Early Arrival.......It's a BOY!!!

Gavin Oliver Sandoval made his way into the world on Friday March 19, 2010 at 7:37 am. He weighed 5 lbs 12 oz and was 19 inches long. He came five weeks early and here is the story.....

Thursday night I was walking to my car to go to drive to my water aerobics class that I love so much. I was talking to my sister on the phone when all of a sudden I felt a gush down my legs. I told my sister that I thought my water broke and she told me to call the doctor. I went inside my house and looked down at my feet to see blood. I tried to call Nestor, who was at work at the time but was unsuccessful. I then called 911. When the EMT's got to my house I found out that my blood pressure was sky high. They took me straight to labor and delivery at Potomac Hospital, which was not the hospital that I was suppose to deliver my baby but it was the closest to my house. When the doctor checked me out I found out that I had preclampsia and that my placenta was disrupted. I was 3 centimeters dilated at that point. After 13 hours of labor I delivered a healthy baby boy. He was taken to the NIC Unit and is currently still there. He was having reflux and heart rate dips but in the past day he has not had any problems and we hope to have him home very soon!