Post by pivot on Feb 18, 2017 7:10:07 GMT -5
I was scheduled to go in for a C-Section on 2/21 after learning early this past week that we had another big baby. I was really hoping for a VBAC so I was praying my body would do something on it's own before then.
The morning of 2/17 at around 2:45 I woke up with really nasty heartburn (I forgot to take my Zantac and we had pizza for dinner that night
), but I also just felt off. Tried to go back to sleep but the heartburn was still there. Around 3:15 the dog decided he needed to go outside. So I got out of bed let him out at felt a crampy contraction. I got back in bed sitting up and felt another. Then I laid on my side and got up and walked around trying to make sure this was the real deal. Once I realized it might be, I woke DH up and told him to shower just in case. I called the nurses line because they were only 30 seconds long at that point but we're 2.5-3 minutes apart off the bat. I was waiting for her to tell me to come in or not and my water broke while on the phone with her. So in we went. (PS - DH apparently hadn't packed anything yet so most of the morning was yelling at him in between contractions until we left).
Got to the hospital and they went ahead and sent me to a room and checked me and I was 6cm and 100% effaced. Things were starting to get uncomfortable so I asked for the epidural. It took them 1.5 hours to get it to me.
Things progressed ok for me but the baby just did not like contractions. I can't tell you how many times I had to flip back and forth to try to get his HR stable. Well we did this for about 2 more hours. I progressed to almost a 9 but baby would just not come down. He never made it last -2. We tried the peanut ball and some other things. Baby was getting really tired so we decided the C-Section would be the best bet.
We got prepped and headed back - it brought back lots of deja vous from with DD. I told them I wanted DH to announce the sex so when they were about to pull him out they told DH. He stepped to the side and they pulled out the baby and flipped him around so DH could tell me "It's a baby boy" with tears in his eyes. I'm telling you that right there was so worth being team green! We did skin to skin while they stitched me back up. Clayton Primo was 9lb. 1oz. and 21" long. Clayton is DH's middle name and Primo was his granddads name.
He looked great until about 9ish last night. He breathing got a little labored and he kept spitting up fluid even though we hadn't been able to feed yet. So they took him back and did a check X-ray and drew some blood so we're just waiting to hear the results. He fed good around 3 something last night and has had a decent one this morning too. We're thinking that things are ok now. They're letting us keep him in the room with us and just taking him back periodically to be monitored.
DD wasn't too sure about him at first but she ended up holding him and liked him ok after that!
ETA: He was fine the next day. He had just swallowed too much fluid during the c-section & needed to get it out.
TL;DR I didn't get my VBAC but I did get to experience going into labor on my own which was one of the main reasons I wanted to VBAC. Clayton is here and is doing ok.
Pictures for getting through that:
The morning of 2/17 at around 2:45 I woke up with really nasty heartburn (I forgot to take my Zantac and we had pizza for dinner that night
), but I also just felt off. Tried to go back to sleep but the heartburn was still there. Around 3:15 the dog decided he needed to go outside. So I got out of bed let him out at felt a crampy contraction. I got back in bed sitting up and felt another. Then I laid on my side and got up and walked around trying to make sure this was the real deal. Once I realized it might be, I woke DH up and told him to shower just in case. I called the nurses line because they were only 30 seconds long at that point but we're 2.5-3 minutes apart off the bat. I was waiting for her to tell me to come in or not and my water broke while on the phone with her. So in we went. (PS - DH apparently hadn't packed anything yet so most of the morning was yelling at him in between contractions until we left). Got to the hospital and they went ahead and sent me to a room and checked me and I was 6cm and 100% effaced. Things were starting to get uncomfortable so I asked for the epidural. It took them 1.5 hours to get it to me.
Things progressed ok for me but the baby just did not like contractions. I can't tell you how many times I had to flip back and forth to try to get his HR stable. Well we did this for about 2 more hours. I progressed to almost a 9 but baby would just not come down. He never made it last -2. We tried the peanut ball and some other things. Baby was getting really tired so we decided the C-Section would be the best bet.
We got prepped and headed back - it brought back lots of deja vous from with DD. I told them I wanted DH to announce the sex so when they were about to pull him out they told DH. He stepped to the side and they pulled out the baby and flipped him around so DH could tell me "It's a baby boy" with tears in his eyes. I'm telling you that right there was so worth being team green! We did skin to skin while they stitched me back up. Clayton Primo was 9lb. 1oz. and 21" long. Clayton is DH's middle name and Primo was his granddads name.
He looked great until about 9ish last night. He breathing got a little labored and he kept spitting up fluid even though we hadn't been able to feed yet. So they took him back and did a check X-ray and drew some blood so we're just waiting to hear the results. He fed good around 3 something last night and has had a decent one this morning too. We're thinking that things are ok now. They're letting us keep him in the room with us and just taking him back periodically to be monitored.
DD wasn't too sure about him at first but she ended up holding him and liked him ok after that!
ETA: He was fine the next day. He had just swallowed too much fluid during the c-section & needed to get it out.
TL;DR I didn't get my VBAC but I did get to experience going into labor on my own which was one of the main reasons I wanted to VBAC. Clayton is here and is doing ok.
Pictures for getting through that:
May I ask how you chose it?
hope you have a smooth recovery!
