Since my mom was in town, we decided to spend Saturday walking around Annapolis and enjoying the beautiful weather we were having. I had contractions off and on all day, but there were far and few in between. We got home about 4:00 or 5:00 that evening, and the contractions had all but stopped. We ate dinner, watched TV, and everyone decided to head to bed early. Around 11:30 I woke up with strong contractions, but wasn't too concerned because they were about 7-10 minutes apart. Around midnight, they really started to pick up in intensity and were starting to become 5-7 minutes apart. Michael decided to take a shower, since we would probably be heading to the hospital at some point. My mom called the Dr. at 1:15 am to let them know that my contractions were coming faster and that I needed to come in to be seen. While on the phone with the Dr. I felt a sharp pop, and knew that my water had broke. It was full of green and black/brown meconium, so I knew we had to get to the hospital ASAP. The Dr. didn't seem to concerned about the meconium, but said that I did need to head in since I was GBS positive and needed to start my antibiotic IV.
Almost immediately after my water broke, I started feeling the urge to push and knew that they baby was coming. We left 5 or 10 mins after talking to my Dr. around 1:20-1:25 am. I don't think I have every seen Michael so nervous. He drove about 90 mph the whole way there, slowing down only for turns and on/off ramps. The hospital is about 45 minutes from our house but we made it there in just under 20 minutes.We were both very nervous that I was going to deliver on the side of the highway or at some fire station!!! The whole drive there I tried my hardest not to push, but I just had too. Michael called the Dr.'s office again when we were getting close and told them to meet us in the ER, because I would be delivering this baby in the parking lot. The whole drive in I kept screaming to Michael that he was going to have to drive faster or he would be delivering the baby. With each contraction I had to push and at one point I reached down and could feel the baby's head. All I envisioned was being interviewed for the morning news, because we delivered on the side of the highway. I could already see the headlines!!!
We arrived at the 1:52 am, and the baby's head was already crowning. Michael ran inside to the ER and had them call up for L&D to come down for me. Michael came back out to park the car. While Michael parking the car a security guard came outside with a wheel chair, and took me through the side door. I didn't think anything of it, but later found out that the security guard breached protocol and should have never taken me through the side. Michael came back to the ER to find the L&D nurses looking for me. No one knew the guard had taken me up. The guard kept apologizing to me, about all the bumps and the long ride up the elevator. All I could do was scream in pain and tell him repeatedly that he needed to pick up the pace because the baby was coming, and I couldn't stop pushing. I think he finally got the hint and picked up the pace.
When we finally hit the L&D ward 6 or 7 nurses came running up to us in the hallway and took over. The room wasn't prepped, no one was ready, I don't really think anyone thought I was close to delivering. The nurses got me into the bed, and the Dr. came over to check me. I asked where my Dr. was and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently there was some kind of miscommunication because they paged Dr. Leah instead of my doctor Dr. Lee. However there was no time to wait for my Dr. to get there, the baby was coming. The nurses prepped the bed while I began to push, but I lost it because Michael was still not in the room. He finally got to the room and her head was already out, thank goodness he made it in time. Because it only took 3 or 4 pushes and Miss Callie made her debut at 2:00 am on the dot, 8 minutes after we arrived at the hospital. There were a total of 9 nurses and doctors in the room when she was delivered. The NICU team immediately looked her over because there was meconium when my water broke. Callie ended up aspirating some of the meconium and needed her throat and nose suctioned 3 or 4 different times. Callie scored an 8 and 9 on her apgars, weighed 7 pounds 11.8 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She had a full head of dark brownish/black hair was a spitting image of Austin when he was born.
I am honestly shocked that I was able to do the entire delivery medication free, although I didn't have much of a choice. Since there wasn't time to get an EPI, IV, or any kind of antibiotics for the GBS positive diagnoses, we needed to stay in the hospital for the full 48 hours so Callie could be observed to make sure there was no signs of infections. She had some bruising on her eyes because the delivery was so fast. It is really hard to believe how fast her delivery happened. Everyone told me that second babies come much faster, but I never thought I would deliver her 8 minutes after arriving at the hospital. I was definitely the talk of the L&D floor, every nurse I had made some kind of comment on how quick.the delivery was.
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