The long awaited apt with Dr. Roth (High Risk OB) was in the morning. So my Aunt Jamie took me in. Eric had to go to an 8am class. My apt was for 9am. Then my mom met us there after her apt.
When Jamie and I got there, they said I was not preregistered so I had to go downstairs. We were at the Sparrow Professional building, which across from Sparrow Hospital. So I walked downstairs got registered then back up to wait.........
Finally I was able to go in and get my ultrasound. Everything looked great on him. She said he looked perfect. She said that he measured almost a week ahead. She said he will be taller than norm is all. Which then of course we laughed because I think I am short and Eric is convinced I think he is a midget. I asked her if they were going to stitch my cervix today? And she said no are we suppose to? I said YES!!! And I explained to her my predicament. And she said well we will have to measure that and see what the Dr. says. She said what will probably happen is if you need a cerclage, he will schedule you for Wednesday when he does surgeries. And I was like, but I dont have until Wednesday. And she said well let me measure and have him look at it. She said he is the best person to do this. So if it is really urgent he will let you know. So then she got a look through the pelvic ultra sound. And yup I was at .4cm. Which meant I hardly had any cervix left. And basically I was on the verge of labor.
So Dr. Roth comes in and the first thing he says to me is...."well how about some surgery for lunch?" I was like sounds good to me. He explained that what would eventually happen is I would efface completely (thin cervix) and then begin to dilate, and then lose the baby at that point. So we had to get in there ASAP to stitch it up. He said he was upset that they did not indicate at Alliance how thin my cervix had become when they made my apt on Tuesday. And said that he would have done that surgery that day. Now we barely had anything left to work with. So we talked about our risks. We talked about our chances. He pretty much said that he is a pro at this. And that he was super confident that we would be okay. He said its not the stitch that matters so much. Its how to keep labor at bay. That 2 weeks after the surgery are critical. That bacteria, infection, dehydration, all of those could cause premature labor. And no stitch can stop that. So he said I would be in the hospital for 3-7 days. It all depends on how my body responds to surgery. And then he left me and Eric to get ready to go.
He brought me a wheel chair and said your days of walking are done. I was like WHAT? So needless to say it was a little overwhelming. They wheeled me directly to the hospital through the overhead tunnel. And I got right in to my private room Room308 at OB Special Care Unit. So it was me, Eric, mom and Jamie. They got my IV put in. They checked on the baby. And then of course we waited. While we waited, Eric and I were like who cares if people know his name....lets just say it. I wanted to talk about him like he was real. So there was a dry erase board on the wall. So then of course Eric felt the need to play a sort of hangman game with them until they figured it out. It took them quite a few guesses for the first name. Odd ones like Lohan, Ennis YEAH RIGHT! haha And Jamie guessed Chase right away. So then it was like from that moment on, we are just coming out with it.
I was looking up baby names not to long before this on babycenter.com. and there were all these categories you could check out....Soap Opera names, Movie star names, and Super hero names etc.... Well Eric and I are totally in to that crap. So I looked at the SuperHero names. Honestly I did not expect to find anything. I was just curious. And I ran across Logan. I loved it immediately. The deal was Eric would come up with the girl name (if I have not said that before). And I would come up with the boy name. So I emailed Eric to see what he would think. And he rights back...something like "awesome, Wolverine". haha Which of course is the name for the character Wolverine from the X-Men series. And then of course I ran across the name Chase, I think from the actor Chase Crawford. His name was everywhere, and I thought it just sounded nice. And can you believe it, Eric loved it. So that was it....Logan Chase Starn.
So they came in to get me. And honest to God, I was not nervous until then. Dr. Roth sounded so confident that this bandaid so to speak was all I needed to worry about. But leaving Eric I got a little freaked out. They wouldnt let him come with me to get ready. So I started to panic a little. They got me back there and I was prepped to get my spinal block. OMG...I was such a big old chicken. The one lady wrapped me up with blankets and hugged me while they did it. haha And believe it or not, it did not hurt. My IV hurt worst than that.
So quickly you literally have no feeling below your boobs basically. And of course they put you in a very awkward position, that leaves you exposed to about 6 surgeons. AWESOME. We joked a lot. The anestesiologist was the same one I had when I got my gall bladder out. She is so cool. And I found out she is friends with my sister Libby. Small world huh? Anyway, I told Dr. Roth to make a quilt down there, and make sure it is nice and closed. He then joked back that he was going to stitch his initials in my cervix. I said do what you have to do as long as it is closed. Everyone laughed. I tried not to look because they had all these massive tools and were stabbing at me. But I never felt it, so I just ignored it and talked about soaps with the anesthesiologist guy that was there. haha Then at one point he said "Oh, your about to pass out". My blood pressure had dropped so low. So then he quickly turned up something and I was fine. It was odd for a minute. But everything was fine. So then the Dr. comes to me and says well, you just had to be trouble for me didnt you? I said what does that mean, and I swatted his arm. He said well you have a long vagina. I was like WTH. There is nothing long on this body....but that? haha So he said it made it hard to get to my cervix good. He then said I do an excellent job, and with you I did an OK job. Which means you have to be on bed rest until you have the baby. I was so devestated. I said what do you think my chances are. He said if you behave yourself, they are good. We will monitor you weekly or bi-weekly and go from there. Until then, just get yourself some rest and try not to worry.
So they wheel me in to the recovery area. There was another woman next to me that had just had a baby. I believe they were hispanic, they spoke what I thought was spanish. And her sister and her sisters children were running around like animals in there. I wanted to smoosh their heads. OMG...the nurse had to yell at them and then removed them.
So then I had to wait 3 hours for the block to wear off before they would let me head back to my room. While it was wearing off, the only pain I felt was my stomach had small period like cramps. It worried me, but she told me it was normal. And she told me to expect some bleeding. That freaked me out. But she said it was normal. However, lucky me...I did not bleed once.
During my stay, I had some visitors.....my parents, Erics family, aunts, cousins, grandma, and friends. So that was very nice. Then of course flu season was about to hit its all time high. And they decided that as of Monday, we were not allowed visitors. Only spouses and grandparents were allowed to visit. However, that didnt matter. I went in for my follow up ultrasound and it showed I now had a 3.3cm cervix. So at that point everything looked great. So then of course the docs came in to talk to me. They said they would release me. They then had full hopes of me actually going long enough for him to make it. And this of course made me so happy. Eric had been in class when they came to see me. But he quickly found out the good news when he came back to take me home. He had stayed with me every night in the hospital. Which I appreciate . He was able to unhook all my wires and tubes for me to use the restroom all night long He was such a good husband. I just love him.
So with prescriptions in hand home we went. Well it was quickly decided that home was going to be at my parents house. Their room is next to the bathroom on the first floor. Whereas at our house the bedroom is upstairs. And the Dr. specifically told me no stairs. I was so scared to go home. I felt very comfortable knowing that at the hospital that if something happened, they were there to help me fix it. So going home made me nervous.
So here we are..... We wait........
TO BE CONTINUED.......
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