After last week’s ultrasound, we had a relaxing weekend. Karl and I both got massages and had a date to a Ragtime concert here on campus. Sunday we spent it at the pool just lounging around.
Monday, Sept 4, 20 we all got up, had breakfast and Parents as Educators came over to work with Carlita. (This is a free program in the school system that helps children be prepared for school. After Chris left (the instructor), Karl went to work and I waited for my friend, Samanta, to come pick Carlita and I up (She had borrowed my car for the weekend). Roughly 9:30am she arrives and Carlita and I headed out to get into the car. All of a sudden, I felt a rush of liquid and I thought to myself – great I peeped on myself. But it wasn’t pee but blood. There I stood looking down at my pants as they turned red and Samanta, who was sitting in the car, looked at me. Carlita started getting nervous and said “Mommy you have red pee”. Yes, honey lets get into the car. Samanta got her in while I called my doctor’s office who directed me to triage at the hospital. Samanta got a couple of towels from our bathroom and I stripped off my pants right in the middle of the street. I really didn’t care because it was gross to be in. We got Carlita into daycare and off to the hospital we went.
Karl met us there and right into triage we went. I was still bleeding and starting to get cramps. They decided to admit me and took us to High Risk. There the doctor on call reviewed what can be happening. Since I have placenta pervia, the cervix could have started getting relaxed and the placenta start bleeding. It looked like it had slowed down so they were going to monitor me and try to keep the baby in as long as possible up to 37 weeks. Wait a minute! You mean that I would have to be o bed rest in the hospital for two weeks. Yes was the reply. Well I didn’t like that idea and I don’t think Luke liked that idea because at roughly 2pm I started getting more contradictions, fast and painful. They took me to get a bio ultrasound and while there more blood came. I couldn’t get any medicine because they didn’t know if I would be getting a C-section right away or not. After the ultrasound, they wheeled me back to High Risk and right away they determined that I was going in for a C-section. I had lost a lot of blood and had so much pain.
By 4:30pm, my sister and mother arrived right in time before they wheeled me off to OR2 for the C-section. By 5pm I was getting prepped for the C-section. Karl looked quite handsome in his blue outfit, and we had latin music pumping as Luke was pulled into this world at 5:27pm. He weighed in at 5 lbs and 11 oz and is mighty long at 19 inches. He cried a lot and has a good patch of dark hair on his head. After they finished sewing me up, we all moved to the recovery room. I got my favorite thing – the bear hug which helps you keep warm and get rid of the shakes, which I had. Luke was a bit too grunting for the nurses and they looked him over and determined that he needed to get to the NICU right away. I got to hold him for a few minutes before he was taken away in an incurbator. We got hourly reports on how he was doing, as we spent four hours in the recovery room. Because he’s late pre-term, his lungs didn’t have everything needed for him to breathe on his own. They were evaluating him for Respiratory Distress Syndrome and doing x-rays, giving him antibiotics, and an IV. He did come out kicking strong but probably wore himself out. Poor baby! He’s my little kickboxer!
After 4 hours in Recovery, we got move to the maternity ward to a private room. Right away we wanted to go see him but the NICU was a bit busy and he was in the nurses’ observation room, which no one can go into. We had to wait until 11pm when they called us to let us know we could come visit him. We got to the NICU and found our little boy all hooked up but looking good. His coloring was so much better and he was calmer. We held his hands and talked to him. The nurse told us that he was doing quite well considering his age. His weight and height is helping him because he’s actually large for a pre-term baby. After hearing more about what they did for him (review this website http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/rds/rds_treatments.html) for more information, we came back to our room so I can start pumping and for us to get some rest.
So it was quite a surprising day. One month from his due date, Luke came into the world. I’m doing fine, recovering from the C-section. This birth was such a different experience compared to Carlita’s birth, who was overdue. Bleeding, emergency C-section, and NICU are all new experiences for us. We are very lucky that we had our friend, Samanta, with us and that my sister and mother came so fast. Carlita hasn’t seen her little brother but tonight she will. I will keep you all informed on how things are going and when we’ll be heading out of the hospital. Welcome Luke to Lukaland!!!
Monday, Sept 4, 20 we all got up, had breakfast and Parents as Educators came over to work with Carlita. (This is a free program in the school system that helps children be prepared for school. After Chris left (the instructor), Karl went to work and I waited for my friend, Samanta, to come pick Carlita and I up (She had borrowed my car for the weekend). Roughly 9:30am she arrives and Carlita and I headed out to get into the car. All of a sudden, I felt a rush of liquid and I thought to myself – great I peeped on myself. But it wasn’t pee but blood. There I stood looking down at my pants as they turned red and Samanta, who was sitting in the car, looked at me. Carlita started getting nervous and said “Mommy you have red pee”. Yes, honey lets get into the car. Samanta got her in while I called my doctor’s office who directed me to triage at the hospital. Samanta got a couple of towels from our bathroom and I stripped off my pants right in the middle of the street. I really didn’t care because it was gross to be in. We got Carlita into daycare and off to the hospital we went.
Karl met us there and right into triage we went. I was still bleeding and starting to get cramps. They decided to admit me and took us to High Risk. There the doctor on call reviewed what can be happening. Since I have placenta pervia, the cervix could have started getting relaxed and the placenta start bleeding. It looked like it had slowed down so they were going to monitor me and try to keep the baby in as long as possible up to 37 weeks. Wait a minute! You mean that I would have to be o bed rest in the hospital for two weeks. Yes was the reply. Well I didn’t like that idea and I don’t think Luke liked that idea because at roughly 2pm I started getting more contradictions, fast and painful. They took me to get a bio ultrasound and while there more blood came. I couldn’t get any medicine because they didn’t know if I would be getting a C-section right away or not. After the ultrasound, they wheeled me back to High Risk and right away they determined that I was going in for a C-section. I had lost a lot of blood and had so much pain.
By 4:30pm, my sister and mother arrived right in time before they wheeled me off to OR2 for the C-section. By 5pm I was getting prepped for the C-section. Karl looked quite handsome in his blue outfit, and we had latin music pumping as Luke was pulled into this world at 5:27pm. He weighed in at 5 lbs and 11 oz and is mighty long at 19 inches. He cried a lot and has a good patch of dark hair on his head. After they finished sewing me up, we all moved to the recovery room. I got my favorite thing – the bear hug which helps you keep warm and get rid of the shakes, which I had. Luke was a bit too grunting for the nurses and they looked him over and determined that he needed to get to the NICU right away. I got to hold him for a few minutes before he was taken away in an incurbator. We got hourly reports on how he was doing, as we spent four hours in the recovery room. Because he’s late pre-term, his lungs didn’t have everything needed for him to breathe on his own. They were evaluating him for Respiratory Distress Syndrome and doing x-rays, giving him antibiotics, and an IV. He did come out kicking strong but probably wore himself out. Poor baby! He’s my little kickboxer!
After 4 hours in Recovery, we got move to the maternity ward to a private room. Right away we wanted to go see him but the NICU was a bit busy and he was in the nurses’ observation room, which no one can go into. We had to wait until 11pm when they called us to let us know we could come visit him. We got to the NICU and found our little boy all hooked up but looking good. His coloring was so much better and he was calmer. We held his hands and talked to him. The nurse told us that he was doing quite well considering his age. His weight and height is helping him because he’s actually large for a pre-term baby. After hearing more about what they did for him (review this website http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/rds/rds_treatments.html) for more information, we came back to our room so I can start pumping and for us to get some rest.
So it was quite a surprising day. One month from his due date, Luke came into the world. I’m doing fine, recovering from the C-section. This birth was such a different experience compared to Carlita’s birth, who was overdue. Bleeding, emergency C-section, and NICU are all new experiences for us. We are very lucky that we had our friend, Samanta, with us and that my sister and mother came so fast. Carlita hasn’t seen her little brother but tonight she will. I will keep you all informed on how things are going and when we’ll be heading out of the hospital. Welcome Luke to Lukaland!!!
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