FAILED VBAG FULL
My stomach was full of amniotic fluid and blood.
The head OB opened me up and found a fist sized rupture in my uterus at my old scar. I asked for it to be taken down so I could see but no one was listening to me. The doctors and nurses seemed very tense. My oxygen saturation rate was low and they gave me a mask. The anesthesiologist checked my throat for intubation if I needed it.
FAILED VBAG TV
I laid on the bed thinking that all the movies and TV shows where the person watches the lights on the ceiling as they are wheeled into the OR was spot on. My husband told me that he thought I was going to die. I was shaking really bad from the ephedrine and it was hard to sign the paper. The OB said I had a choice but I don't really think I did. I don't really remember what I was thinking about at the time. He didn't want to have to tell me so the OB resident came in to tell me. The head anesthesiologist said I needed a section because I was going downhill really fast. My husband could hear them through the door. My husband told me they thought it was a heart attack, an embolism, or a rupture. They brought in a heart machine to check to see if I were having a heart attack. They hooked me up to fluids and put a pressure cuff around the bag and one doctor was squeezing it to get it in my faster. I couldn't answet very well but I do remember thinking everyone was overreacting. They kept asking get me about my shoulder/chest pain. Four more people, the two OBs and two anesthesiologists came in. My husband filled me in on a lot of the details later. It just felt like I had been lying on them too long. She ran out of the room and returned with the charge nurse, who wanted me to explain more about my shoulders. The nurse kept asking me how my shoulders felt. I tried to twist myself to take pressure off them while keeping my stomach sideways. I remember thinking that I just wanted a nap while I was waiting to get to 10cm and wished she'd leave me alone. She was having trouble getting my contractions to register properly.
She had me switch sides and was fiddling with the monitor. The shift change happened and I got a new nurse. My right shoulder started to hurt, from lying on it I thought. The nurse was concerned because I was having 6 or 7 contractions in a 10 minute period. I felt the odd pain but only one really bad pain. The baby had a few weird dips but nothing that concerned the OB. My husband later told me that he thought it was in the bag at that point and I would be successful. Everyone was really happy with my progress. As soon as the doctor put his fingers in my water broke. I could still move my legs pretty well, they were just numb. I noticed the numbing in my left foot first, and then the rest of me. It was hard to bend forward and keep my shoulders and back rounded. Contractions were getting really strong and close together. I stood by my bed and waited for the epidural. I was nervous that my TOLAC would fail due to that. The OB resident did a cervical check but I was still high and posterior. I tried some fetaynol but the relief was short lived. I walked around the room, groaning a bit when they hit every 3 or 4 minutes.
I was getting hungry too, but I didn't want him to suffer with me.Ĭontractions started picking up around 1230pm-1pm. My husband went to Subway to get a sandwich. I was tired from a lack of sleep so I laid down an rested a while. My husband and I walked up and down the hall outside my room for a bit, while on the wireless monitors. My nurse had problems putting my IV in but she got it eventually. I got registered and sent to the birth unit, where I was put in room 8. I was in a lot of pain and couldn't sit down. I didn't get a call so I called again at 830am and they told me to come in. They said they were really busy and they'd call for me to come in between 7 and 8. I called the hospital and they told me it was normal. Around 3am I noticed that the tube for the catheter was full of blood. The Foley bulb had probably fallen out but was still in my vagina. I spent the evening in quite a lot of pain and we thought I was going to go into labour properly. I was sent home and told that they would call in about 12 hours for me to return to the hospital. It really hurt to get it put in and moving around with it in was painful. I went in on Friday, May 19th arpund 2pm to have a Foley bulb inserted. IVF placentas are known to calcify earlier than spontaneous pregnancies. I was nearing 40 weeks with an IVF baby and after our first experience I didn't want to go overdue. A little over two weeks ago I attempted a VBAC and failed.