my birth stories jack 25/09/06 and luke 23/10/09
The arrival of
Jack Robert
what a adventure!!!
22nd Sept 2006
Finally after 8 weeks of worrying about Jack coming early, which included a royal flying dr flight to Brisbane, and Capricorn rescue chopper flight to Rockhampton, we finally had a date for his arrival, 23rd Sept 2006 this was bitter sweet for us, as it was the 3rd anniversary of our Katy’s birth and arrival into heaven.
After OB appoint we decided to do some last minute shopping etc, when we received a phone call to say his birth had been put off till the 24th Sept, which we were fine about as you can imagine. So we are watching TV when we receive a message to phone OB ASAP, so I give him a call, he says, we have a problem and I am trying to find a hospital for you to go to to have the baby. I am like WTF! He says we are have no beds in special care anyway Jase and I are like we aren’t going anywhere, what will a few days make for a elective c-sect.
23rd Sept 2006
On the 23rd we head to hospital to see OB with full intentions of saying like hell I am being flown anywhere to have this baby, I was only 37 weeks so we are like what’s the hurry. When we get there he explains why special care is full, and why he would like me to go elsewhere, basically we could hold off for a few days but if we do and bub comes and requires special care as he believes he will due to the GD, size of bub and excess fluid, then bub will be flown out while I stay in Rockhampton. So of course I am now prepared to be flown anywhere
So he admits me to hospital while waiting on news whether I would be flown 8hrs south or 9 hours north, finally around 12pm we get news that north it is, and am told we should be flown out mid afternoon, so Jase hit’s the road for the long drive north, while I wait for the plane, and I wait and wait……….receive a phone call to say Jase is safe and sound in Townsville, and I am still waiting finally am flown out at 12.50am on the morning of the 24th.
24th Sept 2006
I arrive at the Townsville base hospital at appox 3am, they ring Jase at his motel and he comes up, the midwife pops me on a CTG machine to monitor bub for a bit, finally I send Jase back to motel, no point if c-sect is to go ahead for both of us to get no sleep. So around 6am they transfer me down to maternity to try and get some sleep, yeah right like that is going to happen. So anyway Jase comes back up and we wait to see OB, he finally comes around 1pm and then beat this after being told in Rockhampton no way we would try induction this OB is happy to give it a go , so he arranges for me to go to birth suites to start induction, there they place a thing inside called cevadil, it is placed up against the cervix, it has string that sits outside so they can remove it. By 10pm Sunday night I am in tears with pain, and regretting attempting a natural labour. But I also knew if nothing was progressing by morning as in no dilation then OB would go straight to c-sect plan.
25th Sept 2006
Jase arrives nice and early to hospital, around 7:30am we are taken up to birth suites, where a midwife hooks me up to CTG, which shows I am having smallish contractions, although they felt like huge ones to me , this is when the drama begins, he yes my midwife was male goes out and gets another midwife, they don’t say much to us, but are commenting on bubs heart rate, it turns out after each contraction it was plummeting showing he was in distress. The next minute we have a OB in the room, she says, she wants to do a internal and if dilation is happening rupture my waters. So when she does she finds I am only 1cm dilated, during this time bub heart rate kept dropping big time. So she says am I happy to have a c-sect I am like yes no problems. Little did I know that I was no being referred to as a emergency c-sect, it really wasn’t till I was on the table did I realise what was happening.
They said to me, if epidural doesn’t work first time, they would have to knock me out. Thankfully the epidural worked. So Jase comes in and they out up the shield thing and get to work, am talking away to Jase and didn’t even realise they had started
The next minute epidural guy says to me, they are just getting bub out, so I wait anticipating them lifting bub over screen, well the next minute they are saying look to the left and I see this dr with bub over his shoulder racing out of the room, I was a bit confused but I thought ok maybe this is normal, finally I ask is he what I thought he was and I turn to Jase and say you have a son :cry: I also say what is wrong, the epidural guy says bub isn’t breathing and the dr’s are working on him, they have placed a tube down his throat to help him breath L it took my little man a good 10 minutes to come good.
Jack Robert born 8.40am 25th Sept 2006
8lbs 12.5oz, 3985grms
50 cm long, 20inchs
HC 36.5cm, approx 14 inch
APGAR score 3 at birth,
6 at 5min
8 at 10min
Finally they took Jase out to meet him and then brought Jack into theatre for me to say hello before taking him to special care.
I have no memory of Monday from recovery till 5pm when I said I need to see my son, apparently after spending a eternity in recovery I was taken to special care where I got to touch him thru his isolette, I don’t remember this.
Jase spent a lot of the day with me then in special care while I slept, as I said at around 5pm, I buzzed for a nurse and said I need to see him, so they helped me out of bed and into a wheelchair, and called Jase down from SC and he wheeled me up to meet our son
the arrival of
Luke Archer
23/10/09
after a extremely and surprisingly uneventful pregnancy well except for vomiting right up till day before I had Luke.. no diabetes, no thyroid issues, no blood pressure problems, I was booked into have Luke on the 27th Oct..38 weeks + 4 days, but by 37 weeks 4 days I was struggling to breath, to sit, to stand, anything except sleep became a issue. So when I saw Ob 2oth oct and he asked how I was I told him straight up he asked if I would like to bring c-sect fwd to the 23rd I was like hell yeah... LOL
so anyway bright and early on the 23rd Oct I was up eating breakie, after a emotional night of tears at the thought of leaving Jack, while I had c-sect.. we got to hospital at 8am... all 3of us were there, we sat around and chatted then Jase took Jack off to do a few things and drop him off at my mums, I did cry a tad then
Jase was back by 1pm I had my shower with the lovley *bleh* soap and got all gowned up and we waited..tossed up some girls names even though I kept saying I dont know why we are bothering its a boy LOL about 2.30pm the midwife and orderly took us down to theatre then jase was taken to get all gowned up ( when he came back he stood beside the bed I glanced at him and didn't reconise him thought he was a nurse
they took me into theatre around 2.40pm to do prep for spinal now that was fun not... so hard to cruve you lower back with a big ass belly in the way.. anyway spinal in laid down jase brought in and placed beside me then we waited and all of a sudden we heard the loud cry..the annethesist wispered to me its a little boy.. I turned to Jase and said we have another boy OMG was so amazing and so different from Jacks birth when he was raced from the room, Luke was brought to us to have a looksie then taken out of room to get checked over he was back in and on my chest as such within 5min of his birth ... we got to lay likethat for 5min or so, then Jase and Luke headed off to SCN while I was stiched up and taken to recovery, the poor recovery nurse I never shut up I was so high and dying to get back to see my boy...
Luke Archer born 3.04pm 23rd Oct 2009
3700grms or 8lbs 3oz
47cm though we ?? this
HC 36.5cm, approx 14 inch
APGAR score10 at birth,
10at 5min
taken back up to ward and Luke was brought in and put on the breast less than 2hrs after he was born... it was surreal to be holding him and have him in the room with me.. at this point jase went off to get my big boy ...
we spent 4 nights in hosp... and all besides 1.30am -8am the first night Luke roomed in with me even though the nurses kept askign did I want him to go to nursery I was like no way he stays with me
so 2 births 2 completely different births i don't regret my decision for a elective with Luke it meant all the trauma and distress of jacks birth has been wiped :D
