Grey's arrival story

This was never published 4 1/2 years ago ;)

We checked in to MGH at 6pm. We had a nice room facing Mt. Tam. It was the finale night for DWTS which kept me occupied while they ran the Non Stress Test. My contractions were mild but consistent at about 7 min apart. His heart rate stayed nice and steady at 139-155 BPM

I took a Misoprostal pill orally at about 8pm which was to soften my cervix to prepare for Pitocin to be administered tuesday am. Since I was doing Ok I could eat a turkey sandwich at 10 pm. best turkey sandwich I ever had (or so i thought at the time). I settled in and was given an Ambien to help me sleep and off we dozed. John had a fold out chair next to me.

At about 6:15 am I felt a 'pop' and then when i got up to use the bathroom I figured out it was my water that had broken. They then monitored my contractions until they got a bit closer together. at 10 at 1 1/2 cm. the anestesiologist came in to inform me he was going in for 2 C sections and would be unavailable for a while. I decided the contractions I was having were getting painful and decided to go ahead with my epidural.

They moved me to the LDR room and started my epidural at about 10. It was interesting to feel the coldness of the epidural going into my back and i was immediately numb and tingly in the toes. I starting feeling sick and actually got sick into johns hands.

and by 1pm i was nearly 10 CM dilated. So we called the boys to tell to get up to MGH and mom was sure I would deliver by 3pm. As I pushed DR. realized he was turned sideways the wrong way so I had to turn on my side and turn on all fours to try and get him turned around. In doing this I had to throw up every time i moved around.

The boys got there around 2 and just hung out and twittered and worked and waited. R popped by to bring me an Orchid. Our nurse Nancy was amazing and kept everything going strong.

At one point I was up on my knees facing the back of the bed and I heard mom pop open a DP and start crunching on pretzels. From there on all I could think about was having an ice cold Diet Coke.

The anesthesiologist came into to check on my pain and topped me off at 4 and then had to wait a bit to resume pushing at 6pm. DR determined I had done all I could and it was time to get him out. His HR stayed steady the whole time but was time. They prepped me for the OR since if the forceps didnt work they would do a C. So I was whisked off and J was outfitted in a set of scrubs.

In the OR nancy was holding one leg and J was holding the other. they had to tell me when to push as I had a full spinal block. I pushed 3 times and they pulled him out at 6:33pm and placed a bloody baby on me. They told me he had "some of my blood on him". it was surreal to hold him all purple and squishy. I'm not sure If i cried when they gave him to us. I was almost in a dream. Then J and they baby were sent over to the warmer to check him out. I could see J cutting the cord and I remember saying I was feeling very cold and felt like I was going to pass out. I then heard DR say I was losing blood fast and the forceps had lacerated my uterus. So I was getting stitches inside and out. The anestesiolgist immediately had a bag of warm fluids into one arm and a BP cuff on the other to stabalize me. They then put me in the paper jacket and inflated it with warm water. J and the baby were sent off to the nursery while they


As they were wheeling me back to my room I asked if I could have a Carbonated Beverage. They asked if I wanted Ginger Ale or 7 up and I said well "actually I want a something stronger like a diet coke"

I then saw mom and the boys in the hallway looking at the baby in the Nursery. they looked so happy and excited.