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| Last picture of me pregnant...37 weeks, 6 days! |
Kennedy decided she was tired of being inside of my stomach and that she wanted to come two weeks early!
On Tuesday (March 27) I had a doctor appointment with Dr. Deka. I was 37 weeks, so did the usual check to see if I was dilated. In her words. "You are tightly closed up. She won't be coming until your due date or later." I also had my NST (non-stress test) to monitor her heart rate since my fluids were low...she was doing great inside of me!
On Wednesday (March 28), I had an ultrasound at 1:30pm to check my fluids. My mom was in town, so when I got off of work I went down to pick her up, so she could see our little girl inside of me. As I was in the ultrasound, I could tell something was not right. I had done this ultrasound a few times, so I knew what to expect. The technician was so sweet talking us through each thing she was doing, and when she said "now I am going to check the fluid" I knew what to look for. She kept trying and trying and trying to find fluid in my lower part of my stomach. She at one point changed the screen to check the blood flow (while she was "looking for fluid"). I said to her, "I thought you were looking for fluid, not the umbilical cord." She assured me she was, but she just kept getting the umbilical cord, so she was just checking that too. Once she was finished, she went to have the doctor look everything over. That was normal, so nothing worried me. Then the doctor came in. He said "Hello. Are you ready to have a baby today?"
My mind just raced. Every emotion just came over me upon hearing those words. He told me that they were talking to my doctor, so get dressed and just hang out for a bit and they will direct me what to do. I immediately called Bill. We had a rule...if I called three times in a row, he had to pick up no matter what he was doing. This would be our only test. I called twice with no pick up. Then on the third call he picked up, and I told him they were inducing me. I will never forget his voice on the other end. He was shocked and excited, and we talked about why there were inducing me. At this point, I really had no idea what was going to happen, so I told him to stay at work until I found out more. After talking to him, I called work to let them know I was not coming in tomorrow. The doctor came back and told me to go home, and my doctor will call me with what to do.
As we were half way home, my doctor called and told me to come in. They wanted to start the inducing. So I turned around, and headed back to the doctor. At the doctor, they put a balloon catheter in me and sent me home. I just waited at home for the hospital to call me. Around midnight, contractions started for me, but they were not too painful. They were around 6 minutes apart, so Bill and I were pondering whether to go in to the hospital or just wait for them to call. A little before 2am, the hospital called and said they had a bed for me. So we made our way in!
Once we were checked in at the hospital, the nurse did all of the checks. How dilated am I (1cm)? How far apart are my contractions? Is the babies head down? I knew her head was down because I had my ultrasound 12 hours earlier, and her head was down then. The nurse just wanted to check before they started pitocin. As she checked, she said she couldn't find her head. All I could think, "What do you mean you cannot find her head!" As she she moved the ultrasound wand up my stomach, there it was...at the top! She had flipped!!! At 38 weeks and only 3cm of fluid...it was UNHEARD of! But little miss Kennedy had her own plans.
The nurse called Dr. Deka and a C-Section was scheduled for 9:30AM. We were told to get some sleep...yeah right! Around 8:30, they started prepping me for my surgery. At 9:30, I was wheeled down and prepped. Bill was dressed in his scrubs, but had to wait until I was lying down on the table to come in. Once he was in, they started. At 9:51am, Kennedy Elizabeth was born. She was taken to the warming station and cleaned up. Bill immediately went to the table to see her, and came back to me with all of the information. She was very healthy! 6lbs. 1oz 18.5 inches. Head circumference 13.5 in. Bill could not cut the umbilical cord, but he did trim it.
The C-section was really a painless experience...something I never expected with giving birth. I was very fortunate that I did not have to do labor then have a C-section. Dr. Deka told us that we probably would have had a C-section either way because the umbilical cord was loosely wrapped around her neck two times, and my fluids were so low that she would have been too stressed. I am so relieved that she just flipped, and we did not have to worry about our little girl during labor.
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| First family picture |
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| Nana meets Kennedy |
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| Bill learning how to change a diaper from our favorite nurse Rachel |
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| Sunbathing...no jaundice for Kennedy! |
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| Ready to go home! |
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| First time in the car |
We spent 3 nights in the hospital, which was very much needed! Since I was a C-section, I could not get out of bed for 24hours, which meant Bill had to do everything for her (except feed!). It was so hard not being able to get out of bed, but Bill was amazing! I was so lucky to have him take care of us ♥
My mom stayed the week after her birth to take care of us. Then Marty and Bill came in to help the second week. My parents came back down the third week so my dad could meet her. Within a month, she met all of her grandparents!
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| Uncle Curt |
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| Grandma |
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| Grandpa Bill |
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| Grandpa Dave |
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| Nana |
♥ Meggan
