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Q: New Baby Story
asked by: meggan on February 19th, 2007
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i was supposed to be induced at 6pm on the 18th... but at 2am that morning i was hit with heavy duty contractions and back labor that were two minutes apart! we got to the hospital at 4am... at 5am the pain was so servere i kept hurling.. with thee back labor i had no relief between contractions.. at 5 am i got an epidural... i was relax and ok from there! During the afternoon i was kept on oxygen...lil dons and my heart rate kept fluxuating big time!!! Around 3pm my temp spike to 101.3.. They monitored it! At 4:30pm i was in agony...i mean screaming like i was being murdered.. it was worse than the pain before my epi.... so i got another epi... It didnt work! The docs were very concerned! They checked to find i wouldnt dilate past 9cm and the baby would turn since he was caught on my tailbone!!!..explains the pain!!! tHDEN HIS HEART RATE AND MY OWN RACED....EMERGENCY C-SECTION.... At 7:41pm on Feb 18th my little man was born at 41 weeks! 6lbs6oz 20 1/2 inches.

i also wanted to post pics... how do i?

we are so happy and he is such a good content baby
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jessesgirl
replied on February 19th, 2007
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Sorry for the hard labor and emergency section. It must have been scary. Congrats on the new baby! I go to imagecave.com and upload my pics there. You can resize the pics so it's not too big to post and just copy the EZ code.
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Bridget
replied on February 19th, 2007
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wow, are you home already 1 day after the c-section?

i'm glad everything turned out ok. can't wait to see pics!

(there's a sticky at the top on how to post pics)
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jessesgirl
replied on February 19th, 2007
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I never noticed that, why did they let you go home so soon?
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Bridget
replied on February 19th, 2007
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i wouldn't have wanted to leave 24 hours after my section. no way!

not that i could've anyway, i had my catheter and epidural in for a day and a half afterwards.
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jessesgirl
replied on February 19th, 2007
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me too.
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meggan
replied on February 19th, 2007
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no no i had my husband bring the laptop.. im here till wed night
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OctoberBaby06
replied on February 19th, 2007
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Wow, sorry to hear you had such a rough time! I had an emergency c-section also. Can't wait to see pictures!

.Michelle
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jenniek
replied on February 20th, 2007
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Congrats!! He's finally here!! Sorry you had a hard labor, but I hope everything else is going well for you. He's soo little!! I can't believe you went so far over, my baby was only a day over and hes still a lb heavier then your little man!! O your pictures are adorable to!! I hope he's letting you get some rest!
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Amber*Marie
replied on February 20th, 2007
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sorry about your complicated labor but hey atleast your little one is here!!!
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