Cinco de Mayo

So I decided to start this as a way of keeping track of all that’s going on with Delilah and also so I can share with everyone what is going on with her, instead  of trying to remember who i told. This is a very scary thing we're dealing with and I know i sugar coat a lot of stuff so nobody worries.

So let’s start at the beginning, this was our 3rd pregnancy 2nd to last longer than 2 month, Delilah was conceived without fertility which was an amazing deal for us and very surprising :) as the pregnancy got further along we got more comfortable with it since the dr's said everything was going great, she was measuring at all the right spots during the ultra sounds (which out 1st daughter did not) When I hit 23 weeks I started getting very scared since that’s when things started going bad with our 1st daughter, but ,my ob was very optimistic and felt everything would be good since my blood pressure was still good, so at 24 weeks we came for our normal regular ultra sound this was supposed to just check her weight and growth and also a fetal heart check cause of heart problem that run in my family.

During the ultra sound she (we knew it was a girl at this point) was moving very little and would not uncurl for some of the things they needed her to do. So my ultra sound tech said she was goin to get the dr (my worst nightmare) as Dr.Murrphy came in she looked concerned started doing the ultra sound and informed us there was very little amniotic fluid,  As she said this she also said I had to admitted into the hospital ASAP! I couldn’t even hear anything else she was saying i instantly started crying; thank god my husband is stronger than i am and held it all together so he could hear what was going on.

Delilah was not producing any amniotic fluid, due to an obstruction in the cord and that was causing a reverse flow. Basically something was blocking the tube so she wasn’t getting everything she needed for nutrition and oxygen without the nutrition she wasn’t growing anymore.  so I got admitted on April 27th and was told our goal was 28 weeks, this would have meant hospital tell the end of May. I was on bed rest but could get up to shower and go to the bathroom, which i could deal with that. Over the weekend we got excited because Delilah started producing fluid so it looked as if we'd be able to make it another 4 weeks.

But on Monday May 2nd I had an ultra sound with the dr again and thing’s took a turn for the worse, Delilah had stopped making fluid. so I had to be moved to labor and delivery for constant monitoring. This meant hooked up to the fetal machine (the bands around your belly to hear baby’s heart beat and contraction monitor) I could not move from my back since Delilah was so small it was hard to keep her on the monitor all the time. At first i was allowed to get up and use the bathroom but not for long, I was on complete bed rest with a catheter. I was put on magnesium and with magnesium you are a fall risk and have to be watched closer than normal. I had to have ultra sounds twice a day to make sure Delilah was ok, and that was on top of the nonstop fetal monitoring. with the fetal monitoring she would have these thing's called D-cells which is where her heart rate would dip down below normal and there guessing that’s from her cord getting squished and nothing was getting to her, it would  go back up but it was a scary thing to see and hear. if she had fluid in there it wouldn’t be a problem.

Every day the dr’s would ask, how much longer can you do this? Since it was a lot for me to deal with the would ask and everyday id say 28 weeks! Yes i was irritable and grumpy from time to time but in all honesty who wouldn’t be? I felt perfectly fine never felt sick (which would have made me happier if i did feel sick) but i wasn’t ready to have a baby that early.  On May 5th Dr.Kazzie (Dr.Murphys partner) had informed me it was probably going to be the day if there was no change in her fluid for the better. so bright and early they started prepping me for a C-section but they were still holding off on the official word until the ultra sound.

Rick and I sat there as they did the ultra sound and found out Delilah had no fluid at all and during the ultra sound she had a lot of D-cells. Dr.Kazzie said alright, we left her in as long as we could we HAVE to have her out today before it gets worse. (strangely I didn’t know it could get worse) so Rick and I started making our calls, text and facebook announcements when i was swarmed LOL (yes swarmed) when you have to have a C-section and things could get worse fast they kind of hurry. It was very overwhelming we really thought we had like an hour or so tell surgery but no way lol.

Delilah was born at 10:49am weighing 1lbs 3.5 ounces and measured 12 1/2inches long.  once she was out they had said there was zero fluid, but she came out crying (an amazing sign) they had to put her little body into a plastic bag to try and seal in heat as fast as they could. Rick got some pictures and even one with his hand next to her to show how small she is.  I got to kiss her before they rushed her to the NICU to start evaluating her and getting her warmer. Rick went an hour later to check on her and she was doing ok but we were still waiting on a lot of things to come back and test to be done. After recovery i was taken to see her for a few minutes but put back on magnesium to make sure my blood pressure didn’t cause seizures.

I wasn’t on mag as long as the 1st pregnancy so yesterday (may6th) i was taken off bed rest and got to go see Delilah, We can’t touch her or hold her since her skin is so fragile, we can just look. She gets over stimulated very easy so the NICU has to keep it even quieter in there for her. Delilah’s 1st night in the NICU was a rough one, she had bleeding in her lungs but they got it to stop right away. They had to change her ventilator to one that shakes her nonstop but it's supposed to be better. As of today I haven’t gotten any updates or seen her since they just started doing rounds and I can’t go in yet. This 1st week will be a very intense scary week as they try and keep Delilah settled, she is very feisty and moves a lot more than expected. They have her blood pressure under control now and her blood sugar is good. :) There will be days were nothing happens or will have days were everything goes insane but i will try and post on here, maybe it will help my sanity to put thing's down here.