PLAN SCHMAN

Brandy sent us what she calls her "crazy birth story"... it's not at all what she'd planned but Baby Ethan had other ideas. I love stories like this - such an adventure! 

Enjoy,

Sarah

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Wow Baby Ethan is finally here!!! But boy oh boy did he come in such an adventurous way!! Its his way......forget about all the planning we did as it all went out the window. I wanted a cute lil birth story...oh I'll go into labor at work.....I am an RN (registered nurse), walk...or get wheeled hehe...down to OB triage, and wahla.....have a nice & simple delivery...hehe. Boy were we in for a treat!

So it all started 8/4/2011.....it was an emotional ride in to work as I was thinking about and really missing my Dad (he passed away in March of this year 2011).

So I get to work and I am trucking a long.....then around 11pm I started feeling like I was having menstrual cramping...I have not had these types of cramping throughout my preganancy so I was a little concerned. I started asking everyone is this normal...what is going on? Contractions...was the answer. TMI but throughout the night I noticed brown discharge....oh no probably my mucous plug. I started keeping track of my contractions....they weren't too bad. My co worker and manager was like you want to go to Ob Triage? Me being stubborn and wanting to finish my shift said no...I'm ok...if it gets worse then I will.

So I finished my shift!! I was pretty happy about that. My co workers kept telling me you should go to OB traige just to make sure. So I finally said yea I should just to be safe. So sweet one of my co workers didn't want me to be alone as I waited for Steve to come so she walked with me and stayed with me in Ob Triage until Steve came. And kind of funny Steve wasn't going to come...as we have had two OB triage visits in the past and it resulted in nothing...so he was a lil hesitant to miss work and come sit with me. Boy was he glad he didn't do that! I don't think I would have let him either! LOL

So in OB triage when I first got there I was 2cm dilated and 80% effaced, but Baby Ethan's head was super low....I think she said I was at a station O. She didn't have to go in far as compared to my Tuesday OB appt they did have to go up pretty far...hehe. The nurse was like Wow his head is right there! Thats a good sign. But she called the dr and since I was planning on a natural birth the dr said I could go home, labor at home, but once contractions get stronger where I am in a lot of pain...then to head back in. The nurse gave me a second option of walking around for an hour and then getting rechecked. I opted for that!

An hour passes by and hubby & I go back to OB triage and BOO!! I'ms till 2cm dilated and 80% effaced. So home we went. Thankfully hubby did not go into work, but he stayed home with me and just in case got the car seat put in car, finish packing our bags, and attended to me. He is such a good hubby and coach.

I got home and my contractions were coming and coming and getting stronger. I laid on the couch, I sat on the toliet lol....doesn't it feel like you need to go to the bathroom hehe.....I laid in our bed...but nothing was helping with the pain! Finally I went into our tub and just laid there all day with the shower on me as well. Boy did that help!! Also being tired from working an overnight made me pretty drowsy and so I wasn't able to keep track of my contractions until it was too late. I was in there from like 11a to 4p.......then all of a sudden I felt a gush!

Oh no my water probably broke! Steve was a little frantic at this point....he was like ok baby we got to go...I can't deliver a baby....boy is that some foreshadowing...hehe. I tried to get up but I couldn't.....I had an urge to push probably 3-4 times. And finally I was like ok....yea we need to go to hospital STAT! I finally got out of the tub....hubby dried me off and clothed me.

We walked outside our bedroom door and another challenge came upon us....THE STAIRS!!!! Oh no I looked down and I told Steve I can't.....I can't. I would step down then come back up....I did it 2x. I kept saying I feel something down there. Steve checked and he was like its just the sac just the sac....no head. Are you sure?! Are you sure!? Hehe. Then as I stepped back up away from the carpet....so happy I did that....I had a huge urge to push and poor Baby Ethan comes right out and happens to fall right on to a lil area rug that is pretty cushioned onto the ground!

OMG!!!! I was completely freaking out and crying at that point...Steve was so good and he immediately picked Baby Ethan up and wrapped him in a towel and I grabbed Baby Ethan and was like OMG airway.....get me suction...even though now that I think back....his airway was good at that time but you know when you watch the movies of deliveries they suction the baby, stimulate, etc and of course as a Nurse airway is #1 priority. That was my 1st reaction get me suction. Steve runs downstairs and brings me a turkey baster....oh goodness. We try to suction Baby Ethan but not much came out. But I guess right when he came out Steve said he was crying then stopped when he got picked up and held. I don't remember any crying so thats why I was freaking out. But with me I just remember Baby Ethan being so content and just in my arms yawning and so nonchalant about the whole thing. At this time 911 was called they said to lay me down.....I walked over to the guest room as our bed was way too high for me to climb into. At this point there was blood everywhere upstairs and down my legs. I laid down and we put Baby EThan on me and initaited Kangaroo care and got him on my breast. EMT, firefighters, and the police came to our house within 2-3 minutes and they started on their assessments. They got me downstairs, onto the gurney, and then into the Ambulance. I just remember I kept saying take me to Good Sam, take me to Good Sam and I kept asking I need to bank my cord blood and tissue. We were en route to Good Sam, but they got concerned with the placenta still being in me and Baby Ethan's blood sugar. Usually they work on adults so having a blood sugar of 48 they were in a panic state......but come to find out that is normal for newborns from what they L&D nurses told me. They tried to start an IV in Baby Ethan's umbilical cord and in his lil hand but no luck. And they kept massaging my tummy and that was so so painful!!! They opted to take us to the closest hospital as they didn't want to chance anything....so off to Chandler Regional we were.

Got to Chandler Regional.....I'm half naked, covered in blood, and Baby Ethan is on my breast and I am getting wheeled into the ED and everyone is looking at me....at that point all modesty went out the window. They kept saying go to L&D...L&D. So off we went.....felt like forever!!

Got to L&D.....they took Baby Ethan to the warmer.....they hooked me up to Pitocin the Dr came and I had to deliver the placenta....oh the joy of that. It was like giving birth again!!! Finally it all came out and I felt so much better! I just remember shaking and shivering after it came out. I guess Hubby says that happens after placenta is delivered in a book he read. hehe.

So they did the Apgar Scoring with Baby Ethan and he was a 10 with them and with the firefighters and EMT he was also a 10 throughout. Thank goodness! Everything was good!!!

Baby Ethan arrived or should I say fell into this world at 4:28pm weighing in at 6lbs even!! And 19 (1/4) long! And to top it off he arrived on my mom's birthday.......before all this craziness when I was in OB triage I sent a text to all my sisters, "I am in OB Triage....contractions since 11p....been at work.....maybe this daddy's present to mom."

How sweet is that....my parents wanted a boy so bad....they tried 5x...and always a girl. And now they have their sweet little Boy.....Baby Ethan Tommy Orona.