WVUturtle514...did you have your baby? How did it go?

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Specializes in LDRP.

Did your preferences that you mentioned here work out the way you wanted them to? HOpe all was well! Congrats!

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

I did have the baby! Here's the (long) story:

My water broke at 6pm on my due date (12/21).....how ironic, huh? Anyways....I never started having contractions....contacted my midwife and she told me to either call her back when I started having time-able contractions or to meet her at the birth center at 6am if labor hadn't started by then. So 6am rolls around and still no contractions.....we meet the midwife at the birth center and she checks me. I was still only 90% effaced and 2cm dilated (same as at my last appointment). So she gives us two options: we can go home and hope that labor starts within the next 6 hours (they will only let you go 18 hours with SROM), or we can go ahead and go to the hospital and get started on pitocin. My husband and I were afraid that if we went home and waited, that we would end up at the hospital on antibiotics anyways, so we opted to go ahead and go to the hospital then. Well wouldn't you know that on our way to the hospital I started having MAJOR contractions, coming every 2-3 minutes. By the time we got up to L&D my contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. 2 hours later I was full effaced, but barely 3cm, so my midwife decided to start the pitocin. I made it to 5cm before the pitocin contractions won and I decided to get an epidural. After I got the epidural I dilated from 5cm to 9cm within an hour. This is where things started going downhill....the baby was very low by this time (+2 station), but started having major decels. My midwife consulted with one of the OB/GYNs and he actually wanted to take me for a c-section then, but since I was so close to being able to push he said he would give me another hour. An hour later I was still at 9cm and the baby was still having lots of decels and was taking a long time to recover.....on top of that, the baby's baseline HR had increased from the 140's into the 200's.....doc did not like that. Sooooooo.....off to the OR we went for an emergency c-section. My midwife stayed with me the entire time....I think she felt terrible because she knew that wasn't what we wanted. But in the end, I have a beautiful, healthy baby and I am healthy as well. When the doc got in there not only was the baby sunny side up, but he had somehow wedged himself into my pelvis at an angle, which is why my cervix wouldn't dilate that last centimeter. So that is how the little buggar decided to come out. We were able to come home on Christmas Eve and I am recovering well. Here are some pictures of the little man who gave his mama such a hard time!!

Matthew Preston

Born 12/22/08 at 12:27pm

8lbs. 2oz.

21.5 inches

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How adorable! Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

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Your little baby doll is gorgeous. What a cutie pie!! I'm glad you are both home and doing well. :yeah:

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Congrats, WVUturtle!!! He is beautiful! :)

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Congratulations!! Your story is SOOOOOO similar to my first! Sorry to hear it didn't end the way you wanted. He's adorable!

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Specializes in NICU/L&D, Hospice.

Congrats! He's a cutie!!

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Specializes in long term care Alzheimers Patients.

Congradulations on your baby boy he is beautiful.

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Specializes in L&D,Wound Care, SNC.

He is gorgeous! Congratulations.

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Specializes in L&D.

Aww! So sweet! Congratulations!

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

He's gorgeous! Glad to hear you're both doing well. Congratulations!

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I'm mostly a lurker/nursing student/midwife hopeful, but wanted to say CONGRATS....he is beautiful!!!!!

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