A c-section is not exactly the way I expected to deliver Hannah today. Earlier in my pregnancy a c-section was the path we were looking towards because I had placenta previa and the placenta was underneath the baby instead of on the side. At 32 weeks another ultrasound was done and the placenta had moved up, so a c-section was no longer necessary.
This morning I got the first of bad news, my blood platelet count was too low to receive an epidural. The nurse drew more blood, ran the test a second time, and the results came back even lower. Epidural was out, Not cool. By this point the pitocinn had started. As time went on the nurse noticed the baby's heart rate monitor continually needed to be moved higher and higher when it should have been going lower, towards the birth canal. That is when she ordered an ultrasound.
The ultrasound showed Hannah's head was in my right hip area instead of the birth canal, next he noticed the placenta was low lying aging rather than up where it should have been. So the result of the two was to stop the pitocin and schedule a c-section. The bad news did not stop there. Because my platelet count was so low and an epidural could not be given the anesthesiologist was going to need to putme to sleep under general anetstia and Ben would not be allowed in the room. After lots of tears I was finally ready to meet my Hannah. The nurse got me prepped and then wheeled me to the OR.
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