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for sure this was it, but at 11 am there was no change. The contractions were still not painful. I called my OB at 11am and she, of course, wanted to see me. She said that it was definitely my bag of waters that broke and my contractions were about every 3-6 min. apart. She put me on a monitor and everything looked good so off I went to the mall to walk. After about 4-5 hours of walking we,Wayne and I, were to meet her at the hospital to see if I had progress or if I would need to be put on the pitocin drip.I was only 2 cm and 60% effaced so they pit drip was put on and off
I went. The contractions were stronger but still manageable. After 2 1/2 hours on the drip they couldn't pick up Truett's heartbeat on the external monitor because he was right over a main artery of mine and they said I was very vascular. The nurse and OB said they had never seen this (not what you want to hear while in labor). So, they recommended an internal monitor. They tried it 4 times before being able to get his heart rate. I was in so much pain after that due to the stress the internal exam that was being done each time. He had a lot of hair so they weren't able to get a good reading. Finally they got his heart rate, but after so much stress and pain on me they turned me on all fours and gave me oxygen and put a ultrasound monitor on me to check on Truett. Truett had thrown himself into arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) due to the stress I was under.I was taken off the pit drip and was told it would be better if I had a c-section then instead of waiting until the morning to have one. I was then at about 5 cm. I was so disappointed but after they told me they thought they were going to have to do an emergency c-section (where I am asleep completely and Wayne couldn't be in the room), I knew I was going to have a section one way or another. All of this after I had such a detailed birth plan and was going natural even on the pitocin. UHHHH... I was in tears.
So, off to surgery we went. Truett was born on January 25th at 10:50 p.m. with the cord wrapped around his neck twice. He was 6 pounds 8 ounces, 19 3/4 inches and a loud cry. His apgar score was 8 after 1 minute and 9 after 5 minutes. He was monitored all night to check out his heart and we were told in the morning he had no arrhythmia episodes. When we left the hospital he weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce. At his 10 day checkup with his pediatrician he weighed 7 lbs. and 20 1/2 inches. He checked out great and we go back in April.
