Dallas Todd Rowley

Dallas Todd Rowley

7 lbs. 4 oz 18.5 in

July 3rd 2009 8:05pm

At my doctors appointment on Wednesday (07/01) my blood pressure was still high. So my doctor wanted me to do another 24 hour urine test, to start on Thursday. So Friday morning I went to the hospital to turn my urine in, great fun!! Anyway after I waited for the test results my doctor came in and told me she wanted to induce me, that I had preeclampsia/toxemia. So tn minutes later they broke my water and started me on potocin, they also had to give me magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate is used because with toxemia there is a 1% chance you could have a seizure, and they want to prevent it, the only down side is that it can make you feel like crap. I felt fine with it, it just made me really sleepy.... Anyway hours later I was still pretty much asleep and so relaxed that it caused Dallas' heart rate to fall below the normal rate of 120. They put me on oxygen and it kept coming back up, luckily! Later that night they came to check my progress and I was still only at a four, and Dallas was tyring to come out. At that time my doctor was worried about his heart rate and that he would have a cone head and since i was still at a 4 she wanted to do a c-section. I was prepped and Russell was dressed in his astronaut gear. I then had some really bad back pressure and was checked again, i had gone from a 4 to a 7 in 15 minutes!! My doctor then decided to let me wait for an hour to see if I would dilate anymore, unfortunately I did not. I ended up having the c-section. He was born at 8:05 that night. I don't remember much after that because of all the medicine, I just remember being cold. I was then moved down to the mother and baby floor where I got to see him!! Anyway we are home now and he doing great!! He was born with a little cone head but it was gone before we left the hospital. Well here are a few pictures!!