Owen Michael 's Birth Story

I was scheduled to be induced on 12/26/12, but on Christmas day, my body had some serious plans for me. I had been having stronger braxton hicks contractions all day and started timing them. The were pretty much all over the place so I just rested all day. We got home from celebrating Christmas with my family and I took a shower and laid down and that's when they started to get more painful. I was supposed to call the doctor when my contractions were 5 minutes apart, lasting 1 minute for 1 hour. Some of them were 15 minutes apart, others 7 minutes apart, but they were getting more and more painful. At 9pm, I decided to call the doctor and she said to head on over to L&D. By 9:30pm my contractions were 2 minutes apart and almost unbearable. Once in my room, the nurse checked me and said I was only 3cm dilated. I was in so much pain because he was facing the wrong way and with every contraction he was pushing on my back. She checked me a little later and I was a 5, then again a few minutes later and I was a 7. It was crazy fast and then when the doctor got there I was already a 9. I did get an epidural between 5cm and 7cm and then I was very calm. The doctor broke my water but couldn't tell if it was clear or not because I was losing a lot of blood. My blood pressure started out normal and then would go real high and then real low. Baby's heartrate was all over the place and was causing everyone concern. They were trying everything to try and regulate baby's heart rate but had no success. Although I was dilated to 9cm, I wasn't getting to 10cm fast enough to deliver vaginally and have a healthy baby. Because baby was in distress they rushed me to the operating room for an emergency c-section. It all felt so surreal and still does. It was all very traumatic and nothing I had planned for. Owen is doing great and I am trying to heal from the surgery. I will be in the hospital a couple more days and then we will go home on Saturday. Owen is the love of my life!

	Comment from Shawdy504 » Posted Oct. 29, 2012 1:30pm Thank you so much. I hope he gets well soon. Maybe in the second trimester, he will feel better. I sort of feel guilty because he is so sick. Thanks for your answer though. Also congrats on the bundle.
	Comment from ameliasmom0723 » Posted Sep. 11, 2012 7:24pm You are getting close to holding your little man too!
	Comment from Dylsmommy » Posted Aug. 30, 2012 7:19am Thanks! We are pretty happy about it! Isn't it funny/strange how everyone conceived that close together and majority of us ended up with boys?? Oh well it saves me a lot of money in baby stuff since I have a lot left from my son. (I held onto it thinking one of my brothers would end up with a kid before I had another so I could help them save money....WRONG I am using it AGAIN! lol)
	Comment from Dylsmommy » Posted Aug. 29, 2012 11:59am Well I had a feeling that it was a boy...and I was right! We have a perfect little boy on the way! :)
	Comment from Dylsmommy » Posted Aug. 28, 2012 3:35pm Going to find out at 9 am tomorrow!! So excited its finally here! lol
	Comment from Dylsmommy » Posted Aug. 13, 2012 8:17am I am doing great. I am reading all post but not really posting a lot unless I have something interesting to say! How are you and baby boy? I think it is so awesome you found out so early!! Baby is good and we find out the 29th what we are having!