April 9, 2004
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Hi everyone. Baby Zachary was born on 4/6. He weighed 7 lbs 10 oz, and was 20 inches long. The contractions started Monday night around 10pm and became regular (1 minute long, 5 minutes apart) right before 2am. Baby Zachary was born at 12:30pm Tuesday after only 20 minutes of pushing. Baby is doing extremely well.
Unfortunately I had some complications. I lost a lot of blood during the delivery and tore. A few hours later I was in excruciating pain (worse than labor - even when the epidural ran out... another story.) It turned out I had internal bleeding and I had to go into emergency surgery to drain the blood. I was put on bed rest and had my vital signs monitored 24 hours. A night later, I had a fever and my hemoglobin level dropped to 5.3 (around 12 is normal.) My Dr was paged at 4 am. I had to be typed for a blood transfusion, which was scheduled the following morning. The good news is that I am in stable condition now and was released this afternoon from the hospital (4/9).
I am still fairly weak and trying to breastfeed, so please excuse my absence for a while. I did want to check in quickly to let everyone know what happened to me.
Comments (17)
hi just browsing congrats on the birth of ur newborn hope motherhood goes smoothly for you props
hi just browsing congrats on the birth of ur newborn hope motherhood goes smoothly for you props
Wow, that's scary!!! I'm sorry you had complications but so excited that your little one is finally here!!!
Welcome to the world baby Zachary!!!!
oh wow, what a story! I'm so so glad you made it through okay! Now you have a precious bundle of joy who I'm sure was all worth it! Welcome to the Mommmy club!! *hugs*
<3 Misty
Wow. Congratulations! Hope you feel better soon and can't wait to see baby pics
OMG I hope that you are doing better now! Congrats on the birth of the baby...sounds like your labor wasn't too bad?
Can't wait to see pics of your little guy!
WHAT!? No photo? At least use this one...
http://i.xanga.com/sofichan/zach.jpg
So glad everything turned out well for you even though you had quite a scare! Congrats!!! Can't wait to see baby Zachary's photo!
Easter Blessings!
awww you looked soooo great at 41 weeks!! i'm 35 weeks so i'm not too far off from seeing my baby boy! congrats on your son! and good luck!
WOW!! i am so sorry you had all those complications, i hope that you are doing a lot better right now!!!! congrats on the birth though, and i cant wait to see lots of pics of what i am sure is a handsome little man!! congrats sweetie!!!
huggies!!!
I'm sorry about the complications, but I hope that you have a speedy and healthy recovery! I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!! Take care!!
On the happier note, I just wanted to say, congratuations on the birth of another miracle and may you and your hubby be blessed with his presence! Take care and get lots of rest!! *HUGS* (Gentle ones that is!!)
Btw, if that was the picture of Zach, he is beautiful! Again, congratulations on such a beautiful baby!!
congratulations! hope you are feeling better and are enjoying the new member of your family!
congrats! sorry about the complications but i know seeing your baby boy made everything worth it.
i had pretty bad case of anemia when my son was born...i had to take iron pills and along with that some stool softeners bc iron pills are known to cause constipation...for a month before my hemoglobin level returned to normal.
wishing you a speedy recovery so you can enjoy all the good stuff that comes along with motherhood at your best.
Congratulations - Have been worrying about you
WOW congrats and i am so sorry you had some problems but glad everything is just fine.
Awww congrats honey!!! My nurse said she doesnt think I will carry full term because of how big I already am... so Ill let ya know when mine is born!
Im "due" May 20th....
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