Unplanned C-Section
Our set induction date was set for September 15, 2020. We arrived at the hospital at 4:00p.m. And gets started about 6:00p.m. Our dr comes in to start the foley bulb but has to insert it twice because it slipped out the first time when he was putting the fluid in it. I started contracting right after, the nurses were coming in about every hour to check on me. About around 4:00a.m. They noticed my daughter heart rate was low, so they monitored her really close 5:00a.m. They were suppose to start the pitocin but her heart rate still hasn’t can’t back up and they didn’t want to stress her out. They called my dr in to see what he wanted to do. He did two ultrasounds. He said if her heart rate doesn’t go up we will talk about a c-section. He walks out for about 10 minutes if that and comes back in and says ok let’s get you prepped. I cried the whole time I was waiting for the room to be prepped. I get back there and get the spinal tap which wasn’t bad at all. It kicked in and my body went in panic mode because my mind kept telling my body to move and I couldnt. I had very very amazing nurses and surgeons talking me through it and helping me breathe through it. I felt the rugs and pulls and heard it all. By the time they brought my husband to the OR she was out within 2 minutes. I heard a little cry and they told me the umbilical cord was wrapped around her throat but she was ok and breathing perfectly. My husband stayed with her taking pictures and brought her to see me and I cried like a baby. The ultrasound tech said she was weighing 7ibs so that’s what I was expecting, they was wrong she weighs 5ibs and 10oz and 20 inches long. The surgeons and nurses nicknamed her peanut. They sent my husband and daughter back to our room while they finish me up. I get back to the room and I’m in a crap ton of pain. They gave me meds and I don’t even take Ibuprofen so when they gave me pain meds I was higher than a kite and then out of it. We get to go home tomorrow which is Friday and we can’t wait because we miss our toddler, who we have never been away from for more than 8hrs.


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