The Past Three Days
Let me just start of by saying WOW! The past three days have been extremely amazing. On Sunday and Monday Shell told me that she was starting to feel some contractions however; they were still far apart. Then on Tuesday morning Shell got up a couple of times during the night because she was not feeling well. At ~ 4:00AM, she came up to the room and told me that her water had broken. Naturally, we rushed to the hospital all excited. Once we got there, one of the nurses did an exam on her and told us that her water had not broken however; her blood pressure was high so they were probably going to keep her and maybe induce labor. At around 8:00AM the doctor came in and did his exam. We were surprised when he told us that her water had broke and that she was 3-4 CM dilated! From that, point on things got even more hectic. Shell got some petosin and an epidural, which helped her with the pain. Then between 8ish and 11ish Shell was having some big contractions however; every time she had one the baby’s heart rate dropped! Alex’s heart rate was going between 130 and 70 with every contraction! Naturally, during all of this we were very nervous. Each time the heart rate dropped a nurse would run in and try to stimulate him so that his heart rate went back up. Around 11:15ish, the doctor decided that Shell need to have a C-section in order to get the baby out fast. From that, point on everything went super fast. They essentially unhooked Shell from all the gadgets she was hooked up to and rushed her to the operating room. Obviously, I was very nervous! At one point during the whole process, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to go into the operating room because they were going to put Shell under. In the operating room Shell kept telling the doctor that she wanted me in there and that she didn’t want to be put under. Luckily for us the doctor agreed and a nurse was sent to get me. I ran into the operating room just in time to see them make an incision and take Alex out. Shell was like a trooper through the entire process. I’m amazed by how well she handled things! When they pulled Alex out I was a little surprised to see that he was a boy. During most of the pregnancy, people kept telling me that we were going to have a girl. I guess people just don’t know :).
Both Shell and Alex are doing just fine. Shell has a major headache however; we expect the headache to go away within a day or so. We appreciate the emails/visits/calls/gifts that we received from everybody. Shell & Alex are expected to go home tomorrow (Friday). Stay tuned for more pics/updates. I’m sure we’ll have lots of news!
