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And my doula's on the phone with my husband at this point, telling him what's wrong. He sees Dr. Fuller speeding away from the office, and he follows in pursuit. And they get up to Baylor.
And my doula's on the phone with my husband at this point, telling him what's wrong. He sees Dr. Fuller speeding away from the office, and he follows in pursuit. And they get up to Baylor.
And my doula's on the phone with my husband at this point, telling him what's wrong. He sees Dr. Fuller speeding away from the office, and he follows in pursuit. And they get up to Baylor.
As we get to Baylor, there is a stretcher waiting in the drive with two nurses and they open the door and they pull me out and they put me on the stretcher and we are running through the hospital. I'm being asked a million questions. Do you have any allergies? Any medical conditions we should be aware of? When's your date of birth?
As we get to Baylor, there is a stretcher waiting in the drive with two nurses and they open the door and they pull me out and they put me on the stretcher and we are running through the hospital. I'm being asked a million questions. Do you have any allergies? Any medical conditions we should be aware of? When's your date of birth?
As we get to Baylor, there is a stretcher waiting in the drive with two nurses and they open the door and they pull me out and they put me on the stretcher and we are running through the hospital. I'm being asked a million questions. Do you have any allergies? Any medical conditions we should be aware of? When's your date of birth?
We barge into an OR room that is filled with about a dozen people who are shouting. Things are moving around. People are talking to each other. You hear like ripping of plastic and things just being prepped and put on an OR table. There are many things happening to me at the same time. My stomach is being prepped for surgery. I have a catheter inserted.
We barge into an OR room that is filled with about a dozen people who are shouting. Things are moving around. People are talking to each other. You hear like ripping of plastic and things just being prepped and put on an OR table. There are many things happening to me at the same time. My stomach is being prepped for surgery. I have a catheter inserted.
We barge into an OR room that is filled with about a dozen people who are shouting. Things are moving around. People are talking to each other. You hear like ripping of plastic and things just being prepped and put on an OR table. There are many things happening to me at the same time. My stomach is being prepped for surgery. I have a catheter inserted.
At the same time, my anesthesiologist is putting an IV into my arm. There is a NICU doctor. on site. And I remember him coming into my field of vision and saying, ma'am, my name is Dr. Thomas, and I will be the head of your son's care when he is born. It's at this moment that I look at my nurses and I ask, am I going to be put under for this?
At the same time, my anesthesiologist is putting an IV into my arm. There is a NICU doctor. on site. And I remember him coming into my field of vision and saying, ma'am, my name is Dr. Thomas, and I will be the head of your son's care when he is born. It's at this moment that I look at my nurses and I ask, am I going to be put under for this?
At the same time, my anesthesiologist is putting an IV into my arm. There is a NICU doctor. on site. And I remember him coming into my field of vision and saying, ma'am, my name is Dr. Thomas, and I will be the head of your son's care when he is born. It's at this moment that I look at my nurses and I ask, am I going to be put under for this?
Because I don't want to be awake for what's about to happen next. And they say, yes, you're going to be put under. And it's right then that I have a
Because I don't want to be awake for what's about to happen next. And they say, yes, you're going to be put under. And it's right then that I have a
Because I don't want to be awake for what's about to happen next. And they say, yes, you're going to be put under. And it's right then that I have a
This next part of the story, I will be telling from a second person point of view. because I was not cognizant for anything that happens next. My son is delivered via emergency cesarean. I receive a full classical incision to deliver my son because of how he was positioned. He was wedged underneath my diaphragm, so the normal transverse incision that you see as a typical cesarean section
This next part of the story, I will be telling from a second person point of view. because I was not cognizant for anything that happens next. My son is delivered via emergency cesarean. I receive a full classical incision to deliver my son because of how he was positioned. He was wedged underneath my diaphragm, so the normal transverse incision that you see as a typical cesarean section
This next part of the story, I will be telling from a second person point of view. because I was not cognizant for anything that happens next. My son is delivered via emergency cesarean. I receive a full classical incision to deliver my son because of how he was positioned. He was wedged underneath my diaphragm, so the normal transverse incision that you see as a typical cesarean section
was not enough to be able to pull him out, so I received a full classical belly button to pelvis incision to retrieve him. He had his cord wrapped around his neck twice, and he was born stunned and white. He had a low APGAR score. They had to use a CPAP to resuscitate him after he was born.
was not enough to be able to pull him out, so I received a full classical belly button to pelvis incision to retrieve him. He had his cord wrapped around his neck twice, and he was born stunned and white. He had a low APGAR score. They had to use a CPAP to resuscitate him after he was born.