**KORI ELIZABETH**

Introducing our sweet, sweet baby girl...

*Kori Elizabeth Prewitt*

Born 08/22/15 @ 9:48 pm

9lbs

20" long

So, here is the detailed, yet abbreviated version of my birth story with Kori.

Friday morning, we woke up at the hotel and got ready, then called to see if they had a bed ready for me. I was told to wait for a phone call that I should receive around 8am, so we then walked across the hall and dropped off Camryn with Daryl's parents. Cam got a little teary eyed, and it made me cry again. But, she was ok within ten mins. Daryl and I went to Panera for breakfast, and then as we were leaving, I received a phone call informing me that I can come on in!! So, we headed over to VBH <3

Once I arrived at 0845, I changed into a gown and got into bed. They started an IV and we were on our way!! 

The doctor (Dr. Robertson, same one who delivered Camryn) came in and checked me around 11:30 and I was 2.5cm, 80% effaced, head high. So, we started Pitocin at noon to get things going. The nurse was a little frustrated because she had a difficult time finding Kori's heartbeat, due to the polyhydramnios.  My hips were hurting, and I was becoming emotional. If it weren't for my amazing husband, I don't know what I would do.

At 7pm, the doctor came back in and checked me and there was NO PROGRESS... And when he checked me, her head was so high, and it hurt SO BAD. I begged him to stop, He then suggested that I go ahead and get an epidural if I was planning on it anyway to help with pain and he would try to break my water. So, I did, And I cried. ALOT. I missed my Camryn and she was asking Daryl's parents where her mommy and daddy were... I felt so guilty. On top of that, I wasn't progressing, At all. But, we got the epidural from a wonderful anesthesiologist and they gave me Zofran to help with nausea. I started feeling better and the doctor attempted to break my water... attempted. I'll talk more about that later. 

So, I slept some. Daryl slept some. I woke up at 0140 and could feel my legs again. The nurse came in and showed me how to bolus myself with medicine and it helped. The night was sort of a blur, though.

At about 0830, a new doctor came in and checked me and decided that I had not progressed at all still... and my water WAS NOT broken. Nice. He gave us a few options, and the best and safest one was to stop the epidural, because it was relaxing me too much and I wasn't contracting well (that and the amount of fluid was making it hard for my uterus to contract), and to stop Pitocin/start Cytotec. Cytotec is a vaginal suppository that helps ripen the cervix and thin it out. So we did, and then we slept a little more. I recieved two doses of that, about 4hrs apart.

Side note: I had to use the bedpan when I needed to pee. Eww. And Daryl helped. Talk about an AMAZING HUSBAND?!?!?

Then at 1 pm, things heated up. Doc came in and checked me and I was at 4cm and her head was much lower. When he checked me, he went WAY UP THERE, and I about flew off of the bed. I was crying so hard, as was Daryl. I begged the doctor to stop. He said, "I can feel your water and her head... do you want me to break your water?" And I yelled "Do what you need to... but please hurry!" So he did... and it was a gush of fluid... that never ended haha. Sooooo much fluid! We then started back with the Pitocin. Then, when I started to hurt again around 5pm, I started back up with epidural!!

6:30 pm they inserted an internal monitor and it picked up well. They straight catheterized me and got back 1100cc urine, then checked me and I was 5cm dilated. They said my full bladder was sort of blocking some progress. So, my numb self was then rolled over and the nurse put a 'peanut ball pillow' under my leg and it helped me progress some. So weird, though! HaHa

My parents arrived at 8pm to say hello and try to wait it out some, They left the room at 9:30 when I started to feel some pressure. The nurse checked me and I was complete! WooHoo!! She called the doc and they were both in a C-Section!? I told her that I hoped she could catch a baby because I was pushing! And then 12 minutes of pushing later, I delivered my beautiful 9lb baby girl!!

When Kori came out, she was slightly blue and kept having apneic spells. The nurses didn't even let me have skin to skin time because they had to suction her out, Her apgars were 6 & 8. They let me hold her for two mins then took her to the NICU. Her glucoses were borderline, but she stabilized out!

I had one small tear... MUCH better than last time. I bled alot, and the doc had to give me Cytotec to stop it. The nurses had to massage my belly alot to firm up my fundus, and then I was ready to head to mother/baby. But first... we stopped by the NICU to see our baby <3 DARYL was so wonderful the whole time. I couldn't imagine doing any of this without him.

When we got to the NICU, I just held my baby and cried. She was so beautiful and all ours. Looking so much like her big sister. Head full of hair. Beautiful, baby girl. <3

When I got to my room, I was told that the doctor ordered an IV of Pitocin to be hung on me through the night because of my bleeding, Well, the nurse 'accidentally' left the IV wide open, so I had a ten minute contraction. I was in so much pain, that the night nurse suggested (after she fixed the dosage) that I take a Percocet and get some sleep. I agreed.. but only after seeing my baby first!!.. So after I nursed her and we held her for a while, they took her to the nursery for more monitoring and I slept some. <3

The next day, Daryl's parents brought Camryn up to the hospital to meet her baby sister. Talk about your heart overflowing!! Oh my gosh, she was so in love. Our little family is complete <3