seven years ago

Seven years ago, my sweet little H was born. Seven years ago at this time I was in L & D in labor hoping for a normal delivery. I had no idea what was in store. Seven years ago, on the 17th around 8pm I sat to go to the restroom and had blood. I freaked out. I had been to the Dr. that day and they had given me cervical gel to thin my cervix to put me in labor because my blood pressure had gotten way to high. I had been on bed rest for almost 2 weeks and it was only getting higher. As I sat on the potty I had hubby call the Dr. who told us to go to L & D, so off we went. I was terrified I was afraid something was wrong with H. We got there, and My blood pressure was really high, so they put me on Magnesium Sulfate, and a couple of hours later gave me more cervical gel. A little while after the second gel, I felt something (bless hubby's heart for not freaking out), I had (I did not know at the time) passes a huge blood clot. This was cause for immediate action. It was 4am and I was told we were going to deliver in the next couple of hours. This is all still a little foggy to me and I don't remember all of it. I do remember that hubby called my mom and told her to get up, get showered and head our way. At 5am they came in and my blood pressure had shot up even higher, we needed to move. Hubby again called mom and told her to come now. At this point I had no idea how serious the situation was. The Dr. showed up shortly after and said we needed to go now. I cried my mom isn't here we cant go without her. They explained we needed to go now, and that I could only have one person in the room with me during the c-section, to which I said no my mom and hubby were going with me. This was an argument I guess ( I don't really remember), but I guess they knew I was serious and agreed to wait for her and let her in as well. When she arrive they had already taken me back to give me my epi. She was gowned and brought in. Now hubby and mother both cant handle these bloody situations well, but both were by my side until H was born. H was born at 7:29am on July 18th 2001. After she was born they took her and hubby and mom went with her to the nursery. I was very foggy and don't remember much about it, all I remember was them pulling her out and my mom saying she was perfect she had 10 finger and 10 toes. I was so blessed that my mom and hubby were both there. My hubby never told me until months later that what I had passed that night was a huge blood clot and he was worried. I also didn't realize at the time how serious it was, but I had pre-eclamsia, and placenta previa. Either of these could be bad alone, but together H and I were both at a high risk for death. How scary is that? Thankfully we both came out fine. I did get a spinal headache and had to get my epi redone to relive it and lay flat on my back for 8 hours to relieve the pain. But I would do it all again for the same result. I love H more than she will ever know.


Happy Birthday Sweet Girl I love you!