Lake Markuson Morris arrived!

Well, on Thursday I was prepared to write my 38 wk + 1 day update. But God had other plans. I'm going to go into minute detail because I want to be able to remember every detail of the craziest 24 hours I've ever experienced!
I'll start off with the fact that I have had a cold since Friday. My normal wake up time over the past few weeks has been 330ish, but with the cold, I was waking up at 130 and if I was lucky to fall back asleep, I'd wake up again at 330ish. Kaydriana decided that 515 was a good wake up time for her, although the previous week she was sleeping until 630. Sigh... Needless to say, Ive been exhausted! I'd get Kaydriana ready each morning and drop her off when daycare opens at 6:30am so that I could go back home and get more sleep. I woke up a few times through out the night, but I slept better than I had the previous days, so I decided that I was going to try to muscle through the day. I got some laundry done and felt the need to reorganize my hospital bag. I also had some of Lake's clothes washed and sitting on his changing table, so I got those put away so that everything in his room was perfect. I guess that was the nesting instinct finally kicking in?
I got to work on time (in fact my admin pointed out I was early, I pointed out that I was actually on time for once :) ) I had told my boss that I would complete my supervisor's reviews that are all due in August before I left on leave. I only had one left to complete and by some miracle, I banged it out real quick before I left for my "routine" check up.
I wasn't thinking that I would actually go into labor that day, but I was hopeful that Dr. Graham would say I was nicely dilated and should be prepared to go into labor soon. But I thank God that there was some drive in me to get these last minute details taken care of!
So I run (AKA waddle as quickly as I can) into my appointment and the whole office is running behind. So after about 30 minutes of waiting, I finally get in at 11:50 or so. Routine stuff: pee in a cup, get my blood pressure checked, listen to Lake's heartbeat, etc. I asked Dr. Graham if she could strip my membranes. She said that because I was at 38 weeks, she technically couldn't but that she could give me a vigorous check. So she does, warning me that it's going to hurt. She says that I am dilated to 1-2 cm and when she removes her fingers, I start to gush blood. She asked if I was registered anywhere and I told her Overlake. She said, "well girl, you're not making it to Overlake, you're having this baby in 20 minutes!" I told her I need to call Tim and she runs out of the room asking for her assistant, Hellena. She said that yes, I needed to call Tim, but I needed her to hand me my phone. By the time she does, they have a wheelchair in my room and have me get off the bed to step into it. Whatever Dr. Graham had placed in me to help stop the bleeding came out and blood started gushing out on my legs and my brown suede boots (now garbage). The put what I call, "puppy pee pads" on me and start to wheel me out of the clinic area. I try to call Tim but my fingers are all shaky trying to find the right app. Dr Graham keeps telling me that Lake is going to be fine, that I'm going to be fine. I knew that Lake was going to be fine since we just heard his heartbeat and he'd been moving all day. I was worried about me, especially since I had the image of the ultra sound photo where Dr. Case pointed out that I had a pool of blood around my cervix and that I needed to make sure Tim understood that I had previa and had to let people know in the event I started to bleed and wasn't able to respond. So yeah, I'm thinking I could hemorrhage to death. So as I'm trying to call Tim, I'm praying, asking God to forgive me and to keep us safe (I truly thought that I could die). I finally call Tim, who was in a deep sleep and tell him that I'm having an emergency c-section and that he needs to get to the hospital right away. I have just moments before we're in the O.R. and since my mom doesn't have text messaging, I decide to text my cousin. But before I can, Tim texts me back saying he has to get a hold of his mom to pick up Kaydriana. At this point, it's only 1215 and daycare doesn't close until 6. I'm trying not to get angry, but I'm scared and had to explain to him that we have time to figure that out, he just needs to get here fast. The thing is, he just dropped his truck off to get serviced so he literally has to run to the hospital. I manage this text to my cousin, "immediate c section call my mom everyone's" and didn't have time to edit before we hit the O.R.and my phone is taken from me. I'm not crying at this point, I'm using my anxiety attack breathing exercises to remain as calm as I can. But it doesn't help when my OB and the anaesthegilogist are discussing whether or not I should be put under general anaesthesia if I can get a spinal block. They check my bleeding and decide I can get the block. I was grateful! As they are trying to put my IV in (they blew my vein, not once, but twice!) my OB is holding my hand. Then it's time to put the epidural in. I'm not freaking out, because I remember that when I was having Kaydriana, the epi was no big deal. However, I now realize there is a difference when you get an epidural with no contractions to distract you. They stuck me three times the last two times were painful and I had shooting pains go to my left hip and left knee. I yelped, but it finally worked. I'm still watching the door for Tim and someone finally tells me he is here and is getting "suited up". They put the sheet up and moments later Tim comes in and is holding my hand. I've been keeping it together this whole time and just want to loose it now that Tim arrived. But I manage to remain somewhat calm, just a few tears running down my face. I can't breath because the spinal block is making it feel like someone is sitting on my chest. Also, since I've been sick since Friday, my sinuses were so congested. I was really trying to not freak out about not breathing. Within minutes they pull Lake out, I hear a bit of suctioning and then I hear him cry and they carry him over to the baby table. They said he was healthy and Tim went over to take a look. They continue to work on me and I'm trying to hear what they are saying regarding how much blood I lost (found out later it was 1,000 CCs). I asked if I was going to be okay and Dr. Graham said that I will be, they just have some work to do. I hear suctioning and it takes about 15 minutes or so before they tell me they're working on the outside stitching/stapling. During this time they put Lake on my chest so I can meet my son.

Lake Markuson Morris was born at 12:57pm 5/24/12 7lbs 12oz 20 inches long. From the time I called Tim and Lake was born was the quickest and scariest 40 minutes of my life!

 I get wheeled to recovery where I get to snuggle with my son and nurse him. I also find that I'm really drugged up and that I was given morphine. I'm trying to figure out who Tim has contacted and who we still need to tell. I called my sister to tell her her nephew was born, but thats all I could really muster out because I was so out of it. Also, I realize that work doesn't know whats going on because I received a text that said they were in the supervisor meeting wondering how my appt went. Tim ended up replying letting them know I had the baby.
Tim's mom, Ivene comes and brings Kaydriana. She is so funny. She just eyeballs her little brother like she doesn't know what to make of him. She wanted nothing to do with me with all these wires and tubes attached to me.

They didn't stay long and then we were wheeled to our room that was going to be ours during our stay. While we're being wheeled through the halls, we see our neighbor, Christy who just had their second child two weeks earlier, hanging out in the courtyard and we waive at each other. Then a few minutes later, we see our friend, Veronica who works at the same hospital and the same floor as my OB clinic. I am seen at the Overlake clinic and she works for the Swedish clinic. Apparently she heard that there was a patient wheeled in for an emergency c-section and when she saw on FB we had Lake, she figured it was probably me. It was nice to visit with her for a few moments. My mom and Lee came for a visit for a couple of hours.
The first night was tough. We didn't sleep at all. I had these vein thrombosis things squeezing my calves every 2 minutes. Also, I was in so much pain. I tried to sit up and it hurt so bad that all I could do was let the tears pour from my eyes. I was not ready to start moving! Lake did well the first night.
The next day I finally manage to get up and get the catheter removed and those leg things off. I also got a shower. Tim's parents came and brought Kaydriana and because I finally had all my wires/tubing off, she let me love on her a bit. She got close to her brother, but still didn't want to touch him. My friend, Doug from work also came by and brought me stuff that I had left at work (since I assumed I was coming back from my appointment that day.). Then LaSheika came to meet her godson.
The next night we did get a bit more sleep. Lake loves to be on my chest and the best stretch of zzz'z I got was when he was sleeping on me. He latched on really well and ate well since the beginning.
I think because of how quickly he came, it took a while for it to really sink in that he was here and he is ours.
Tim and I are now home and I'm still in pain. It's hard being home in our bed without the convenience of the hospital bed. But we've got a nice set up and we're managing. Tim is off for over a week now and he is entertaining Kaydriana and I've got Lake. I'm trying to take it as easy as possible, but easier said than done!
Well, I guess I should finally just complete this (I actually had it all completed yesterday at the hospital, but had a network issue and lost everything :( ).
I'm just so in love and grateful that Lake is here, we're healthy, and summer has officially begun. No more work for the next 4 months, woo hoo!

This picture is from when we first got home and had Kaydriana crawl into bed with Lake and I. Crackers were the motivator here :)

PS~ the hemorrhaging was caused by the placenta previa still being marginal and not resolved like previously thought.