Today! :)

[jgbrowning]

Ingrid had a sickle cell crisis yesterday, so i had to spend all night in the hospital with her. she will probably be there for the rest of the week. i'm worried.

My prayers for you guys. I hope everything works out smiles.

joe b.

 

[xrpsuzi]

Boz,
Give Ingrid our best. Tell her I'm working on a crib cover/baby blanket for the little one. And keep your spirits up. That will make Ingrid feel better more than anything.
-Suzi

 

[Mystery Man]

actually, she told me when she had her first baby that there was a mirror and the doctors were trying to get her to look, but she was too scared/grossed out. i really don't want to look either.

I watched both of my kids come out, natural birth though. It was cool. Gross. But cool!

 

[der_kluge]

Our first daughter was breach, so caesarian was the only option. With the epidural, she didn't feel a thing, and was pretty much out of it during the process. She was kind of groggy, but does remember me bringing her our daughter.

As I was standing by the incubator, I looked over and could see the doctors holding my wife's uterus. They were cleaning it off and were going to place it back inside her. It was kind of disgusting, I admit.

Medical science is amazing.

p.s. sickle cell?? Is your wife African American? I've never heard of that being a complication of pregnancy.

 

[BOZ]

i don't know that it will be a complication of pregnancy, but then neither of us are doctors. the nurse said her blood is oxygenating. however, she is in a lot of pain and can't get morphine because of the baby.

 

[Desdichado]

She was having a C-section with her first? So your considering the VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cessarian)?

I ask as an interested couple who will be faced with this decision eventually.

My wife had a C-section with our first, followed by three VBACs. What do you want to know?

Oh, and congrats BOZ, at least in a few more weeks.

 

[DonAdam]

I'll keep the three of you in my prayers.

 

[BOZ]

thanks everybody. this is a bit of a tough time. last night was pretty rough.

 

[der_kluge]

i don't know that it will be a complication of pregnancy, but then neither of us are doctors. the nurse said her blood is oxygenating. however, she is in a lot of pain and can't get morphine because of the baby.

My wife had morphine when she was pregnant. She had some horrible, horrible migraines, that sent us to the emergency room. She had taken some codeine for it, and then vomited up blood (btw, not good). And since she was diabetic, and couldn't eat anything, she was spilling k-tones (which means that her body was eating herself slowly). They put her on IV, and gave her morphine, which according to her, only dulled the pain it was so intense.

Maybe your wife's situation is different, though. I don't know.

 

[BOZ]

i don't know either. i just called her, and she sounds a little better - in pain, but definitely with less screaming.