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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:45PM
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Pamela French the genious behind
Pami Pocket
The Pami Pocket was conceived & created by Pamela French, who was determined to create a stylish way to carry your cell phone, credit cards and cash!
Pamela French the genious behind
Pami Pocket
The Pami Pocket was conceived & created by Pamela French, who was determined to create a stylish way to carry your cell phone, credit cards and cash!
Pamela French the genious behind
Pami Pocket
The Pami Pocket was conceived & created by Pamela French, who was determined to create a stylish way to carry your cell phone, credit cards and cash!
Lindsay's Birth of Grace
I guess I should start out at the beginning… I was going to school at the University of Iowa when I found out October 2008 I was pregnant! The first few months I was really sick which is really no fun at all, but my pregnancy was going really well overall except my placenta was in the front so that was kind of weird, but other than that it was good. I was going to move back to Illinois in May 2009 when I was 7 months pregnant so I found a wonderful ob-gyn who was amazing and decided to take over the final months of my pregnancy and delivery. The day I moved back home I had pain in my lower back I thought it was a kidney stone (I’ve had them before) so I ignored it. Two days later I was in so much pain so I went to my ob-gyn who sent me straight to the hospital; turns out I had a stone. But I was also having contractions (I had no idea)! I was given meds to stop the contractions and had a stint put in that would stay in for the rest of my pregnancy and a month later. So I went to every 2 weeks, and then weekly visits to my ob-gyn just to make sure everything was fine.
Everything was going really well, besides the fact that I was hot, miserable and swollen! :-) My visits in June showed that my blood pressure was elevated and I was swollen but I had no other symptoms of preeclampsia, but to be on the safe side my Dr. ordered a 24 hour urine protein test. Then it all happened…
July 8, 2009 my Dr. was on vacation so another Dr. who I had become close with called at 12:00pm and asked where I was, I told her I was taking a test for summer school but she wanted me resting, she asked my plans the rest of the day and I told her to go home and sleep. She said that this was not the case, I was being induced my protein was sky high and I had to be at the hospital at 3pm! The first thoughts that went through my head were: WHAT?! I’m having a baby, today?! 3 weeks early, I didn’t plan for this, I’m not ready!
I got to the hospital but my cervix wasn’t soft enough so they started cervidil and said they would start the pitocin around 5am the next day. The pitocin started and I was not feeling contractions, I was having them but had no pain so they kept upping it until I felt them. OUCH! I still wasn’t dilating enough so they broke my water (such a weird feeling!); from that point on I was constantly in the bathroom! After being on pitocin for 14 hours I hurt and was still only 4cm dilated! I wanted an epidural but not a strong one, so the anesthesiologist did a “walking epidural” I could still feel my legs but the edge of the pain was gone.
The nurses had me sitting up in bed to have gravity help the baby descend but no matter what they did I was not dilating. My Dr. was already at the hospital because she had a scheduled c-section with another patient later that night. At 10:30pm she came in and decided to do an internal monitor to better monitor the baby so she could again up the pitocin. The monitor was put in at 11:10pm, after it was inserted and they sat me back up the nurse looked at my monitor and the baby’s heartbeat was gone, she said it was common to lose the heartbeat for a second but then it comes right back. A few seconds later it went to 40bpm down to 20bpm she called in back up. My Dr. came rushing in and asked what happened, I really had no idea what was going on I had so many emotions running through me and I was so scared. She told me to relax and breathe; they laid my bed down and gave me an oxygen mask. Still no luck the heartbeat was still only 50bpm, my Dr. looked me in the face and said, “Don’t worry but we need to get this baby out of here you’re having a c-section.”
After that nurses were pulling cords out of the walls and trying to unhook everything as fast as they possibly could. My family could not come with because it was an emergency so we said our good-byes as they rushed me out of the hospital room; it was 11:18pm. As we were running down the hallway I kept asking is she (I knew it was a girl) was going to be ok. All my Dr. told me was that they were going to make sure that I made it through. When we hit the hallway to the OR the anesthesiologist was there to dose my epidural with pain meds, he said he needed 2 minutes, the Dr. said we didn’t have that.
When we got to the OR they told me to relax and let them know if it hurt. They had no time to scrub so they all put on gloves and started to prep me as the Dr. was already cutting. The meds weren’t working; I started screaming when my Dr. started the c-section because I felt everything. Because it was change of shift the room was double staffed, this helped because I had another anesthesiologist sitting next to me holding my hand. He told me to just squeeze it to help with the pain I said I wanted them to wait and they said just hang on. After feeling them cut through the first 3 layers and my stomach muscles I could not scream in pain anymore and I don’t remember anything.
They brought me to as my Dr. was stitching me up, they said they gave me sleeping meds after the baby was delivered and asked me how I was doing. They told me the baby was perfect and let me see her before they brought her into the nursery to clean up. She was perfect! She was born at 11:22pm, only 4 minutes after I was rushed out of my room, AMAZING! On top of that her APGAR score was 9 out 10 both times they took it! She was 7lbs 1oz and 19inches long. She’s as stubborn as her mommy and just wanted out!
After that everything was fine she was perfect, my hormones were going crazy but we were all perfect. A few days after my delivery one of the nurses who was in the delivery room came to talk to me. I wanted to know what all happened so she explained that the baby was stuck under the placenta so they took my entire uterus out in order to suction her out. She said everyone was quiet until the baby took her first breath and started crying.
Her name is Grace, after my Dr. that delivered her; it is because of her that Grace and I are ok and made it through. The staff was so calm and fast thinking which helped get Grace out and the two of us to make it through. She is one year old now and already stubborn and gets into everything! She is perfect and has an amazing story that goes with her name!
So… this was a long story but it goes to show not everything goes as planned but Dr’s and nurses are capable of the unthinkable. My delivery is rare but yet they knew just what to do and 4 minutes after the decision was made Grace was born. In the end I would not change my delivery at all, each birth is different but that is what makes all women unique. I have grown just from my delivery and I hope each of you that read this story are more at ease that Dr.’s truly know what they are doing and will help you every step of the way!
Everything was going really well, besides the fact that I was hot, miserable and swollen! :-) My visits in June showed that my blood pressure was elevated and I was swollen but I had no other symptoms of preeclampsia, but to be on the safe side my Dr. ordered a 24 hour urine protein test. Then it all happened…
July 8, 2009 my Dr. was on vacation so another Dr. who I had become close with called at 12:00pm and asked where I was, I told her I was taking a test for summer school but she wanted me resting, she asked my plans the rest of the day and I told her to go home and sleep. She said that this was not the case, I was being induced my protein was sky high and I had to be at the hospital at 3pm! The first thoughts that went through my head were: WHAT?! I’m having a baby, today?! 3 weeks early, I didn’t plan for this, I’m not ready!
I got to the hospital but my cervix wasn’t soft enough so they started cervidil and said they would start the pitocin around 5am the next day. The pitocin started and I was not feeling contractions, I was having them but had no pain so they kept upping it until I felt them. OUCH! I still wasn’t dilating enough so they broke my water (such a weird feeling!); from that point on I was constantly in the bathroom! After being on pitocin for 14 hours I hurt and was still only 4cm dilated! I wanted an epidural but not a strong one, so the anesthesiologist did a “walking epidural” I could still feel my legs but the edge of the pain was gone.
The nurses had me sitting up in bed to have gravity help the baby descend but no matter what they did I was not dilating. My Dr. was already at the hospital because she had a scheduled c-section with another patient later that night. At 10:30pm she came in and decided to do an internal monitor to better monitor the baby so she could again up the pitocin. The monitor was put in at 11:10pm, after it was inserted and they sat me back up the nurse looked at my monitor and the baby’s heartbeat was gone, she said it was common to lose the heartbeat for a second but then it comes right back. A few seconds later it went to 40bpm down to 20bpm she called in back up. My Dr. came rushing in and asked what happened, I really had no idea what was going on I had so many emotions running through me and I was so scared. She told me to relax and breathe; they laid my bed down and gave me an oxygen mask. Still no luck the heartbeat was still only 50bpm, my Dr. looked me in the face and said, “Don’t worry but we need to get this baby out of here you’re having a c-section.”
After that nurses were pulling cords out of the walls and trying to unhook everything as fast as they possibly could. My family could not come with because it was an emergency so we said our good-byes as they rushed me out of the hospital room; it was 11:18pm. As we were running down the hallway I kept asking is she (I knew it was a girl) was going to be ok. All my Dr. told me was that they were going to make sure that I made it through. When we hit the hallway to the OR the anesthesiologist was there to dose my epidural with pain meds, he said he needed 2 minutes, the Dr. said we didn’t have that.
When we got to the OR they told me to relax and let them know if it hurt. They had no time to scrub so they all put on gloves and started to prep me as the Dr. was already cutting. The meds weren’t working; I started screaming when my Dr. started the c-section because I felt everything. Because it was change of shift the room was double staffed, this helped because I had another anesthesiologist sitting next to me holding my hand. He told me to just squeeze it to help with the pain I said I wanted them to wait and they said just hang on. After feeling them cut through the first 3 layers and my stomach muscles I could not scream in pain anymore and I don’t remember anything.
They brought me to as my Dr. was stitching me up, they said they gave me sleeping meds after the baby was delivered and asked me how I was doing. They told me the baby was perfect and let me see her before they brought her into the nursery to clean up. She was perfect! She was born at 11:22pm, only 4 minutes after I was rushed out of my room, AMAZING! On top of that her APGAR score was 9 out 10 both times they took it! She was 7lbs 1oz and 19inches long. She’s as stubborn as her mommy and just wanted out!
After that everything was fine she was perfect, my hormones were going crazy but we were all perfect. A few days after my delivery one of the nurses who was in the delivery room came to talk to me. I wanted to know what all happened so she explained that the baby was stuck under the placenta so they took my entire uterus out in order to suction her out. She said everyone was quiet until the baby took her first breath and started crying.
Her name is Grace, after my Dr. that delivered her; it is because of her that Grace and I are ok and made it through. The staff was so calm and fast thinking which helped get Grace out and the two of us to make it through. She is one year old now and already stubborn and gets into everything! She is perfect and has an amazing story that goes with her name!
So… this was a long story but it goes to show not everything goes as planned but Dr’s and nurses are capable of the unthinkable. My delivery is rare but yet they knew just what to do and 4 minutes after the decision was made Grace was born. In the end I would not change my delivery at all, each birth is different but that is what makes all women unique. I have grown just from my delivery and I hope each of you that read this story are more at ease that Dr.’s truly know what they are doing and will help you every step of the way!
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