ok way over due... Ethan's birth story
Wednesday June 15, had my last dr appt that day went in and got checked i was about a 1 1/2 cm dilated and not effaced at all. We were scheduled for our induction on the 16th so dr asked us to come in that Wednesday night to start up on my gel so my cervix can start thinning out.
Wednesday night checked in hospital and about 8:00 got hocked up to my IV. Nurse told me that this should not start labor and that we could get some sleep. Pretty much the whole night i was contracting but they weren't intense.
7am Thursday June 16th My dr came in and checked me and i was 2 cm deliated and 75 effaced she went ahead and broke my water and started my potocein.
9am i was at 5, contractions were very intense and i asked for my epidural, i was hoping to go all natural but face it, holy cow i felt my body was ripping in half.
11am i was at an 8 and by 1:30 i was at a 10. I didn't start to push till about 2pm. This is when it gets though about an hr into pushing i got this strong felling that this little babe was not coming out that his position was wrong, we were all hoping that he would of came already, i pushed for another hr and at this point im getting very discouraged my dr came in and checked me out to see what the heck was taking forever. She then told us that the baby was coming out side wase.( great, another baby coming out differently) by this time she didn't want me to use my epidural she wanted me to feel how i was pushing. So we pushed again and she tried to get the baby to move back into position... not fun! It hurt like hell. After an hour of this i heard the words i was hoping not to hear, "C SECTION" i just balled i felt defeated and disappointed in myself that i couldn't push my baby out. I was so glad to have my mom there she held me and told me it was going to be ok. We had to wait another hr because the OR rooms were being used.
By 6pm they got us ready, Stephen was given his OR clothes and at this point it hit me, we were going through this i prayed so hard that everything would be ok. I was so scared that i was going to feel something. Stephen and i said a little prayer before we were wheeled to the OR room. At this point i was shaking like crazy and couldn't stop it was so weird, i told the anesthesiologist i could still feel my legs she told me that to stop panicking that everything was going well. She was so nice Stephen and her talked to me for awhile till i realized they all ready started the C SECTION
7:06pm i heard my little babe cry it was the cutest cry ever and i started s to cry Ethan Joaquin was finally here. I looked over to Stephen and we both cried.
After an hour in the recovery room they wheeled me up to my room, at this point i still have not seen him. finally after getting me in my bed which was the worst thing ever because by now i can feel everything i felt like someone kicked the living crap out of me over and over again, they brought Ethan in he looked just like Jacob, i swear it was his twin. Jacob was at the hospital till Ethan was born and heard he got to see his baby brother in the nursery heard he was calling for his baby and telling him he was his bog brother. My dad showed me pictures of Jacob meeting Ethan, very cute.
During the night ethan was sounding a little congested so they took him to the nursery so they can keep an eye on him and so we can get some rest. The next morning the pedo came in and told us that Ethan wasnt doing so well, that they were concern about how he was acting and found out that my group b test was negative so they wanted him to be on antibiotics for at least 4 days. I was trying to keep it in but i just lost it, i never cried so hard in my life knowing that something could be wrong with our baby and our baby had to be in the NICU. The hard part for me was knowing that his test could come back positive meaning weeks in the NICU. They also told us that they were concern because during the labor i did get a fever of 102 and were worried that he could get sick.
It was the hardest 5 days of my life, not only i was in so much pain could barely walk but seeing out little baby hocked up to machines was so sad. Stephen kept telling me that it could be worse which was true cause we saw other babies in there that had been there for months. It was a struggle for the both of us but every 2 hr that ethan need to eat was worth it. I love hold my little one, it was hard nursing him with all the wires but it was a blessing to have him in my arms.
On Monday his NICU dr came and talked to us and told us his test were negative...yay! and he was off his IV's but they wanted him one more day just to keep an eye on him. Tuesday Dr examed him and let us know that he was 100% healthy and gave us the ok to bring him home.
I can't believe that this little one is a month old already. I love this kid! He is just a doll and i cant get enough of him. He is truly a wonderful blessing and so glad that he is a part of our lives!
Ethan Joaguin
June 16th 2011, 7:06pm, 7lbs 13oz, 21 1/4 inches
Happy one month Ethan!!!
