meldmac
Mom to an angel and Colin
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Colin Devin Denis M. - June 28, 2010 at 3:40 am
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
19 inches
It's hard to explain how I feel right now other than I truly believe that Colin's big brother had a hand in the birth of Colin and was watching over him from above.
I was called in to be induced on June 27, 2010 at around 10:30 am. Got to the hospital at around 12 and they hooked me up to the monitors finally at about 12:30 or so. Monitored the baby for about an hour and said to go get something to eat and then come back in a half hour to see if there would be beds available for me to be induced. So we wandered around until about 2:00 or so and came back and thankfully they had a bed available. So they took us up to L&D and got me situated and by about 2:30 pm had me hooked up to the oxytocin I had already been dilated to 2 cm's when they started but it progressed very slowly and by 6 pm, I was only dilated to 3. They started increasing the drip more frequently but I was still progressing a bit slower than what they had liked so by 10:30 decided to break my waters. Up until this point I was not sure about an epi so decided to wait until after they broke my waters to decide. Well as soon as they broke my water I started getting them 1 min apart and very intensely so I agreed on the epi. Lets just say I'm not getting it again as this is the second time it didn't work for me. It was ok for about 10 mins then the contractions were as painful as they were before and by an hour later they were twice as painful. Only bonus was I was progressing quickly.
By 2 am or so I was 8-9 cm's dilated. Dr. came around 3:00 and checked and said I was pretty much ready to push. Up until about 1:30 babies hb had a baseline of around 140-150 and active hb of 160-170, well around 2:30 onwards it started going to about 110 and they all thought it had just been because he was resting. Well as soon as I started pushing all I could hear was the dr after about 10 mins of pushing say we had to get this baby out now! From then on I was in so much agony I was delirious because he had to use forceps to remove the baby who hadn't even started to crown yet, it felt like someone ripped out my whole insides. He basically ripped Colin out of me
but this is what saved his life. I didn't know until after wards when my husband told me that every time I contracted his hb went from 110 to 50 and back up again. They realized at this time that he was in serious distress. After they found out that his cord was wrapped around his body and his neck twice, and when I contracted it was squeezing his little body. When I looked up after they pulled him out I saw the dr unwrapping the cord and I thought we had lost him I'm so glad I didn't know that during birth or I would have been panicking even more than I was. I had no idea at all that it was such a dire situation. I will forever think of him as a miracle because the outcome of this could have been so much different. His cry after birth was the best sound I've every heard in my entire life. I will be forever thankful to my dr. for thinking quickly and getting him out.
So I introduce Colin who was born into this world not screaming but still here with us on his angel brothers due date. Thank you Devin for making mommy and daddy believe in miracles. Every day when I look at Colin I will remember you and thank you for making your little brother safe. Colin looks so much like Devin and I thought I would be sad about this but I'm happy, as I know a part of Devin will always be here with us.
Some of my favorite pics of Colin!
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
19 inches
It's hard to explain how I feel right now other than I truly believe that Colin's big brother had a hand in the birth of Colin and was watching over him from above.
I was called in to be induced on June 27, 2010 at around 10:30 am. Got to the hospital at around 12 and they hooked me up to the monitors finally at about 12:30 or so. Monitored the baby for about an hour and said to go get something to eat and then come back in a half hour to see if there would be beds available for me to be induced. So we wandered around until about 2:00 or so and came back and thankfully they had a bed available. So they took us up to L&D and got me situated and by about 2:30 pm had me hooked up to the oxytocin I had already been dilated to 2 cm's when they started but it progressed very slowly and by 6 pm, I was only dilated to 3. They started increasing the drip more frequently but I was still progressing a bit slower than what they had liked so by 10:30 decided to break my waters. Up until this point I was not sure about an epi so decided to wait until after they broke my waters to decide. Well as soon as they broke my water I started getting them 1 min apart and very intensely so I agreed on the epi. Lets just say I'm not getting it again as this is the second time it didn't work for me. It was ok for about 10 mins then the contractions were as painful as they were before and by an hour later they were twice as painful. Only bonus was I was progressing quickly.
By 2 am or so I was 8-9 cm's dilated. Dr. came around 3:00 and checked and said I was pretty much ready to push. Up until about 1:30 babies hb had a baseline of around 140-150 and active hb of 160-170, well around 2:30 onwards it started going to about 110 and they all thought it had just been because he was resting. Well as soon as I started pushing all I could hear was the dr after about 10 mins of pushing say we had to get this baby out now! From then on I was in so much agony I was delirious because he had to use forceps to remove the baby who hadn't even started to crown yet, it felt like someone ripped out my whole insides. He basically ripped Colin out of me
but this is what saved his life. I didn't know until after wards when my husband told me that every time I contracted his hb went from 110 to 50 and back up again. They realized at this time that he was in serious distress. After they found out that his cord was wrapped around his body and his neck twice, and when I contracted it was squeezing his little body. When I looked up after they pulled him out I saw the dr unwrapping the cord and I thought we had lost him I'm so glad I didn't know that during birth or I would have been panicking even more than I was. I had no idea at all that it was such a dire situation. I will forever think of him as a miracle because the outcome of this could have been so much different. His cry after birth was the best sound I've every heard in my entire life. I will be forever thankful to my dr. for thinking quickly and getting him out.So I introduce Colin who was born into this world not screaming but still here with us on his angel brothers due date. Thank you Devin for making mommy and daddy believe in miracles. Every day when I look at Colin I will remember you and thank you for making your little brother safe. Colin looks so much like Devin and I thought I would be sad about this but I'm happy, as I know a part of Devin will always be here with us.
Some of my favorite pics of Colin!
Floaty kisses to Devin, well done 
