Welcome Baby Gunner!

On Thursday October 2 at 16:24 we welcomed our precious baby boy Gunner. We were so blessed and thankful to have a normal labor and delivery. The events that happened after my delivery were traumatic and life changing. This blog is intended to not only inform everyone of what happened but it is also to help me heal from the physical and emotional pain. My journey to recovery began like this.

I was induced in the morning at 04:00 and given small doses of pictocin to get my labor going. They checked to see how dilated and effaced my cervix was and throughout my labor he had a steady heartbeat with no complications in our sight. After 6 hours of labor they had to break water to enhance my contractions. At 7cm I could no longer stand the pain of the contractions and decided to get an epidural. The pain was so intense that they had to give me a second dose because the first dose did not work. Within the next hour or two I was checked again and the nurse said I was ready to push. My OB/GYN and nurse did a wonderful job guiding and encouraging me through active labor. With three good pushes Gunner was born!! Standing beside me through it all was my mom, husband, sister, and daughter :) They immediately placed Gunner on my chest for skin to skin and I was able to give him 5-10 loving moments before they pulled him away and began their newborn assessment. The room was filled with so much love and at this point I was in pure tranquility with the birth of my beautiful baby son.

Lying there in serenity my OB/GYN continued to clean and stitch me up. I had a second degree perineal tear that was resolved quickly and smoothly. My OB/GYN said congratulations and that she would see my soon then walked out of the room so that nurses could finish their job. As the nurses were cleaning me up they noticed a steady stream of blood coming from my vaginal area. They continued to observe and push on the top of my tummy to see how much blood would come out. The blood continued to stream and the nurses said they needed my OB/GYN to come take a look just to make sure. My doctor took a look and noticed my blood was coming out in clots and heavily. She was unsure at the time from what or how since I had successfully delivered my son at this time. My doctor then said that she would have to take me back to the OR to check out what was going on. As they wheeled my out from the room I looked at Todd and said to take care of Gunner and Aurora. I remember my mom faintly saying don't worry we are here. I looked at her with my sister and Aurora and said I'm gonna be ok, don't worry I will see you soon. This is when the mad dash to save my life truly began.