So my story starts at 35.5 weeks...

On 12/6/18 I went in for my weekly check up with my doctor, I had a third trimester ultrasound that day before my appointment. Get in there to find out that

1) baby girl is transverse breech

2) she’s measuring small - like weeks behind small

So I go up for my appointment and my doctor tells me we can schedule a c-section for Jan 2nd or try an inversion. I opted for the c-section. The results of the ultrasound hadn’t been sent up yet, so she assumed everything was fine. As I was in the elevator to leave I get a call from my nurse. She told me to come back in. It turns out I had very little amniotic fluid - less than 6 total for 35.5 weeks.

She told me that I needed to head over to the hospital immediately, where I will stay as an in-patient for the next 2 weeks and be monitored 3x a day.

Day 1 in Hospital

I see my doctor the next day and she tells me that the following week they will check for growth and the level of amniotic fluid - to see if there’s a decrease or increase in growth. So here I sit in the hospital waiting and worrying.

On the monitor

Keep in mind - my husband is on call for the two weeks that I’m in the hospital which is an hour away - downtown. So he wasn’t able to visit me during the week.

The next week passes and I get my ultrasound - there isn’t any change in the amniotic fluid levels and there hasn’t been any change in growth. At 36.5 weeks they hamd her measuring at 4 lbs 9 oz. She was also still breech.

My doctor decided that the following week at 37 weeks she will take her out via c-section! We chose 12/19 :)

The weekend passes and my husband is finally able to take off work the night before surgery.

Last bump picture

The next morning at 9:08 A.M. my little baby girl Jacqueline Cecilia came into this world. She weighed a surprising 5 lbs 15 oz and was 18.5 inches long!

(Next picture is TMI - surgery itself Blood etc)

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That is my amazing doctor who pulled her out! A side note: this doctor has been with me for a previous miscarriage, diagnosing that I have PCOS, and putting me on fertility medication to help me conceive this sweet girl. I am so forever grateful to her! She was also 16 weeks pregnant herself the day of surgery!

Here is my baby at 2 months!

If you read this all, you’re awesome!