Katja’s pregnancy was a dream. I had no problems what so ever, even no morning sickness and Hypermesis like I did with the other two. Just towards the end of pregnancy that you get the typical “end of pregnancy” “I have had enough” aches and pains ect.
Things started with a few weeks of pre labor pains as it did with Kaeden, though they were not to bad. By the 26th of September (two days before Due Date) I had enough and
went to see the obstetrician at the clinic. He did an internal at which I was surprised to learn I was three centimeters dilated already. He did a stretch and sweep of the
membranes also while he was at it and booked me in for an induction the following morning but commented that he really didn’t think I would make it though the night.
Boy was he right!!!! A few hours after I had seen him was when the light contractions started, I still wasn’t sure if it was labor or not. By 10.30 - 11.00pm I called the hospital
and told them I was coming in - Michelle, my sister and Birth partner came to pick DH and I up.
I was monitored for about an hour or so and the midwife decided to do an internal to see how far along I was and if I was dilated enough she would break my waters. Funny thing was is she was also the same midwife who broke my waters with Kaeden!!!!
I was 3-4 cms dilated so she decided to break my waters.
Everything was going fine, I had a lot of fluid built up in there (she had put on my chart with Kaeden that I had copious amounts of fluid as well!!!) The next contraction after
my waters were broken was when things started to go wrong - Bubs heart rate dropped considerably and didn’t come back up - I knew something was wrong, I kept looking from Michelle to Grant (It also showed on their faces) The midwife decided to do another internal straight away and said to Michelle to press the emergency button.
Apparently the umbilical cord had prolapsed - in other words the cord had slipped out passed Bubs head and was coming out first, not a good thing as it was cutting off Bubs
oxygen and blood supply. The midwife had to hold her hand up inside to keep the cord away from Bubs head - lucky the doctor came running in and everything was explained
to her, by then there was also a few other midwives in there and I was told to take my earrings and rings off because I would need an emergency cesarean and I would have to
go under a general anesetic. The midwife jumped on top of the bed and we were wheeled straight into theater.
There was a lot of people in there racing around, it was quite surreal. It was not long and a catheter was placed in (not fun with the midwife’s hands still in there holding things
back and still only being 3-4 cms dilated!!!!) At the same time a drip was placed in and an oxygen mask was placed on me, within seconds I was out to it.
Apparently bub had her cord wrapped around and around and she was using it as a pillow and when my waters were broken the cord simply came forward. When Bubs came out
she was “stunned” with being under a general for about two minutes and they had put her in a humidi crib and had taken her to the NICU Unit to keep an eye on her. Long story
but there was apparently no room in the SCN Units so they put her in the ICU -.
I came around about an hour after, they then let Grant and Michelle in to see me, the first thing I wanted to know was how Bubs was - which they told me she was fine - just being
checked out in the NICU.
I was pretty out of it but also in pain, I was hooked up to a nice little system which every time I pressed the button an amount of morphine would be put though my drip :) They
kept telling me every time I was in pain to push it - and that they had it fixed so I would not overdose ect. *LOL* I didn’t realize that I could press it about every 5 mins, but it
didn’t take me long!!!!! TRUST ME!!!!!
Once They were happy with me in recovery they took me into the NICU to see katja - It was so surreal - all these tiny little babies and there was my big 8 pound 9 porker trying
to look comfortable in a tiny crib - I didn’t have time to get a good look or even touch her before they had taken me off to my room. It was rather traumatic to have to go into the
NICU as well, I had memories from a family friend who had triplets there, they were so tiny and so sick - My bubby should not have been in there as she was not ill (well that
was my thinking at the time)
By the time I got to my room I was continually asking when I was going to get my baby - about 20 mins later the phone rang, it was a doctor from the NICU explaining that Katja
was OK but they would keep her in until morning.
I was so happy when in the morning, I finally got to hold and cuddle my baby girl. I gave her a feed right away and she took to it with no problems just like the other two had.
My recovery from the surgery is another story - Not that there was any problems as such - just the pain and my independence being taken away.
I am so lucky as if my waters had broken at home there was a good chance Bubs would have been born stillborn. And if I would have gone in and had my waters broken as with the induction the next morning, things still would have been bad as both operating theaters would have been in use. It makes me realize how lucky we are that things happened they way they did. I was blessed with somebody looking over us that is for sure.
Picture of katja about 48 hours old
Picture of Katja today (18 months old)
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