Changes

WOW...so last time I posted I was complaining about being pregnant. It wasnt that long ago that I wrote that post, however I am no longer pregnant.

Things happened very quickly, but to make a long and potentionally gruesome story short, Sage Dean Hanna made his appearance on Tuesday, November 3 @ 2.39pm. He weighed in at 4 lbs 3oz and is 16.5 inches long. Just a tiny litte peanut!! He showed up 6 weeks early because of the preeclampsia that I developed became a severe case very quickly, and it was more dangerous to both of us for him to stay in, then to join the outside world.

Here is the condensed version....

Saturday night (Halloween) everything is gret....I felt good enough to walk with the kids for a little bit.

Sunday morning - took my blood pressure....WAY out of wack..took it again....still a mess. Called Dr, he said to come in and they would keep an eye on me for the day.

Sunday afternoon - BP still crazy, admitted....Dr said we need to give him another 10 days to make it to 35 weeks. I did get the first shot of steroids to help mature his lungs. I was in the middle of another test that takes 24 hours, so we were waiting on the results of that before making anymore decisions, but I stayed in the hospital.

Monday morning - BP still nuts.....urine test came back and as Dr. Miller put it "you failed". The protein amounts has pushed me into severe preeclampsia. I asked what that meaned and he said "it means the ambulance is on the way from North Platte and you will be induced this afternoon."

WHOA....yeah....for the record, this is the time my BP finally settled into 128/78....seriously.

Here is the part where things get fun....have you ever been on Magnesium before?? I have not, nor do I EVER plan on it again. That stuff was created by the devil himself. I know its needed to help with problematic situations (like me) but with all the technology that we have avaiable to us, can they NOT come up with something that doesnt BURN as it enters your veins and starts to make its rounds. I mean seriously people...lets put some saline in there, lets do something because the pain I had in my hand from the mag going in was some of the most excruciating I have ever felt and YES, I have been through labor 2x now. The only thing worse then getting the mag going, was when I got to North Platte and they had shut it off and had to start it again. I cried BOTH times.

Monday afternoon we arrived in NP, they did not do the induction because I was already dialating on my own.

Tuesday morning, 6am pitocin starts. It wasnt so bad....which come to find out is partly because of that terrible magnesium. See, the same stuff they were using on me to help with my blood pressure DURING DELIVERY is the same stuff they use to STOP CONTRACTIONS when people are in labor early.....make sense...yea, not to me either. Regardless....apparently thats why my contractions were not as strong to start as they should have been.

1230 doc comes in and checks me, only to find out I have only dialated 1cm more from when I checked in. He mentioned the awful c-section word and gave me a 5pm deadline (yes, apparently you can put a deadline on labor).

So this begins massive hysterical breakdown #2 (not bad considering I am on day #3 in the hospital) which brings in my nurse to try and help me feel better. She helped me clean up, wash my face, all that good stuff so I could try and feel like a human being again. At 130 we realized that we didnt have a camera, and since I wasnt progressing at all, Shawn went to go pick one up. While he was one, my contractions got VERY strong and I choose to get the pain meds (not an epidural....still wasnt gonna cave on that one). I got my first dose of NuBain at 2pm....and at 215 told Shawn he needed to get Joy because something was happening.....she came in, checked me and found my completely ready to deliver...as in his head was right there. She called doc, and 30 minutes later....Sage was here. VERY FAST once the idea of a c-section scared me into dialating, lol!

Now, he is here but in the NICU in the hospital. We dont know when we will be able to bring him home, but we do know that he is doing great!! He has never been on oxygen but he does have a feeding tube. Hopefully that will be gone soon, as he is eating more and more and has learned how to suck on a pacifier. The bottle is next!! Then maintaining his own body weight and with all luck and prayers, he will be home sometime next week. I am trying not to get my hopes up, and I am planning on him being there for 2 weeks.

I will keep everyone posted on how he is doing.....my little man is a miracle in more ways then one and once I get him home and we can love on him without the wires and tubes, it will sink in.

Thank you for all your prayers and thoughts. They have not gone unnoticed!!!!