The Delivery of Our Boy

     Well he is finally here! and we couldn't be more excited to be parents and happy to have him in our lives. The delivery of Hayden did not go according to our plan, but all we care about now is that he is here and is healthy.
     No one wants to go past their due date, but I did. I had to go the full week past my due date. (stinky huh?) I was scheduled to be induced Saturday night and that would make his birth date the 18th of November. However I was in labor Friday night all night long, but had no idea it was contractions because it was all in my lower back. On Saturday morning the pain continued and so eventually I realized I could time the contractions and they were less than 5 minutes apart. We were already scheduled to get checked into the hospital that night so Greg and I decided to show up the hospital and see if they would admit me. Sure enough, they did! They hooked me up to the monitors and my contractions were consistent but I was still only dilated to a 1+ and 80% effaced. Due to this they continued on with my induction plan and gave me a dose of cyotec. My contractions picked up even more after this and I decided to get my epidural before they administered the pitocin. The epidural was painful but as soon as it kicked in I was in heaven! They finally came in and gave me the pitocin to get things rolling even faster. Not more than a few minutes later four to five nurses rushed into my room and rolled me to my side, put oxygen on my face, and turned off the pitocin. Hayden's heart rate was going up and down. He was in distress. The nurse spoke with the on call doctor and said we would take a break and let Hayden recover than try a lower dose of pitocin. Before we tried it again the Doctor broke my water in hopes of helping things move along better. When we tried pitocin again he went into distress again. It was very scary to hear that he was not doing well and looking into Greg's eyes I could tell this (almost daddy) was very scared for his son. The on call doctor stated to us that the placenta was not functioning the way it should since he was past due and that we would need to C-section. He called my OB and confirmed that we needed to c-section. As this was happening my contractions were picking up naturally on their own and keeping Hayden in distress. Due to this they gave me some medicine to stop contractions all together that made me shake uncontrollably.
     I was wheeled into the operating room and my doctor announced that he would be born by 10:31pm. Greg held my hand while I was shaking and watched the doctors cut me open. At 10:31pm Hayden arrived into this world crying. His cry was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. I started to bawl. I couldn't see behind the curtain, but at that moment I was now a Mom! He soon after his delivery peed all over the nurses and all started to suck on the nurses hand! They announced his weight and said that he was 8lbs 12ounces. He was one big baby. He also probably would have weighed more if they weighed him before he peed. It was such a happy time and it was so fun to hear all that was going on from the side. But, here is where things got a little bit crazier. The epidural started to not work and I started to feel them as they were pushing and pulling on my stomach. It was so painful and at the same time I was still shaking madly and having a hard time breathing. The pain was awful but they finally finished and I was able to go into the recovery room. Greg was holding Hayden and I was having a difficult time keeping my eyes open from the extra medicine they gave me. He was such a beautiful sight to see! He nursed well right away. He also sucked on his thumb right away and even pooped in his diaper, which I am told is super uncommon that they didn't even have wipes so we had to wait until we got into maternity. He was doing great, but my pain was still unmanaged and so I was given a few doses of morphine before they wheeled me up to maternity post partum.

     Once in my room in post partum I was tired but I thought everything was good. The nurses came in and started to push on my stomach which is routine. While they pushed I was gushing blood and had a clot come out that weighed over 1lieter. They called the hemorrhage unit in and the doctor ordered more morphine for me. I kept bleeding so they had to get the on call doctor in and he ordered 10 doses of morphine. Even with that what they had to do to stop the bleeding was the worst pain of my life. They had to dig the clot out while pushing so hard on my already sore stomach they might as well have been stepping on my stomach. Once that ordeal was finally over I was on watch because I borderline to be needing a blood transfusion. Luckily I never needed one after that, but this did not help with my recovery. I had to stay in the hospital 4 days instead of 2. Which I was glad, because going home after two days was out of the question.
    The delivery of Hayden did not go according to plan and it had some bumps, but I am one happy and proud momma of my sweet little boy. I would do it all over again. He is worth it!

Greg sure loves being a daddy! He is soo good to his little guy. I am so lucky to have such a loving husband who is such a loving daddy!