Our Only Little One..rough birth

Kaylie

Our one and only baby. Due on September 23, I went and got a sweep on September 24th and scheduled my second attempt at induction for the 26th. Right after my sweep (less than 4 hours) I was in L&D and finally in labor. After lots of convincing and 14 hours of labor my husband got me to give in and get an epidural, and honestly it saved me from a world of pain none of us expected...I had our little boy on the 25th at 9:09am, 7lbs 15oz, 21in after 30 minutes of pushing. They did the routine of putting him on my chest, and I held him so tight, but something was wrong. A whirlwind of doctors and nurses flooded in to my room. My midwife said if I started to feel faint I needed to hand my baby to my husband, who at the time was staring at me pale as could be and eyes flooding with tears..I knew then I was not okay. I started to black out and I asked my husband to take our son. He lost it in that moment and was sobbing. I heard him call my mother from the corner of the room telling her to get there as soon as possible. More doctors came in and all I saw were bags and towels of blood being pulled from beneath me. I started vomiting uncontrollably as more needles were stuck in to my arms pushing fluids, blood, clotting meds, everything possible. Nurses began taking my jewelry off and prepping me for emergency surgery. Luckily my mom made it in less than 10 minutes and sat there soothing me and my husband. My doctor told me I had a tear in my cervix, but then a miracle happened and my midwife who had been inside me holding my bleed this entire time said it stopped. She held it long enough for it to clot on it's own! After everything it took me a bit to get back to being fully aware of my surroundings and what had just happened, but I was told I had an acute hemorrhage and lost over 2500ml (over half the body's worth) of blood. Nobody knew if I was going to make it, and seeing that look on my husband's face of just sheer terror while he sobbed was one of the most gut wrenching moments of my entire life that I don't think I'll ever forget. I am so thankful that my care team acted so quickly and accurately that I was not only able to pull through, but I didn't need any surgery at all. I was also so grateful my husband convinced me to get the epidural, especially with all those doctors and nurses pushing, pulling and prodding at my bleeding. We were very blessed, but after that and my high risk for next pregnancies my husband decided to get a vasectomy and stick with one child instead if risking that again, and I completely agree, so welcome Sawyer James, our one and only child. 💙

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