He’s here and baby number four sent us on a wild ride

I came into labor and delivery on Saturday November 28. His heart rate would dip but it wasn’t as concerning. I had noticed he wasn’t moving as much. On Wednesday December 2 I was having contractions and baby was moving. All of a sudden I felt a strong one and called someone to watch my other 3 kids and called my husband who works 2 hours away. I had a feeling something was off. I came into labor and delivery had contractions and his heart kept fluctuating two hours later my doctor made the call that I was going to get induced. Well this was my fourth labor all had been vaginal so it was supposed to go smooth. After being on pitiful and then getting the epidural twice I stayed at 5 cm for 5 hours. Thank god I did. I talked to the nurse and she said the doctor was going to come talk to us. I told her I just want a healthy baby and if that means a c-section than that’s fine. We figured he was probably on the cord or something but there’s no way to know. My doctor came in and said he didn’t see the point in waiting to see what happens. I told him the same thing I told the nurse just get him out. I was terrified but I trust my doctor. Little did I know that it was going to be a wild couple of hours. We went into the c-section and I started feeling pain so they knocked me out with anesthesia. The baby had the cord wrapped around his neck twice. Then an artery was in a weird place and I began to bleed out and had to get 4 bags of blood. Finally they stopped the bleeding. I was in recovery for 15 minutes when I began to feel dizzy. They were making sure everything was ok but I began to bleed out 5 minutes before this my husband and I decided this would be our final baby. Thank god we did because I ended up having to get a hysterectomy to remove my cervix and uterus. During the surgery I needed two more. I am lucky to be alive and that my baby is 100% healthy. I am still in the hospital recovering till we get my levels stable. It changed my perspective on life and I thank god that I am alive and that I had the doctor and team that I did. I get to watch my kids grow up and hold my husbands hand through it all. When nurses and your doctor say it’s a miracle and they have never seen anything like that it changes your faith. So many people were praying for me to make it through and be ok. I never in a million years would have imagined that I would have a c-section but I am happy I did and that me and baby are ok.