. She said everything was okay but babies heart rate had went down a little. A few mins later she came back in but with two more nurses. They were all talking & looked very worried. I looked at my mom & started to cry because i saw when he little heart rate was going down. I got put on oxygen & they all told me it was going to be okay.They left & not even 10 mins later they were back getting me to turn on my other side & took the balloon & cervidil out of me. Her hate rate was going down more. In the mist of all this, my guy best friend walks in the room while my legs are wide open & me not covered up at all. His face went for smiling to worry once he saw me crying & things that were going on. I asked him to step out & my sister when outside & caught him up on what was going on. They called my doctor to see what she wanted to do. In that process i had gotten two shots in my arm & they pulled out a razer. I was thinking uh what is that for. I had jus got a brazilian sugar wax two days before. But i was not thinking i would need a emergency cesarean. But next thing i know they were telling me that this is the best thing to do with her heart rate going down. I felt like all the nurse on the floor where in the room with me. They came in with blue scrubs for my mom, Emi’s dad & my sister & told them just in case. Well five mins later it was go time. I was having a c-section. One of the nurse gave me this nasty drink i had to drink before i got sent back. She told me to drink it like a shot. it was that yucky.
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I got wheeled back there by myself but still with my nurse taylor who was by my side the whole way. As soon as those doors opened. The other nurses were counting everything twice which scared me seeing all of that. i was so scared i was shaking well that’s because i was cold. The anesthesiologist was the most sweetest man ever. He talked to me the whole time & told me it was going to feel like a bee sting. Then i would feel my legs get very warm. It was not as bad as i had in my mind. i laded back he told me this right here just pretend it is a martini made me laugh & started to feel the warmness going through my legs. my anesthesiologist put a warm blanket on my top half to keep me warm. My loves finally got to join me. My anesthesiologist asked did i feel anything? i said no… he said good because they just started. I was sooo worried i would feel. My mom kissed me on my head & told me she loved me. & so did Emi’s dad. I could hear the doctors say there was no fluids left in my tummy & the cord was wrapped around her neck & foot. I was very scared. They told me i would feel a lot of pressure on my chest. Honestly it was hard to breath when that happened.
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& Then 11:09 October 4, 2011 Emi Grace was born 6 pounds 12oz 19inches. i heard her first cry. I cried. I could see her getting pulled out of me while looking above me at the mirror & light. They said she has a lot of hair & that she was beautiful. They brought her over to me. I could not believe it. She was here. She was mine she was perfect.
My loves went to the nursery with Emi while i got put back together. I took a little mini nap.
Finally to recover for 2 hrs & my nurse & doctor told me i did great & that baby was great. My mom sis came with Emi & told me that both of my best friends had waited until they knew Emi was here. They couldn’t come back & see me so they left there gifts & flowers with my loves. It touched me that they stayed & waited. Emi’s dad was talking with his family showing them pictures. My mom handed me Emi for the first time… i thought i was dreaming. I was just smiling at her. i could not believe it.
The long 10 months & very scary night was worth it. Everyday i am so thankful for my daughter because if we would have waited until the morning this might have been a different story. Everyone that night was truly amazing from my doctor to the nurses i had. To my loves. They all were my rock that night.
Emi Grace is my miracle.
