Story submitted by stephanie ingalls on November 11, 1999 at 15:20:35:
stephanie ingalls is 28, from new castle, in.
Family:husband-scott and son-noah(5wks)
I AM A FIRST TIME MOTHER WHO EXPERIENCED SIMILAR LABOR AS MANY DESCRIBED. I WAS 10 DAYS OVERDUE AND MEASURING 431/2 WKS THE DAY THEY DECIDED TO INDUCE ME. MY LABOR WENT QUICKLY AND I WAS UNABLE TO PUSH NOAH OUT AND SO THE VACCUM EXTRACTION WAS USED. HOWEVER ONCE NOAH'S HEAD WAS OUT HIS SHOULDERS WERE STUCK AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT BY NURSE'S PUSHING ON MY STOMACH. NOAH WAS 8LBS. 8OZ. THE CORD WAS AROUND HIS NECK AND HE HAD ALSO HAD A BOWEL MOVEMENT IN UTERO. TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY DUE DATE AN ULTRASOUND WAS DONE AND NOAH WAS 7.5LBS. AT THIS TIME. I WAS MEASURING 40 WEEKS AT THIS TIME. NOAH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ERBS PALSY IMMEDIATELY. HE DOES MOVE HIS SHOULDER AND GRIP WITH HIS RIGHT ARM BUT DOES NOT BEND AT THE ELBOW OR LIFT UP. WE ARE TO SEE A NEUROLOGIST IN THE NEXT WEEK. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING NOAH WITH RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES AT THIS TIME UNDER THE SUGGESTIONS OF A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND HAVING PHYSICAL THERAPY ONCE WEEKLY.
MY HOPE IS TO REALLY EDUCATE OTHERS ON TAKING CHARGE OF THEIR PREGNANCIES AND NOT LETTING THIS HAPPEN TO THEIR CHILD. I AM A REGISTERED NURSE WHO WISHES I WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR MY SON AND I LIKE I DO FOR MY GERIATRIC PATIENTS.
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