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High Blood
Pressure Leads To Emergency Cesarean
by Machelle
Winder
I had a good pregnancy
with my son fifteen years ago, but my labor was complicating. I went
to all my doctor visits, took my vitamins (most of the time) stayed
active.
Nov. 6th
The day after my initial due date, I went in to see my doctor. To my
surprise my blood pressure was extremely high. The doctor wanted to
put me in the hospital that day. He scheduled for me to be induced
for labor the next morning at 7:00am. I so terrified! I had heard
some horrible stories about being induced, that the pain is twice as
bad as it would if you were to go into natural labor. That evening
the doctor came in and put a gel inside me that would help soften my
cervic's. I began having pain through the night.
The Next Morning (Nov 7th)
My doctor came in and explained how they would be inducing me..etc.
The nurse placed an IV in my arm which began inducing my labor. The
first few hours I started having mild contractions.
There was this machine that had a switch on it to make the
contractions come closer together. My doctor assured me everything
was good, except I was only dilated to one that evening. He then
moved that switch on the machine to increase the contractions.
OUCH!! I began hard contractions through the night. By the next
morning I had only dilated to three. I don't remember if they broke
my water that morning when they induced me or that evening..
Nov. 8th
I had only dilated to three by morning, so my doctor again increased
the contractions. Now the contractions came even harder and by that
afternoon I was in unbearable pain, still only dilated to five! My
doctor gave me something for the pain which only relieved me for 15
minutes. I think that made the pain even worse, because when the
pain started coming back I couldn't handle it! I started
hyperventilating. My doctor decided to do an emergency c-section. I
can still remember the total chaos around me, I had an IV hooked up
to my arm and tubes going inside me that had been attached to the
baby's head to monitor him. They began disconnecting me from
everything.
5:00pm Nov. 8th
I remember being wheeled out on a stretcher in a rush as I saw my
family all standing outside the waiting room crying and looking
worried. That scared me more because I thought they thought I was
going to die.
In the Operating Room all I remember is being prepped for surgery.
There was still chaos around me. The nurse then placed a mask over
my mouth and nose. She told me to start counting backwards from 100.
I probably only made it to 90 because the next thing I remember is
being woken in the recovery room by a nurse telling me I had a Son.
(That was the happiest moment of my life!) I was so Thankful to God,
my doctors and nurses for saving my baby and I.
After the Surgery
The recovery pain for me was far less painful then labor. I had an
incision cut from my belly button down because they had to do an
exploratory surgery. The healing was much quicker than I had
expected. I was released five days later and had my stitches removed
in two weeks.
I was limited to the normal things after major surgery such as, no
walking up and down stairs, no heavy lifting, etc for six weeks. For
the next few weeks I did experience alot of stiffness where my
incision was.
My baby was perfect! His face was round and didn't have the look
that some babies have after vaginal birth.
Now fifteen years later, he's a Freshman in High School, honor roll
student, served five years on the student council, preforms in
concert choir, is in wrestling and weight lifting. He plays the bass
guitar and has been working on forming his own band. He loves me and
respects women. I'm a proud Momma!!!
Copyright © Machelle
Winder. This article may not be resold, reprinted, or redistributed
for compensation of any kind without prior written permission from
the author.
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