http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/ Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Thu, 20 Mar 2014 02:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-15222 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:30:01 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-15222 […] 1. Just because your pregnancy went a certain way with the first child doesn’t mean it will go anything like that with the next one. […]

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]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-15219 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:05:37 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-15219 […] 1. Just because your pregnancy went a certain way with the first child doesn’t mean it will go anything like that with the next one. […]

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-13056 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:35:23 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-13056 I’m so glad you wrote and told me your story. Medical technology has brought about some amazing miracles and I, like you, am oh-so-grateful! I’m so happy your story turned out well. We’re lucky!

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-13014 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 02:01:14 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-13014 I am glad I read some latter posts before I read this one and knew that your son was okay. I was one of the really lucky ones. I had a horrible pregnancy and delivery with my first, all sorts of complications for mommy, but Brian was just fine. Sympathy on the delivery without pain medication, I know how that feels. My second was a semi-emergency C-section at ~31 weeks with twins because Jacob wasn’t growing properly (ultrasounds every week for 2 months) and didn’t have enough fluid around him so had to be out within 24 hours. Despite the fact that I had been crying a lot for 2 months and trying not to think about Jacob dying, I was really lucky. Since he was only 3.5 lbs he had to be in the NICU, but he ate well and didn’t even need an IV. He shared his room with a set of twins that were so fragile their mother was barely allowed to touch their fingers. I was reminded every time I visited that I was one of the lucky ones, but I still threw up from stress, just having him in the NICU and knowing he was too fragile to come home. One week and he was home. Ironically it is his twin, James, that ended up having the worst medical problems and these were confined to stomach surgery, lots of vomiting, and severe acid reflux. I am grateful for the medical technology we have that ensures so many premies survive that would otherwise be lost. I am even more grateful that my own little boys were ones that survived and now thrive.

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-6012 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:58:52 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-6012 The dreaded water break. my water broke after 8 hours of labor at 1 cm. At 30 hours and 5 cm we decided to do a c section. Good thing too, since the cord was wrapped around his neck and he was stuck. Thanks for reminding a healthy c section is not as bad as a nicu baby (and to keep humor going)

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-4165 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:21:46 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-4165 Wow! Such a familiar story, love the humor. The day I delivered my son, I spent the day telling my husband I feel feet. Same thing, they would hook up the monitors and tell me, not yet. My husband finally lost it and as soon as the nurse took a look, she saw feet! Delivery was then an emergency C-section. Nothing like being prepped for surgery with feet flailing. Poor baby came out badly bruised with a dislocated hip on top of his bowel obstruction diagnoses. 3 surgeries and 3 months in the NICU, we now have a healthy 1 yr old miracle. Love happy endings! Thanks for sharing your story.

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-4044 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:16:26 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-4044 Awesome to hear from you! I pretty much handle it all with humor…it’s the only way I can survive. Check out the bed rest episodes if you have time. You picked a good day to write me…he just passed his swallow study JUST NOW and we’re done with our preemie issues!!!!
Thank you for writing and visiting. Welcome, welcome, welcome!
p.s. my monitor went off everywhere. but the worst thing was being somewhere and having someone back up their little rascal with that beeping sound and going nuts thinking it was your baby’s apnea monitor. Argh!

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-4043 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:39:19 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-4043 Wow. What a tale! I found you on Pinterest searching for preemie humor and I must say that your birth story is the first birth story I’ve read written with humor (and I’ve read a LOT as I handle all the birth stories for Preemie Resources). You did a great job writing this – and while I know from personal experience that it’s hard and shocking you did a great job with this. I look forward to checking out more of your blog. Our preemies were similar weights, stays, and ohhh four months on that monitor, too! I thought it would go off in a store and people would run thinking it was a fire. The only time that happened, ironically, was at the pediatricians

]]> http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comment-3901 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:43:38 +0000 http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/?p=3596#comment-3901 Good Lord. I went into labor with my twins at 27wks but managed to hold them in until almost 32. During my lovely hospital bed rest “vacation” I knew something was badly wrong because every time I had a contraction my heart would race and my vision would blur. The docs assured me I was fine and pretty much made me feel like a wacko until they discovered I had pulmonary edema (fluid build-up around heart and lungs) at a pretty dangerous level. It’s not always fun to prove the docs wrong, is it? Glad your little guy is doing so well, and thanks for sharing your story!

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