Averee Morgan Reynolds's Birth Story

I was going in for a scheduled induction on Sunday, 11/18. When I arrive at about 5:00pm I was already in early labor and hadn't even known it! When I was checked at around 8, I was 70% and 2cm and in a bunch of pain already. Mu hubby was such a wonderful support, so loving and tender even though I was miserable and mean! I labored for a while exruciating pain, mostly in my back, until I was given nubain, which did hardly anything for me. When I was checked again I had hit 5cm and at that point requested an epidural. The rest of the night was such a blur. I slept so well and didn't feel a thing once I had the epi in. When I woke up they checked me and I was 7cm. My water was still in tact and baby looked good. Then OB came to check me and decided to break my water since I had my bloody show. Water broke and they noticed baby had first BM. Once my water was broke, the baby's heart rate dropped drastically. They put me on my hands and knees to try and encourage her to enagage as she was still in -3 position. So they left me like that for a little while. They discussed the possibility of needing a c-section. I became slightly upset but they reminded me that it's only a possibility. When OB came back to check me, I had made no more progress and baby's head was beginning to swell. Her heart rate hadn't changed at all, only getting worse. At this point I did cry and felt so sad. I had been in labor for 17 hours and was purely exhausted. They wheeled me in to the OR quickly and my husband barely made it in before they started the surgery. He held my hand the entire time, and at 8:49am I heard the beautiful cry of my little angel. I was so relieved to finally have her to hold. It was not at all the birth experience I planned, but certainly not one I will forget.

	Comment from DanielleS » Posted Jul. 11, 2012 1:29pm Hey! Hows things been going!! We are on the home stretch now! (Kind of) The first 20 went so fast... now its dragging. I cannot wait to have this little peanut to find out what it is!!
	Comment from knicole27 » Posted Jul. 10, 2012 8:56pm Awww yayyy sooooo excited for you! , looking forward to hearing your news ! And no joke the next day after you had to go to l&d....I had to go to l&d!! I was having braxton hicks but 8 mins apart and I had a migraine ughh but the lil man was nice and happy in there and my cervix was.long and closed thank goodness ! What a scare !
	Comment from knicole27 » Posted Jun. 13, 2012 5:39pm aww you and your hubby did call it on the girl!! thats awesome!! so precious i keep seeing all kinds of stuff for girls that is sooo adorable. I even had a theme all picked out and colors for a girl but.. oh well next time! lol. I still have not even started the nursery and I am almost in the 3rd trimester! I cant believe it.. ever since 20 weeks time has been flying for me too and its freaking me out a bit. A few weeks ago I made a list for my hubby of all the things we still needed to buy in 3 months and its still sooooooo long! ughhh and yeah have not started the nursery at all. Going to get a crib however next week. Aww hun i am sorry your still so sick! I have heard as an old wives tale that girls make you super sick.. but idk what i think of old wives tales.. i hope it lets up soon. It sounds like you have hypermesis gravidarum. You may want to ask your doctor about what more can be done for you and lil one. :)
	Comment from knicole27 » Posted May. 13, 2012 4:27pm Hey you! Happy mothers day mama to be! I have been doing ok. I had THE worst cold for about a week it was so miserable but I finally started feeling better yesterday. Ya know if I am to be honest I still do get nausea probably about once a week. I am having all kinds of GI problems, GERD, and lately I have been having stomach aches because I think Liam likes to trap air in my intestines or something. I started having esophageal spasms as well. Feels like a heart attack and gets worse when you eat or swallow. So that has not been fun. I am dreading what I am going to feel like as he just gets bigger and bigger. Liam is doing good kicking and punching as usual. He doesn't wake me up .. yet! but he will keep me up sometimes at night if I am already up but yah he is gonna wake me up at night.. just give it a few more weeks! lol It is nice reminders though that all is going well in there. :)
	Comment from kaylia2oo5 » Posted May. 1, 2012 4:57am We made it to week 12!!!! Congrats Mama!!
	Comment from DanielleS » Posted Apr. 11, 2012 2:24pm Are you having a 12 weeks scan also?? I haven't told anyone yet, so I'm dying to tell the world. I don't know how much longer I can wait! Plus I'm really starting to show. This is number 2 and I'm very tiny so I show VERY fast. I think people are starting to catch on at my work! HAHA