Because Grandma Said So: January 2011

Hello!! My name is Savannah Kay Schroff and I was born on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 2:45 pm. I was 8.15 pounds and 21 inches long. Here is the story about how I was born.

Just born!

Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital on Friday January 14th at 3:00 am for me to be induced. I was expected to be a large baby so they did not want Mommy to go to full term. They first started Mommy on Pitocin. After maxing out on Pitocin Mommy was still only dilated to a 2. Then they gave Mommy another induction drug to help soften her cervix. That was going to take 12 hours to work. At least Mommy got to eat and sleep. After 12 hours Mommy's cervix was softer, but she still was dilated to a 2. The last resort was to give Mommy what they called the "Dynamite Pill". This pill was suppose to dilate and soften the cervix more. If that didn't work then we would have to have the discussion of either go home or go C-Section. Mommy didn't really want to do either. Luckily after 4 hours Mommy finally dilated to a 4. They put her back on Pitocin and then broke her water. After the Dr. broke her water then labor really started. About an hour later the contractions were so bad that Mommy requested her epidural. Finally the Dr. came to give her the Epidural. When Mommy sat up she was dilated to a 5. Ten minutes later after she was given the Epidural Mommy was dilated to a 9. Wow! Now it was time to push. The Epidural barley kicked in by that time. About 20 minutes later I was born. Mommy and Daddy were so happy. They say I looked a lot like my sister Abby. I was such a pretty girl!! Yeah me!

The next morning Mommy and Daddy where hoping to be discharged so they could take me home. The hospital Pediatrician came to check me out. It turned out that I had a very high heart beat when I was asleep. Next time he checked it had come down, but there was concern that it was so high for that moment when I was calm. They were thinking that I might have a heart condition called SVT. They wanted to take me to the nursery and monitor me for 24 hours. The Nurse came and got me and they had decided to take me to NICU to monitor me instead of the normal nursery. They ordered an EKG and and Echo cardiogram. Mommy and Daddy where both really scared and hated me being in the NICU, but it is better to be safe. Both tests came back normal. My heart beat never did spike again. Mommy and Daddy where given their own stethoscope to count my heart beat when I got home. Finally they released me from the NICU and discharged both me and Mommy. They were so excited to bring me home. The hospital (St. Josephs) took such good care of my me and my Mommy. Our Nurses rocked. Mommy said between the two of us we had at least 10 different nurses, 4 Residents, 5 Medical Students, 2 Pediatricians and 1 very awesome Dr. (Dr. Culbertson)!

My first day home was great! My big sister Abby was so glad that we were finally home. Abby didn't like that we were at the hospital for so long and really missed us. I am such a good baby. I don't cry that often and I am already getting on a good schedule. I am such a sweety! I do really good tummy time and my neck is getting so strong already. Mommy has 5 more weeks of maternity leave left and then Daddy is going on 6 weeks maternity leave. I love the time I get to spend with them. Abby is still going to Preschool, but I get to spend lots of time with her once she gets home. I will be going into daycare around April. That will be good since RSV and Flu season will be over by then!

I am so glad to be here now! I can't wait to give you more updates!