The baby was born 4/7. DGD really grew up the last 9 months and was working at a Starbucks inside of our large grocery store. Her boyfriend...I think is even worse, if that's possible. She called us at 5:30am and told us her water broke. We told her we would head over and drive her to the hospital...50 miles away. Her doctor had said to head there if her water broke, or if her pains where 10 minutes apart.
Well, she called right back and said not to come, it was just a bladder accident. At 9:30 she called back and said come in 20 minutes, but she sounded strained. We hurry over right then, and she was screaming at him that she was "going to have this baby with or without him" and she got in our backseat of the truck. He walked back in their house. I asked her if she wanted him to go with us, and she said yes. husband told him if he was going to get in the truck NOW.
Head to the hospital and about 15 miles away her pain's got really strong they were coming about one minute apart. My husband called 911 and asked if we could have an escort to the hospital and The dispatch wanted us to pull over and wait for an ambulance. Our DGD wanted us to keep driving so he told dispatch and have his flashers on he would be going over the speed limit but please do not pull us over. We were going about 100 mph. Luckily, our state is flat and not much traffic on this divided highway, We get about 20 Miles down the road and it's like her labor went to a different stage she was screaming and crying and the pains are still very close together. We call 911 again from the town that were headed to and ask if they will send an ambulance to meet us. The dispatcher stayed on the line and I told him which mile markers we were at. And he let us know where the ambulance was when we saw the flashing lights we pulled over.
The ambulance had to drive a mile past to get to an intersection they could head back towards us. The dispatcher is telling me me what to do in the meantime. I got her lie down on the backseat I had to remove her sweatpants I had to check for bleeding or if the baby was crowning. I had to get a shoestring from her tennis shoe in case she was going to deliver there and we needed to tie up the umbilical cord. Luckily the ambulance and the firetruck pulled up and took over. They got her on a gurney and in the ambulance and started an IV.
We followed the ambulance the last 10 miles to the hospital. Because of the coronavirus my husband and I had to wait in the parking lot. The boyfriend went in with her. About 30 minutes later the ambulance personnel came out and I asked them for an update. They said she was at 9 cm. But about 30 minutes later The boyfriend texted that the doctor said she was at five. In a couple hours she had the baby. It was about three weeks early but healthy.
The big surprise was they were told it was a baby girl five months ago but they got a shock when they had a baby boy. On the day they were to be dismissed the babies blood sugar level dropped and he was kept for an extra day for an IV with glucose. She was dismissed from the hospital that day and the baby moved to a separate room. She could stay in the room with the baby but only one parent could spend the night.
We offered to drive up there to take her boyfriend home but he had a friend pick him up. The friend still lives at home with his Mom and stepdad. I think boyfriend and friend got drunk. The friends sister was dating a guy my DGD used to date, and for some reason boyfriend and friend beat up on him. The Dad kicked DF and stepson out of his home. Now boyfriend is letting friend stay at their low income duplex. Which after 5 days is against the lease.
The next day, baby is jaundiced...and has to stay another day. BFs phone is not activated so he can only send/receive messages when he had wifi. She wanted us to tell him, so we drove to their place. He's not there. We left a note on his door. I guess later he got the message and road a bike to a fast food place with wifi.
Next day, DGD calls, they hear a heart murmur, he has to have a cardiac sono or something. She says please try to find boyfriend. Drive back. Pound on windows and doors. Finally, his hung over friend opens door. Doesn't know where boyfriend is. Sigh. What a
show. Finally found him. He was on his bike and did contact her. She wanted him to come with us to take her home from hospital. He didn't want to ride with us...as I was rude to his drunk friend when I said that I hoped the baby was important enough to walk 6 blocks to wifi and contact her.
glad he didn't come! Got DGD, she knows that this isn't going to end well. She looked like she had accepted it and not emotional. Got her and baby home. He was there, along with his friend, and I think they had been smoking weed.
Oh, and he quit his job a week before she had the baby. He had a job interview for another job, and was so confident, he didn't return to the one he had! And of course,need didn't get the new job.
The baby is doing well, he's about 5 1/2 pounds. Found out that she waited 5 hours at home after water broke because he got drunk and she couldn't get him up and around. Thanks for letting me vent...
Ksm
Well, she called right back and said not to come, it was just a bladder accident. At 9:30 she called back and said come in 20 minutes, but she sounded strained. We hurry over right then, and she was screaming at him that she was "going to have this baby with or without him" and she got in our backseat of the truck. He walked back in their house. I asked her if she wanted him to go with us, and she said yes. husband told him if he was going to get in the truck NOW.
Head to the hospital and about 15 miles away her pain's got really strong they were coming about one minute apart. My husband called 911 and asked if we could have an escort to the hospital and The dispatch wanted us to pull over and wait for an ambulance. Our DGD wanted us to keep driving so he told dispatch and have his flashers on he would be going over the speed limit but please do not pull us over. We were going about 100 mph. Luckily, our state is flat and not much traffic on this divided highway, We get about 20 Miles down the road and it's like her labor went to a different stage she was screaming and crying and the pains are still very close together. We call 911 again from the town that were headed to and ask if they will send an ambulance to meet us. The dispatcher stayed on the line and I told him which mile markers we were at. And he let us know where the ambulance was when we saw the flashing lights we pulled over.
The ambulance had to drive a mile past to get to an intersection they could head back towards us. The dispatcher is telling me me what to do in the meantime. I got her lie down on the backseat I had to remove her sweatpants I had to check for bleeding or if the baby was crowning. I had to get a shoestring from her tennis shoe in case she was going to deliver there and we needed to tie up the umbilical cord. Luckily the ambulance and the firetruck pulled up and took over. They got her on a gurney and in the ambulance and started an IV.
We followed the ambulance the last 10 miles to the hospital. Because of the coronavirus my husband and I had to wait in the parking lot. The boyfriend went in with her. About 30 minutes later the ambulance personnel came out and I asked them for an update. They said she was at 9 cm. But about 30 minutes later The boyfriend texted that the doctor said she was at five. In a couple hours she had the baby. It was about three weeks early but healthy.
The big surprise was they were told it was a baby girl five months ago but they got a shock when they had a baby boy. On the day they were to be dismissed the babies blood sugar level dropped and he was kept for an extra day for an IV with glucose. She was dismissed from the hospital that day and the baby moved to a separate room. She could stay in the room with the baby but only one parent could spend the night.
We offered to drive up there to take her boyfriend home but he had a friend pick him up. The friend still lives at home with his Mom and stepdad. I think boyfriend and friend got drunk. The friends sister was dating a guy my DGD used to date, and for some reason boyfriend and friend beat up on him. The Dad kicked DF and stepson out of his home. Now boyfriend is letting friend stay at their low income duplex. Which after 5 days is against the lease.
The next day, baby is jaundiced...and has to stay another day. BFs phone is not activated so he can only send/receive messages when he had wifi. She wanted us to tell him, so we drove to their place. He's not there. We left a note on his door. I guess later he got the message and road a bike to a fast food place with wifi.
Next day, DGD calls, they hear a heart murmur, he has to have a cardiac sono or something. She says please try to find boyfriend. Drive back. Pound on windows and doors. Finally, his hung over friend opens door. Doesn't know where boyfriend is. Sigh. What a
show. Finally found him. He was on his bike and did contact her. She wanted him to come with us to take her home from hospital. He didn't want to ride with us...as I was rude to his drunk friend when I said that I hoped the baby was important enough to walk 6 blocks to wifi and contact her.glad he didn't come! Got DGD, she knows that this isn't going to end well. She looked like she had accepted it and not emotional. Got her and baby home. He was there, along with his friend, and I think they had been smoking weed.
Oh, and he quit his job a week before she had the baby. He had a job interview for another job, and was so confident, he didn't return to the one he had! And of course,need didn't get the new job.
The baby is doing well, he's about 5 1/2 pounds. Found out that she waited 5 hours at home after water broke because he got drunk and she couldn't get him up and around. Thanks for letting me vent...
Ksm
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