First off, I need to apologize. It has been over a year since I have written on here. I missed it quite a bit, but the first year of a child’s life is hectic to say the least.
Boy, how my life has changed. About a year ago today this was me..
Just about to pop…..
I was due sometime in February, I know it is bad, but I can’t even remember now. I want to say February 13th…
My legs were swollen so bad I couldn’t even bend them to a 90 degree angle, you couldn’t see my kneecap by lunch, and shoes? Ha what a joke! My tennis shoes, minus the shoelaces were all that fit.
I was miserable and my doctor, although she never said, I think was slightly worried. Everything else was just fine; blood pressure, heart rate, the baby’s stats, all good.
So my doctor offered to induce me early….I was all too happy to meet my little angel.
I checked into the hospital at 5 A.M. No contractions, no water breaking, just me checking in calm and tired. I didn’t face the horrific water breaking in public or having to clean the mess up. I didn’t almost have my baby on the way to the hospital. I didn’t have terrible contractions. I still don’t even know what normal contractions feel like!
I was induced and in labor by 630. For almost 12 hours I was in labor. I am sorry to all you mommas that pushed through terrible, painful, excruciating labors, I felt contractions for all of 3 minutes?
Apparently, I had been contracting for about a month, normal. I had just thought it was my little one kicking me!
Even after I was induced I felt nothing….until they broke my water.
OH. MY. GOD. Then I felt contractions.
But then, the angel with my epidural showed up and like magic….nothing…. amazingness.
This went on for a while longer. My nurse staff was wonderful and kept me calm even when I couldn’t move from my side because my contractions had begun to come too often, I think it was like 5 every 10 minutes and I was not dilating past 6″.
So, as calmly as possible they explained that my doctor would probably want a C-section because we weren’t progressing. This was at about 6 P.M. I immediately start crying because this is never good.
Emergency C-Section. Yikes.
They were so calm and they got me to the room so quickly and like it was no big deal. The Anesthesiologists were super amazing getting me prepped, I am still crying. My husband is waiting for them to get me prepped so he can come in….
He tells me later that my doctor came RUNNING IN AND THREW HER PURSE AT SOMEBODY…..it was that serious. I had NO idea!!
The cord was wrapped around my babies neck and the contractions were intense. Anytime they moved me from my right side her heart beat slowed down and they couldn’t hear it. She was also at an impossible angle to deliver vaginally.
So it begins. They cut into me and I am just laying there trying to stay calm and watching the clock, because that is about all I can see. At 6:40 P.M. I heard my little angel cry.
I will tell you there is nothing like hearing your first child cry for the very first time. I started bawling and I am not sure I stopped until we were back in my room, baby in my arms, everything sewed back up.
It was an emotional labor/delivery, but I have to tell you, I can’t imagine an easier way to have a baby.
I am lucky.
I had NO pain during contractions(minus the 3 minutes), I had no pain during the C-section, I had no pain after. They kept offering me pain killers and I kept turning them down. I didn’t need them….I am super lucky.
Also, I had this beautiful baby girl,
Absolutely gorgeous.
Madilyn Juliet, my little princess.
She was such an amazing newborn. We did co-sleep or whatever you want to call it. I did breastfeed and it made it a lot easier, plus…..she slept like 12 hours at a time and didn’t wake up a lot of the time. We got all kinds of sleep. The doctor even said, she was gaining weight just fine, we were getting sleep, and she was a happy baby.
She is still a happy baby, and almost 1 year old. She now sleeps in her own bed and is perfect…
Just a few of my favorites 🙂
Sweet dreams you wonderful people!
wandersawaytrista 