It started all on Thursday May 17, 2012. I had thought my water had decided to break. I called my OB's office to see if they thought it could be something else. Sure enough they told me what we had expected them to say "go to Labor and Delivery, just to be on the safe side." so we packed the car up just to be safe. When we got to L & D (labor and delivery) they got me into triage (which is where they monitor contractions and the babies heart rate/beat.) Before they could even test me to see if my water had broken...the first nurse could not locate a heartbeat which was very unusual since normally the nurse(s) can find it rather quickly. So that nurse called in a second, same thing just searching for his heartbeat. Nothing.
They then called in a Doctor and had a portable ultrasound machine brought in...there wasn't a heartbeat to be found...(this all started around 5 pm) and by 7 ish they had me go into another room where I would later deliver my stillborn son. The nurses started me on potocin around 10 and my cervix was gone by 3:45/4 am. By 4:20 Friday morning he was here, although he was not alive when he came. He weighed in at 5 lbs 9 oz. and was 19" long. Its been a rather hard time for both me and JR. Although I have had a more of a support system than he does so its been hard for him...
Just thought you would want to know the news...
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