On Feb. 23rd, Rick and I went to the Doctors as usual for a non-stress test and the baby did great. Then we had an ultrasound to check his growth and the Doctor noted that he hadn't grown as much as we thought he should by that point. She suggested we should induce which we were totally fine with- she checked with the NICU, labor and delivery, and the surgeon and everyone was on board, so off I went to get checked into labor and delivery! I got all hooked up and they checked my cervix... I was only at 1cm and my cervix was "long and hard" which meant it wasn't ready for labor. They gave me some medicine to get me ready and then we waited. Next time they checked me I was only at about 2 so they put in a foley bulb and gave me pitocin and within a couple of hours I was at 4cm! This is about the time I requested my epidural... getting it in wasn't a pleasant experience but SO WORTH IT. I don't understand why someone would want to be in that kind of pain without drugs. =) They checked me 2 hours later expecting me to be about 6cm and I was 10! My cervix was totally ready and the baby was down and in position! We woke Rick up and he hopped right up and was by my side =). They got the room ready and then after just 14 minutes of pushing, Dominic Alexander came into the World!
He weighed in at 5 lbs 13 oz and 18 inches long and simply beautiful. I only got to see him for a minute before they took him for surgery. The surgery lasted less than an hour, and eventhough he had a lot of intestines out they got everything back in and closed him up. This put a lot of pressure on his little lungs so they had to put him on a ventilator for the first day after that.
He's just making so much progress and is now off the ventilator and breathing on his own. His bile that's being sucked from his stomach is still green and we're waiting for that to run clear. The day after the surgery his tummy was all red and looked like it was getting infected but it's looking much better now. They have him on antibiotics so hopefully there aren't going to be any infections.
He was getting really cranky the other night because he was in pain so now instead of waiting for him to be in pain and giving him narcotics, they have him on a system on tylenol which helps keep the pain away. It's just so heart breaking to see the little guy squirm in pain, I hate it =(.
He just got his PICC line yesterday which will give him more nutrition and hopefully stop him from losing so much weight... he's already down a pound, but the doctors aren't too concerned yet because he's basically peeing out his weight in the swelling that was in his bowels so it's kind of a good thing.
We've gotten to hold him a bit, and I was there for a couple hours last night holding and rocking him, it was wonderful.
So far so good- please pray that his bile runs clear, that he's pooping, and that he's not in pain and recovering well. Thanks so much and we'll keep you updated!
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