Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Last few days
We didn't do much the last few days other then visiting baby Matt. Yesterday we actually got to hold him. It' is snowing outside. White fluffy snow like what you see in Christmas movies except some of the trees still have green leaves on them. It's only been 10 days but I feel like My whole world has changed. Tomorrow Baby Matt will be one week old. It still feel surreal that I have a baby: there is no baby crying around the house, no holding him and rocking him to sleep and no diaper changes. The only thing I got to do extra is that a few times a day is to pump. I am afraid of hearing the phone ring thinking that one of the calls could be calling me to the hospital because something have gone wrong. Not that there is anything indicating that anything will but they are so small and so young and he have a long road in front of him until he can come home. Right now all I can is pray.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
So much for making birth plans
On Tuesday, I was thinking maybe I should look into this birth plan thing. Originally I was going to wait until I started my pre-natal course to do that. late Tuesday night/ early Wednesday morning I started to feel pain on the lower part of my tummy and it got so bad that I couldn't sleep. I informed the nurses and they hooked me up to monitors to but they couldn't pick up any contractions. Later on I started wanting to go to the washroom but when I went nothing comes out. Finally the doctor comes back the 2nd time and decided to do an exam. At this time they found out that I was 8cm dilated. They rush me upstairs to a birth room and called Craig. At 3:40 a 840gram baby boy was borne. The birth was relatively quick (because he is so small) and with very little pain. We event hear him cry right after delivery.
Baby is doing well for the situation. We have yet to name him.
Baby is doing well for the situation. We have yet to name him.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hospital
I was debating if I should keep this in order of events but I figure it does not harm to go back and forth anyways. So I am in the foothills hospital and likely will be for a while. My water broker on Friday Oct. 2 at around 1pm. I went for a walk at lunch to pick up a bit of salad and went back to the office for a 1pm meeting. As soon as I get through the door for the floor my office is in I felt a gash of warm fluid coming out of me. At first I was embarrassed and confused. I didn't know what it was. Last time I felt that way it was blood and clots at 8th week of my pregnancy and I had to stay in bed for 4 weeks. I excuses myself from the meeting to go to the washroom and found just wetness, no blood. I was happy but what is this wetness? Did I somehow pee'ed my pants? But it doesn't smell the same and it is very clear. Also I hear more "tingling" but I don't feel myself peeing. I pull up my pants and went back to the office; feeling more confused.
I ate the little salad that I got during the meeting and once the meeting was finished I asked my co-worker who had a baby last Dec. What water breaking was like. That's the only thing I can come up with at the time. She said it's a lot of water and that it is way too early. I told her it was a lot of water. Both of us googled it a bit and I was still convince that's what is and gather it was a good situation.
I called bear and he told me to call the ob/gym. I spoke to the nurse at the ob/gym's office. They told me to go to Rockyview. My co-worker also told me to put on a pad just in case. I have some normal size pad in my office so I went to the washroom. On my way there, more fluid came out; enough to soak my jeans and drip down my legs. I called Craig again and he came and pick me up outside of city hall after hailing a taxi outside of the Hyatt. We make it to the Rockyview and more gushes on the way up. By the time they got me into a room and gave me a robe to change into, there was a big puddle on the floor. With that much liquid, the nurse had no doubt what was going on but they still tested to confirm.
We waited for a while for the doctor to come in. They wanted to transfer me to foodhills in case I go into labor because they are not equip to handle babies this young (24 weeks) at the rockyview. They gave me a staerio shot for baby to develop its lung. They had a hard time starting an iv on me before the transport.
I got an ambulance ride to Foothills. It is the only hospital that handles pre-mature babies before 32 weeks in southern Alberta however it's about 30 minutes drive from home when there is no traffic. Once we were at the foothills, I got put into this triage bed. It is in such a small space about 8 of them in this room that's full of women coming in for various pregnancy issue. I was there all night. There was no dinner and a woman in labor screaming like a porn star all night. The space is so crammed I sent mommy and bear home. I was hoping they will stay until I was moved into a real room but it doesn't seem it would happen and there is nothing they can do there.
I ate the little salad that I got during the meeting and once the meeting was finished I asked my co-worker who had a baby last Dec. What water breaking was like. That's the only thing I can come up with at the time. She said it's a lot of water and that it is way too early. I told her it was a lot of water. Both of us googled it a bit and I was still convince that's what is and gather it was a good situation.
I called bear and he told me to call the ob/gym. I spoke to the nurse at the ob/gym's office. They told me to go to Rockyview. My co-worker also told me to put on a pad just in case. I have some normal size pad in my office so I went to the washroom. On my way there, more fluid came out; enough to soak my jeans and drip down my legs. I called Craig again and he came and pick me up outside of city hall after hailing a taxi outside of the Hyatt. We make it to the Rockyview and more gushes on the way up. By the time they got me into a room and gave me a robe to change into, there was a big puddle on the floor. With that much liquid, the nurse had no doubt what was going on but they still tested to confirm.
We waited for a while for the doctor to come in. They wanted to transfer me to foodhills in case I go into labor because they are not equip to handle babies this young (24 weeks) at the rockyview. They gave me a staerio shot for baby to develop its lung. They had a hard time starting an iv on me before the transport.
I got an ambulance ride to Foothills. It is the only hospital that handles pre-mature babies before 32 weeks in southern Alberta however it's about 30 minutes drive from home when there is no traffic. Once we were at the foothills, I got put into this triage bed. It is in such a small space about 8 of them in this room that's full of women coming in for various pregnancy issue. I was there all night. There was no dinner and a woman in labor screaming like a porn star all night. The space is so crammed I sent mommy and bear home. I was hoping they will stay until I was moved into a real room but it doesn't seem it would happen and there is nothing they can do there.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
First post
Since I am sitting in the hospital (more about that later) I am starting a blog about Bear and I starting a family. I'll try to post frequently since for now I have nothing to do but sit in bed.
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