Kolby's Delivery Story

Most of you know Kolby made a grand entrance into the world on May 10, 2008 at 9:55 AM. It all started on Friday May 9th. I went to my last doctor appointment. When I got there they took my blood pressure manually and couldnt find my heart rate. They hooked me up to a blood pressure monitor and my blood pressure was extremly high. My doctor took one look at the rates and decided he wanted to induce me immediately. I went home to grab my things and back to the doctor's office I went. They gave me a balloon catheter to help me get started. That is a catheter they insert into the cervix (I was already dilated to a "1"). The catheter caused dilation. When I got to the hospital, he started me on magnesium to help my blood pressure . I had 3+ edema in my feet, and 4+ Clonus (decreased reflexes). The catheter worked great and by about 3:00 AM they took the catheter out and broke my water. He checked my cervix and I was about a 4 . I started to get very strong contractions and asked for an epidural about 4:45AM. Unfortunately I had a hot spot with the epidural and they decided to change the type of medicine I was getting . About 7 or 8 AM the doctor came to check my cervix. I had dilated to a good 5, but hadn't made much progress. Here's where things happened fast. Time for a C-Section. He said the baby was fine, but I could have a seizure if my B/P stayed up. In the OR, they started to do the incision and I could still feel everything. I was pushing the Dr's hands away under the surgical drapes. The spinal block hadn't worked. So, quickly they decided to give me a general anesthetic. While I was asleep, Kolby was born, not breathing. The medicine they used to put me asleep coupled with all the magnesium did a number on him. They called "Code Pink" overhead. (This part my mom remembers. I was out of it) Everyone scrambled. Nurses yelling at the station, ER doctors arriving, Dr. Nesmith came, respiratory therapy came. They had to "bag" Kolby. He was never without oxygen. Just as they were fixing to put a tube down him, he began to kick and cry. They also had given him Narcan to counteract the drugs he got. It scared my mom and dad to death, because the nurses at first forgot and called Code Blue instead of Pink. So, at first they thought it was me & then had to hear it was Kolby. He was fine though. I woke up in Recovery. After getting general anesthesia, an epidural and then a spinal, I felt like I couldn't breathe. I kept gasping for air and saying I can't breathe. They kept telling me I could. Finally, everything wore off enough that I could breathe. They had threatened to put a tube down me too. The first day I was on a morphine pump and in a fog. I stayed 5 days in the hospital due to high B/P and my swelling. Today, I'm home with Kolby, get my staples out tomorrow (more fun). We are both doing great. It might have been hard, but we ended up with a great little Kolby Blaine.