Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Last 9 Months
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| 37 weeks! |
One Month Later. . .
To say that a lot has changed since the last post is definitely an understatement!
We'd like to introduce you to Sydney Kate Fitzmaurice!
She was born May 9th at 9PM and was 5lbs 8oz, 18 inches long.
So how did we get here??
Well. . .unfortunately, around the last week of April, I started having really severe round ligament pain that brought us to the hospital. I spent the night at Sutter Memorial on pain medication and was told by Dr. Chan, "NO MORE WORK!" This was a week earlier than planned so needless to say, there were a lot of loose ends that I couldn't wrap up. :( I spent that week trying to stay somewhat comfortable but was unable to sleep due to pain that I was also having in my hip/pelvis area. It was extremely uncomfortable to sleep on either side so I spent many nights pacing around the house and icing my pain.
After about two weeks of very little sleep and pain, on May7th, I started to get some unusual cramping that was exacerbating the ligament and pelvic pain that I was already having. Walking around seemed to help so despite the discomfort, I decided to go to the Sacramento Rivercats game. ??
That night the pain got much worse and continued to worsen over the course of the next day. By Sunday night, Kevin and I had a decision to make. Do we go to the hospital again? I was out of pain meds and we didn't like the idea of me taking MORE meds when I had three more weeks before my due date. Sunday night, we ended up driving in and the pain had me in tears.
After being hooked up to the monitors, the triage Nurse asked me, "Did you know that you're having contractions?" Well, I knew that I had some unusual cramping but it was still noting compared to the pain that I had endured the two weeks prior!
The on-call Dr decided to admit me even though I was only 1-2cm dilated. They just couldn't send me home in the pain that I was in. Kevin and I spent the night in the labor room - poor Kevin had to make due with the recliner they provided but having him by my side was all I could ever ask for.
The next day, I stayed medicated for the pain until about 11AM. At that point I was still 1-2cm dilated and Dr. Chan decided that at noon, we'd start the Epidural and the Pitocin. At 2PM, Dr. Chan broke the bag of waters, and by 3PM, I was 5cm. By 6:45PM I was told I was at 10cm and that it was time to push!
Having my family and Kevin by my side was the best thing I could ask for!
Ericka and Kevin - you both got my through the toughest 24 hours! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
After 2 hours and 15mins, and ending up with a 102 fever, Syndey was born and the next 10 mins were heartbreaking. The cord was wrapped around her neck and her color was off. She was whisked from the room, and my family followed. I was left in the labor room wondering what was going on. Then about 30 mins later, Syndey Kate was wheeled in, already in her Isolette, and I was told she was being taken to the NICU to address the fluid in her lungs which was causing very belabored breathing.
That night was very emotional for us. I was brought to the Post-Partum room, after visting Syndey in the NICU (very difficult), and was told that Kevin could stay in the second bed that was in the shared room, and was instructed that I should start pumping right away.
I stayed in the hospital until Thursday, May 12th, and was discharged - without Sydney. By that time, she was on an antiobiotic cycle (due to the fever I contracted during labor) and was receiving phototherapy for her jaundice. Our drive home was very sad.
Kevin and I went back and forth to the hospital for two feedings a day for the next four days, and to bring Sydney milk, and then FINALLY - we were able to take her home on Tuesday, May 17th!
Check out more pictures of Sydney here!
We'd like to introduce you to Sydney Kate Fitzmaurice!
She was born May 9th at 9PM and was 5lbs 8oz, 18 inches long.
So how did we get here??
Well. . .unfortunately, around the last week of April, I started having really severe round ligament pain that brought us to the hospital. I spent the night at Sutter Memorial on pain medication and was told by Dr. Chan, "NO MORE WORK!" This was a week earlier than planned so needless to say, there were a lot of loose ends that I couldn't wrap up. :( I spent that week trying to stay somewhat comfortable but was unable to sleep due to pain that I was also having in my hip/pelvis area. It was extremely uncomfortable to sleep on either side so I spent many nights pacing around the house and icing my pain.
After about two weeks of very little sleep and pain, on May7th, I started to get some unusual cramping that was exacerbating the ligament and pelvic pain that I was already having. Walking around seemed to help so despite the discomfort, I decided to go to the Sacramento Rivercats game. ??
That night the pain got much worse and continued to worsen over the course of the next day. By Sunday night, Kevin and I had a decision to make. Do we go to the hospital again? I was out of pain meds and we didn't like the idea of me taking MORE meds when I had three more weeks before my due date. Sunday night, we ended up driving in and the pain had me in tears.
After being hooked up to the monitors, the triage Nurse asked me, "Did you know that you're having contractions?" Well, I knew that I had some unusual cramping but it was still noting compared to the pain that I had endured the two weeks prior!
The on-call Dr decided to admit me even though I was only 1-2cm dilated. They just couldn't send me home in the pain that I was in. Kevin and I spent the night in the labor room - poor Kevin had to make due with the recliner they provided but having him by my side was all I could ever ask for.
The next day, I stayed medicated for the pain until about 11AM. At that point I was still 1-2cm dilated and Dr. Chan decided that at noon, we'd start the Epidural and the Pitocin. At 2PM, Dr. Chan broke the bag of waters, and by 3PM, I was 5cm. By 6:45PM I was told I was at 10cm and that it was time to push!
Having my family and Kevin by my side was the best thing I could ask for!
Ericka and Kevin - you both got my through the toughest 24 hours! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
After 2 hours and 15mins, and ending up with a 102 fever, Syndey was born and the next 10 mins were heartbreaking. The cord was wrapped around her neck and her color was off. She was whisked from the room, and my family followed. I was left in the labor room wondering what was going on. Then about 30 mins later, Syndey Kate was wheeled in, already in her Isolette, and I was told she was being taken to the NICU to address the fluid in her lungs which was causing very belabored breathing.
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| Sydney, the morning of May 10th. |
That night was very emotional for us. I was brought to the Post-Partum room, after visting Syndey in the NICU (very difficult), and was told that Kevin could stay in the second bed that was in the shared room, and was instructed that I should start pumping right away.
I stayed in the hospital until Thursday, May 12th, and was discharged - without Sydney. By that time, she was on an antiobiotic cycle (due to the fever I contracted during labor) and was receiving phototherapy for her jaundice. Our drive home was very sad.
Kevin and I went back and forth to the hospital for two feedings a day for the next four days, and to bring Sydney milk, and then FINALLY - we were able to take her home on Tuesday, May 17th!
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| Yay! We're going home! |
Check out more pictures of Sydney here!
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