Well, the plan did not go as planned. Madison Grace decided to come a little early...35 weeks, 4 days. My water broke at 2:30am on Wednesday night so we drove 90 to get over here in time. I labored all day with the help of Pitocin but this just didn't go smoothly. My mom and Bryan's folks came right over and stayed with us all day as I labored off and on all day. Derek and Carly also made the trip over and Derek gave me a very nice blessing, which helped calm us down and regained our hope amidst the shock that this was happening a month early. Maddie began showing distress right before 10:00 pm and I was rushed into the OR for an emergency C-section (the umbilical cord had prolapsed and was coming down first). Dr. Suzanne Peterson & Dr. Nathan performed the C-section, luckily one of the first things they learn is what to do in case of a prolapsed cord...keep it from getting compressed by the babies head! Thanks to Dr. Nathan, he did just that by riding on the gourney with me!
At 10:07 pm, March 13th, she arrived, weighing 5 lbs 14 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. She is doing wonderful- breathing on her own, her prostaglandin IV is in (which helps her heart function until her surgery) and she was sent to Children's last night, with Daddy going along in the ambulance with her. I was able to see her and even "half-way" hold her before she left. She's absolutely beautiful and pretty fiesty already. She is just being monitored in the NICU at Children's for the next couple of days. Maddie handled all of this chaos very well and her lungs are showing maturity (even being a few weeks early). Apgar scores were first a 3 then 9. We've already fallen more in love with her and are very impressed with how she's taking to life outside the womb. I'm still here at University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle) hopefully will get released tomorrow sometime if I can pass all of the "tests". I'm doing good, just very tired and sore. The past 36 hours have been very eventful, so we're still getting our minds wrapped around all of this. Since I'm confined to the bed, I had time to announce our little girl and ask that you continue to pray for our precious baby.
8 comments:
CONGRATS! We are so relieved and thankful Maddie is here safe and sound. Can't wait to see a picture. Take care of yourself Katie, you are in our prayers.
Love, Louise
Congrats to your entire family! Our prayers are constantly wrapped around you. We can't wait to see pictures and anxiously await your updates.
Love,
Kelly & Family
Katie
It was so nice to read what you wrote and especially coming from your own perspective. Derek hadn't asked Bryan all of the questions I would have and I was getting info from other people of what they'd heard, sorry I was off on the birth weight and didn't know how many inches she was! I am so glad to know you are all doing well and I was so excited to get your message about being able to go see her tonight. Do you get to hold her yet? Does she look like your boys or more like the Allred side? I'll be anxious to talk to you soon, hopefully tomorrow sometime. We love you guys so much!!!! Carly
We are so excited for you to finally have your baby girl here! We can't wait to see who she looks like! I've been thinking about you so much today and I'm so glad that everyone is safe and doing well. Get some rest! We will of course keep you in our prayers and will look forward to reading her updates! She's already captured our hearts!
She is in our personal and family prayers several times a day. Your boys are being well loved by Aunt Lesa! Hang in there, can't wait to see a picture of her.
p.s. aren't c-sections FUN!!!
We are so excited to see here and the boys can't wait to see mom, dad, and baby Maddie. See this afternoon. Love ya, Aunt J
Oh Katie she is so beautiful! I keep getting back on to see her sweet little face. God is so good!! You look great and hope you're feeling well. Can't wait to meet your little blessing. We will definately keep praying for you & Maddie!
Lots of Love,
Krista
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