Haven't been feeling to
well over the past few weeks, feel very out of breath with back pain
and finding it difficult to walk some days without having to keep
stopping for breath.. Don't remember it being like this before?
My legs, arms and all
over body seems very swollen, think i might make an appointment to
see my Obstetrician in the next few days just to check me out.
13th April ~
Got an appointment today
to see my OB, feel a bit better today, but still not getting to much
sleep cause of the discomfort i am feeling.
1pm.. I am the dr's and
am chatting away to another lady in the waiting room, Her name is
Lisa, she has only got a few days left to go, she is due the 17th
April and booked in for a ceasar, hope that all goes well with her
new bubs.
John and I get called in
to see peter our OB, and i tell him that i haven't been feeling the
best over the past few weeks, he takes my blood pressure and assures
me that all is well.
He then does his routine
ultrasound and notices that i am have a little to much Amniotic
Fluid and tells us that he would like us to go to the medical center
at the Wesley Hospital for another Ultrasound to get double checked
to make sure that baby is ok.
Of course me being me
goes into panic mode and thinks all kinds of things! Peter tells us
both that baby is well and healthy and don't worry! ( RIGHT )
Cathy, Peters assistant
makes us an appointment for that afternoon, in fact we were to go
straight away, they would wait for us at the clinic.
The drive there seems to
never end, but we finally arrive and are seen immediately by Carol,
who has done Ultrasounds on me before and knows our history.
Straight away she puts
us at ease and shows us into the Ultrasound room, put's jelly onto
my tummy and baby comes up on the screen, much bigger than last time
we saw it and still just as amazing to see..
She tells us that yes i
do have a lot of Amniotic Fluid, the safe amount should be between
7/8 Ltrs and I had 10Ltrs!!!!!!
No wonder I was feeling
so uncomfortable..
She said that she was
surprised that I hadn't had the baby already with the amount of
fluid i had there, and that my bag of water was in fact
bulging! The condition is called HYDRA AMNIOS
Carol told us that she
would like to see us again on Tuesday the 17th April for a rescan
to make sure that baby was still ok and under no stress..
Appointment made, we
were on our way home and we were no longer worried!
The weekend has been
really relaxing and I have tried to catch up on my sleep, still
finding it extremely uncomfortable, but make the use of heaps of
pillows to make it more comfortable.
John has been working
over the weekend but has Tuesday off to take me to my appointment
for my rescan..
Monday 16th April..
Having my hair
recoloured & cut today, badly in need of a make over! Why does a
good hair cut always make you feel so much better?
Fiona turns up about 4pm
( Hairdresser ) She is such a good friend and we always have a good
laugh and a yack whilst she is here.. She always stays for
dinner/Lunch depending on what time she arrives as my hair takes
hours to do!
Hair is finally finished
around 7pm, thank god for that! my back is killing me and my legs
seem to be getting bigger by the second! Think I'll have an early
night tonight, bushed!
I go to the bathroom
just to check my hair is ok, next thing I hear is
HAPPY BABY
SHOWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I turn around and there
standing in the middle of my bedroom are family & friends armed with
beautifully wrapped gifts for our baby, and all happily smiling and
giggling..what a surprise alright!!!
The evening was filled
with so much fun, I don't know how John managed to keep that one
secret?
I finally collapsed into
bed around bout 10.30pm
I had a really
uncomfortable night, tossing and turning trying to get
comfy. I had Braxton hicks contractions for most of the
night ( Or so I thought ) and terrible heart burn!
When i got out
of bed in the morning and went to the bathroom I noticed
that my Mucous plug had come away! I mentioned this to John
who thought that I should ring our OB. I on the other hand
thought not as I was feeling ok and all contractions had
stopped!
And anyway I had
an appointment to have another scan today for my excess
fluid, John still not convinced told me to ring the clinic
which I did grudgingly ~
I explained to
our OB's secretary what was happening and she said she would
speak with Peter and ring me back, 5 minutes later she rang
to say that I was to go down to the Wesley Hospital to be
monitored and to take my hospital bag just in case I needed
it, I which I replied I wouldn't! ( haha famous last words!
)
I took my time
getting to the hospital, having my breakfast and cup of tea
( well I did feel fine )
After about an
hour off we headed in the direction of the Wesley Maternity
Hospital. When we got there I left my hospital bag in the
boot of the car, poo pooing the idea that I would need it!
We was
greeted by a really lovely nurse who knew that I was coming
in to be monitored and knew of the condition I had. She
hooked me up to the monitor after a brief chat and note
taking and left us for about 5 mins and returned to see that
I was still having contractions every couple of mins, and I
have to say I did feel them this time! She adjusted the
monitor belt cause bubs kept on moving about and sat with us
for the next 10 minutes in which my contractions were
becoming painful. She said that she was going to ring Peter
and then get a nurse from labour ward to do an internal
check. John looked at me as if to say " I told you so "
The nurse from
labour ward came and checked me and said that I was 2/3
centimetres dilated and in early stages of labour! The other
nurse said she was going to ring Peter yet again to let him
know what was happening.
Less than 5
minutes later she came back with another nurse to say that I
was being prepared for an emergency section there and then!
To say I was shocked is an understatement!!! I wasn't ready
for it, my hair wasn't done and no lippy on! Oh my god what
was a girl supposed to do? Haha i just hadn't prepared for
this, baby wasn't due for another 6 weeks! AND I had left my
bag in the car!
My OB was on his
way down, in the meantime I had a shower and discussed my
spinal block with the dr, who kindly let me use gas and air
whilst the spinal was being put in to make me feel more
relaxed.
I was taken to
theatre and prepped, John went off to put on his " Blues "
and then came back to theatre and sat down next to me.Then
Peter showed up and the ceasar was underway!
At 11.44am Katie
Marie was born weighing 5lb 9oz
