Skyepony's WunderBlog

Hey everyone! I lived.. Got home this afternoon. Had alotta company, a parade that just stopped. After Dragonfly spent the day being handed around he's up late (as expected) looking for some of my time. So when he goes to sleep all depends on when & if gamma gets the birth story tonight. It's a long one.

Couldn't help but look, interesting feature off Jaxsonville (not 98L).

I read all the comments, thanks everyone for thinking of us, I needed all the good thoughts ya'll sent. That was way rougher than I expected. The poems are going on his wall.. Thanks {{{everyone}}}.

I'll try to get back later tonight.

Ya'll are right, chance to sleep is here so I'm gone.. Yes you can say I have an arcival problem~ real quick, had to look at it anyway..

Hey everyone~ only got a few min. That opertunitity to sleep lastnight was short lived (15 min) then the angel baby was up all night & most the day. Finally getting a bit o sleep out of him. I had a few naps earlier. Husband is a great dad & gives me breaks. He'll be around the next few weeks so I don't have it quite as rough as many do with one this age.

Gator & ya'll south of me look out, that looks nasty!

As far as labor & delivery, was hell. Much harder than the 1st which I had done with no pain killers. This time labored on & off 24 hrs before heading to the hospital around 11pm. Contractions every 2-3 min if not on top of one another. I couldn't sit or lay down without previously unknown pain. (were my hip bones gonna break???) Around 3am I couldn't keep from pushing, it was too early, things were brused & stalled, I was stuck & the pain like nothing ever before. Started screaming epidural when i was about to pass out from pain & a few hours had passed with no progression. The epidural about made the husband pass out. That took a little after 4am. Things got real scary then, though it took me a bit to realize that since my Blood Pressure dropped from the epi to near dead levels. I started coming to again when the bottom # was back in the 30s to realize the room was full of paniced people & Dragonfly's Heart Rate had been dangerously low for the last 6 min~ also due to the epi. They brought me back just in time to get me to start huffing oxygen as hard as I could. It brought Dragonfly around so I avoided my 1st of many opertunities to have that kid cut outta me to save him. It took several hours & alotta phedrine to stabilize my blood pressure. If I got calm & relaxed more than 30 mins it got too low anyway. Thanks Mom for the lively debates when needed to keep it up. I was also on Oxygen the rest of the delivery for Dragonfly, his heart rate kept dropping & I kept huffing. This causes sore throats!! Around 8:15am Petocin was started after still no progress. Around 12:15pm the nurse thought it may be time to push, than not time, got all nervous & another Dragonfly scare all in 4 mins. So I refused to cooperate beyond what had worked so far til I saw my Doctor, who was there in 3 minutes. Took charge & we got him out pretty quick after that. The 1st 1/2 of pushing Dragonfly would near quit the heart rate after each set of pushes, I'd have to start huffing before I could even start recovering. Scary. & that dang nurse was freaking the husband with her hand gestures & whispers. Well born at 1:01pm..finally. Wasn't breathing, 1/2 blue~ ApGar at birth was a 6 & in 5 min a 10. Thank you respatory lady who had been called in on standby & of course my doc & to all ya'll that sent your good thoughts & wishes.

An after thought~ My doctor informed me that had I not totally quit smoking near 7 months ago my circulation wouldn't have been good enough to carry the oxygen to Dragonfly & it most defenately would have ended in a c-section. Biggest reward yet & one I never saw coming.