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Im a little late posting. Well we have been so busy. My story starts on monday the 25 when I went in the hospital after having to wait a week to be induced, because the hospital was so crowded. Monday night we were due to go in at 7,our road was blocked and the power was out due to a huge storm, I was at a wake and my mom was supposed to pick me up. She was an hour and a half late due to the storm when we finally got to the hospital, they were jerks because I was so late. I was given medicine to soften my cervix and it also started contractions, this came as a surprise ( i thought contractions wouldnt start til they started the pit drip). I had contractions all that day they were only about 1 minute apart but my cervix wouldnt dialate. After 13 hours they came in and gave me a choice; stop the pit. drip and try again tomorrow or do a c-section. They felt if i started to dialate I would have no problem delivering. They gave me a different medicine that night and even without the pit. the contractions came and they were hard. I still wouldnt dialate and they gave me an epidural at only 1 1/2 centimeters. When the doctor came in the morning he said i was dialating so for 15 hours I had hard contractions and then i tried to push. I tried for 5 hours, my doctor came in once during that time once. He finally came after five hours and said that it looked like a c-section. I was so mad that he hadnt been there and after five hours I needed a c-section, couldnt he have told me that earlier. He should have been there and not with this other patient the whole time. Then I found out as I was being taken to the operating room that the other ladies baby was too early and that family lost there child. As my little girl was trying hard to make her way into the world, someone else was losing there baby. My doctor was with there family and my nurse was supposed to get another doctor. Anyway it really put things in perspective. I wasnt mad at anyone, didnt care that I had been going at the whole birth thing for 33 hours, I am counting my blessings. My perfect baby girl, Dylan Jaylee weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long. Dark hair and beautiful complexion. She is already sleeping 5 1/2 hours at night and is an absolute joy. Worth all the pain and heartache in the world. Pray that I will always remember how lucky we are, just to be here. Most of all pray for that family of that little baby and all those whoose babies are taken too soon.
Posts: 71 | Location: wv | Registered: 26 January 2005
Congratulations!!! I am very happy to hear of your new arrival. I'm sure you will always remember how lucky you are to have your precious Dylan Jaylee! It was very nice to read your story, take care
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