Hello all! It has been quite a while since I have logged on to our blog. Adapting to a new lifestyle and getting used to being a mommy 24/7 has kept me pretty busy. Anyways, here I am and here is the story of JC's birth.
I had my last OBGYN appointment on Saturday, September 12th... the Dr. had told me that if nothing happened until then he would induce my labor. So when I went to his office and he checked my pulse and JC's heartbeat he wasn't that thrilled of what he heard. Then he told us to go to the hospital and check in to have some tests done and if all was right he would induce me. When we got to the hospital I had a fetal heart monitor and it seemed that is was not going up and down like it would normally do. We had several readings and the Dr. wasn't convinced we should stress Juan Carlos by inducing me. Then, I had an ultrasound, which showed that everything was perfect. After that another monitoring of his heart beat which showed the same results (No ups and downs...)
The Dr. tried inducing me with some pitocin and after about 30 minutes we had another heartbeat reading and the medical staff decided not to put JC under stress and they schedule my C-Section right away for 4:30PM -- It was 12:30PM and I was shocked by their decision and not very happy since I didn't even give the other method a try. Lets not even talk about how my dad felt when he found out they were going to split me open! He literally was Pissed Off!
Well finally, they took me to the operating room and Juan Carlos was born at 5PM that same day. I felt so happy I was crying looking at my first born crying his lungs out.
I didn't care anymore about anything, just about seeing my son and having him in my arms. Well... that did not happen!! Juan Carlos had wet lungs and was put in an incubator with oxygen, I didn't get to see him until 10 PM because I forced the nurses to take me over to the Neonatal Care Unit. I was not going to spend the night without meeting my son!... Then we found out that he would be in that incubator from 48 - 72 hours!! I couldn't believe it... it was heart breaking seeing him trapped in that box! Boy I cried several times from seeing him intubated and poked everywhere with a needle.
the next morning we found out that his billirubine had gone up and he had jaundice! That meant he had to be at least 48 hours under the billi lights! I was so frustrated with all of this and nobody could meet him either. Meanwhile I had visitors come to my room and ask 1000 questions that I didn't feel like answering because I had other things in my mind and felt horrible about the situation.
Bottom line! Those crazy days passed and I finally had JC in my arms! Carlos and I are thankful for this wonderful opportunity of being parents! We love our son!
