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(Date Posted:05/07/2008 11:46 AM)
Okay, so ever since i was 34 weeks, i itched REALLY bad. My doctor said it was just the pregnancy itching..its normal. I was like ohkay whatever..but then it got bad..and i mean, realllly bad. I was up alll night for nights and nights scratching and laying the the bathtub. At one point i actually fell asleep in the tub and almost died. But anyway, one day i decided to go to the ER at 4 am..I drug charlie along with me and they took my blood, said I was fine and sent me home. Well, around 9 that same morning, i called my OB because i was 37 weeks pregnant and this just wasent normal. The second she looked at my blood test results from the ER, she sent me straight over to the hospital (differnet hospital from where i went to the ER) to get an amniocentesis. The results showed that his lungs were not yet developed enough for me to be induced THAT DAY..I was sad, upset..they sent me home. 3 days later they said they did a more in depth test of the fluid, and said he was ready to come out. i was EXCITED! well, august 19th 2007 at 8:30 i was due for my cervidial..that was placed at exactly 8:35 and stayed in all night. i got my epidural at 8:46 august the 20th right after they took out the cervidial. at around..eh, probably 11:17 i yelled out 'MY BUTT HURTS!' lol. my nurse quickly came to my aid, checked me out and said i was complete..everyone except for my mom, charlie, my nurse and myself left the room. i started pushing, at 11:18. my doctor said she was going to use the vaccum because he was destating, but i managed to push him out in 11 MINUTES! after he finally came out, they put him straight over to the table to clean him off (i asked for him not to be thrown on me right after he came out) and they did his apgar. which was 8 then 9. he weighed a health 6 pounds 4 ounces, and was 20 and a half inches long. after they did all that, they heard him wimpering..decided it was best for him to go straight to the nursey..i didnt even get to hold him..7 hours later, after i got into my mother baby room i was finally allowed to head to the nursery and see him. only to see that he was under an oxygen tent..i cried on sight..i didnt get to hold him until he was 2 days old..when they decided to transfer him to Memorial Health University Medical Center where there was a very good NICU. i cried and cried that night..they took him away and my doctor wouldent release me. well, the following day i got out and headed straight up there to see him. feeding tube, oxygen in his nose..iv's..the whole nine yards. ill just tell you, NICU's are sad sad places..well, he was in very good care there, got out in 8 days, then he was all mine to hug and hug.. :]] thats his story.
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