As most of you know, Abby came into the world a little early. In case some of you aren't sure exactly what happened, I'll give you the short version-well maybe the long version! Basically, I woke up during the night, Sunday into Monday, with chest pain. I felt like I couldn't get a full breath in, and something just didn't feel right. So I told Matt we needed to go the Dr or the hospital or something, at this point I wasn't sure how serious it was but I knew I needed to see someone. Eventually we get to the ER. They immediately take blood, and blood pressure and start ordering tests. The Dr's at this point think I could have a blood clot in my leg that traveled up to my lung so they start a series of tests. I have x-rays, ultrasounds, and lots of waiting. The whole time my blood pressure is through the roof and I'm extremely swollen. To go back a little, I went to the Dr the Monday before Thanksgiving, and my blood pressure was high, and I was swollen but they didn't' seem too worried.
So after a long day in the ER all the tests come back normal. So the last thing they have me do is pee in a cup and find that there is protein in my urine which means my kidneys/liver could be failing. So they decide to send me up to the maternity ward for further testing. At this point, Matt and I assume I'm getting admitted and I'm going to be put on bed rest and that's all we think. He was teasing me all day that I better get used to being in bed because that was where I was going to spend the rest of the pregnancy! The whole time I was in the ER I could feel the baby moving and her heart rate was fine, so we were more worried that something was wrong with me.
It's now in the late afternoon and the maternity nurses have me on lots of monitors and the baby on them as well. They order some more blood. The OB comes in and says there is a possibility I could have to deliver early, so we think early as in a few weeks. They give me a steroid for the baby's lungs in case it has to be really early. Within a half hour, they get my labs back, everything has taken a turn for the worse, and they tell me we're delivering the baby in 15 minutes. Needless to say were really scared! We had just called out parents to tell them I was getting admitted, then we had to call them back and tell them the baby was coming! Because all my counts were so low, they had to put me under and Matt wasn't allowed in the room while I had my c-section. It was so scary going into the OR by myself-but the Dr's were so nice and the drugs they gave me calmed me down. So Matt had to wait with the rest of the family to see both myself and Abby.
So after and extremely long and very scary day, Abigail Grace Long came into the world at 746 pm on Monday Dec 1st. She weighed 2lbs 14oz and was 15inches long. We found out after that I had HELLP syndrome, which is basically high blood pressure, liver shuts down, and low platelets. They don't know what causes it, but the only option was to deliver. Up to delivery Abby was doing just fine-so was perfectly healthy. Abby went straight to the NICU and I stayed in the hospital until Friday. I was happy to come home but a little sad to leave Abby-even though we know she's where she's supposed to be. So there is our delivery story-sorry it's kinda long! I'll update you also on Abby.
We will be putting lots of pictures up of Abby, but just to warn everyone, she is hooked up to lots of wires and has lots of tubes and iv's, so be prepared.
So after a long day in the ER all the tests come back normal. So the last thing they have me do is pee in a cup and find that there is protein in my urine which means my kidneys/liver could be failing. So they decide to send me up to the maternity ward for further testing. At this point, Matt and I assume I'm getting admitted and I'm going to be put on bed rest and that's all we think. He was teasing me all day that I better get used to being in bed because that was where I was going to spend the rest of the pregnancy! The whole time I was in the ER I could feel the baby moving and her heart rate was fine, so we were more worried that something was wrong with me.
It's now in the late afternoon and the maternity nurses have me on lots of monitors and the baby on them as well. They order some more blood. The OB comes in and says there is a possibility I could have to deliver early, so we think early as in a few weeks. They give me a steroid for the baby's lungs in case it has to be really early. Within a half hour, they get my labs back, everything has taken a turn for the worse, and they tell me we're delivering the baby in 15 minutes. Needless to say were really scared! We had just called out parents to tell them I was getting admitted, then we had to call them back and tell them the baby was coming! Because all my counts were so low, they had to put me under and Matt wasn't allowed in the room while I had my c-section. It was so scary going into the OR by myself-but the Dr's were so nice and the drugs they gave me calmed me down. So Matt had to wait with the rest of the family to see both myself and Abby.
So after and extremely long and very scary day, Abigail Grace Long came into the world at 746 pm on Monday Dec 1st. She weighed 2lbs 14oz and was 15inches long. We found out after that I had HELLP syndrome, which is basically high blood pressure, liver shuts down, and low platelets. They don't know what causes it, but the only option was to deliver. Up to delivery Abby was doing just fine-so was perfectly healthy. Abby went straight to the NICU and I stayed in the hospital until Friday. I was happy to come home but a little sad to leave Abby-even though we know she's where she's supposed to be. So there is our delivery story-sorry it's kinda long! I'll update you also on Abby.
We will be putting lots of pictures up of Abby, but just to warn everyone, she is hooked up to lots of wires and has lots of tubes and iv's, so be prepared.
1 comment:
Oh My God, she is soooo cute. The Pictures are great. Just keep sending more. It was great to see you holding her. Hopefully Abby will be home sooner that you think. Let us know what you need.
Aunt Jeanne
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