On December 4th 2002 my water broke
while I was sitting on the phone talking
to my gilfriend. I was not sure at
first because with my other 2 sons my
labor as induced due to the fact that I
was over due (40 wks plus). I never had
my water break on its own and I never
felt what contractions feel like
naturally, they was always induced. So
it was not until I got out the chair to
walk towards the bathroom and a gush of
fluid ran down my leg. I was 23.4 weeks.
I immediately washed up, changed clohes
and called the doctor. He told me to
come in immediately, I called my husband
Curtis and informed him of what was
going on. When I arrived at the doctor
he checked me and confirmed that my
water did break. He told me that I
would have to be in the hospital until I
had the baby. I called hubby and he met
me at home, we then went to the hospital
Labor & Delivery where in less than 10
minutes they had me hooked up to the
fetal monitor, undressed, and running an
IV in my arm with (3) antibiotics. They
also gave me a total of (4) steroids
shots in order to mature the baby lungs.
Of course the doctors informed Curtis
and I of everything that could go wrong
and of nothing that could go right. So
I made it through the first 48 hours and
they transferred me to the Antepartum
Unit. I stayed there for a LONG LONG 11
days. On day number 10 I started to
have contractions that night, that would
wake me up out of my sleep until 5am,
then I went back to sleep. At 7am on
Sunday I was okay; I ate breakfast and
the lab came in to draw my blood. My
white blood cells were rising. They did
another lab test at 12 noon and they
went up another 2,000 which means I was
catching an infection. My nurse came and
told me that I would be having an
emergency c-section in less than 20
minutes. I was so happy that my Curtis
was there with me. I was very scared. I
never had a c-section before. Curtis
changed clothes and then we went in the
Operating Room. They gave me the
epidural, and I was num from the waist
down. I then was ready after they tested
me to make sure I was num. I was still
very scared, but Curtis held my hand the
entire time. I asked God to allow me not
to feel no pain, and I didn't. I did
not even know when he (Curtis Jr.) came
out, Curtis Sr. told me then I saw his
little feet. Curtis Sr. kissed me and
told me I did very good. The baby was 1
lb. 11 oz. (.743 ounces) his apgar score
was 6 on his own with out any help, I
was so grateful, after they intubated
him his score was an 8. He was born
12-15-02 @ 3:00 p.m. The doctors allowed
me to kiss him, with his little hat on
and they took him to the NICU. He is now
2 days old and during very well. Your
faith and hope will get you through, it
has for me & Curtis Sr. Curtis Jr. is
our blessing from God. For any moms who
need support or just want to talk,
please e-mail me; I will be happy to
talk and support you. I know I was
looking for other moms really bad, until
I found this site.
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