Tuesday the 9th, we were set for our last prenatal appointment at 2:45. DH got home just around 1:45 and as I was waking up from my mid day nap, when my water broke. We gathered stuff up, called the doc's office to tell them we would see them in L&D instead of the office and headed out. We got all checked in and in our room, but I wasn't having any contractions. They started the pitocin and suddenly the contractions came every minute and strong. So they stopped the pit and my body continued that trend. I went from 4cm to 7cm in an hour and a half. The doctor came to check me and found that I had a bag of forewaters - basically just part of the sac that was stuck between my cervix and Griffin's head. So he broke that, but instead of just water gushing, there was blood too. He thought I might have an abruption so he decided that we would do an "urgent c section." In less than a minute that changed to "STAT c section" when Griffin's heart rate dropped drastically.
While wheeling me into the OR, they tried pumping my epi full, but I could feel everything, so they had to knock me out. Poor Bryan didn't get to be in the OR and instead was just sitting on the other side of a window that was shaded and thinking that both Griffin and I were going to die. Then he heard Griffin screaming as he was pulled out! Once he was out, and the NICU team was checking him over, they rasied the shade. I can't believe he didn't pass out! He said he could see Griffin and then he could see me on a table and tons of blood all over the floor. Anyway, they finished putting me back together and we all went to recovery. I woke up 3 hours later to Bryan feeding Griffin a bottle and being called Griffin :) I'm glad he picked that name! He definitely looks like a Griffin to me!
So that's basically it. Scary as hell, but we're all fine. Griffin spent about 12 hours in NICU because when we got to our post partum room, the nursery nurse noticed he was breathing way too fast. They think he had some fluid left in his lungs. He would have come to our room sooner than 12 hours, but there were a number of premie emergencies and resucitations that obviously took precedence (and I wouldn't have that any other way!). I did get to hold him for a few minutes before he went to NICU though and I'm thankful for that.
Finally I have a few more pictures to share of our precious Griffin. These are all taken on my phone, as we haven't pulled the pictures off of the camera yet, so I apologize if the quality isn't the greatest. Enjoy!
Snoozing Before Coming Home
Trying Out My Boppy
Laying on Mommy
