Macy's Miracle Story: Part 1 Pregnancy and Birth

I have been following many other blogs for some time now. A mom recently posted her daughter's "story". It got me thinking....I haven't sat down and told Macy's story for a very long time. Over the years, people have come and gone. There were many people present in our lives when Macy was born, but life happens. People move, jobs change, couples marry and divorce, etc. There are also many people who have come into our lives since Macy was born and may not know her AMAZING "story".

Part 1:

Despite morning sickness until 16 weeks, my pregnancy was going fine. At 28 weeks my OB felt that the baby was measuring small and ordered another ultrasound. I had my ultrasound at 29 weeks. The tech said things looked great, and that our baby was just short. Little did we know they also noted a 2 vessel cord (which was not brought to our attention until weeks later).

At 31 weeks I started to swell. At first it was just my ankles, and then I noticed my hands were very swollen. I mentioned it to a friend at work, and she suggested I go home and rest. I headed home and rested for a few hours with my feet up. After Jeremy got home we decided to head out to dinner, but I became concerned when my swelling didn't go down and I started to feel a little funny. We stopped off at my sister-in-laws medical office to have her check my blood pressure. It was extremely elevated. She checked it again, and said "go to the hospital".

The hospital checked me out, said I had preeclampsia, and put me on bed rest at home. I missed my 1st baby shower with my side of the family, which was supposed to be the next day. I was devastated.  I also missed my second baby shower with Jeremy's family.  My sweet hubby went in my place, and even dressed up for the occasion, pillow in his shirt and all.

 

 

 

Bed rest at home did no good despite me following the rules. I started to get worse. My OB then sent me to the hospital for inpatient bed rest. It was awful. I had to lay on my left side, and was only allowed to get up to go to the restroom and shower once a day. They monitored the baby hourly. Jeremy came over before work to visit me, worked a full day, cooked dinner at home, brought dinner to me at the hospital, and then spent the evening with me until about 10:30 p.m..  He did this for 15 days straight.  He was AMAZING! I knew at that moment that I had chosen the right man to marry and be the father of our children!

  One Friday evening, at 34 weeks, I started to notice blurry vision. I mentioned it to my nurses. The next morning I woke up with black spots in my vision. Neurology and Ophthalmology were both called in to evaluate me. It was determined that I had a mini-stroke due to my preeclampsia, and that the baby needed to be born immediately. I had a friend from work visiting, and Jeremy was out getting us lunch. They hauled my bed to a new room to prepare me for an emergency C-section. I had never been so scared in my life. Jeremy was extremely worried when he got back and my room was empty.

 Fortunately he was by my side when our tiny 3lb, 11 oz. miracle was born at 3:40 p.m. on January 28, 2006. She came into the world screaming! She was a fighter already!

 

 

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