FLASHBACK....(wrote this after Rexy was born)
On Monday, November 6, 2006, Kate noticed some fluid in her underwear. She called Matt and he met her at the doctor that afternoon. The doctor tested and it was not amniotic fluid. He thought that maybe it was urine and she just didn’t realize it. Kate was adamant that she hadn’t peed her pants, but Kate is adamant about a lot of things…They did an ultrasound and there was plenty of amniotic fluid around Baby Rex, so everything looked good. The doctor estimated baby’s weight at almost 6 lbs. The next day Kate had a meeting south of Seattle. She went to the restroom around 2 P.M…right before driving home. Same thing..fluid in the panties. The doctor’s office suggested she go right to triage at the hospital. They tested the fluid again and the test strip immediately turned blue…it was amniotic fluid. At this point, they also noticed that Kate’s blood pressure was really high. It had been great the day before at her appointment. The doctor was called and the decision was made to move Kate to a birthing room and induce labor!! 4 weeks and 1 day early!!!! Matt and Kate were scared…Kate started crying and was worried whether the baby was going to be okay. They wheeled Kate to the room in a wheelchair because of her blood pressure.
Kate and Matt called their parents, family, friends, etc. Kate’s parents soon arrived after tending to Olivia and Alfie, the 2 precious Italian Greyhounds, at home. It was suggested that Kate have something to eat…she had some soup delivered by her mom and Matt had a specially made veggie burger from Buck’s. Kate’s sister, Emily, arrived around 9 P.M.
It was election night, so the entire gang was watching the returns on the T.V. and hoping for a sweep for the democrats. Kate had to lie on her side all night to try to keep the blood pressure down. She was given magnesium to help control it. A monitor was placed on Baby Rex’s head to pay close attention to his heartbeat as labor progressed. It was steady the entire time. Kate started having contractions and lasted until about 3 A.M. without pain medication. Matt held her hand the entire time and tried to help her relax.
It was finally time for an epidural…Kate now wonders why she had insisted on not having one earlier. Matt was right about the epidural from the beginning…it is a godsend. Around 8:30 A.M. on November 8th, Kate was fully dilated and ready to push. Two fantastic nurses had just come on their shift that morning and Kate and Matt were relieved. The previous nurse was…hmmm…how do we describe her? A little rough around the edges is putting it nicely. Matt and Kate’s regular doctor had been on call all night, but he was off his shift at 8 A.M. and insisted they didn’t want him around to deliver after being up for 24 hours. Dr. Jordan was to deliver the baby.
Kate pushed for two hours. Half way through pushing her epidural wore off because the pain medication drip had not been replaced. Kate was pushing with no pain meds! Towards the end, an anthesiolgist rushed in and gave Kate some pain relief, but it was a little too late!! Nurses from the NICU (in addition to 5 interns) came in to witness the birth and rush Rex away IF he needed extra care. Kate’s parents and sister were in the room and helping Kate with each push. At 11:30 A.M., Rex Mitchel Phillips made his arrival—5 lbs, 3 oz. and 19 in. Matt rushed in to cut the umbilical cord. Rex was perfect! He is perfect! He had very dark black hair and tan/olive skin. He stayed with his new Mommy and Daddy right away and his temperature and vitals were great.
On Monday, November 6, 2006, Kate noticed some fluid in her underwear. She called Matt and he met her at the doctor that afternoon. The doctor tested and it was not amniotic fluid. He thought that maybe it was urine and she just didn’t realize it. Kate was adamant that she hadn’t peed her pants, but Kate is adamant about a lot of things…They did an ultrasound and there was plenty of amniotic fluid around Baby Rex, so everything looked good. The doctor estimated baby’s weight at almost 6 lbs. The next day Kate had a meeting south of Seattle. She went to the restroom around 2 P.M…right before driving home. Same thing..fluid in the panties. The doctor’s office suggested she go right to triage at the hospital. They tested the fluid again and the test strip immediately turned blue…it was amniotic fluid. At this point, they also noticed that Kate’s blood pressure was really high. It had been great the day before at her appointment. The doctor was called and the decision was made to move Kate to a birthing room and induce labor!! 4 weeks and 1 day early!!!! Matt and Kate were scared…Kate started crying and was worried whether the baby was going to be okay. They wheeled Kate to the room in a wheelchair because of her blood pressure.
Kate and Matt called their parents, family, friends, etc. Kate’s parents soon arrived after tending to Olivia and Alfie, the 2 precious Italian Greyhounds, at home. It was suggested that Kate have something to eat…she had some soup delivered by her mom and Matt had a specially made veggie burger from Buck’s. Kate’s sister, Emily, arrived around 9 P.M.
It was election night, so the entire gang was watching the returns on the T.V. and hoping for a sweep for the democrats. Kate had to lie on her side all night to try to keep the blood pressure down. She was given magnesium to help control it. A monitor was placed on Baby Rex’s head to pay close attention to his heartbeat as labor progressed. It was steady the entire time. Kate started having contractions and lasted until about 3 A.M. without pain medication. Matt held her hand the entire time and tried to help her relax.
It was finally time for an epidural…Kate now wonders why she had insisted on not having one earlier. Matt was right about the epidural from the beginning…it is a godsend. Around 8:30 A.M. on November 8th, Kate was fully dilated and ready to push. Two fantastic nurses had just come on their shift that morning and Kate and Matt were relieved. The previous nurse was…hmmm…how do we describe her? A little rough around the edges is putting it nicely. Matt and Kate’s regular doctor had been on call all night, but he was off his shift at 8 A.M. and insisted they didn’t want him around to deliver after being up for 24 hours. Dr. Jordan was to deliver the baby.
Kate pushed for two hours. Half way through pushing her epidural wore off because the pain medication drip had not been replaced. Kate was pushing with no pain meds! Towards the end, an anthesiolgist rushed in and gave Kate some pain relief, but it was a little too late!! Nurses from the NICU (in addition to 5 interns) came in to witness the birth and rush Rex away IF he needed extra care. Kate’s parents and sister were in the room and helping Kate with each push. At 11:30 A.M., Rex Mitchel Phillips made his arrival—5 lbs, 3 oz. and 19 in. Matt rushed in to cut the umbilical cord. Rex was perfect! He is perfect! He had very dark black hair and tan/olive skin. He stayed with his new Mommy and Daddy right away and his temperature and vitals were great.
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This is cool that Rex can look back and know what y'all thought and felt that day!
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