Maya’s Birth Story (Part 1)

Leading up to the birth

I wanted to write this down while it was still fresh in my mind. 

Maya Michelle Lee was born on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 3:58 p.m.  She weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz and was almost 21 inches long!  She is absolutely beautiful and we are already in love!!!

Her birth story did not go as I had planned, but I still think I can say I would rather it than my labor and delivery of Samantha!!

My mom arrived on Friday, February 28 when I was 41 weeks, 2 days.  I also had an ultrasound scheduled for that day so I couldn’t pick her up from the airport.  While my mother-in-law Judi took Sam to get my mom, I was learning that baby was still happy and healthy inside.  I still had enough fluid, she was “practice breathing” and she weighed approximately 8 lbs.  They sent me home saying if I didn’t have a baby by Monday or Tuesday, we’d schedule another ultrasound to check again. 

On Saturday, mom and I decided it would be a good thing to go get some pedicures and walk the mall a bit.  When I took my boots off to get in the water, my feet were REALLY swollen.  I was swollen for about the last month of Samantha’s pregnancy, but I had skated by pretty nicely with this one, so the fact that I went from slightly swollen to full on foot-sausage had me a little concerned. 

Right after our pedicures were over, we went to a pharmacy so I could check my blood pressure…

144/106!

Yikes!

I called my midwife and she wanted to see me in the hospital as soon as possible to monitor the blood pressure, monitor baby and talk about our options. 

At the hospital, my blood pressure was high again but every time it was taken, it would drop ever so slightly.  They took my blood and sent it to the lab, giving Derek and I about an hour to talk about our options.  If the blood work came back showing signs of pre-eclampsia, then we didn’t have much of a choice and induction would be the thing that would be recommended and what we would do.  If everything came back fine, we did have a few options: 1) go home and wait for labor to start naturally, 2) be induced right then and there, 3) go home, get a good nights rest and come back in the morning to be induced. 

After our hour was up, the blood work came back with one high level that had to do with my liver function and how my red blood cells were breaking down.   I also had some protein in my urine.  At this point, our options changed: 1) induced now 2) induced the next day. 

We chose to get a good nights rest and come back the next day. 

The next morning, we were waiting for someone to tell us to come in.  I texted my midwife and she was able to text me back saying she was with another mom who was pushing.  I felt really bad, but I went and took a little nap and waited. 

At 11:22 (I remember, exactly…), I got the call saying we should come in. 

After getting everything ready, saying goodbye to Sam and my mom, we left. 

It was kind of nice driving to the hospital able to talk to Derek about what the day would bring without being in major pain or being nervous of making it to the hospital on time or something.  It was a nice leisurely drive to go have a baby!  It was really exciting, actually!

We got to the hospital and were admitted at 12:05 p.m.

And, that’s where I’ll leave it for now!