Evelynn's birth story:

Tuesday January 12 Dan I and went to our regular OB check up. We had been in and out of the hospital for weeks due to prodromal labor which is where the uterus contracts but does not progress the labor process. It was not fun to say the least. The last time we went in before the appointment they did an ultrasound to check the fluid levels. The tech wasn't nice at first but started to warm up to us after a bit. She even gave us a picture of E's girl stuff to prove to Dan's mom that she was in fact a girl-she was convinced that baby was a boy. We showed her! At the appointment on Tuesday Dr. Wiese did another ultrasound to check the fluid levels again. She told us that they were fine for today but might not be okay for tomorrow or the future and that she wanted to induce labor. We were also told that I would probably go into labor that day but would most likely not have her until the following evening.

Dr. Wiese broke my water manually on Tuesday evening.  Eventually I got the IV pain meds to help make the ouchies stop.  It made me very sleepy ad was able to sleep for a bit.  The next day I was still in lots of pain so I eventually got the epidural.  That evening 24 hours had passed since she broke my water so I had to go in and get an emergency C-Section.

They don't know how it happened but the following day (Thursday) I almost bled out.  They had been measuring my blood levels and came in concerned.  They told me that I needed to go in for a second emergency surgery giving me less than 20 percent chance of living.  They reopened my c-section incision, pulled apart my abs and removed a blood clot the size of a football.  I had lost 50% of my blood volume overnight.

We ended up spending 6 days total in the hospital for healing.  Dan was able to sweet talk the nurses into getting me my own private room so that he could stay the night and I wouldn't have to share with other women.  It wasn't the best experience but he made it better.