Oct 15th
Since Ezra has a Congenital Heart Defect which we detected at 20, weeks my high risk Dr. had me do Antipartum testing also known and Non Stress Tests twice a week to ensure he wasn't developing an arrhythmia or there wasn't excess fluid building up within his body or in the amniotic sac. Well this time I went in and I was pretty exhausted but I didn't think anything of it, I just figured "i'm 38 weeks pregnant, I'm bound to be exhausted." Well during NST they check your vitals to ensure all is well, when the nurse checked my blood pressure it was at 137/92 which is pretty high. Now I usually have high blood pressure after I walk up to NST because I just walked a bit so we decided to check again after we did the testing (20 minutes of heartbeat monitoring and 1 fetal ultrasound to ensure baby is moving). My blood pressure after was high and it ended up going up to 144/105 so the nurse decided to send me to triage for further evaluation. In triage they monitored my BP every 10 minutes as I lay there and it was still basically the same. UH OH. The triage Dr. called Dr. Henry which is my high risk dr. and they decided that I should be induced to avoid eclampsia because I was basically at a level of pre-eclampsia. Let the fun begin! I was SO excited that I was going to have Ezra! I could not wait! They moved me into Labor and Deliver and started me on cervadil medicine to thin out my cervix.While we waited we enjoyed the last few hours before we became mom and dad! My mother in law who was supposed to be back in Australia by this point but hadn't been able to make it on the plane because she was on a stand by ticket was still here after 2 extra weeks! I was really excited that she was going to be able to meet her first grandson so she was definitely going to be in the room while I delivered. Cervadil started at 2 and by 8 pm i was 50% effaced(thinned out) and 1 cm dilated(open). My nurse said that I would probably have the baby by 4 am since I was already dilating so YAY! We got our beds ready and slept to rest in hopes to wake up in pain and with a baby on the way for reals. lol. Might I add I was already super excited although I was having minor contractions and cheering them on so my family kept telling me I wasn't in "real labor" yet because I wasn't in real pain. lol. they were right! 4 am came and went with no baby so they checked my progress and unfortunately there was none so they gave me cervadil. Here are some photos of that day before we get into the fun stuff!
Oct. 16th
12 pm came and I had been getting more intense contractions but I had not really progressed although I was at 70% effaced and still only 1cm dilated. I was given one last cervadil pill at that time and things escalated pretty quickly from there. The pain got extremely intense and by 5 pm my water broke on its own! I decided to get pain medication because the pain was too excruciating so I got morphene which was just so weird! That only worked for a couple of hours while I showered and got "ready" and took a short nap. The pain got so bad that mona literally just held my had and we counted until the contractions left the womb. lol. I got the epidural because I was in SO much pain and by 8 pm I was 8 cm dilated and getting closer to the third stage of labor! WOOHOO!!
Oct. 17th
So 12pm came and my epidural WORE OFF! I was in So much pain and I was at 10 cm dilated and 100% effaced so here comes my baby, OH WAIT! one big problem, EZRA was "sunny side up" which means he is basically trying to do a back flip out of the birth canal and that makes the pushing stage extremely difficult and painful (GREAT) SO I pushed, and pushed and pushed FOR TWO HOURS and no baby. At this point I was so exhausted and in so much pain I asked for other options to save my self from more pain and I was scared about how Ezra was, 2 hours in the birth canal can't be too good. And it sure wasn't, my blood pressure shot up and Ezra's oxygen level started to drop so I asked to get a C-section and my dr agreed. Originally they wanted to see if I could get him out in another hour but then that happened so they took me to the OR. It was 2 am and i was so tired and groggy and my epidural sucked and I couldn't wait to meet my little guy. 3:18 am was when we heard his cry. It was absolutely beautiful. Mona and Ezra then went to have his first bath after I met him. He weighed 6 lbs 6 ounces and was 18 inches long. I was 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant and our little blessing couldn't be any more perfect.
Coming home
After a couple of nights in the hospital we learned that our little boy for sure had the AV Canal Defect so he will be needing surgery to repair his little broken heart in a few months. He doesn't really "cry" he screams lol and boy does he have a temper! I absolutely love everything about him. he loves to smile and reassures me he is strong every day. He has had an EKG, a Echocardiogram and an X-ray, he had jaundice for a week and has a little bit of fluid in his lungs due to a leaky valve in his heart. All of this and that boy keeps smiling, he smiles more than I do. Thats why he's strong, because although he has all these things he is still a happy boy that lets his mommy sleep at night, maybe we wake up twice a night but he doesn't throw fits unless he's hungry, cold or pooped. lol I love him. SO much. Thank you to every one who came and visited us. We haven't left the house much with Ezra due to it being the cold/flu season and RSV season so after his servidil shot tomorrow we will be able to take him out and feel protected from all the bugs out there. we love you all!
