So We got Pregnant back in Sep. of 2010 my due date was June 3rd. We found out in Jan. 2011 that we were having a BOY and we were super super excited.We decided to name him Caden James Smart his middle name is my Dads name so we kept his middle name a secret from my family until Caden was born. Anyway so now we would have one of each and if we couldnt have any more kids then we would have both. So anyway my pregnancy was perfect without a problem in the world besides the normal aches and pains that go along with pregnancy. Which was the complete opposite of my Prengnancy with Zoe my pregnancy with Zoe as some can remember I had Placenta Abruption 3 months into the pregnancy and on top of that a few months later I got Gestational Diabetes and then a few weeks later got Toxemia. So I was induced at 37 weeks and was in labor for 34 hours before having my 1st C section. But through all that trauma Zoe was born perfectly healthy.
Now for this Pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Caden everything was going perfect the entire pregnancy. I didn't even get Gestational Diabetes this time around. I worked my entire pregnancy up until my last day of work which was May 28. My due date was June 3rd. And I was scheduled to have my C section done Wed. June 1st well on the day of my last day of work I just wasn't feelig myself. I think it was just because I was just done being pregnant. But I stayed my whole entire shift. which was 10 hours
I had been having Contractions on and off that day and the last two weeks before then but I didn't get worried at all because they were not very close together.
Well went to bed that night woke up the next morning and felt caden move a little but not much. Didn't worry to much just thought that because I was 39 weeks and 2 days that Caden was running out of room. So after church I mentioned to Chris that I hadn't felt Caden move and tried a few things on my own to see if I could get him to budge even a little.
Well it was now 3:30pm and I still hadn't felt anything so I decided to take Chris' advice and I called L and D at Mckay Dee they told me to come straight down. so I told Chris that i was going to L and D and that I would be back in a half hour to an hour. Chris asked me if I wanted him and Zoe to go I said No I would be fine. So I left thinking I would be back before our family party we had to go to that night. So I get to L and D i get into a gown lay on a bed and the nurse checks for his heart beat well they found his heart beat and she does a couple things to the baby to see if his heart rate goes up at all. Well it didn't, so the nurse told me that because his heart rate was not responding to the tests that they would probably have to do my C section today instead of Wed.
So she left to talk to the on call Dr. since my Dr. was out of town. and came back a few mins later and said that they were going to do my C section in 15 mins. I just started crying. Not because they were doing my C section that soon but because I was by my self. So I called Chris in tears and told him that they were doing my C section in 15 mins. He asked if they had found Cadens heart beat I said yes but its not responding to the tests they did. So I asked him to call me parents. Luckily for us we live a block from the hospital and so Chris came a few mins later with Zoe and then as soon as he got there they put a surgical gown on him over his clothes a nurse took Zoe and I was being wheeled down to the O.R. A few mins later I was getting my epideral/spinal block. and they were laying me down on the table.
Well what seemed like forever, I asked Chris if he could see Caden and he said No, then the next thing I know Chris was gone and Caden was out and in the next room. From what Chris told me later, is that when he got into the room where they took Caden. It was like the movies there were Dr.s and Nurses running around every where Caden was getting bagged and then started slowly breathing on his own. Chris just stood there in disbelieve at what was happening.
Caden was whiter than white. and No one could figure out why. As I was laying on the table getting stiched up it seemed like an eternity. And when they finished and as I was getting wheeled out of the room I caught a glimpse of Chris looking out the window of the other room at me and he waved. I didn't do anything I didn't know what was going on and felt helpless. Well Caden was born on May 29th at 5:20pm weighing 10 pounds 2 oz. and was 22 inches long.
A little while later, after being in recovery my dad, grandpa and Chris came in. I asked Chris what was going on he told me all he knew was that they are running a bunch of tests on him to find out why he is so anemic. I just broke down and cried they ended up taking Caden to NICU to work on him there. Then I was given a blessing I told them that Caden needs the blessing more than I do not me I am fine. But they gave me one anyway. then they left to go give Caden a blessing.
I had a few visitors that came and went. which was nice so I wasn't completely alone feeling helpless. and After what seemed liked eternity, I was finally able to go see Caden for the first time. They wheeled my bed into the NICU I got a glimpse of him but had to leave right when I got there because I had a severe reaction to the morphine I was given just moments before. so then they had to figure out what was causing me to have hives on my arm from the Morphine. They had to take out my IV and put in a new one with a different pain med. During all of that the nurse told me that one of the tests came back positive. His blood was draining into my blood and that was why he was so pale. If I would have waited another hour to come in it would have been to late he would have been dead. later on they told Chris that if Caden would have had all of his blood he probably would have weighed 10 pounds 10 oz.
They dont know why his blood was draining into me. But it was.I finally got to my room at around 9pm an hour after that I was up and got in a wheel chair and was wheeled down to see Caden. As soon as I got into the room and next to his bed I just started bawling. Seeing him hooked up to all the monitors and Iv's and a tube in his mouth and getting a blood transfusion. It was so heart breaking. I spent an hour with him just holding his lifeless little hand while Wondering to my self how and why this happened when I had a perfect pregnancy.
I felt more helpless now than I ever have in my entire life. I just wanted him to be in my hospital room with me, like a baby should be but instead he is a long long walk down the hall. But I knew that he was in the best hands ever. Because some of the nurses and Dr.s were ones that had worked on me when i was born.
And in fact the Dr. that delivered Caden also not only assisted my Dr. in delivering Zoe when she was born but he delivered me when i was born, so I completely trusted this Dr.
It was the most emotional and draining unplanned day in my entire life. Well my Dr. came back into town a few days later and said that I could go home that day. So I went home two days after my C section. When I got discharged and Chris, Zoe and I left the hospital without Caden It was hard. I didnt cry until I got to our apartment then I just broke down in the car. It was so hard to be home and not have him with us.
Chris Zoe and I spend the next week and a half making daily sometimes double trips to the hospital to see Caden and each day Caden's condition would improve and get better thanks to all the prayers and fasts that people did. We got to finally hold him 4 days after he was born. and He finally came home on Tues. June 7th. It was a really happy day a day we had waited for for a long time. Chris' mom baby sat Zoe for us so that we could both go and pick up Caden together. When we got home Zoe was still asleep so i went into her room and woke her up and told her that daddy had a surprise for her. and then he came up to her bed holding Caden. She looked at Caden and said Baby brother!!! and was all happy.
Well Caden has been home for about two weeks and we couldnt be happier while adjusting with two kids has been just that an adjustment. Its just nice to have us all home the way it should be. Caden is doing just fine and we couldn't be happier. And all though no one will know for sure why what happened to me and Caden happened. I am just greatfull to heavenly father that he is here and with us and doing good. So that is my very very long update.
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