On Saturday, February 28th, 2009, I woke up and thought my water had broken but it was no where near the "gush" that everyone tells you it will be. Reggie had already gone to work so I hung around the house to see if there would be the "gush" or if I should just call my doctor to see about heading to the hospital. After about an hour, I started having mini-contractions and called Doc who told me to make way to Labor and Delivery at Inova Alexandria. The nurses and Doc admitted me, tested my fluid and confirmed that my water had started leaking and I was dilated 2cm. They immediately put a catheter with pitocin into my cervix in order to speed up the process and regulate my contractions. After about an hour and a half, I had dilated to 4cm. After making it to 5cm I asked for my epidural.
As soon as they administered my epidural, my blood pressure dropped severely as did Makaeda's heart rate. Apparently I had had some type of reaction to the epidural so all of the nurses on the floor and my doctor ran to my room and turned me to my side so that Makaeda would get enough blood flow. Talk about a scary situation!! To remedy the issue, they gave me a shot of epinephrin, lowered my epidural levels, and made me wear these socks with massagers to help with my circulation (I couldn't move at all.) After 11 hours of labor the doctor found that I had only dilated to 6cm and I was feeling the need to push ..because my body wasn't ready, Makaeda's head had already started to cone...so the call was made to head to the OR for a cesarean.
At 10:31pm, we finally - after all that time - welcomed our little empress, Miss Makaeda Hope Padgett Fuller into to the world. She was 7lbs, 13.7 oz and 19.8 inches long.
It's crazy to think that it has already been 1 month since she arrived..and she's grown so much already. At her 2 week pediatrician appointment, she weighed 8lbs, 8oz and had grown in length almost 5 inches! She's such a joy and we cannot wait for everyone to meet her.
Enjoy the slideshow below with pictures from her 1st month of life...and leave some comments if you can.
Love, life and happiness...
