1/7 C-section craziness🫠(Long Post)

TLDR; I had my baby yesterday at 36 weeks & 6 days via planned c-section due to high risk pregnancy. Baby was not breathing correctly & was life flighted to a better NICU. I was also advised not to carry anymore babies because of the complications during delivery. Hoping to get baby off of support tomorrow, so I can hold him for the first time 2 days PP.

I have had my c-section scheduled for 9:30am on 1/7/25 since the end of November. I was 36 weeks & 6 days along. My OB was afraid that if I started having contractions/went into labor on my own, I would rupture because I had a previous extension (inverse T incision on uterus) & it makes you high risk. My Husband & I went to the hospital at 7:30am, like we were advised to do to fill out paperwork & get setup for my c-section. There was an emergency, so my surgery was pushed back until 11:30am. Then there was another emergency at exactly 11:30am, so it was pushed back to 12:30-1pm. I was told not to worry though because my scheduled surgery would be a breeze compared to the chaos of the emergencies… it was not. I need another extension on my uterus, but this time instead of a couple centimeters, I had a low transverse cut & a full vertical incision (another very long inverted T). This would mean my next back needs to be delivered before 36 weeks. It took a second OB sitting on my chest multiple times to push the baby out of me because baby was face up & refusing to exit the womb. They tried a vacuum repeated but the other that helped was the second doctor sitting on my chest. Baby boy then came out “stunned,” which I learned yesterday means he was blue & wasn’t moving or breathing. I thought he was dead. They got him hooked up to oxygen & he left out some cries. I felt relieved… then the pediatrician came over & said they were taking him to the nicu for rest & oxygen while I was in recovery. I was heartbroken I wouldn’t get to hold him or feed him in recovery, but I understood it’s what was best for him. The OB finished stitching me up & briefly spoke to me before sending me to recovery. She told me about my extra incision & that my IUD was placed successfully. She then explained that it would be very risky for me to go through pregnancy again & given what happened with baby boy struggling, she “highly recommended” that I not carry anymore children. Then I was sent to recovery. I was in recovery less than an hour before I found out that my baby was getting the max amount of oxygen possible by the low grade NICU/nursery at the hospital I was at & he needed more. He was going to be life flighted to a better hospital a couple hours away & I wouldn’t be able to see him until I was discharged. Luckily the nurses did very thing they could to help me be discharged after 24 hours & I finally made it to see my boy last night. I still haven’t been able to hold him or feed him, but things are trending in the right direction, so hopefully in the morning.🤞🏻