NICU Day 1

Arriving at the hospital 

So, Landon Matthew Anderson decided he wanted to come early... six weeks early! My water broke at about 3:30 a.m. even though I am only 33 weeks and 4 days. Bryan was at work for midshaft so I called him right away and called my mom to come watch the boys. Hayden just happened to be sleeping with me but thankfully did not wake up.  When Bryan arrived home, we left and got to the hospital at about 4:08 a.m. The nurses thought I had just had an "accident", it wasn't until they made me get up from the wheelchair (covered in water) that they realized my water actually had broken like I told them. My contractions were about 3 minutes apart already and I was dilated to about 3.5 inches. The nurse was terrible and finally called Dr. Alumbaugh after 3 other nurses and I told her to.

When Dr. A got there, she wanted to transport me to Kansas City but had to slow down the contractions first. They started me on magnesium and although the contraction pressure lessened, they were still coming fast. Dr. A decided she didn't want to send me to KC because Landon was still breech and the contractions weren't lessening how she wanted so she called for the NICU transport team to come to us and that they would go in for a C-section at 7:00 to give the team time to arrive. Less than 5 minutes later I got an extremely strong contraction, another burst of water and I felt like I was getting Kicked! The room which had about 2 nurses in it, now had 20 people with Dr. A yelling at them to take me back right now. Apparently, Landon didn't want to wait and was trying to "kick" his way out. I just remember them wheeling me out of the room screaming and looking back at Bryan who looked white as a ghost.

I had to have an emergency C-section. They prepped me and then brought Bryan back. Landon Matthew Anderson was born at 7:09 a.m. He was 5 lbs, 2 oz. and 17.5 inches long.

The NICU transport team arrived about 10 minutes later (great time!) and started with him right away while Dr. A finished with me and rolled me to the recovery room. The transport team got Landon ready to go but stopped in for us to see him first. I was able to hold Landon for just a minute before they took him to CenterPoint Hospital NICU in Independence. Leslie, the team lead called when they arrived and let me know is was doing well and that his vitals improved. They took Landon off CPAP at midnight and his breathing was good.