It's a BOY!
List Member ~ Jennifer MG
Due Date ~ July-04-1999
Baby's Name ~ Matthew Harvey
Birth Date ~ June - 13 - 1999
Weight ~ 9 lbs. 13.6 ozs.
Height ~ 20 1/4 inches
~ Mommy's Comments ~
I awoke at 4:15 a.m. on Friday, June 11th to a very strong contraction.
DH and I timed them for an hour and they were 5 minutes apart at the end
of one hour so we called the sitter for our soon to be 19 month old and
were off to the hospital. When we got there it was just after 6 a.m. and
my contractions were 3 minutes apart. They put me on a fetal monitor and
did a cervical check 3 cm 75% and 0 station. After an hour there was no
change so at 7:30 a.m. the doctor says to go walk around for a couple of
hours and come back. So we went walking, came back and no change, so
more walking. We did this until 4 in the afternoon when the doctor says
4 cm, your staying. After 4 more hours of contraction still no change so
the doctor orders a shot of morphine to help me sleep and hoping that
I'll make some more progress if I just relax. Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
the doctor comes and checks me and says that there is no change so he
sends me home. I spent all day Saturday having contractions 3 minutes
apart but they weren't painful, just annoying. We go to sleep Saturday
evening hoping Sunday would be the day. Again at 4:15 I woke up to a
painful contraction, this one lasted 5 minutes. I woke DH up and said
we are having this baby today. I was 37 weeks and the doctor said that
he would help me along once I reached that point. We called the
sitter yet again and were off. We got to the hospital...5 cm, still 75%,
but +2 station. The doctor sent us walking since it was shift change we
came back 90 minutes later and I'm now 6..cool..this was going to be the
day. At 9 a.m. I was admitted to the hospital again but this time I was
having my baby. At 10 the doctor decided to break my water and put the
baby on a Fetal Scalp Electrode because he kept moving away from the
heart monitor. They allowed me to labor on my own until 11:30 when the
doctor decided I needed some help and order a pitocin drip
started..before I'd let that happen since I was induced with my last one
I wanted my epidural and got it before the drip was started. The drip
was started at 12:15, at 12:20 I had the urge to push, the nurse walked
around to check me and there was the baby's head, so she yelled for
the doctor. The doctor got there 1/2 a push and the head was out, 2 more
pushes and Matthew Harvey was here at 12:25 p.m. on Sunday, June 13th
after 2 days, 8 hours and 10 minutes of labor. He weighed 9 pounds 13.6
ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long (not bad for 3 weeks early and NO GD).
His Apgars were 9/9. His only problem was his blood sugar, it was 25
(normal is above 50) so off he went to the Level 2 NICU for a dextrose
IV. At 30 hours old he was maintaining his blood sugar levels well above
normal on his own and was sent to the Mother and Baby Unit to be with
me. We went home together, on Tuesday, June 15th at noon.
Matthew is now a month old and has grown almost 2 inches and now weighs
10 pounds 14 ounces. He is loved and adored by all his family,
especially his big brother.
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