Emmersyn Shea's birthstory

Well, I'm pretty bad at blogging, but Emmersyn Shea Murray made her arrival on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 8:34pm. She was born at exactly 38wks via c-section. She was 20in and 6lb5oz and 100% perfect!
The last few wks before her birth, I was in and out of labor and delivery for high blood pressure and to have non stress tests (NSTs) on the baby because she was not cooperating at the doctor's office. They like to see a little variation in heartrate and hers was always pretty steady. The week before she was born, I was admitted due to high blood pressure. The protein level in my urine never spiked enough to actually be considered preeclamptic though, but they still wanted to monitor it and Emmersyn.
I was FINALLY able to get an induction date. We went to the hospital on the 26th to start the process. Cervidal was administered to thin out my cervix at 7pm and was to be left in for 12 hours. The cramping and contractions started almost immediately. By 9 I was in so much pain I was asking for the epidural LOL...of course, they said no! I didn't sleep at all and kept getting sick. God love my mom...she stayed by my side, held my barf bucket and hair, and stayed up with me! (Matt slept LOL) I had a scare when my nurse came in and told me she was a little concerned about the baby. Apparently she had a few decelerations in her heart rate. I was told the Dr was monitoring it though so I just figured the baby had moved away from the monitor.
At 7am the next morning, they took the cervadel out and I was able to take a shower and walk around just a bit before they started pitocin. At around 8am, pitocin was started. I was dilated to 2 cm at that point. I was told Dr. Norfleet would be by at lunch to check me and if I was up to 4, she would be breaking my water and I could possible deliver that evening if I progressed good.
I knew something was wrong when my contractions stopped as soon as the pitocin started. They upped the dosage as high as they were able to and still nothing. When my Dr came at lunch, I was still 2 with some cervix still there...no water breakage for me. I continued on the pitocin until about 6pm, when Jill (my awesome nurse) checked me again...still 2, MAYBE 2.5 she said! I started to cry!
At 6:30, Dr Norfleet, Matt, and myself talked options. We were told 1)we could take a few hours of a break and then start the whole process over again...cervadel and all! No thanks! I did not do well with the cervix checks AT ALL! I was in a slow hell every time they said no change too! OR 2)we could do a c-section and deliver in about an hr. Matt and I discussed the options and to be honest I already had my mind made up. For some reason I KNEW I needed to have Emmersyn on the 27th. I said it throughout my pregnancy and I wasn't about to go through 2 more days of induction hell! C-section it was!
After the decision was made (around 7pm), Matt called my mom to come back up to the hospital. His mom was keeping Teagan and I didn't want her to see me with wires coming out of me and freaking out! The nurse brought in papers to sign and to be honest, I don't even know what they said. I got prepped and Matt got scrubs to put on and the Dr was able to get another Dr in their practice to assist in the delivery. My mom arrived about 7:30 and looked scared to death. I knew she would have told me to wait and not do a c-section, but something was telling me the baby NEEDED to come out!
I went into the OR at 8 and got the spinal. Matt came in around 8:10 I think. Honestly, I have heard tons of horror stories on c-sections and I would definatley choose another c-section. I didn't think it was bad at all. Kind of felt like air plane turbulance/slight pressure and then BAM! I heard the most precious sound...my baby's cry! At 8:34pm Emmersyn was born!
And then I heard Dr. Stephens say "good catch, Lisa"(Dr. Norfleet). Jill held up Emmersyn's cord for Matt to see and there was a true knot in it. Meaning: had we continued to try a vaginal birth, I would have ended up having to be rushed in for an emergency section because her oxygen would have been cut off on the descent down the canal. And, if I had waited til 39 or 40 wks, she would have been stillborn with the oxygen being cut off as she got bigger.
Thank you God for letting me listen to my gut! Emmersyn is a miracle from beginning to end!