Brighton Morgan Kleiman
Born Friday Feb 22nd, 2013 at 12:33am
weighed 7lbs 6ounces & 20.5inches long
it all began last thursday when i was headed in for my last doctors appointment. today i was excited because i was seeing my favorite doctor that is apart of my OBGYN group. any time i have seen him i have always felt calm & felt like i could ask him anything. as i am getting checked in for my appointment & they are taking my vitals they tell me my blood pressure is really high...they put me in a room & i waited for the doctor to come in.
if you have read earlier posts i have been dilated to a 2 ((almost 3)) for over a month. so i knew today when the doctor would check me it would be no different. after checking, i was right! no change. the doctor did have concern about my high blood pressure though & said before i left he wanted me to get that checked again.....still high. he explained to me that high blood pressure is a sign of preecalampsia & can harm me & the baby & so she would need to be delivered today! of course i was beyond excited that my baby was finally coming!!! before heading to the hospital i had to eat & have my last ever diet coke so jake took me to blue lemon & then we took off for the hospital where i was checked into labor & delivery.
when i arrived they started me on a couple different medications 1 being magnesium for my high blood pressure (to prevent a seizure) the other being pitocin (to start the labor) next thing i knew the doctor was breaking my water & asking me when i wanted to get the epidural...i told him whenever the anesthesiologist was available. so we started that right away. my epidural was perfect- all i felt was pressure on my spine as if someone was pushing on it so much that it was beginning to go numb. from there on i was a happy camper- facebooking, instagraming, watching tv...life was GOOD. the doctor came in a lil later to check on me & said i was at an 8 & we should be having lil brighton soon! 2 hours later i was still a 8 & doctor told me i was not progressing & that i wouldnt be having the baby naturally that we would have to do a c section. i will have to admit i was somewhat relieved because the medication they had given me (magnesium) had made me super weak & there was no way i felt like i was going to be able to push out the baby anyways. i was then prepped for a c section given more medicine to numb my body & then rolled into the OR. as soon as they rolled me into the OR my nerves were getting the best of me...i all of a sudden was trying to think of another alternative to having this baby. ((she really doesnt need to come out yet! cant we wait?!?!) i was freaking out inside but remained quite- the room was so bright, nothing like they show on TV or movies. they finally let jake in the room once they were ready to cut & all i could do was stare at him to keep calm. jake ended up watching them cut me open & take brighton out. brighton was pretty stuck & so the doctor had to pull up on my stomach while the other doctor pulled brighton out. jake said it was pretty brutal...thank goodness for being numb!!! next thing i know they are bringing brighton over to get weighed & measured & i am left alone while they stitch me up. during this time i felt like i was going to die...i was having a hard time breathing & was starting to think something was wrong. i explained to the anesthesiologist that i was having a hard time breathing. he said it was normal so i just tried to remain calm & take shorter breaths. after all was done i was wheeled back into the recovery room where all my family was & of course lil brighton! i was finally able to meet her & hold her! she is such a sweet lil baby.
family stayed for a lil longer & then were all told to leave so that i could recover...
then all the scary/unwelcome things came...for some reason my uterus was not where it should be when the nurse was checking my stomach so she had to move it by her putting all her weight on my stomach. i cried so much! & yes cursed some too! it hurt like HELL. then out came a huge dinner plate size blood clot...i was in so much pain i didnt care what had just happened, i just wanted it to stop. after a night in recovery i was taken to another room where we stayed for the next couple days. i was still on magnesium but was soon going to be taken off of it & be able to function like normal. later on that day i had a panic attack, i couldnt see & was starting to feel really dizzy & light headed- i had 6 nurses working on me trying to figure out what was going on. i was put back on the magnesium right away & a catheter. after i was back on the magnesium my eyesight started getting better & i wasnt as dizzy but still feeling really shacky. the next day my levels were back to normal so i was able to get off the magnesium again. but then later on that day when i was using the bathroom- i passed another blood clot (this time the size of brightons head) i had the nurse come in & help me to my bed & she informed the doctor of what was going on. there was a lot of talk of me needing to get a blood transfusion because i had lost over 10% of my blood. i didnt want to have one even though i knew it would make me feel a lil more back to normal-so a lot of my recovery has been trying to get those blood cells back into my system. as you can see it has been a rough few days & all i can say is i am grateful for family to be there by my side during this scary time for me. never in my life have i been so scared but yet feel so comforted by the ones i love- especially jake! he truly is my rock & i wouldnt have been able to do anything if it were not for him!
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