Warren's Birth Story

I had spent 3 weeks at home on bed rest then at 23 weeks I was admitted into the hospital and spent another 6 weeks on strict hospital bed rest in trendelenburg position the entire time.  It was about 6:30 pm on Thursday May 20 and all of a sudden something didn't feel right.  I called in the nurse and she hooked me up to the monitor and sure enough I was having contractions, about 2 minutes apart.  They then wheeled me over to labor and delivery.  I was immediately put on magnesium sulfate to help stop the contractions.  That probably was the worst night of my life.  It's hard to describe how crappy you feel on that med.  Since magnesium sulfate is such a strong medicine the nurses came in every 45 minutes to check all of my vitals.  Unfortunately it was not working. My contractions were crazy strong and still happening.  Then at about 6:30 am on May 21st, I got so sick from the magnesium that I ended up getting really sick and once I threw up my water broke.  The doctor came in and checked me and told me that I was 7 cm and that I was having a baby today.

I was so nervous.  I was only 29 weeks pregnant...our baby boy was going to be 11 weeks early.  But there wasn't anything else we could do to stop my labor from progressing.  Next the anesthesiologist came in and gave me my epidural.  Thank goodness for that!  Finally I was no longer in pain.  I was having such bad back labor along with the contractions that the pain was very unbearable.  Then all of a sudden I felt a lot of pressure and Warren Joseph was born on May 21, 2010 at 10:37 am.  Weighing 2 lbs 8 ounces and measuring 15 3/4 inches.  As soon as he was out I heard him cry and immediately knew that everything was going to be ok.  He got 8/9 and 9/9 on his apgar scores which is amazing considering how little he was.  I was able to hold him for about 1 minute before they had to take him to the NICU.   It is still such a blur.  It was probably one of the scariest days of my life.  Thankfully I was at an amazing hospital with a level 3 NICU and I knew that my baby boy would be just fine.