Post by mynameiscarrie on Oct 11, 2015 3:14:18 GMT -5
My BP spiked into the 180s about 15 minutes ago so my doctor ordered labor to start. I'll be started on pitocin in 30 minutes! I'll update later/when I can.
Update: she's here!
Madalena Anne was born at 2:41 this afternoon. She weighed 6lbs 2oz and was 18 3/4" long. She is beautiful. Unfortunately, I only got to hold her for a few minutes before they took her to the NICU for breathing. As of now, she's doing great! The NICU doctor thinks she was going through a long transitional phase so hopefully she'll be back with me tomorrow.
My labor went fast. I was induced at 7:00 this morning. I got my epidural which only took on one side so I had to get a different dose later to even it out. It took awhile to get to 4cm but I got there around noon. When my nurse came back to check at 1:45, I had dilated to 9cm already. Super fast. I pushed for 45 minutes and then she was here!
AFM I'm not doing so well. I'm on magnesium to prevent seizures and it is a nightmare. I feel horrible. I hope I feel better soon because I can't see Maddie in the NICU until I'm well enough. Right now, that's not the case, which really sucks.
DH is in love and it is so adorable. We are head over heels and I can't wait to hold her again!
Here's a couple pictures. She has a ton of hair under that little hat.
Update #2:
That magnesium is no joke. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. It makes your muscles mush and I've been off it 10 hours and still have a hard time getting up to pee. Yuck.
Apparently my calcium is really high so a doctor from internal medicine came by to talk about my Tums use lol. I think he's seriously overreacting because he's talking about my thyroid and me having surgery to take something off my thyroid and blah blah blah. I'm like "dude, it's the Tums." I just have to get blood drawn to make sure it continues to lower but that's a fun little part of my post partum.
I had a 2nd grade tear so my stickers hurt but nothing a Vicodin can't knock out. They're sticking to the narcotic since Motrin is an NSAID and they don't give those to BP patients.
In more exciting news, I was able to hold Maddie last night! She is just the prettiest thing. She's 100% off oxygen and doing well with body temp. They may try to feed her tomorrow and, if they do, they'll let me try to nurse her! I've been able to send up 4ccs of colostrum which is great so she's getting those nutrients.
Here's a photo of our snuggles:
It is so surreal that this is MY baby and I made her. Such a crazy feeling!
Update: she's here!
Madalena Anne was born at 2:41 this afternoon. She weighed 6lbs 2oz and was 18 3/4" long. She is beautiful. Unfortunately, I only got to hold her for a few minutes before they took her to the NICU for breathing. As of now, she's doing great! The NICU doctor thinks she was going through a long transitional phase so hopefully she'll be back with me tomorrow.
My labor went fast. I was induced at 7:00 this morning. I got my epidural which only took on one side so I had to get a different dose later to even it out. It took awhile to get to 4cm but I got there around noon. When my nurse came back to check at 1:45, I had dilated to 9cm already. Super fast. I pushed for 45 minutes and then she was here!
AFM I'm not doing so well. I'm on magnesium to prevent seizures and it is a nightmare. I feel horrible. I hope I feel better soon because I can't see Maddie in the NICU until I'm well enough. Right now, that's not the case, which really sucks.
DH is in love and it is so adorable. We are head over heels and I can't wait to hold her again!
Here's a couple pictures. She has a ton of hair under that little hat.
Update #2:
That magnesium is no joke. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. It makes your muscles mush and I've been off it 10 hours and still have a hard time getting up to pee. Yuck.
Apparently my calcium is really high so a doctor from internal medicine came by to talk about my Tums use lol. I think he's seriously overreacting because he's talking about my thyroid and me having surgery to take something off my thyroid and blah blah blah. I'm like "dude, it's the Tums." I just have to get blood drawn to make sure it continues to lower but that's a fun little part of my post partum.
I had a 2nd grade tear so my stickers hurt but nothing a Vicodin can't knock out. They're sticking to the narcotic since Motrin is an NSAID and they don't give those to BP patients.
In more exciting news, I was able to hold Maddie last night! She is just the prettiest thing. She's 100% off oxygen and doing well with body temp. They may try to feed her tomorrow and, if they do, they'll let me try to nurse her! I've been able to send up 4ccs of colostrum which is great so she's getting those nutrients.
Here's a photo of our snuggles:
It is so surreal that this is MY baby and I made her. Such a crazy feeling!