The next morning, I saw the on call midwife and she decided to start a low dose Pitocin drip. I think they started with a 2. :) I wasn't thrilled to have Pitocin. I have heard all the horror stories from other women whohave had it. This started around 6am, right before John made it back to the hospital. The nurse didn't check my progress until 8:30am. At that point, I was at a 3 and around 90% effaced. So, I pretty much hadn't changed at all. :) I was about that the few weeks before. I had decided to try to go natural this time. I did it once before with Kaylee, our first daughter, so I felt as if I could definitely do it again. John wasn't thrilled. He wanted me to have an epidural because he can't stand to see me in pain. So, I decided to hang out in the bathroom when the pain became intense so he wouldn't have to see me. It was beginning to get REALLY intense around 9:30am. Helen, our sweet Midwife asked if I wanted to try the big bouncy ball. She said that it helped a lot of women to bounce on it with contractions. I said I would try it and she headed off to find one. As soon as she left, I decided that the ball wasn't going to cut it and I whimped out and begged for the epidural. :) That
went in place around 10:15am, or so. By 10:30, I begged our Midwife to check me because I told her that I felt a lot of pressure. She said that I was just checked two hours ago and it couldn't possibly be time to push, but she humored me and checked me. She was surprised to see that I was already at a 10 and ready to push! :)
At 10:35am, our precious, little Katherine Grace came into the world. Our hearts melted when we saw her sweet face and we were just thrilled to hear her cry. Due to the high risk pregnancy, we had a team from the NICU
there to evaluate her, so I got to hold her for a short time and kiss her before they evaluated her in our room. They weighed her and she was 4 pounds 7 ounces and 17.25 inches. :) She looked like a little dolly.
(Which remains one of her nicknames). :)
As soon as I delivered her, Helen, or Midwife had
the answer that we had been wondering the whole
pregnancy. The answer as to why she had the calcifications, and was so tiny. She was amazed to see that there was a double knot in the umbilical cord! It was pretty tight, too. :( When she unraveled it, it looked like a pretzel.( I would post the picture of it, but I think I will spare the queasy people who may be reading this). :) Helen had said that she hadn't ever seen one like it. The delivery room was packed full of people....our midwife, the nurse, a large team of NICU nurses and they all marveled at what a miracle it was that Katie had survived. My eyes filled with tears and I thanked the Lord and all the people who had prayed so fervently for her. What an amazing miracle!!!
When Helen finished updating our Perinatologist about the knot, she came back in to tell us that our Peri had told her that most babies don't survive a knot like that. She said that is what had caused all of the things we wondered about throughout the pregnancy. She even admitted that it was a miracle. :) I just lost it when Helen left the room. I cried and cried and just praised God for blessing us with her and for answering so many prayers. Every time I look at her, I can see one of God's precious miracles. He is amazing.
I have a photo album of hospital photos on Picasaweb. Here is the link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mommytoallgirls/KatherineGraceSBirthFirstWeek
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