Jason and I met at work in May of 2011, and began a friendship. We hung out for the first time on New Year's Eve 2011. From that night, we became closer friends, and began a relationship. We had a lot in common and always had fun together. Our relationship continued growing and we became even closer. We weren't rushing anything, just taking our time discovering each other's likes and dislikes. However, in early September 2012, we got quite the surprise! We were expecting! We both were excited, nervous, all of the normal emotions at the news. We knew that we were committed to each other, and would obviously be 100% committed to our baby.
We began our normal doctor's appointments in October, and everything was in order. Baby was healthy, as was mom. Everything went well through December, and on our second ultrasound we found out that it was a baby GIRL! We were thrilled! The doctor also noticed that I had signs of a low-lying placenta, but reassured us that most of the times, it would move upward as the baby grew. He said he would keep a watch on it throughout my pregnancy and not to worry about it.
In January of 2013, I began to have "normal" pregnancy symptoms. Gaining weight, belly growing, and aches and pains. We had another ultrasound mid-January, and my placenta had not progressed as they had hoped. Our doctor said that the only thing that this information would effect would be that I would most likely have to have a c-section when it was time to give birth. There was a chance that he would put me on bed-rest later in my pregnancy just to be safe. Following that ultrasound, I began to have more aches and pains. I felt a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen/pelvic area, and didn't really know what to think about it. My next scheduled appointment was set for February 7th.
On Thursday January 31, 2013 I was really hurting. I had called the doctor's office several times within the past 4-5 days, and they said if I was really concerned or in that much pain, I should go to the emergency room to get checked out. So, on my lunch break, I decided I would go up to the L&D floor of the hospital and ask them to monitor me. They hooked me up to the monitors, and said they would leave me on them for a couple of hours of observation. Within those couple of hours, they began having difficulty keeping Cadynce on the monitors. And when she was on the monitors, they detected her heart rate jumping drastically. It would go from 160 (normal for baby) to 70, then back up, and back down. I was never showing signs of active labor, contractions, or loss of fluids. They performed an ultrasound and determined that my amniotic fluids were low, but that wasn't an explanation for Cadynce's heart rate to be dropping and spiking.
Jason came to the hospital as soon as he got off work, as they had told me that they would most likely keep me overnight for observation. Dr. Caldwell was the OB on-call, and he had come in several times to review the charts, but could not explain her heart rate decelerations, or "decels" as he called them. He finally made the decision at 5:00 p.m. to transport me to Centennial Women's and Children Hospital. He stressed to Jason and I that it was the best place for me AND Cadynce, should anything worsen and they had to deliver her. I arrived at Centennial around 7:30 p.m., and they hooked me back up to the monitors. Cadynce's heart rate seemed to have calmed down, and the first few hours looked promising.
Around 2:00 a.m., the nurses began having trouble keeping Cadynce on the monitors. They were constantly flipping me from side to side, trying to get her in one spot. She was flipping and moving so much! I had never felt her movements so hard! They brought in the ultrasound tech around 4:45 a.m. to try and see what was going on inside my belly, but she was unable to detect and keep Cadynce on the monitor. She immediately notified the nurses, who in turn notified Dr. Lombardi. He was the OB on-call that Dr. Caldwell had spoken with regarding my transfer. The nurses came into my room at 5:00 a.m. with the paperwork to administer anesthesia and perform an emergency c-section.
Jason had been asleep at my bedside, but was quickly awakened with my screams and cries as the nurses were telling me what was about to happen. He immediately began calling family members to let them know what was going on. In the meantime, the nurses had taken me to the OR, and Jason was anxiously waiting outside as they prepped me with anesthesia. He was allowed in the room and introduced to the operating doctor and then the work began.
Cadynce Mallory Borders was born at 5:58 a.m. on Friday February 1, 2013. She weighed 1 lb. 8 oz., and was 13 inches long.
This is just the beginning of her scenic route into the world.....
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