Braydon Charles Schwarz has entered our lives and we couldn't feel more blessed. On December 21, 2009 we went to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla to get induced. My blood pressure was high and I started to develop pre eclampsia so my doctor thought this would be the safest move. We got to the hospital at 7am and were induced at 8am. Craig and I were anxious with anticipation and couldn't wait to meet our baby. I was feeling pretty good, watching TV and reading magazines and felt the love from all our friends and family that were texting and calling to see how I was doing.
At 2:45pm the doctor came in and saw that there was hardly any progress which she wasn't happy about after 61/2 hours of the Pitocin. I was 90 percent effaced and 3 cm dilated and the babies head had dropped a bit. She broke my water which she said should speed up labor. At about 7pm I decided I would stand up and walk around to get Baby S to speed things up. It worked because my contractions started to get REALLY strong and frequent. I held out for about 4 hours and then decided to get the epidural because I was tensing with the contractions so much and wanted to relax. The epidural was like having a warm cocktail, I got cozy and was able to fall asleep. I wanted to save my energy for the pushing. At this time I was starting to get a high fever so they gave me antibiotics. They just didn't want the infection to spread to the baby. I guess when your water breaks bacteria can spread after a while.
At 1am the doctor came in again and checked me and still no progress. After 17 hours of trying to get the baby out and my fever not going down the doctor insisted I get a C section. Craig and I were pretty bummed out and felt like we probably shouldn't have gotten induced but then I tell myself, God has a plan and this is part of it so I should just go with it. She said the fact the baby isn't progressing could be a large number of reasons and it's hard for them to tell which combination is ours. She said it seems my pelvis in large enough and the baby isn't too big so she wasn't sure what the problem was. I called my Mom and Dad and they rushed to the hospital.
At 1:45am they wheeled me into the Operating Room where Craig was allowed to be with me. They numbed my whole body so I couldn't feel anything. At 1:54am the anesthesiologist told me I'd feel a hard push and a tug which was a weird sensation and then I heard the works "Happy Birthday little Boy!" Craig looked SO excited and yelled "REALLY?! It's a boy?!" And they lifted him up so we could see him over the curtain and he was wailing. My eyes welled with tears and I can't even explain the feeling I felt. It's like the whole world stopped and all there was was Braydon, Craig and I.
He scored an 8 APGAR and is as healthy as can be. He was 20 inches long and 6 pounds 9 oz. It was actually a blessing that we went the C section route because as it turned out the cord was wrapped twice around his neck so the umbilical cord would have cut off his oxygen if he progressed down the birth canal. After he was cleaned and tested they brought him to me and he immediately began breast feeding. They moved the three of us to our room where we would stay for the next 4 days. Daddy and I were the happiest and proudest parents. We love him so much!
