Bella's way too long birth story - Pregnancy

BubMunkeyBles · 05-06-2009, 12:03 AM

So things have been so crazy since Bella was born that I just am getting around to writing out her birth story... So where should I start... Hm...

Well, Tuesday February 17 I call my Mom literally freaking out over stupid stuff. I had been put on bed rest for pre-eclamsia (I had really high BP, high liver enzymes and too much protein in my urine). I was pretty much to freak out mode and my roommate was being a royal pain in my rear. I demanded pretty much that I was going to Orlando and I would take it easy, get a wheel chair etc but that I needed to go away before I just lost it on everyone. Oh yeah, also this was when I realized that my tumor had actually grown through my pregnancy since they sent me the radiology report for some reason. My Dad and oncologist told me not to worry. My Mom decided to come down to Tampa and drive me to Orlando (I had been getting pretty severe vertigo) because she was worried I would get hurt. So off we went. We checked in on Thursday and just relaxed, Friday we spent a few hours in the park but pretty much just sat around. Saturday Feb 21 came around and I was planning on meeting up with Shan and her family that night so we took it easy and went to Ikea.

I felt kind of sick all day Friday night and Saturday. I knew I was having the pre-E symptoms still (my back hurt from my kidneys not functioning right, my abdomen hurt under my ribs near my liver and I was still dizzy) so coughed it all up to that. After we got back from Ikea things got worse, I started having contractions but assumed they were braxton hicks and would just go away on their own. By 7pm Saturday night they hadn't stopped and I told my Mom we needed to drive back to Tampa and go to through triage. I felt bad because I never called Shan to give her a heads up, I kind of just left. The ride to Tampa felt like it took forever, but only took like 45 min (my Mom was speeding like a mad woman, ). We got to the hospital, I peed in a cup, they took more bloodwork and hooked me up to the monitors. I was contracting a LOT and was in lots of pain. Grr, you'd think at least with a planned c-section you would never have to feel labor at least.

They tried to check my cervix but my tumor was too big and they couldn't reach it... literally. So they had no clue if I was in active labor and dialating etc. So they gave me whatever drug it is to stop contractions... They stopped... for like 10 minutes and then started again. They gave me another shot and they never quit again. After three hours of me whining in pain, they wouldn't give me anything because since they couldn't check me they had no clue what was up. FINALLY my OB (well the OB on call) came, he tried to check me and he said he "thought" I wasn't dialated but wasn't sure, my contractions weren't stopping even with drugs, my liver and kidneys were shutting down, but since it could wait till morning when they had more staff he would prefer to do that since the tumor was there and they didn't want any severe complications that way.

I had the daunting task of calling Shawn in Italy (on my cell phone) to tell him that my c-section was scheduled for 9am on Sunday morning. Luckily the OB had finally given me pain meds and I was a little way too okay with him not being able to be there. My Mom said I would have been really upset without the drugs because Shawn was really pissed that he was missing the birth, especially since we had been dealing with trying to get the doctors to listen to my problems the whole pregnancy and they hadn't. Anyways... all went as well as possible.

I slept from the lots of pain meds and 9am rolled around and back to the OR I went. Thank God I had that freak out earlier in the week and my Mom was there in the OR. They put the spinal in, I really don't remember much, the magnesium sulfate (for my BP and the pre-E) was going still so that kind of made everything a blur. They cut me open and took Bella out first. My normal OB even came in for my c-section on a weekend that he wasn't on call, so I had 2 OB's. One of the funny c-section quotes "Holy crap that is a huge umbilical cord". Haha. She cried and all seemed great. Next step, the tumor. Funny quote from that "There's no way in hell that is only 13cm". Okay not funny, but its weird to hear them and not be able to see. She was 19 inches, 5lbs, 6oz and born at 9:40. She was SO tiny.

I had to be apart from her for the first 24 hours because of the mag they wouldn't let her room in. She did visit and that's when she puked up a whole bottle and had what they call a dusky episode, she pretty much turned blue. This bought her a 5 night NICU stay, but she did well and ate. It was just really stressful. They still never found a reason why she had it, but kept her to watch her.

I had the worst c-section recovery ever. I didn't sleep for three weeks post-op and by then it was time to have surgery for the cancer again. The second day I started running a fever (turns out it was probably from appendicitis and the abscess I had) so they ran tons of blood cultures and I got on antibiotics. On top of that they wouldn't let me see my baby for 24 hours since she was in the NICU and I had ran the fever. Wednesday Feb 25 my life changed forever... Astonishment to all the tumor was cancer. I freaked out, had a nervous break down, spiked a fever again from the stress etc etc. I was in so much abdominal pain on top of it and was just miserable. I FINALLY got to leave the hospital on Friday (6 nights in the hospital to get this baby, ). Bella came home on Saturday. She is perfect of course and the most amazing thing ever. Truly a blessing and I can literally say that my daughter saved my life, the OB's and oncologist said I could easily have been in stage 4 before they found the cancer had I not gotten pregnant... She was truly meant to be and made with love.

So that's my birth story from hell, but in the end it I got the best and most beautiful daughter ever (IMO of course).

Blessed Ohana · 05-06-2009, 12:09 AM

what a tough labor and delivery and surgery you had!

you are right though; your lil girl is a blessing from God! congrats, momma!

SezzySue · 05-06-2009, 12:15 AM

wow thats a lot of stress but what a little blessing you got. Hope you two are settling in well together and can't wait to see pics. Wow 2 months already

Wen-D · 05-06-2009, 07:14 AM

Oh wow!! That brought me to tears. God bless you and your little guardian angel!! She was definitely a gift!

Armywifenmomof2 · 05-06-2009, 07:36 AM

wow glad everyone is ok

*kristen.f* · 05-06-2009, 07:52 AM

It sounds like you had quite the experience.

and

that everything goes smoothly from here on out!

p.s. your daughter is absolutely beautiful!

05-06-2009, 12:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
BubMunkeyBles Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Me- Tampa, FL, DH- Aviano AB Italy Posts: 7,117 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 8% Longevity: 33%	Bella's way too long birth story So things have been so crazy since Bella was born that I just am getting around to writing out her birth story... So where should I start... Hm... Well, Tuesday February 17 I call my Mom literally freaking out over stupid stuff. I had been put on bed rest for pre-eclamsia (I had really high BP, high liver enzymes and too much protein in my urine). I was pretty much to freak out mode and my roommate was being a royal pain in my rear. I demanded pretty much that I was going to Orlando and I would take it easy, get a wheel chair etc but that I needed to go away before I just lost it on everyone. Oh yeah, also this was when I realized that my tumor had actually grown through my pregnancy since they sent me the radiology report for some reason. My Dad and oncologist told me not to worry. My Mom decided to come down to Tampa and drive me to Orlando (I had been getting pretty severe vertigo) because she was worried I would get hurt. So off we went. We checked in on Thursday and just relaxed, Friday we spent a few hours in the park but pretty much just sat around. Saturday Feb 21 came around and I was planning on meeting up with Shan and her family that night so we took it easy and went to Ikea. I felt kind of sick all day Friday night and Saturday. I knew I was having the pre-E symptoms still (my back hurt from my kidneys not functioning right, my abdomen hurt under my ribs near my liver and I was still dizzy) so coughed it all up to that. After we got back from Ikea things got worse, I started having contractions but assumed they were braxton hicks and would just go away on their own. By 7pm Saturday night they hadn't stopped and I told my Mom we needed to drive back to Tampa and go to through triage. I felt bad because I never called Shan to give her a heads up, I kind of just left. The ride to Tampa felt like it took forever, but only took like 45 min (my Mom was speeding like a mad woman, ). We got to the hospital, I peed in a cup, they took more bloodwork and hooked me up to the monitors. I was contracting a LOT and was in lots of pain. Grr, you'd think at least with a planned c-section you would never have to feel labor at least. They tried to check my cervix but my tumor was too big and they couldn't reach it... literally. So they had no clue if I was in active labor and dialating etc. So they gave me whatever drug it is to stop contractions... They stopped... for like 10 minutes and then started again. They gave me another shot and they never quit again. After three hours of me whining in pain, they wouldn't give me anything because since they couldn't check me they had no clue what was up. FINALLY my OB (well the OB on call) came, he tried to check me and he said he "thought" I wasn't dialated but wasn't sure, my contractions weren't stopping even with drugs, my liver and kidneys were shutting down, but since it could wait till morning when they had more staff he would prefer to do that since the tumor was there and they didn't want any severe complications that way. I had the daunting task of calling Shawn in Italy (on my cell phone) to tell him that my c-section was scheduled for 9am on Sunday morning. Luckily the OB had finally given me pain meds and I was a little way too okay with him not being able to be there. My Mom said I would have been really upset without the drugs because Shawn was really pissed that he was missing the birth, especially since we had been dealing with trying to get the doctors to listen to my problems the whole pregnancy and they hadn't. Anyways... all went as well as possible. I slept from the lots of pain meds and 9am rolled around and back to the OR I went. Thank God I had that freak out earlier in the week and my Mom was there in the OR. They put the spinal in, I really don't remember much, the magnesium sulfate (for my BP and the pre-E) was going still so that kind of made everything a blur. They cut me open and took Bella out first. My normal OB even came in for my c-section on a weekend that he wasn't on call, so I had 2 OB's. One of the funny c-section quotes "Holy crap that is a huge umbilical cord". Haha. She cried and all seemed great. Next step, the tumor. Funny quote from that "There's no way in hell that is only 13cm". Okay not funny, but its weird to hear them and not be able to see. She was 19 inches, 5lbs, 6oz and born at 9:40. She was SO tiny. I had to be apart from her for the first 24 hours because of the mag they wouldn't let her room in. She did visit and that's when she puked up a whole bottle and had what they call a dusky episode, she pretty much turned blue. This bought her a 5 night NICU stay, but she did well and ate. It was just really stressful. They still never found a reason why she had it, but kept her to watch her. I had the worst c-section recovery ever. I didn't sleep for three weeks post-op and by then it was time to have surgery for the cancer again. The second day I started running a fever (turns out it was probably from appendicitis and the abscess I had) so they ran tons of blood cultures and I got on antibiotics. On top of that they wouldn't let me see my baby for 24 hours since she was in the NICU and I had ran the fever. Wednesday Feb 25 my life changed forever... Astonishment to all the tumor was cancer. I freaked out, had a nervous break down, spiked a fever again from the stress etc etc. I was in so much abdominal pain on top of it and was just miserable. I FINALLY got to leave the hospital on Friday (6 nights in the hospital to get this baby, ). Bella came home on Saturday. She is perfect of course and the most amazing thing ever. Truly a blessing and I can literally say that my daughter saved my life, the OB's and oncologist said I could easily have been in stage 4 before they found the cancer had I not gotten pregnant... She was truly meant to be and made with love. So that's my birth story from hell, but in the end it I got the best and most beautiful daughter ever (IMO of course). __________________ Stephanie Baby Killian Liam

05-06-2009, 12:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
SezzySue Photographer in Southern CA Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 18,570 Blog Entries: 4 Classifieds: (6) Activity: 0% Longevity: 58%	wow thats a lot of stress but what a little blessing you got. Hope you two are settling in well together and can't wait to see pics. Wow 2 months already __________________ Dear God, I'm losing patience ~ TTC blog My Photography Blog

05-06-2009, 07:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Wen-D Formerly known as Carpenter's Wife Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,772 Blog Entries: 7 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 22%	Oh wow!! That brought me to tears. God bless you and your little guardian angel!! She was definitely a gift! __________________ Our baby , Rylee is due Sept. 24

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05-06-2009, 12:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Blessed Ohana Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 12,369 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 11% Longevity: 32%	what a tough labor and delivery and surgery you had! you are right though; your lil girl is a blessing from God! congrats, momma!

05-06-2009, 07:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Armywifenmomof2 God loves you and so do I!!! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fort Bragg Posts: 2,043 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 27%	wow glad everyone is ok

05-06-2009, 07:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
kristen.f -formerly armygirl8706- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 1,785 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 33%	It sounds like you had quite the experience. and that everything goes smoothly from here on out! p.s. your daughter is absolutely beautiful!