while i was writing the last post, i started thinking about my thoughts and feelings during the whole ordeal and i remembered that i wrote emails to family and close friends as this was all happening. so i went and found those emails. i think they are so helpful to remember my frame of mind and feelings during that stressful time - scared and nervous but still trying to trust the Lord. He is good to give us peace when we ask for it!
He is GOOD!
written 6/9 at 7:40am-
Hey all!
I'm sure you've probaby all seen on facebook or heard by now but the baby is on his/her way. You all have been so gracious to be praying for us the past few months, can I make another request? Pray that this baby arrives safely and hopefully without any more complication.
For those of you that don't really know what happened and why we suddenly were going to the hospital to be induced i'll give you the condensed version. Yesterday afternoon was my weekly doctors appt for mmy check up and exam to see if i was dialated anymore or anything. We went, we heard, we were happy. The visit went great, doc said baby looked great, everything looked fine but she asked us if we could stay for an ultrasound. she said no reason for concern she just usually liked to get an ultrasound this late in the game to make sure the baby is doing great in these cramped quarters, check amniotic fluid levels, etc. etc. so we said sure. got our ultrasound, the tech said baby looks great - about 7 1/2 pounds - yada yada. well, then we went back into a room to talk with the doctor once she saw the ultrasound pics. and she did not look happy. she said that the amniotic fluid levels were low, apparently VERY low, and at this stage she would really say we need to induce to get this baby out before things got dangerous. They did a test on the baby during the ultrasound called a biophysical profile and doc said baby looked happy and scored like 100% on that test, which basically means baby is doing great and even though the fluid levels are so low the baby is handling it really well. so that was encouraging! but we still had to face the facts that the baby needs to come soon. so we set our induction for friday morning. but when we were leaving jeff just got more and more nervous and felt like we should just go on up to the hospital and be monitored for a while yesterday afternoon. so i talked with my doctor and she said that was completely fine and reasonable but if we were going up there anyway that we should just go ahead and induce then.
so we came on up to the hospital and got checked in and hooked up to like 14 monitors and tubes and everything and basically spent the night being pumped full of pitocin to get things going and nothing has happened yet. we have been here 12 hours and i still am not contracting. so they keep increasing the pitocin and hopefully that will get things going. we just wait at this point.
so here are my main prayer requests at this point - first, that things will get going, that the baby will respond well to the induction so that it may jump start my body to do the rest on my own. that the Lord would calm my heart, as this was not the situation that we necessarily wanted for labor and delivery. but above all, that the baby would come out safe and healthy. this is the goal, we know that, and that is why we are even doing this at all. we feel like it is for the safety of the baby that we get he/she out. so we are trusting God that He has ordained this new "twist" and has brought it about in His perfect timing.
so would you join us in prayer for these things? We are excited and nervous but know that God has brought this about for our good. We love you all! And we'll keep you in the loop as much as we can.
Jeff and Courtney (and soon-to-be-here Baby Mix)
written 6/9 at 12:31pm-
ok, after about 17 hours of being here and hooked up to pitocin we were still not having really any progress. i was not dialating any more than when i got here and i was not feeling my contractions (apparently i was having contractions pretty regularly but not intense enough for me to feel or to progress my labor enough.) so the doctor suggested we go ahead and break my water in hopes that will get things going. she said with how dialated i am already and how low the babys head is, she wasn't worried that this would push me into active labor. she did this about a half hour ago and i can already tell a difference. almost like severe menstral cramping coming every few minutes. baby still looking lovely and happy, so we're happy about that. we hope this will move things along!
keep praying!!! :)
written after his birth -
We are so thankful to announce the birth of a SON -
Malachi Aaron Mixon
7lbs 9oz, 19.5 inches
June 9th, 2011 at 6:40pm after 7 hours of active labor.
The Lord was gracious and I was able to do it naturally, hard but good
We love you all and are so thankful for your prayers through this process - the Lord is good!
Jeff, Courtney and Malachi
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