| Name: |
Max
Jamison Russell |
| Born-on Date:
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January 15, 2003 |
| Original
Due Date: |
January 30, 2003 |
| Weight: |
6 lbs 7 oz |
| Length: |
19 1/2 inches long |
Favorite Movies:
Cars, Spiderman, Letter Factory and the Land Before Time
Favorite Activities:
Max is very creative and loves to draw, paint and color. He also likes playing with cars.
Birth Story:
Steph arrived
at the hospital at 8:30 for her Non Stress
Test. They got her hooked up and started
monitoring. Everything was going great.
Having some contractions (she didn't even
know), but Max was doing well. It was Dr.
Huff's day off, but she was paged to review
the test. Again, Steph stayed on the monitors
to wait to be discharged. Wouldn't you know
that as soon as the OK was given, Max's
heartrate fell (with no contraction this
time). That was it. The nurse told Steph
to call her husband and Dr. Huff was coming
in to talk about a game plan. When Jamie
arrived (about 11:45), Steph had already
been admitted. He was a little shocked to
find her in a room, in a gown, in a bed!
They started Steph's IV at 12:00, the pitocin
(drug used to induce labor) started at 12:05
and was then increased at 12:25, and her
epidural was given at 12:37 (by the wonderful
anesthesiologist - Dr. Jones). Steph was
so proud that Jamie stayed during this procedure!
Although Steph was not in pain, the epidural
was started early incase Max could not tolerate
the labor and in that case, a C-section
would be necessary. The pitocin was increased
again at 1:20, 1:40 and 2:15. Steph had
gone in dilated 1 cm and at 2:15, she had
dilated to 4 cm. At this time her water
was broken. At 4:05, she had dilated to
a 5. The pitocin was increased at 5:06 and
at 5:35, Steph was 'complete'. The call
was put in to Dr. Huff. Steph started pushing
at 5:55. She pushed through three contractions
and then was told to stop to wait on Dr.
Huff. Dr. Huff arrived in the room at 6:01
and with no time to change into scrubs,
she delivered Max Jamison Russell at 6:06
with one more contraction. Just 11 minutes
after starting to push, he was here! 6 pounds,
7 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. It was amazing.
When Max was delivered, we soon found out
the reason for his crazy heartrate. The
little guy had his cord around his neck.
While this is common, it is very scary.
Steph never felt a contraction or any pain.
It couldn't have gone better. We thank God
for protecting him and for the wisdom He
gave to Dr. Huff.
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