How Gavin came into this world

I had a fairly easy pregnancy for the first two trimesters.  Just the typical bouts of nausea and fatigue.  Right around my 28th week I started to swell and had a persistant headache for two days.  I went in to see my physician for a normal check up and discovered I had pregnancy induced hypertension.  I was not diagnosed with preeclampsia at that point because I didn't have protein in my urine.  My regular physician referred me to a Perinatologist and the very next day he discovered that I had quite a bit of protein in my urine.  Because my symptoms were progressing fairly rapidly and due to the point I was at in my pregnancy, I was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia and was admitted into the hospital.  Then it became a waiting game.  My goal was to stay pregnant as long as possible, but the physicians would list off a long list of symptoms that would require me to deliver right away.  I was able to make it 10 days in the hospital, where they stablized my blood pressure somewhat and tested my blood everyday, sometimes multiple times a day, for signs of kidney or liver failure.  On Sunday, August 29th, my liver enzymes had doubled the normal range and I was told I had to have a C-section that night.  I was 29 and 1/2 weeks into my pregnancy at that point.  I had no complications with the surgery and Gavin came into this world breathing on his own.  He weighed 2 lbs 7 oz and was 15" long.