Carter's Labor Story

On Saturday December 11th I woke up and went to go to the bathroom and found that was bleeding. I called my nurse and she got me hooked up to the monitors the check for contractions and monitor Carter's heart rate. After about twenty minutes I stared having contractions about five to seven minutes apart. They gave me a shot to stop the contractions and told me if this was true labor the contractions would stop and not come back. They did stop for about forty minutes and then came back really strong. By this time my Doctor had gotten there and decided to transfer me over to labor and delivery just in case. Mean while my contractions were getting very strong and killed! My Doctor was trying to get ahold of Doctor Albert my specialist to have him come give his opinion. Meanwhile they were able to get my Doctor an ultrasound machine so he could get a better look at what was going on. After looking at the ultra sound for a minute he said there was no need for Doctor Albert to come because my water bag was bulging and would break any time. They started to prepare me for delivery. By this time my contractions were very strong and I had a huge head ache, because they had my bed tilted so far down to pull gravity away from my cervix. I was ready to go and they had brought in all Travs garb for him to get ready. They said they would be back to get him in a couple minutes after I had received my epidural.



The next part was kinda a blur. I got rolled into the operating room and they rolled my on my side to transfer me over to the table. The second they lifted me up I felt a huge gush and knew my water had broken. This was not good because it meant they had a matter of minutes to get Carter out, which also meant no epidural. They quickly gave me a general anesthesia and the last thing I remember was asking if Trav would be there and my Doctor running in the room saying "ok everyone we have got to run like the wind with this one"

Meanwhile a nurse had come into to tell Trav that my water had broke and they would come get him in a couple minutes. They did come get him, but it wasn't to be with me during surgery it was to walk with Carter down to the NICU. My nurse Misty who I absolutely loved told me that from the time I entered the operating room till the time Trav was taking Carter to the NICU was only seven minutes. Just a little crazy! I then went back to my room to recover and just like with Boston about an hour after my C-section I was able to feel all the pain and holy cow it kills!!!






was able to be with Carter who was doing surprisingly well. He had low blood pressure, high blood sugar, and obviously needed help breathing. I had no idea what to expect when I saw him. I didn't know what his skin would look like, how little he would be and what not. I was totally shocked when I was finally able to see him that he was pink (and some purple due to bruising) and couldn't get over the little details of his fingernails, that he had hair, how active he was, and how perfect he was. I was crazy about him the second I saw him.






Carter is doing so well. The first day his blood pressure was low and his blood sugar was high. He also required a ventilator for his breathing. By this morning he was off his blood pressure and was breathing room air. He is still on the ventilator, but not requiring extra oxygen to breath. They expect that he will be taken off the ventilator in the next day or two and put on just a regular nasal canula. We are so grateful that he has had such a good start, because we know that we still have a long road ahead of us and there will always be set backs along the way. It feels good to have a good start and gives us a lot of faith for the times that will surely be hard on the road ahead.



This picture shows you how small he really is.

They said he will probably be in the NICU until my original due date so March 25th. Due to it being RSV season Boston isn't allowed back there so we are hoping that when Carter gets bigger and stronger we will maybe be able to somehow let him see him. Breaks my heart that they wouldn't be able to meet until Carter came home. They let me touch him today which was heaven and they said hopefully in the next week or two Trav and I would get to hold him so he could have some skin to skin contact with us. I was totally shocked that it could be so soon and am beyond excited about the thought of holding my little guy. Thanks again for your prayers. Keep them coming.

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