Madison Ashley was born!!

Let me share my birth story....

So we got to the hospital on Weds 9/26 and were checked in at 3:30pst. (I had a dr. appt. earlier that day to monitor the baby and my amniotic fluid level was low so they sent me to the hospital to be induced) I was a direct admit so they had me on monitors in triage while they waited on a labor room for us. Everything was fine. We finally got our room about 5:30 pm. They hooked me up to an IV for fluids, we got settled and I turned on the tv. Fabian was hungry and hadn't packed snacks for himself. We waited on the nurse to come in. She finally came in around 6pm and told us what was going on. She also told me not to worry and that the monitors monitoring the baby's heartrate (which was always in the mid 140's to 150's) were set up to the nurses station out front and if there is a dip, they will all rush in and try to have me move around and get the baby to shift so don't worry if that happens (premonition??) She told us she would be right back w/Pitocin and since I was already dialated to 4, that was a great place for me to start and I could have the epidural at any time. I was relieved! Then I told Fabian to go quick and get a sandwich before she came back w/my Pitocin. I got on my cell w/my sister Renee and then the nurse comes in the room w/the Pitocin (10 min after DH left). I hung up w/my sister and immediately the heartrate monitor starts beeping. I looked over at it and it said 85bpm! My heart dropped. I thought the monitor must have moved and its picking up my heartrate. The nurse ran over to me and started having me rotate sides and then put an oxygen mask over my face telling me to take slow deep breaths. Okay so I was officially freaked out. Then 5 nurses run in and they all start telling me to rotate sides and then they immediately started to unhook me from everything, saying call the dr, which OR are we taking her too, "honey we're taking you to the operating room for an emergency c-section to deliver your baby okay, don't worry" as I'm being wheeled down the hall in my bed. I try not to cry but tears start falling from my eyes and I keep breathing through my mask. I just started praying. As soon as I got to OR the anesthesiologist was there already and he immediately started administering the epidural. The nurses were sweet talking to me, holding me, telling me what I was feeling. They were saying "wheres her husband, whats his number honey, oh we got it, I called him for you". My dr comes in and he tells the anesthesiologist "your 2 minutes are up", he says "I'm done already she's all yours." Then my dr starts, I say, "I'm going to throw up", my stomach heaves, I'm worried that is messing up the dr while he's cutting, I throw up in a bucket. 2 minutes later I hear the suctioning and Maddy crying (born at 7:05pm, 7lbs 1oz). Then I hear my husband, "Is my wife alright??" They checked Maddy out, wrapped her up and brought her over to me so I could kiss her. Then I was off to recovery. From the beginning to end of the ordeal they had her delivered in 5 minutes. The dr. still doesn't know what caused her heartrate to dip like that for so long (5 minutes if I didn't mention it already), no cord around her neck, nothing wrong w/her heart or anything.

SO, thats why I'm just home today. They could have released me yesterday but said I can stay one more day. I opted to stay because my bleeding was still pretty heavy and pain level fluctuating. And I needed to see the lactation consultants again for HELP!

The c-section and everything went great and my dr was awesome. I had educated myself just in case but nothing can prepare your mind for a c-section done in an emergency situation. I've been managing the pain and the baby is great as well, yes I'm in LOVE.