Chase's Birthstory

Wow. Ok let me think of where to start...Sunday night I was taking a bath trying to get labor to start. I could get the contractions to come every 7 minutes for an hour but then they would stop. So I knew I could get them going I just couldnt get them to last. Thought about maybe trying that again and then just going in to the hospital and seeing if they would keep me but then decided Id just wait until Monday morning and go to my appt since I had Brinleys appt that day too. So we went to Mondays appt. 3.5 cm. 80% effaced. Doctor Stripped my membranes and told me not to wait if contractions started cause Ty came pretty fast. So I came home. And decided to go on the run with Scott (pick up from the doctors). Went on the run and when we got home I was having some contractions but nothing more then I usually had. But we decided while he was at work Id try to get labor to start and when he got home we'd just go in. I was having more contractions while he was at work but I didnt end up doing anything while he was gone. I went to my neighbors house from about 4-5 to chat. Scott got home while I was gone there. So I came home... I said to my mom "So...what ya doing tonight? She said, "Nothing, why? Do you want to bring the kids up?" Thinking that maybe we just wanted to go out to dinner for Scotts birthday. I said "No, I think we will go to the hospital tonight...do you want to come down?" She got all excited and her voice started shaking. She said "Are you serious? Ok we are on our way Bye" Scott called his little sister to come down and watch the kids while my parents came down. We thought we'd be gone before they got here. I went up and took a quick shower and by the time I got everything situated and the kids packed my parents were here. My dad must have actually gone the speed limit. So Scotts sister went home and off we went...So we get to the hospital at about 7 p.m. They get me in a room and the nurse comes in to hook me up. It was actually a girl that I used to work with when I was a teenager. That was weird. It was good to see her tho. She told me she wasnt going to be my nurse but shed get me all hooked up and my nurse would come in later (she was on her way in to work) So she gets me all hooked up. And leaves. I started on that labor stimulation thing again because I didnt want my contractions to stop and them to send me home. So everytime the nurses left Id start it again and my contractions would always pick up. They came in and checked me every hour .. I went from 3.5 to 4.5 to 5 to a 6. And I stayed at a six for awhile. My doc didnt want me to have the epi yet because he said it might slow down labor and if I could just get over that "hump" then wed get the epi. He came in and checked me and said ok Im just going to break your water and then you can get your epi. I told him, no you arent! Im getting the epidural first! I know how this goes... Hed break it and I just knew there wouldnt be time to get the epi before the baby was born. And I wasnt going to do that. ...*Or so I thought* So they call the epi man in. He gives me the epi dural. And then hooks up one of those things where you can push the button if you need more epi. I felt my feet get warm and the bottom of my legs...so good...epis working... contractions should get better. Doctor breaks water. Clear Fluid. All's ok. Ok...have a contraction...ok it sure is going to be nice when this epi kicks in...dont wanna feel another one of those...hey Scott...push that button... oh...hmmm theres another contraction...ok that still hurt... man...sure is going to be nice when this epi kicks in all the way. Hey Scott...has it been 14 minutes yet? Push that button...hmmm hasnt been 14 minutes huh? Man... Hey nurse lady (that I dont like) I dont think this epi is working like it should...I can still feel them. She tells me well its not going to make you all the way numb, you are still going to feel something. We want you to be able to feel a little bit so that you can push. Im thinking...ok I know that. This isnt my first kid. I know what Im supposed to feel like... Im supposed to feel the pressure but not the pain... ouch..ok theres another contraction...hey Scott...push that button. beep beep beep...the epi beeps. Says something about High pressure. Nurse calls the epi man and he tells her its probably just a positional thing and hes sure its working...must have just kinked it or something to make it beep. Noooo worries. Still feeling the contractions. Wow. theres my feet. I can feel them again. Keep telling Scott to push that button as often as he can. I dont wanna feel this birth!!! The nurse tells the doctor... Hmm I wonder if that epidural is not working...Ive never had a patient want to push that button so much. Ill call epi man in. So she calls him. About a half an hour later he rolls in. He'd been in the OR with some lady having twins. Nice...but I dont really give a crap. He checks the epidural. Decides it must have came out of the "epidural spot" Im like laying on my side yelling... a little... This hurts this hurts this hurts...oh gosh Scott...this hurts. He decides hes going to do another epirural. Takes all the crap out of my back and has me sit up. BAM Contraction!! Nurse tells epi man... I dont know why you are putting in another epidural. Its not going to help her. Shes going to have that baby before it works. Hes putting the other epi in and Im screaming. He gets it in and tells me ok you can lay down. I say No I cant. Wait just a minute...when this one ends I'll lay down. I hear the nurse tell someone.. I think she is transitioning. Im thinking no shit sherlock. Im screaming. I have my eyes closed and I cant open them. That is the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life. Somehow Im laying down and I have my face burried in the rail of the bed screaming. Telling them I can do this and it hurts too bad. All the sudden the babies heart rate went to 50. They are telling me to turn to my side. Im thinking..crap, turn to your side Leslie. As Im screaming NOOOOOO DONT MAKE ME TURN!! DONT TOUCH ME! IM NOT GOING TO TURN! LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I can rationally think in my head..I need to turn theres something wrong! But Im still screaming No! They are flipping me over one side to the other. They throw my legs up into the stirrups and tell me not to push. But the head is right there. Im not pushing but Im screaming. I was grabbing the nurses leg that was on the side of me... Yelling... "SCOTT WHERE ARE YOU!!!" I still couldnt open my eyes. I felt him grab my hand and I just kept screaming THIS HURTS I CANT DO IT I CANT DO IT! He doesnt say a word. All the nurses are telling me...oh you can you can do this. Doctors down there and tells me to push. Scott tells me to hang on to my leg. I push and they say...ok if you wanna see your baby come out look now. And out he came. One push. Sweeeeeeet relief! Chase Brad Hendricksen was born on 3-20-2007 at 1:26 a.m. 7 lbs 5 oz 19.5 inches.Doctors holding him kinda shaking him back and forth being real calm...but he cuts the cord. Still shaking him back and forth. Rubbing him. Holds him up and tells Scott to take a picture. Shows him to me and I say..oh...Hes blue. The doctor gives him to the nurses and I notice that there are a lot more nurses in the room then at first. Theres four over him on the bed. Hes not really breathing. He will breathe a little and then grunt. They check him out for a few minutes while I deliver the placenta and the doc stitches me up (little tear, one stitch). They say they are going to have to take him to the NICU because hes grunting and not getting enuff air. The one nurse wraps him up and brings him over to me for a minute. Doesnt let me hold him but lets me look at him. The first thing I notice is how big his hands are. I was trying to look at them cause he only had a few fingers poking out of the blanket but she has to take him. Im thinking ok, hes fine.. just cant breathe...he'll be good in a minute. Scott goes up to the NICU with him. I guess I kinda down played it in my head cause Scott took some video of how he was breathing and when I watched it, I just about puked.. Scared me. Buy now...my Epi is working GREAT! I hear the nurse tell the doctor something about it taking 7 minutes. Im not for sure what she was talking about but I think thats how long he was in the birth canal??? transition??? I for sure. Nurse gets me cleaned up even tho there isnt much to clean. She says wow, you didnt really even lose any blood. Thats weird. Gets me into the other bed. And we start on our way down to the NICU. We are going to swing by there and check out the baby before I go to the mother/baby unit. We almost get there and the nurse says oh...they are bringing him down... Im thinking oh good!! So we turn back around and go down to the mother/baby unit. He actually had to stay in the NICU for about 2 hours. They didnt bring him into my room until like 4 am. They could never figure out a for sure reason why he couldnt breathe when he came out. Said sometimes that just happens. They also went to take some blood from him and had a hard time because they said his blood was really thick. So they gave him an IV in his hand and flushed some fluid through him. His hands and feet were purple but that pinked them right up. He wheezed/squeeked/grunted for the first couple of hours after they brought him to me but he's good now. Little jaundiced...have to take him back on the 23rd to check that again.

My Sewer Plant

So the girls bought me a plant to bring to me at the hospital. On their way down to the hospital they passed a sewer plant...
Brinley "What is that smell?!"
My Dad "Its the sewer plant."
Brinley "I knew we shouldnt have bought her this plant!"

Ive been laughing about that little comment for days. I can just see her saying it.

My "sewer plant" proudly sits in the window now.

Update this week...

1.5-2 cm dialated 40% effaced. Never going to have this baby.

Baby Update

Went to the docs last Friday. I was one cm. I know how this usually goes...one cm a week and I still go over.. So not hoping for much on my next appt on Monday.