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We were sent from the emergency room to the OB division. I was
immediately evaluated and they found that I was 4 cm dilated and 80%
effaced. Right around the time after being examined I think that I
experienced transition and things kicked up a notch. I also lost
it emotionally... all that I could think about was the baby not making
it and how we were in a new place and I was not familiar with the
hospital... I wanted my midwife!
After I regained composure an IV was started to prevent dehydration
from vomiting. The nurses hooked me up to a fetal monitor and
then wheeled me into a birthing room to help me try and relax. They
added magnesium to my IV to attempt to delay or stop the delivery.
I was given a shot of Betamethasone in the hopes of stimulating
Andrews lungs in the event that he was delivered. Unfortunately,
when you're on magnesium they also have to put you on a urine
catheter... so that was next.
While the resident and doctor where turned away talking I felt a
strange squishy something bumping on my leg. I motioned to them
and when they saw what was happening the atmosphere of the room
completely changed. In a matter of seconds the room was filled
with hospital staff. What I had felt was the water bag... it had
come out completely intact! The doctor broke it and not to long
after I started pushing. Only one and 1/2 hours after being
admitted to the hospital Andrew William was born at 12:36 am on
October 16, 2001
I saw him for one brief second; long enough to give him a kiss and
then he was taken away to the NICU. It would be several hours
after he was born before I heard anything about him. When he was
born I even had to ask what sex he was because they were concentrating
on keeping him alive that they had not realized if he was a boy or a
girl.
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