On April 22, 2018 I had my baby shower for our first boy after two girls. I had noticed at my shower, that I really hadn’t felt him move for a day or two. So the next day I called my doctors office and asked if I could move my appointment up from Friday. They got me in the very next day, Tuesday April 24. When my doctor had asked if I’ve been feeling baby move, I told her not since last Friday or Saturday. She sent me to ultrasound and baby scored a 2, for amniotic fluid. He did not move the entire 30 minutes.
I was sent to labor and delivery to be monitored for 4 hours. Thank goodness my twin sister was with me. After being in labor and delivery for about 30 minutes, I had to call my husband to come up because baby’s heart rate was dropping into the 40s. They had said if that happened again they would do an emergency c-section. As much as I hoped it wouldn't, It happened again not long after, so they asked where my husband was because they had to get the baby out. We live about 30 miles away, but he made it on time! Brought us back to the OR and while getting my epidural they lost the heart rate so they quick did the c section and baby was born about 3 minutes later at 2:05 pm. Weighing 4 lbs 13 oz. he was 5 weeks early. The NICU team was there and got his heart going again and he had a 2 week NICU stay.
On May 1 2019, we had a brain MRI done because we noticed he never used the left side of his body. MRI results came back that he had a stroke while in the womb which was caused by a blood clot. So we started weekly physical and occupational therapy. Today, Xander has just turned 2 and he's walking and running all over! He still doesn’t use his left arm or hand for anything, but we are working on it daily! He is our light!
I was sent to labor and delivery to be monitored for 4 hours. Thank goodness my twin sister was with me. After being in labor and delivery for about 30 minutes, I had to call my husband to come up because baby’s heart rate was dropping into the 40s. They had said if that happened again they would do an emergency c-section. As much as I hoped it wouldn't, It happened again not long after, so they asked where my husband was because they had to get the baby out. We live about 30 miles away, but he made it on time! Brought us back to the OR and while getting my epidural they lost the heart rate so they quick did the c section and baby was born about 3 minutes later at 2:05 pm. Weighing 4 lbs 13 oz. he was 5 weeks early. The NICU team was there and got his heart going again and he had a 2 week NICU stay.
On May 1 2019, we had a brain MRI done because we noticed he never used the left side of his body. MRI results came back that he had a stroke while in the womb which was caused by a blood clot. So we started weekly physical and occupational therapy. Today, Xander has just turned 2 and he's walking and running all over! He still doesn’t use his left arm or hand for anything, but we are working on it daily! He is our light!
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