I didn't think I would be writing this post for another couple of weeks, but Sophialyn had her own idea of things. The past 3 doctors appointments we had gone to, she was measuring small which concerned my midwife. We were at the every 2 week mark at that point so she told me that if we came in last week and were still small, then we would schedule an ultrasound to see what was going on. Well, needless to say I was small, so we scheduled an ultrasound for Tuesday the 20th. The day was supposed to go like this: go to the ultrasound, go back home get all of our things, go to my store to finish up a couple of things for work and make our way to St. George for Justin to attend work training and for me and Broc to play. Our last vacation BEFORE Sophia came. Well, we go get the ultrasound done and the doctor comes in to look at things, and had 2 concerns. He fluid level was only at a 6.38. It is supposed to be at least at a 20, and she had fluid around her heart. Had it been one or the other, we would have just watched it or delivered by the weekend. Since it was both, she sent us straight to Orem Community to have a baby. I cried for a few different reasons. One I was not ready yet to add to our family. I hadn't gone shopping yet for the essentials, ie clothes, diapers etc. (She does have plenty of shoes however) and two I had things at work I needed to finish up before I went on leave. We get to the hospital, and immediately get settled in. The midwife on call didn't necessarily want to start straight with the pitossin, so we went a different route to soften my cervix. I sat with that for 15 hours and it did nothing. At 4:30 am on the 21st, she removed the device, and we checked my cervix. I had only dilated to a 3. She felt to feel the baby and rather than feel a head down, she felt limbs. We did an ultrasound and Sophia was transverse, meaning she was angled in my belly. The nurse alerted our midwife who came in to double check and sure enough, transverse. She then called the doctor who came in and looked at things to figure out what route to take. We decided to try to turn her so we could still deliver normally. She was able to get her to turn, however Sophia turned right back to the transverse position. She got her to turn again but thins time she turned and had her arm above her head. At that point we had 2 options. We could start the pitossin and still attempt the delivery and run the risk of temporary damage to her nerves or even permanent damage, or we have a c section. She left it up to me. I didn't want to run the risk of anything else so I opted for the c section. It was amazing at how fast everything happened. They got the operating room prepped, got Justin ready and rolled me in to get me prepped. I got in at 8:45 and between prep and cut, Sophialyn was born at 9:04am. She weighed 5 lbs. 15 ounces and was 19 inches long. She is perfect. Come to find out I made the right decision on the c section because when they were working on getting her out she was moving and she ended up coming out feet first. She is one stubborn little girl. WE are so grateful that she is here safe, happy and healthy. Who needs St. George when you get to have a baby instead? Broc is still a little unsure, but even now he is being protective and if she cries, he is right on top of it to make sure she is happy. I am so grateful for my midwife who paid attention and got us into the ultrasound and grateful to the doctors who delivered her. We have a miracle baby, because had we not had the care or intuition, we would have most likely lost her. Instead I have a mini Broc and could not be happier. :)
