There's no 38 week picture... because Parker decided late on the last day of the 37th week that it was time to make his grand entrance into the world!
Bryan's parents were visiting, and we were talking about going out to eat dinner. I started having contractions at 6:40pm on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Bryan came upstairs to see if I was about ready to go out to dinner, to which I replied, "Well, I'm not sure if I should go or not..."
After about an hour and a half of contractions from 3-6 minutes apart, I called my doctor, who had me come into the hospital. My scheduled c-section was still 9 days away!
We got to the hospital around 9pm, and after seeing three contractions on the monitor, three minutes apart, the nurse called my doctor, and plans were made to deliver by cesarean that night. We were in the operating room by 11pm, but after getting prepped and getting an arterial line for blood pressure monitoring, it was 12:04am on September 25th before Parker Kent Holcomb arrived! He weighed 7 lbs, 14 oz, and was 20.2 inches long.
He wasn't thrilled to have been removed from his warm uterine home, and displayed signs of distress almost immediately.
The doctors attempted to stimulate Parker to breathe more effectively, but the decision was made pretty quickly to move him to the NICU.
I got a brief glance at our beautiful son before he was whisked away. Bryan followed him, to make sure he was OK, and came back to give me updates while Dr. Gallagher was finishing my surgery.
Once in the NICU, Parker was placed on CPAP to help with his respiratory distress. Blood cultures were drawn to check for infection, and an IV was started for fluids and antibiotics. He had an oral gastric tube to prevent aspiration.
I went to recovery for an hour after surgery. By this time, our parents had arrived, and Bryan went to get a little something to eat. I was taken into the NICU on a stretcher to get another peek at Parker before being taken to my room on the mother/baby unit. It was bittersweet, seeing the beautiful little person I had been carrying for nine months, and not get to hold him in my arms.
Once in the NICU, Parker was placed on CPAP to help with his respiratory distress. Blood cultures were drawn to check for infection, and an IV was started for fluids and antibiotics. He had an oral gastric tube to prevent aspiration.
I went to recovery for an hour after surgery. By this time, our parents had arrived, and Bryan went to get a little something to eat. I was taken into the NICU on a stretcher to get another peek at Parker before being taken to my room on the mother/baby unit. It was bittersweet, seeing the beautiful little person I had been carrying for nine months, and not get to hold him in my arms.
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