William Bodey Dray Preston arrived in our arms on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 11:43 p.m. weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz and 21 1/4 inches. Beautiful baby boy he is.
Let's back it up to share the full story.....read more.....
I had been at home away from work for nearly 2 weeks - anxious, ready and willing to bring little Bodey into the world. It was a Thursday morning and I wasn't feeling contractions or any pain. The swelling in my feet and legs had begun to go down and I was thrilled. I left the house that morning for a regularly scheduled doctor's appointment praying I was dialated. Blaine met me at the office. As we joked about parenting and weight gain, the doctor confirmed I was not dialated AT ALL. I managed to hold back the tears. Then Doc began to ask questions - something I thought was normal for being past my due date. Everything seemed fine until I said, "yes...he has slowed in past two days and no I don't feel 4 kicks per hour." (Actually I don't know if I had ever felt that many kicks in an hour consistently). Doc told us to head over the hospital for some testing - stress test and ultrasound. Sure, we thought. Couldn't hurt...besides it was still a little early for lunch which we had planned on grabbing before Blaine headed back to work.
The OB nurse, Lori, hooked me up to a stress test non-chalantly...everything seemed fine as they served me pineapple juice, a wonderful cocktail for this preggo chick. Our test was interrupted by the very busy ultrasound crew having an opening. I unstrapped from the monitors on my belly and walked down to the ultrasound. We hadn't seen Bodey since May so we were very excited to see him again. But the mood changed in the room. Our first ultrasound tech was so chatty and nice. This girl was very quiet, wouldn't share too much info and acted odd. When she left the room for a second opinion, my heart hit my stomach. Bodey was not swimming around in endless amniotic fluid that keeps a baby boy happy - because it was very low - the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice and his heart rate was very sporadic.
Nurse Lori arrived again and made me take a wheelchair ride. I knew something was up - why couldn't I just walk back to the OB area? That's because we were about to have a baby....hopefully a healthy little guy. Very soon, I was hooked up to all of the gadgets: IV fluids, heart monitors for baby and contraction monitors for mom. Later came one of the hardest decisions of my life. Doc arrived and said things were normally black & white. But not for us....we were in a gray area. She gave me a choice: do a c-section now and get this baby out OR start inducing and see where we end up. I knew the advantages/disadvantages of both. After many tears, a long conversation with Blaine and a phone call to my momma, I chose inducing. A few more tears later, along came several hours of meds to start things and a nurse named Sara that was undoubtedly the best thing that could have ever walked into my life. Her positive attitude kept both Blaine and I going. She understood our humor - and there were endless jokes in the room keeping my spirits high.
Friday morning Sara arrived with the all mighty Petosin to really kick things into gear...more meds, more oxygen and lots of flipping of momma to keep Bodey's heart rate where it needed to be. But after 36 hours, Bodey was born! Down to the last minute, we didn't know if I would be able to pull through or if a c-section would become inevitable. I think everyone had lost hope (even Doc) and just knew it would end in c-section. But I think my stubborn attitude kept me going - And Blaine and Nurse Sara....they knew I had it in me. All was good now...I had Bodey in my arms, he was a healthy, beautiful baby boy and pizza was on its way. (I hadn't eaten in many hours....at that point, food was very important.)
So that's Bodey's arrival story...watch for many more stories to come. We are not only changing $500 to keep this little guy happy, we are now Changing 500 Diapers....a whole new story.
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