Katelyn had her first portraits taken at the hospital. There is a lady that comes around with her portable studio at the hospital. I thought they were pretty awesome for hospital photos, plus you can go wrong with the subject matter :)
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June 14, I went to my OB checkup. My pressure was still up and I was in a lot of pain from my stent, so we decided to induce the next day.
June 15 at 5:00 a.m. we went in for the induction. I was 1 cm dilated. They broke my water and gave me a lot of pitocin, but I never got past 1 cm although I had plenty contractions. Around 3:30 p.m., they decided I needed a c-section. I already had an epidural in place. They came to increase the dosage to get ready for the c-section. I immediately started having a bad reaction. It started to sound like I was in a tunnel. Everything sounded strange especially when I was talking. Then my tongue started to go numb and I felt like I was going to faint. He immediately stopped the epidural, readjusted it in my back, and then tried again. I had the same reaction. Apparently, the epidural had gone into a vein instead of were it should have gone (which can be very dangerous). He decided to pull the epidural out and do a spinal block, which worked (Thank God!)
They finally got me ready and brought Billy into the operating room and shortly after beautiful Katelyn Brie Atkins was born. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect baby. We are so thankful to be to fortunate. She was 20 1/4 inches long and weighed 6 pounds and 7 ounces.
We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.
So they released me from the hospital. Most of the time my blood pressure was good. It did shoot up a couple of times though even when I was just laying there. One time when I sat up to eat, it was so high that it sounded an alarm. That was kinda scary. It was 155/100, but it went back down. She still doesn't think it is preeclampsia though because my blood pressure does go down, I have protein in my urine anyway from the blood being there from the stent, my blood work is normal, and I don't have any of the other symptoms like swelling, abdominal pain, or bad headache that won't go away. So, for now she has me on modified bed rest until my next appointment which is Monday, and she wants to see me twice a week to keep an eye on it.
This whole bed rest thing is starting to get to me. It just has me depressed because I should be nesting and going on last non-parent dates with hubby and being excited in general, but i'm having a hard time being happy. I've already been limited in what I could do for the past two months because of the stent. Now I can't do anything. It takes a toll on the emotions, but hopefully, I'll be dialated enough Monday that the doctor will want to go ahead and induce.
Also, the bladder pain is getting worse and not even laying down helps anymore, which might mean she has dropped. I hope that's the case because I'm ready for this to over.
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We have just about everything in place for her room.
A lot has happened since my last post. My pain has gotten worse as Katelyn gets heavier. We did decide that we are going to induce on June 24th unless she decides to come sooner.
Last week we had a little scare. The doctor thought I might have preeclampsia. My blood pressure was high and there was protein in my urine. Those are the two main symptoms. She sent me to the hospital to get my blood pressure monitored and bloodwork done to decide if we needed to go ahead and deliver via c-section. My blood pressure went down and they said that the protein was from the blood in my urine because of the stent. She sent me home and said to try and lay down when I'm not working.
Today was my weekly checkup. I'm barely dialated. Not even 1cm yet. My blood pressure is up again. She sent me back to the hospital to monitor me for 12 hours. And then they will decide again if I need to go ahead and deliver. So far my pressure has been good. It seems like when I lay down my pressure goes down, but as soon as I stand up even to just go to the bathroom, my pressure goes way up. I have a feeling that if I don't deliver, I will be on bed rest.
Wish us luck. She needs to stay put for another week or two.
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