Madilyn Taylor Story

So I know that Madilyn is almost 8 weeks old, but I have not really written about her birth or posted any pictures and for my own sake I am going to do it now.

I went into the hospital on Wednesday December 3rd to get prepped to have her on Thursday. They hooked me up with cevidel and an Ambian and I was set for the night. I wasn't nervous because this is pretty much the same thing I had happen with the other two, but I was super excited. The next morning they broke my water and started the pitocin. I was a little less excited as I had forgotten how bad labor really does hurt. I was progressing fine and Trav decided to get a bit to eat for breakfast. While he was gone I noticed the baby's heart rate was dropping every contraction, but I wasn't really concerned yet. The nurse came in and had me move around and the heart rate would go right back up so I thought everything was fine. Then she had me put on an oxygen mask and I got a little more concerned. Then she told me she had called my doctor and I got confused. It was 11 o'clock and she had patients and I was only at a 6.. why was she calling her already. Well, the doctor came in and sat with me for a minuet and watched the monitor. While she was there Trav returned and was surprised to she me with a mask on, the doctor, and the nurse. Almost as soon as he walked in the doctor said I think we are going to have to go through with a c-section. What!? Trav and I both looked at each other and just started crying. Was the baby going to be okay? Am I going to be okay? We were both a mess. The doctor was concerned and thought the cord was around her neck and was not allowing her to drop down or that the cord was blocking the cervix. They talked to us and trying to calm us down while they prepped me. So there I was in the huge, white, room with about 10 people (doctors and nurses) and I am completely butt naked! And there is some lady scrubbing me down! Yeah I was numb but I could totally feel it, and for me, I am not all about that. I discovered at how private and modest I really do like to be. Well, they cut me open- which you can feel- and pulled and tugged and Madilyn Taylor made her grand appearance at 12:12 p.m. The first thing the doctor said was her neck was clear of the cord and that it wasn't blocking whatever they were worried about. The first thing I thought of was "If everything is clear of the cord then why am I getting cut open!" And then the doctor said Ohh that is a big baby that must be why she wasn't coming down. And that made me cry because I was already emotional and I was just thinking I don't want a big baby... Mason was 8 lbs and he came down just fine so how big is this one? I was relieved when Trav announced that she was 6lbs and 14oz. I still don't know why they thought she was big. Anyways, the doctor went to pull on the cord to release the placenta and the cord served. Apparently that isn't supposed to happened and she sent it off to the pathology lab. Well since Madi's BP was dropping and the cord wasn't around her neck they thought that she must have a virus or something else. They ran test after test and everything came back normal-Thank goodness. Well, after we got home the doctor gave me a call to tell me what the pathology report said. She reported that there was a placenta abrasion. She then told me that if I would not have had a c-section Madi probably wouldn't have made it and I would have been touch and go because I would have bled out. She also said that there was no reason after running all the tests on Madi that her blood pressure should had dropped but it was a blessing that it did because that is why they did the c-section and that is why we are both alive and healthy. WOW! We are so blessed and I know that we are being watched over by a loving Heavenly Father. I just sat there on the phone not knowing what to say. We are so Grateful that we are both here and that we are healthy.