37 weeks, 1 day

Wed July 10 when we dropped of my urine I had the nurse (Vicky) check my BP. It was still high (diastolic especially 90s). My doc called that evening and told me my urine test was normal but after I told him what my BP was he said he would see me the next morning. I told him I had about decided it was TIME. He said "Pack your bags, I'll see you tomorrow". We tried evening primrose oil 2 nights in a row to see if it would dilate me (vaginally and orally).

We went to the doc Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 0900, for my check up. My BP was still up and the doc checked my cervix. Still no dilating even tho I was anterior and 50% effaced still. The doc asked if I was ready and I said Yes. He told us to head on over to OB Triage at the hospital and called to see what time we would go to surgery. He said noon.

We got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitors. Baby girl was doing great. My BP was up some. They drew labs. Anesthesia came in and talked to me about all the ins and outs. We had requested Phyllis due to my friend Karla knowing a friend of a friend who used to work there. We didn't care for Phyllis but she did a great job and I could tell she took her job seriously.

Our nurse was great. She was with me in holding, the OR, and also recovery. She supported everything natural we wanted to do. I had requested NO magnesium, no lobetalol, and no pitocin but my doc said he wouldn't do the c-section unless I had pitocin--it makes the uterus clamp down and stop bleeding. I did consent to the ancef antibiotics and foley catheter--reduces size of bladder and less chance to get nicked during c-section.

We called our family while in holding. At 11:45 am we rolled back to the OR where my Wife had to sit just outside the OR suite while I got my spinal and foley. The spinal was not bad at all. I buried my head into the first assistants chest and held his hands. The CRNA told me everything I would be feeling and there were no surprises. After I got my spinal the nurse put my foley in. Thank goodness I never felt it. I began to feel nauseous after I laid back on the table. I asked the CRNA if I should be feeling nauseous and like I was going to pass out. She said it's because my blood pressure dropped so quickly and it would pass in just a moment. I began gagging and then I vomited a few times. The CRNA held an emesis basis next to my mouth. After about three heaves of saliva/bile, I felt MUCH better.

They called my Wife back in the room. My OB had come around by my head and held a towel clip and said did you feel that? I replied no and he informed me how he pinch my belly to make sure I was numb. I had worried about that!! I heard the start time was 12:14 and I could hear the bovie cutting my skin. I started feeling a pressure from the OB's hands in my abdomen. Then I heard him say "what in the world? so much for being in the pelvis!" He said "Your baby has gone transverse on me". Then he told me I was going to feel a lot of pressure and to just hang tight. The first assistant was mashing on my left side and I heard each of them grunting a bit. My Wife said I was jostled all over the table. I finally heard a waaaaaaa-waaaaa cry and my OB held our sweet baby girl over my face. She had a few drops of bloody liquid that fell on my face but I didn't care. They squeezed the blood towards her body and cut the cord and placed her on my chest. She had vernix all over her sweet self. It felt SO soft on my chest. They began to assess her and decided after a minute or two that she needed to be under a little oxygen. She was under the warmer with my Wife for what seemed like forever. I know my nurse had told the nurse who came into the room to take care of baby Girl how important skin to skin was so when she took her to the warmer she kept telling me how sorry she was and how she would try to get her back to me ASAP. After several minutes of assessment the nurse said she needed to take baby Girl to transition to monitor her O2 and they would get her back to me as soon as they could. My Wife could accompany her and I was SO thankful for that.

My doc sewed me up. He couldn't get the uterus to stop bleeding so he asked that Cytotec be brought into the room. All I could think about was NO! After a few more minutes he said he was good and wouldn't need it. I was so relieved.

The OR staff moved me back onto my recovery bed and took me back to my room at 1 pm. I would have to stay there until I could move my legs and pick up my bottom. They told me the quicker I moved the better off my recovery would be. I began trying to move my legs immediately.

My Wife finally returned to the room to tell my the birth weight and length of baby Girl. I told her to get back with her!! ha I didn't want her to be alone without one of us. By 2 pm my Wife and baby Girl were both in my room and I was holding her again. We stayed there until around 5 pm where we were taken up to the 7th floor (7th heaven). Some of recovery and being in our 7724 room seems like a blur.

I am not sure what time my parents got to our room but they visited a LONG time. Then our Aunt Judy came up. She didn't stay long. My Wife's mom came in late around 930 and that's when my parents left. They spent the night at our house and came for another visit Friday morning.

I was pretty nauseous Thursday night. After vomiting several times I agreed to some Zofran. That hit the spot!! I didn't get sick again. I stood up several times and was dizzy so I laid back down. Around 4 am the nurse came in and helped me walk to the bathroom where she dc'd my foley. I was so afraid it would hurt, but it didn't. She heplocked my IV because I wanted one more round of Torodol the next day (I could have another dose if it was within 24 hours of delivery).