| It's
been 6 months since my beautiful little boy was born. It seems
just like yesterday, yet it also feels like he's always been
a part of my life! My pregnancy was pretty much like my first
with my 3 year old Brooke. I suffered from hyperemesis and anemia,
again feeling like noone in the world understood what I was going
through! I had many people tell me, "Welcome to pregnancy!",
when I told them how sick I was. People just couldn't understand
what I was going through because they had only ever experienced
normal "morning" sickness. I could not eat or drink
anything for days at a time, and ended up at the hospital so
severely dehydrated that my lips and mouth looked like a lizard's,and
I could barely walk. Thank heaven for Sandy! She called me at
home often and checked on me. She had also gone through this,
and understood exactly what I was dealing with! I finally had
someone who knew the fire it would put in me when someone uttered
comments like " Oh it can't be that bad, EVERY woman goes
through it!" or "Yeah, I know exactly how you feel,
I was a little queasy too!" Compared to that, everything
else in my pregnancy was pretty easy to deal with! My labor had
to be helped along, though, at 41 weeks, so I was given a cervidal.
Even though I was practically not effaced or dilated at all,
it worked. As I labored though, my son's heart rate kept dropping,
and I started to get what felt like a constant contraction in
my back. His head was down, but sideways, which anyone who's
ever had true back labor, knows how unpleasant this is!In the
end it turned out that my son's cord was wrapped tightly around
neck. Luckily for me Sandy had anticipated this being the problem,
and had me labor on all fours, this being the only way that the
baby's heart rate stayed up. She was a TRUE friend to me during
all of this. She put me in the shower, rubbed and pushed on my
back during contractions, and was actually up in bed with me
helping me get through my contractions. I can't imagine having
gone through my birth without her! I ended up with a perfect
little 8lb. 10oz. boy, in addition to my beautiful little girl!
I have a wonderful little family now, for which Sandy will always
be a part of!! Thank you so much Gretchen, Nancy, Sue and most
of all Sandy! Love Tammy, Andre, Brooke and Colton! |
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