After 24 hours of trying to induce labor (like her cousin Jenny) and NO progress (what the doctor would call a finger tip of dilation), and 4 heart decelerations, Dr. R determined that Sadie Lynn was not tolerating labor. And liz wasn't even in heavy labor! So the conversation about the knife and drugs began while Liz prepared herself mentally to give birth the one way she figured she wouldn't...with Rob at her head, Sadie from a bikini cut, and the feeling of dead weight below her lungs that reminded her of a deceased and bloated cow floating in water - images from old Life magazines, it was over in 45 minutes. Sadie was out crying. Rob was holding her tight in many blankets. And trying to show her wrinkly purple face to Liz proved more difficult than usual as all Liz could see was a forhead that reminded her of yoda. She would see her little girl later.
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