We went through our liteny of doctor appointments yesterday with things going smoothly right to the end. Then there was a deceleration...a what?...a deceleration. Annellice's heart rate showed a dramatic drop followed by a slow recovery. This made the perinatologists nervous; they admitted us right away.
We spent the night last night in the hospital being observed, though it felt more like a preparation for the inevitable delivery. We were both quite cranky as they weren't letting Gwynne eat and I hadn't eaten either as a consequence by proxy. Neither of us slept more than 10-15 minutes of each hour last night and so fatigue was certainly a complicating factor.
The doctor who was supposed to see us and send us home at 0630 never showed. Gwynne's OB showed at 0830 and said it would be up to the perinatologists to decide if we can be discharged. When we asked when we would get to see them, we were told some time later today perhaps as late as this evening. That chapped both our hides as they were the ones who admitted us and couldn't even make the time to follow-up in a reasonable manner!?!
Finally at 1100 we were wheeled up to the perinatologists, they conferenced with the OB and a specialilst in Utah, and delivery was decided. We were to be notified of the scheduling and sent back to our room. Suddenly there was a flurry of doctor and nurse traffic in our room, and in what felt like an instant Gwynne was wheeled off to surgery.
The surgery itself (C-section) was fantastic. I got to view the whole event from first cut to last stitch, and I have the pictures to prove it. Gwynne did fantastic as we both made humor the whole time. I'll post all of the pictures to a seperate site, which I'll link to the blog so that you can view them in their entirity if you are so inclined. Some aren't approved for the squeemish so I'll save the general public from that. I will be sure to post pictures of the girls to the blog once I get them downloaded.
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