Thursday: Annie went in for her regular doctor's appointment. While listening to Evelyn's heartbeat, the nurse noticed an irregular sound and called the doctor in. After listening for a little bit the doctor said we needed to head to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital around noon. After a non-stress test, ultrasound, talking to nurses, residents, medical students, and a specialist who came in we were heading home around 11:30pm. Evelyn had a disrhythmia and a flutter in her heartbeat. The disrhythmia was of no real concern, but the flutter was something that needed to be monitored, and, if it became something that was constant we would need to do a c-section.
Friday: We went to the hospital for another non-stress test. Evelyn's heart was still erratic, but was better than it was on Thursday.
Saturday: We went back for another non-stress test. Evelyn's heart was about the same. We got another ultrasound to make sure her heart wasn't going into failure and that everything was getting oxygen and developing properly.
Sunday: We went back to the hospital for another non-stress test. Her heart sounded better.
Monday: We went back for another non-stress test. Her heart was a little worse so we had another ultrasound to check that everything was ok.
Tuesday: We went back to the hospital for another non-stress test. Evelyn's heart looked better. Annie had a doctor's appointment set for Wednesday. We were told her doctor would probably want to induce Annie on that day or the next. By this time we got to know many of the staff, nurses, and residents by name and had gotten to develop some pretty good relationships with them. This was the one of, if not the only, silver lining to all the visits. Every person we have met at St. Mary's has been awesome!
Wednesday: Annie missed a call and got a voicemail about an hour before her appointment that the doctor she was going to see got called into the hospital so we would have to reschedule for another day. Annie called back and, using her powers of persuasion, got them to fit us in immediately for an appointment. We rushed to the office and saw the doctor right away. He was unaware that we had been in the hospital every day. He said, "well, lets get you induced and get this baby here." We were all in agreement!! At 6:00AM we had to call the hospital to see if we could come in at that point or if we had to call back in a few hours.
Thursday: 5:55AM Annie called the hospital. They couldn't fit us in then. We were told they would call back, but if we didn't hear from them by 11 to call. Annie and I decided to get out of the house to help pass the time - a visit to Kohls and then the mall for some Starbucks and Auntie Anne's did the trick! At about 10:00 Annie got a call that we could come down at 11:00. After getting to the hospital and getting all set up with IVs and pitocin Annie was dilated to about 3-4. Not much happened for the next 11 hours or so. Around 11:00/11:30PM they came in and broke Annie's water. Over the next 1-2 hours the contractions got a lot stronger and we ordered an epideral. They checked Annie after the epideral and she was dilated to about 6. The nurse entered some things into the computer, asked if we needed anything else and left. About 2 minutes later Annie's eyes widened and she said, "Brad, I feel like something is coming out of me! You need to call the nurse!" The nurse came in and checked Annie and immediately said yup, she's right there! I'm going to get the doctor! In came the doctor and other staff. Three pushes later Miss Evelyn was here at 2:16AM on Friday morning!!!! 8.7 pounds 20.5 inches!!
Thursday: 5:55AM Annie called the hospital. They couldn't fit us in then. We were told they would call back, but if we didn't hear from them by 11 to call. Annie and I decided to get out of the house to help pass the time - a visit to Kohls and then the mall for some Starbucks and Auntie Anne's did the trick! At about 10:00 Annie got a call that we could come down at 11:00. After getting to the hospital and getting all set up with IVs and pitocin Annie was dilated to about 3-4. Not much happened for the next 11 hours or so. Around 11:00/11:30PM they came in and broke Annie's water. Over the next 1-2 hours the contractions got a lot stronger and we ordered an epideral. They checked Annie after the epideral and she was dilated to about 6. The nurse entered some things into the computer, asked if we needed anything else and left. About 2 minutes later Annie's eyes widened and she said, "Brad, I feel like something is coming out of me! You need to call the nurse!" The nurse came in and checked Annie and immediately said yup, she's right there! I'm going to get the doctor! In came the doctor and other staff. Three pushes later Miss Evelyn was here at 2:16AM on Friday morning!!!! 8.7 pounds 20.5 inches!!
Friday: Annie and Evelyn got cleaned up and taken care of, Evelyn nursed, we got moved to postpartum, and at about 4:30 AM we all took a nap.
After that, the hospital stay was pretty normal. Well, normal apart from me walking around with Evelyn and setting off an alarm over the entire floor because I got too close to the elevators!! No, I was not trying to kidnap my baby!
Evelyn is a napping and nursing champ! It's Saturday and we will be on our way home soon; ready to start our lives as a family of four!!
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