Saturday, October 22, 2022
Extra Day in the Hospital
Mommy felt light headed, shortness of breath and tightening in chest plus raised blood pressure….so she had to remain in the recovery room longer than normal. The OB wanted to rule out a heart condition or blood clot (especially with her blood disorder- MTHFR)…which meant more tests, and no visitors since she is still in the recovery section of L & D…well Mommy broke down and cried!!! She missed the other kiddos and wanted Gracyn and Warren to meet Owen sooner rather than later. The nurses working with Caitlin rearranged a 5 minute small family visit with just the two kids! (Luckily all tests checked out fine)…Mommy did have a postpartum hemorrhage and lost a pint of blood…this could have been the reason for the rough start!
38w6d- Induction!!!! Natural Delivery!
Oct. 18, 2022- Arrived at the hospital at 8:36pm…First cervical check 2.5cm, cervix is 75% effaced and -3 station. Pitocin will start at midnight when she reaches 39 weeks exactly- hospital rules!
Oct. 19, 2022- 5:59am- Contractions finally getting stronger and more consistent. Pitocin is being disliked up every half hour now. Owen keeps shifting off the monitor. Nurse says that’s a good sign that he may be moving into position!
6:34am- Contractions every 3-4 minutes apart…breathing is deeper than before…pain level 4/10
8:00 am- -3 station, 3cm, broke water! OH MY- It sounded like a river! Nurse joked and said there must have been 2 gallons of fluid in there!
11:00 7cm, 80% effaced, -1 station…Getting baby warmer ready! Also took some Nubane to help relax her muscles and take the edge off the contractions.
11:15am- She felt the baby move down! Look at the difference in the belly with no water in tact and baby shifting down!
11:44am- 8-9 cm, 90% effaced!
12:00 pm- 9cm, 0 station, 90% effaced!
12:35pm- Plus 1 station, small lip of cervix….trying not to push!
1:02pm- Happy Birthday Owen Joseph!
38w5d- OB NST
Last NST and OB check…A few contractions during NST, but Cervix is still 2.5cm, but softer at 70% effaced and -3 station. So the last weeks Membrane sweep did little to nothing! This time during the check, there was more blood…maybe she did another sweep…time will tell. Still going in for the induction on Tues. night 38w6d!
38w1d- Belly Pic
This time next week, Caitlin will be induced! Will she make it to her induction date….Hard to tell since she is continuing to have contractions! But less swelling and her wedding ring fits again!
37w6d- Working from home now!
Caitlin’s OB put her on modified bed rest…working from home now! This is the belly with a contraction….see how lopsided it is!
This was a photo from later in the day….She has ankles now! The rest is doing her good…but contractions still on and off!
False Labor (cont’)
37w2wd- Mommy and Daddy thought for sure this was the day! Caitlin’s contractions were 2-5 minutes apart and consistent! She was 2.5 cm, 50% effaced and -3 station. Sadly, no progress and was sent home to do the early laboring at home. When Caitlin got comfortable at home, she fell asleep and the contractions subsided! UGH!!!
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
36w6d OB appointment
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
