amberlina
07-20-2008, 12:01 PM
UPDATE: I thought i would put some more recent pictures:) Post #17
So obviously i have been a little busy... so i took a while to get this here... currently she is napping on our bed... we will see how long that lasts!
My water broke on the 3rd of july at about 3:30pm, thankfully just as i sat down to go to the bathroom. myself and my boyfriend were about to lay down for a midday nap and i decided i needed to try and pee before settling into bed so that i would have to get up in ten minutes and do so (you know how that is:giggle: )
i called for him from the bathroom and my best friend went and got him because he didnt hear me. once he knew why, they both flew into crisis mode. i had to talk them down a little and delegate what they had to do to help me out for the first few mins because no one had been expecting this. my due date was the ninth and just the day before i had been to the doctor who informed me though i had been having some minute contractions i wasnt dilated AT ALL, which saddened both me and my OB because we both expected/hoped for SOMETHING...
we started en route to our hospital, where i was admitted immediately at 4pm. they didnt check me for further dilation for fear of risking infection for too many exams and wanted to wait until my OB told them to do so after my labor picked up. i wasnt having ANY contractions at all and about 7 hours later they checked me. i had been up since 7:30am and had only gotten about2 hours of sleep the night before, and all i had eaten was a small bowl of cereal right when i woke up. needless to say i was starving and exhausted and frusterated that i was feeling nothing but some dull back pains. they had me hooked up to monitors but they were showing no visable activity in way of contractions :(
around 11pm my OB phoned in to check on me and one of his other patients in labor. he was supposed to be out of town as of that evening for the holiday but decided to stick around for us. he talked to my nurse (the most wonderful nurse i had this whole time i may add. i loved her. i wish she could have been there the whole time) and told her i could wait it out if i wished or they would start me on a low dose of pitocin to try and get things started. me and my boyfriend had a meeting about it and decided to try the pitocin for many reasons, namely my lack of sleep/food-- i didnt think i could hold out too much longer without either and it was looking like even with pit i may be here for a long time, and also that his job was hassling him about not being able to come to work already (and this was his one official day off) and they were refusing him ANY paternity leave (another long story) and as much as i really needed him to be there, there was no way he would be able to leave because he obviously wanted to be there. kinda a big deal, right? apparently his co worker/ co manager was mad because he had wanted to go to his girlfriends parents 4th of july BBQ and now he couldnt. yeah, we felt really bad for him:yuck:
so they checked me for dilation/effacent: nothing still. they started the pitocin and within an hour or so i started having horrible contractions, including to the nursing staffs amazement/horror one that was 4 minutes long... around noon the following morning they checked me again. i hadnt slept at all and hadnt been able to have any of the soups they brought me because i couldnt even think about eating. this time they checked me i was 1cm and just about 70% effaced. not exactly encourging for that many hours worth of "work"...
around 5pm my OB dropped by to check me himself and i was still only 1 cm so he stretched me (YIKES) to 2-3 and by this time my contractions were so horrible i couldnt hardly see straight. they had put an internal monitor in there to get a better "view" of my contractions to try and figure out what they were doing, if anything, their strength, etc. after he stretched me within a few mins i was freaking out. with every contraction i felt like her head was hitting my pelvic bone. the internal monitor tube would actually jump with each one which hurt really bad. that was my ultimate breaking point and they sent the anestiesiologist (i cannot spell that) in for an epidural hoping it would allow me to to relax and sleep. however after the stretching and such her heartbeat began to jump around alot in drastic ways that worried all of us.
after turning off the pit and watching her heart for a while, waiting for it to stabilize my contractions were beginning to go away. they did adjustments to my position in bed and the pitocin dosage all with varying effects but still they felt something was wrong and around 7pm my OB decided they wanted to do a c-section and get her out of there while her heartrate was stable and mine was (i had been on oxygen for 2 hours or so)... Both me and my boyfriend were very upset, this was something neither of us wanted to hear. His mom was there with me and she told us it would be ok and this may be the best thing and she prayed with us before they took me in to get set up. daniel was of course allowed into the c section. the process was really scary and they had a very difficult time getting her out. she was a "big" baby, (i have a pretty small frame for how big she was) and halfway through the process my OB told us that he umbilical cord was wrapped pretty tight around her neck 2X... she was head down and face up when they got her out but they had to free her from her cord. her father got to cut the cord and be with her while i was stitched up and in recovery for 45 mins. she was born at 7:36 pm on 4th of july.
I was awake for the rest of the surgery and for recovery, practicing wiggling my toes in the latter so i could go to my room as soon as possible. they took me to my room around 9:00pm and daniel was waiting at the door with her. the nurses got me all set up and situated and then brought her over to me to nurse. apparently to the entire staffs delight the entire time i was absent she had been trying to nurse on everyone and everything so they had been holding her at bay with fingers and soothies until i got there. she started nursing wonderfully and often.
she came out perfectly healthy at 8 pnds 4 oz and 21 inches. "not a scratch on her" as everyone put it. we had her godparents visit around midnight and she stayed with us all but one hour that night (she did go to the nursery so i could get a nap)
my recovery has gone amazingly well. i was up and walking and going to the bathroom the next morning. i took a shower that afternoon and began eating real food. by the end of the day i was ready to go home, but of course they kept me until monday morning:giggle:
i was so excited to come home because there is no rest for the weary in the hospital. she hated sleeping in the crib/isolete thing and wanted to sleep on me or with me, but i would start to doze off and its dangerous in those narrow, high hossy beds. needless to say i didnt sleep hardly at all when there. made worse by the fact that daniel had to go back to work on sunday leaving me alone with her in the hospital all day. the nurses said i was the most quiet undemanding patient they had and that most of the other patients were having really difficult dilemmas. the one woman in the room behind mine had a baby that refused to nurse and i could hear him crying ALL the time. but not our little angel, who would permanently attatch herself at my breast if possible:blush: she never makes a peep unless you are changing her dipe.
at home she sleeps whereever we put her, though she likes best to be in bed close with one of us when she sleeps. she nurses like a champ. she lost weight after the first few days as is common and then a nurse did a home visit with me and weighed her she had gained a few oz. back. we took her to her ped a week after her birth and she had gained a solid pound! we have already taken her "antiquing" in cayucos for her dads bday and though we were gone all day she was perfectly content and wonderful for the whole trip. in the end im really happy to have had the c section i dont have any pain at all really, im fully functional, my scar is small (bikini line, in fact my OB was able to "replace" my 2.5inch appendectomy scar with it so i dont have any extra scarring) and i constantly amaze everyone that im able to do laundy and go shopping and walk around antique stores all day. My OB said it is wonderful when women are young and healthy when they have csections because their recovery is much better overall. i went from 125-130 pounds to 185 by delivery day. ive already dropped about 30 of that and my belly is little more that excess skin right now. i have a ton of energy which i really need because already she is staying awake longer and sleeping in longer stretches. is hard to entertain a newborn for 5 hours straight.:giggle2:
so that was long, so here are only a couple pictures. we have already take hundreds im sure, i take about a dozen or so at least a day. the first is right after her cord was cut. the second is my absolute favorite or her and her dad. he is enamoured with her so it is perfectly fitting.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg207/amberlinabella/bella%20rose/100_0512.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg207/amberlinabella/bella%20rose/100_0550.jpg
So obviously i have been a little busy... so i took a while to get this here... currently she is napping on our bed... we will see how long that lasts!
My water broke on the 3rd of july at about 3:30pm, thankfully just as i sat down to go to the bathroom. myself and my boyfriend were about to lay down for a midday nap and i decided i needed to try and pee before settling into bed so that i would have to get up in ten minutes and do so (you know how that is:giggle: )
i called for him from the bathroom and my best friend went and got him because he didnt hear me. once he knew why, they both flew into crisis mode. i had to talk them down a little and delegate what they had to do to help me out for the first few mins because no one had been expecting this. my due date was the ninth and just the day before i had been to the doctor who informed me though i had been having some minute contractions i wasnt dilated AT ALL, which saddened both me and my OB because we both expected/hoped for SOMETHING...
we started en route to our hospital, where i was admitted immediately at 4pm. they didnt check me for further dilation for fear of risking infection for too many exams and wanted to wait until my OB told them to do so after my labor picked up. i wasnt having ANY contractions at all and about 7 hours later they checked me. i had been up since 7:30am and had only gotten about2 hours of sleep the night before, and all i had eaten was a small bowl of cereal right when i woke up. needless to say i was starving and exhausted and frusterated that i was feeling nothing but some dull back pains. they had me hooked up to monitors but they were showing no visable activity in way of contractions :(
around 11pm my OB phoned in to check on me and one of his other patients in labor. he was supposed to be out of town as of that evening for the holiday but decided to stick around for us. he talked to my nurse (the most wonderful nurse i had this whole time i may add. i loved her. i wish she could have been there the whole time) and told her i could wait it out if i wished or they would start me on a low dose of pitocin to try and get things started. me and my boyfriend had a meeting about it and decided to try the pitocin for many reasons, namely my lack of sleep/food-- i didnt think i could hold out too much longer without either and it was looking like even with pit i may be here for a long time, and also that his job was hassling him about not being able to come to work already (and this was his one official day off) and they were refusing him ANY paternity leave (another long story) and as much as i really needed him to be there, there was no way he would be able to leave because he obviously wanted to be there. kinda a big deal, right? apparently his co worker/ co manager was mad because he had wanted to go to his girlfriends parents 4th of july BBQ and now he couldnt. yeah, we felt really bad for him:yuck:
so they checked me for dilation/effacent: nothing still. they started the pitocin and within an hour or so i started having horrible contractions, including to the nursing staffs amazement/horror one that was 4 minutes long... around noon the following morning they checked me again. i hadnt slept at all and hadnt been able to have any of the soups they brought me because i couldnt even think about eating. this time they checked me i was 1cm and just about 70% effaced. not exactly encourging for that many hours worth of "work"...
around 5pm my OB dropped by to check me himself and i was still only 1 cm so he stretched me (YIKES) to 2-3 and by this time my contractions were so horrible i couldnt hardly see straight. they had put an internal monitor in there to get a better "view" of my contractions to try and figure out what they were doing, if anything, their strength, etc. after he stretched me within a few mins i was freaking out. with every contraction i felt like her head was hitting my pelvic bone. the internal monitor tube would actually jump with each one which hurt really bad. that was my ultimate breaking point and they sent the anestiesiologist (i cannot spell that) in for an epidural hoping it would allow me to to relax and sleep. however after the stretching and such her heartbeat began to jump around alot in drastic ways that worried all of us.
after turning off the pit and watching her heart for a while, waiting for it to stabilize my contractions were beginning to go away. they did adjustments to my position in bed and the pitocin dosage all with varying effects but still they felt something was wrong and around 7pm my OB decided they wanted to do a c-section and get her out of there while her heartrate was stable and mine was (i had been on oxygen for 2 hours or so)... Both me and my boyfriend were very upset, this was something neither of us wanted to hear. His mom was there with me and she told us it would be ok and this may be the best thing and she prayed with us before they took me in to get set up. daniel was of course allowed into the c section. the process was really scary and they had a very difficult time getting her out. she was a "big" baby, (i have a pretty small frame for how big she was) and halfway through the process my OB told us that he umbilical cord was wrapped pretty tight around her neck 2X... she was head down and face up when they got her out but they had to free her from her cord. her father got to cut the cord and be with her while i was stitched up and in recovery for 45 mins. she was born at 7:36 pm on 4th of july.
I was awake for the rest of the surgery and for recovery, practicing wiggling my toes in the latter so i could go to my room as soon as possible. they took me to my room around 9:00pm and daniel was waiting at the door with her. the nurses got me all set up and situated and then brought her over to me to nurse. apparently to the entire staffs delight the entire time i was absent she had been trying to nurse on everyone and everything so they had been holding her at bay with fingers and soothies until i got there. she started nursing wonderfully and often.
she came out perfectly healthy at 8 pnds 4 oz and 21 inches. "not a scratch on her" as everyone put it. we had her godparents visit around midnight and she stayed with us all but one hour that night (she did go to the nursery so i could get a nap)
my recovery has gone amazingly well. i was up and walking and going to the bathroom the next morning. i took a shower that afternoon and began eating real food. by the end of the day i was ready to go home, but of course they kept me until monday morning:giggle:
i was so excited to come home because there is no rest for the weary in the hospital. she hated sleeping in the crib/isolete thing and wanted to sleep on me or with me, but i would start to doze off and its dangerous in those narrow, high hossy beds. needless to say i didnt sleep hardly at all when there. made worse by the fact that daniel had to go back to work on sunday leaving me alone with her in the hospital all day. the nurses said i was the most quiet undemanding patient they had and that most of the other patients were having really difficult dilemmas. the one woman in the room behind mine had a baby that refused to nurse and i could hear him crying ALL the time. but not our little angel, who would permanently attatch herself at my breast if possible:blush: she never makes a peep unless you are changing her dipe.
at home she sleeps whereever we put her, though she likes best to be in bed close with one of us when she sleeps. she nurses like a champ. she lost weight after the first few days as is common and then a nurse did a home visit with me and weighed her she had gained a few oz. back. we took her to her ped a week after her birth and she had gained a solid pound! we have already taken her "antiquing" in cayucos for her dads bday and though we were gone all day she was perfectly content and wonderful for the whole trip. in the end im really happy to have had the c section i dont have any pain at all really, im fully functional, my scar is small (bikini line, in fact my OB was able to "replace" my 2.5inch appendectomy scar with it so i dont have any extra scarring) and i constantly amaze everyone that im able to do laundy and go shopping and walk around antique stores all day. My OB said it is wonderful when women are young and healthy when they have csections because their recovery is much better overall. i went from 125-130 pounds to 185 by delivery day. ive already dropped about 30 of that and my belly is little more that excess skin right now. i have a ton of energy which i really need because already she is staying awake longer and sleeping in longer stretches. is hard to entertain a newborn for 5 hours straight.:giggle2:
so that was long, so here are only a couple pictures. we have already take hundreds im sure, i take about a dozen or so at least a day. the first is right after her cord was cut. the second is my absolute favorite or her and her dad. he is enamoured with her so it is perfectly fitting.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg207/amberlinabella/bella%20rose/100_0512.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg207/amberlinabella/bella%20rose/100_0550.jpg
