Suzi Lynn Carrington : Born Sept. 22 2007 !!!!!
Mommy and Suzi are home!
Friday 21st - Amniosenthesis and final testing showed that while Baby Suzi was
fully developed, she was already over 8 lbs, and "transverse" or "breach".
C- section was scheduled for 8am on Saturday. Kids went to grandma's and Cam and I had
a final quiet night before surgery. Not that much sleeping was done. No food or water after midnight
and scary prospects made things uncomfortable.
Went in at 6am on Saturday 22nd. After hours of tests, heart monitoring, and
meeting multiple doctors, nurses and aides we were finally given the go ahead to prep for surgery.
Que two emergency cases that had to go ahead of us, putting our 8am start time back until after 10:30 am.
Not that I complained. We were fairly comfortable, and had assurances that the baby was fine.
After getting all prepped, wheeled into the operating room and literaly a minute before they cut,
the surgeon asked for one last check to see if Suzi was still transverse (not head down in the birth canal,
she had been all sideways.). The little dickens moved! She was in perfect possition for vaginal birth now!
Perverse!! That's our kid! A short discussion, and we decide to nix the surgery. This means I'm in recovery
until the spinal anesthesia wears off enough to be moved to a labor room. The awesome thing is that my Mom
can attend in the labor room, whereas we could only have Cam in the OR. By the time we're moved to the labor
room, it's after noon. Twelve hours with no food or water, I can finally have some ice chips.
After meeting more doctors nurses, and anethesiologists, at 1 pm the IV drip has Pitocin added to it, and a Foley
catheter is inserted. The waiting begins. Contractions are lite and I'm still fairly numb from the spinal, so no
extra medication is needed yet. By 3 pm I've dialated from 0 to 6 cm, but the cervix is still thick. Another 3 hours
and I start feeling the contractions as the spinal wears off. After several good hard contractions, we start the
process for an epidural. Because an epidural is a slow start, long lasting anesthetic it doesn't take the pain
of the contractions away completely. For hours, I'm stuck at 6 cm until 10 pm when I finally hit 10 cm, and the
cervix is almost perfect. We decided to go ahead and start pushing. The doctor is called, and the nurse preps me,
the room and calls in the other nurses. After four deep contractions, we can see the head, and the doctor isn't
there yet. I try not to push, but Suzi has other plans. She's done, she wants out, NOW! At 10:24pm the doctor
manages to wrestle his way into the room, just in time to help catch her as she pops out!
She's perfect.
18.5 inches long, 8lbs 7 oz, head circumference 14 inches. There's no way she would have been a "normal"
delivery if we'd waited until the due date. So at 37 weeks, she's born, and healthy happy, and very well behaved.
Lots of post partum testing due to the gestational diabetes, checking sugar levels. Grandma leaves about 11:30pm
to help put Miko and Tim to bed at her house. (Poor Grandpa has been chasing them alone since 2pm.) Cam stays
night in the most uncomfortable couch in existance. I finally get to eat something, after 24 hours of nothing. Worst
chicken sandwich I've ever eaten, but every bite was appreciated.
After a morning (9/23) of more tests, everything finally comes back A-OK. Now it's just normal medical procedures,
weighing, immunizations, etc. etc. that keep us there. Miko and Tim come to visit with Grandma and Grandpa,
but Mommy falls asleep while they're there! Poor Mommy. Cam takes a load of Baby goodies from Grandma,
and brings back clean, cute, baby clothes. A quiet evening of getting to know the new baby, and Mommy sends
Daddy home to sleep in a bed. =D
Morning (9/24)finishes up the last of the tests, and by 1pm we're ready to come home! Immediate naps ensue.
Grandma and Grandpa offer to keep Miko and Tim one more night. (Even tho Mommy misses them, it's nice
for a little quiet.)
This took me the rest of the day to type, a little at a time, between naps. It's now 9:30pm on 9/24/2007.
For pictures of Suzi Lynn, and to leave a message, please visit:
http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/hospitals/5774/frame_test.asp?URLID=7Y9B8Q0Q6P
Friday 21st - Amniosenthesis and final testing showed that while Baby Suzi was
fully developed, she was already over 8 lbs, and "transverse" or "breach".
C- section was scheduled for 8am on Saturday. Kids went to grandma's and Cam and I had
a final quiet night before surgery. Not that much sleeping was done. No food or water after midnight
and scary prospects made things uncomfortable.
Went in at 6am on Saturday 22nd. After hours of tests, heart monitoring, and
meeting multiple doctors, nurses and aides we were finally given the go ahead to prep for surgery.
Que two emergency cases that had to go ahead of us, putting our 8am start time back until after 10:30 am.
Not that I complained. We were fairly comfortable, and had assurances that the baby was fine.
After getting all prepped, wheeled into the operating room and literaly a minute before they cut,
the surgeon asked for one last check to see if Suzi was still transverse (not head down in the birth canal,
she had been all sideways.). The little dickens moved! She was in perfect possition for vaginal birth now!
Perverse!! That's our kid! A short discussion, and we decide to nix the surgery. This means I'm in recovery
until the spinal anesthesia wears off enough to be moved to a labor room. The awesome thing is that my Mom
can attend in the labor room, whereas we could only have Cam in the OR. By the time we're moved to the labor
room, it's after noon. Twelve hours with no food or water, I can finally have some ice chips.
After meeting more doctors nurses, and anethesiologists, at 1 pm the IV drip has Pitocin added to it, and a Foley
catheter is inserted. The waiting begins. Contractions are lite and I'm still fairly numb from the spinal, so no
extra medication is needed yet. By 3 pm I've dialated from 0 to 6 cm, but the cervix is still thick. Another 3 hours
and I start feeling the contractions as the spinal wears off. After several good hard contractions, we start the
process for an epidural. Because an epidural is a slow start, long lasting anesthetic it doesn't take the pain
of the contractions away completely. For hours, I'm stuck at 6 cm until 10 pm when I finally hit 10 cm, and the
cervix is almost perfect. We decided to go ahead and start pushing. The doctor is called, and the nurse preps me,
the room and calls in the other nurses. After four deep contractions, we can see the head, and the doctor isn't
there yet. I try not to push, but Suzi has other plans. She's done, she wants out, NOW! At 10:24pm the doctor
manages to wrestle his way into the room, just in time to help catch her as she pops out!
She's perfect.
18.5 inches long, 8lbs 7 oz, head circumference 14 inches. There's no way she would have been a "normal"
delivery if we'd waited until the due date. So at 37 weeks, she's born, and healthy happy, and very well behaved.
Lots of post partum testing due to the gestational diabetes, checking sugar levels. Grandma leaves about 11:30pm
to help put Miko and Tim to bed at her house. (Poor Grandpa has been chasing them alone since 2pm.) Cam stays
night in the most uncomfortable couch in existance. I finally get to eat something, after 24 hours of nothing. Worst
chicken sandwich I've ever eaten, but every bite was appreciated.
After a morning (9/23) of more tests, everything finally comes back A-OK. Now it's just normal medical procedures,
weighing, immunizations, etc. etc. that keep us there. Miko and Tim come to visit with Grandma and Grandpa,
but Mommy falls asleep while they're there! Poor Mommy. Cam takes a load of Baby goodies from Grandma,
and brings back clean, cute, baby clothes. A quiet evening of getting to know the new baby, and Mommy sends
Daddy home to sleep in a bed. =D
Morning (9/24)finishes up the last of the tests, and by 1pm we're ready to come home! Immediate naps ensue.
Grandma and Grandpa offer to keep Miko and Tim one more night. (Even tho Mommy misses them, it's nice
for a little quiet.)
This took me the rest of the day to type, a little at a time, between naps. It's now 9:30pm on 9/24/2007.
For pictures of Suzi Lynn, and to leave a message, please visit:
http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/hospitals/5774/frame_test.asp?URLID=7Y9B8Q0Q6P