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 Dylsmommy » Posted Feb. 7, 2013 8:29am Well we did have babies together except you beat me...Kyle was born 12/26/12 9:20pm! Congrats to you and your family! :) Sorry to hear it was so stressful but at least everyone is safe and healthy!
	Comment from Lucky3 » Posted Jan. 30, 2013 8:53am I'm pretending I'm ready for baby girl, but I don't know. I'm so scared about labor this time!!! I go for a 3d ultrasound on Monday, which I'm super excited about. How is Owen doing?
	Comment from Cockroach » Posted Jan. 9, 2013 5:56pm I am so late on this but omg he is cute. Congrats :)
	Comment from Bostonmama08 » Posted Dec. 30, 2012 10:15am He's soooooo cute!!! CONGRATS MAMA!!!
	Comment from ginabee » Posted Dec. 28, 2012 9:10pm Congrats! He's a cutie! Hope you have a quick recovery!
	Comment from Lucky3 » Posted Dec. 28, 2012 11:43am CONGRATULATIONS!!! I've been thinking about you, and hadn't been on much. I am so happy that you have your little Owen here! Sorry that you had to go through a surgery to get him, but glad everything is well now. I can't wait to see more pictures of your little man! Happy New Year!