Harper Is Here!!

Harper Rae Morgan was born on Friday, September 7th @ 4:20 PM. She weighed 7lb. 1oz. and 18" long. I was induced on Friday morning, a little later than planed due to a busy night in L&D. Finally got the pitocin started at about 10. Labor went well, got an epidural and all was fine. Was ready to push around 4:00, pushed for 20 minutes and she was there. Perfect labor, right up until it was time to deliver the placenta. I don't even recall delivering the placenta with Madi. I think with an epidural and the euphoric state after the baby arrives, it's kind of an afterthought. After about five minutes, I noticed the look on the Dr's face and knew that something was wrong. He was about shoulder deep (not an exaggeration) into me trying to pry the placenta out. I asked him what was going on. He replied "you don't want to know". For those of you who know me, you know that I am a tell it like it is person. I responded that I did want to know and he better be honest with me. Then, he lowered the boom... "Your placenta has grown into your uterus. You have two choices, you can bleed to death or you can have a hysterectomy." Shit. We were done having children but who the hell wants a hysterectomy at 30? I began to understand the seriousness of the situation when they started yelling for blood and to get the OR prepped. Everything happened very fast after that. All I could do was look at my husband, who had the fear of God on his face, holding our newly born daughter, and tell him to take care of our babies. I realized that there was a very real possibility that I may not see them again and tears began to flow as a team began to sprint me down the hallway for surgery. I had a full team waiting for me, 4 doctors, two anesthesiologists, two techs and my nurse from L&D who would not leave my side. I was in surgery for only about 30 minutes. Thank God, they were able to scrape the placenta out of the uterus and did not have to do a hysterectomy. Recovery was hard but I felt back to normal by about day 3. Baby Harper is an amazing addition to our family. I love seeing her with Madi. She is so in love with her little sister and has been an amazing little assistant. I'm so excited for this new phase of our family and look forward to many more wonderful memories.