Baby Talon finally made his arrival on April 6, 2011 at 3:39 p.m. I had a scheduled induction at 9:00, but by the time everything got going, it was almost 11 a.m. Dr. Anderson broke my water at 11:15 and I got my epidural by 12:15. At this point, Talon's heart beat kept dropping with every contraction I had. We couldn't increase the pitocin to speed up delivery or Talon wouldn't have had enough time to recover between contractions. Dr. Anderson said it is like holding your breath for 30 seconds every 2 minutes. It is doable, but you get tired after a while. We, along with all the nurses, were getting really worried about this. Our head nurse said she thought for sure the cord was wrapped around some part of his body. If you have ever had this happen to you while delivering, you know it is the scariest thing to watch your babies heart beat drop out of the normal parameters. Fortunately, Talon did react to the nurse each time she would check me and feel his head so we felt like that was a good sign. At around 2:30, the nurse said she needed us to have this baby soon so she could relax. At about 3:15, they called Dr. Anderson and prepped the room.
By the time they got me ready to go, the nurse noticed Talon was already coming out without me doing anything. Dr. Anderson had to hurry over and get ready to deliver him. They had me do a half push and got Talon's head all the way out. That is when they noticed the cord wrapped twice, tightly around his little neck. Then when they had me do another half push, he came out with the cord also wrapped around one arm. At this point, Dr. Anderson was able to pull him out. This whole process took about a minute. I thank my Heavenly Father that Talon's delivery was easy considering the strain the cord wrapped around his neck was doing to him. I have never been so scared in my life as I was during this time. When I heard Talon's first cry, I have never felt so much relief. I could finally relax and be excited to have my little boy. Now, I have to get Cohen used to his little brother which hasn't been as easy task so far!
Apparently, Cohen thought he was the patient. He took over my bed along with the TV and my water.
5 comments:
I'm so glad that all turned out well for you and Talon. I can't believe how easy your body pushed him out. Yeah for little boys. He is so cute!
Just reading about the delivery sent chills up me. I am so glad that everything turned out okay. And what a huge blessing that the delivery went so quickly, so that there wasn't more stress on Talon. I'm so glad he is here, safely. I absolutely can't wait to meet him when we come visit this summer. Congrats little sis, you did great!
Glad everything turned out well. He is really cute! Congratulations.
I know what you mean and how scary it can be watching the baby's monitor continually drop. I am so glad I knew that the happy ending of the deliver story before I started to read this post! Almost sent me into a panic! Congratulations! He is a perfect beautiful boy!
Heather! Congrats on your new little sweetie! I know this is really random, but you and Tyler were in my dream last night, and I was determined to find you guys today! Tyler was such a great friend to me all through my younger years. What a beautiful family you have! Cohen is such a doll, and so is Talon. I would love to keep in touch with you guys better. SO good to see how well you are doing. Tell Tyler I said HELLO!!! :) Big hugs to you all.
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