DessyMarie
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I hit 29 weeks pregnant, and had been having contractions on and off for about 2 weeks. My doctor asked me to come in and have everything checked out with an ultrasoud to see if anything was going on. 2 days after the ultrasound, I went in to find out the results. I was told my daughter wasn't growing properly and that she had little fluids surrounding her. I was also told I was 1 cm dilated. I was put on progesterone. This was Jan 17th. I was told to go over to the hospital immediately and have what's called celestone - a steroid shot to mature the baby'a lungs in case of anything. I went in to have the shot and was told to come back 24 hours later for a repeat.
That night I went home and started having a ton of contractions, and a bit of pain. When I went in the following day for the shot, I told them about the night before and they decided to keep me for a couple of hours for observation. After keeping me for about 2 hours, they decided to keep me overnight because while I was there I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart, and had also been checked again and realized I was then 2cm dilated. Overnight turned into a weekened... and a weekend turned into a 3 week stay on strict bed rest. I was contracting, the baby was breech, I was only 29 weeks when I was admitted, and I had a positive FFN test (a test that can potentially predict whether your baby will come in the next 2 weeks or not) and on top of all this, she wasn't growing properly.
After being in the hospital on strict bed rest for 3 weeks, tons of blood work, tests, and ultrasounds, February 7th at 6:30pm I began having contractions again. When the doctor checked my cervix, I was 4cm dilated and in labor. They immediately rolled me over to the delivery area, hooked me up to an IV, and tried their hardest to make the contractions stop. After about 2 hours, my contractions were a minute apart and back to back, and my cervix continued to dilate. The baby was breech with her feet completely in my cervix, and it was only a matter of hours before I was fully dilated and would deliver.
The doctors made the decision to do an emergency c-section that night. They prepped me at 12:30am, and my beautiful daughter was born at 1:17am via c-section. She came at exactly 32 weeks, and weighed 3lbs and 5 ounces, 16'' long.
The doctors quickly cleaned her up, sucked her throat out, and put an oxygen mask on her face before taking her to NICU.
We named her Olivia Isobel Christine Vidal. I was released the following Monday, but she is still in NICU and will be for a long time. She's still needing help breathing, but she is feeding well and gaining weight as well. She is currently 3 lbs and 13 ounces.
Overall, everyone is doing well and I just feel so grateful to have a happy, healthy and beautiful girl.
That night I went home and started having a ton of contractions, and a bit of pain. When I went in the following day for the shot, I told them about the night before and they decided to keep me for a couple of hours for observation. After keeping me for about 2 hours, they decided to keep me overnight because while I was there I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart, and had also been checked again and realized I was then 2cm dilated. Overnight turned into a weekened... and a weekend turned into a 3 week stay on strict bed rest. I was contracting, the baby was breech, I was only 29 weeks when I was admitted, and I had a positive FFN test (a test that can potentially predict whether your baby will come in the next 2 weeks or not) and on top of all this, she wasn't growing properly.
After being in the hospital on strict bed rest for 3 weeks, tons of blood work, tests, and ultrasounds, February 7th at 6:30pm I began having contractions again. When the doctor checked my cervix, I was 4cm dilated and in labor. They immediately rolled me over to the delivery area, hooked me up to an IV, and tried their hardest to make the contractions stop. After about 2 hours, my contractions were a minute apart and back to back, and my cervix continued to dilate. The baby was breech with her feet completely in my cervix, and it was only a matter of hours before I was fully dilated and would deliver.
The doctors made the decision to do an emergency c-section that night. They prepped me at 12:30am, and my beautiful daughter was born at 1:17am via c-section. She came at exactly 32 weeks, and weighed 3lbs and 5 ounces, 16'' long.
The doctors quickly cleaned her up, sucked her throat out, and put an oxygen mask on her face before taking her to NICU.
We named her Olivia Isobel Christine Vidal. I was released the following Monday, but she is still in NICU and will be for a long time. She's still needing help breathing, but she is feeding well and gaining weight as well. She is currently 3 lbs and 13 ounces.
Overall, everyone is doing well and I just feel so grateful to have a happy, healthy and beautiful girl.
