This past week has been a blur to say the least. A week ago I was sitting the doctor's office being told I need to watch my blood pressures and today I am a mom. When they say pre-eclampsia comes on quickly, they aren't joking. Last Tuesday I turned in my 24 hour urine protein, not expecting anything to come of it. Wednesday afternoon I received a phone call from the ob's office telling me I needed to be admitted to labor and delivery, that I did in fact have a mild case of pre-eclampsia. Over the next three days, my headache that I had for a week continuously got worse and I kept fighting with the doctors to let me go home. On Friday all hell broke loose. The doctors decided that it was in the best interest of me and the baby to start induction as well as magnesium for the pre-eclampsia. I had already received the two doses of steroids for his lungs on Wednesday and Thursday evening. After 4 doses of a cervical agent (with absolutely no change) they started pitocin. Every 20 minutes for a few hours the dosage was increased. In that time, I only had a few contractions. By Saturday afternoon, my body had had enough. The doctors gave me the option between trying another cervical agent that would be inserted for 12 hours and then another round of pitocin, or to go for the c-section. Jay and I opted for the c-section. Between the pre-eclampsia and the magnesium (and not being allowed out of bed since Friday morning) it was the best decision to safely deliver our child.
Once the c-section decision was made, things moved quickly .The decision was made around 3 pm on Saturday afternoon and by 4 pm I was in the OR getting prepped for my spinal. It took 3 tries to get the spinal in, but I was quickly numbed. Because I was so sick, I was not very aware of what was going on during that time. I do remember Jay coming in and holding my hand. Within 20 minutes, Jayden James Newquist Sommer was here. Screaming. The most amazing sound I have ever heard. He continued to cry while the NICU evaluated him. Prior to the birth, the NICU team told us that if he comes out pink and screaming and stays that way for a while, that we would be able to hold him for a minute before they took him away. We got the best case. At 4:27 pm on August 11th, 2012, after 4 years of heartbreak, failed fertility treatments, and the loss of one of the twins early on, two became three, and we finally got our perfect family.
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