Our Hospital Adventure, Part 1

19 Dec

Mike wrote the following when we were at the hospital waiting for Michaela to make her debut.  I’ve edited it only slightly, and I’ll warn you, it may be TMI for some readers (though it’s not graphic or anything).  The following actually only covers our first 24 or so hours in the hospital; I will post about the rest of our adventure later.

Thursday, 12/10/09

This morning we had a doctor’s appointment at 10, and a non-stress test (NST) at 11:30.  We left the house running late, and ended up at the doctor’s office at 10:15.  Music’s blood pressure was up pretty high, and coupled with some other problems she’s had over the past few days (swelling, headache) the doctor was concerned.  The doc ordered a blood test and a urine test (seems like every time Music pees we’re saving it for something), and sent us over to the NST lab.

We did our NST, and the blood pressure was still a little high (but better), and we were waiting for the labs to come back.  Eventually they did, and the doctor at the NST lab sent us home.  The nurse phrased it in such a way as to imply that “this time” we were going home, and we thought it odd that she was implying that we just barely made it into the “go home” category.  We were contemplating going out to lunch on the way home, and were walking toward the elevator when the nurse from NST came running down the hallway… apparently our OB saw the labs and called over to keep us there… she wanted to induce!

We checked in to the hospital around 1pm, and got all set up – Music got her first dose of misoprostol around 4:05pm– her cervix was soft, 50% effaced, and 1cm dilated.

I went home to round things up (we had nothing packed, and had brought nothing – we were just going to the doctor!) and returned around 7pm with a bag, our computers, our cameras, and my video camera.  Several hours later, Music got another dose of “miso” to help move things along.

Friday, 12/11/09

1am, no more miso… Music is a tight 2cm and 80-90% effaced.  They’re starting her on Pitocin.

We got moved from “High Risk 1” to the much bigger and nicer “LDR 10.”  This is where we’ll labor and deliver.  It’s much nicer!  Fake wood floors and so much more room.  Our own private bathroom, and all the things to welcome Poppy into the world.

At 7:45am, our OB came in and checked us again – still 2cm, bag of water was tight, so she broke it with a crochet hook-looking thing.  Lots of water, clear in color, smells like chlorine!

I sensed it would be my last time to get out of the room and get something to eat (up until that point the contractions had been pretty painless), so I ran out and got some breakfast while Music tried to get some rest to prepare her for labor.

To be continued

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