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| Here I am on Hospital Day! |
I stayed at school until 11, then got Mom and went to get my eyebrows done (hey, I had to be photo ready!). We headed to the hospital around 11:15 when my phone rang. It was my doctor's office asking if anyone had called me telling me to be at the hospital at 9:30 that morning! Clearly, that answer was "no". Apparently, my doctor's office thought the hospital did it, and vice versa. So, I told them we'd be there in 10 minutes and off we went... a little faster. I called Scott and he got there about 10 minutes after Mom and I did!
From there, Scott got to see me in "super nervous, cry at the sight of any medical personnel" mode. I was like that until I got into the OR. My doctor is wonderful and when he saw Scott, he asked how I was. Scott told him, and in he came, cracking jokes about how big she probably was and if she'd be bigger than Lucas, and how they let everyone know about the change in surgery time except the patient, and doing everything in his power to get me to stop crying so they could start my anesthesia. Once that was all set, I was fine. No headache, no nausea. Spectacular. I was so numb, I had no idea they had even started! Okay, I told them I didn't want to know what they were doing as it was happening...
About 5 minutes later, one of the nurses told me that I'd feel pressure and maybe like I couldn't breathe. I felt none of that... in fact, very shortly after she said that, I felt like I could breathe BETTER because I no longer had a child pushing into my ribs! My doctor started asking Scott and I how much we thought she weighed. We both had figured in the 9 lb range. Then he asked me how I could possibly hide that much baby in my tiny body! They finally told us that she was 8lbs, 15.6oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She has .6oz birth weight on Lucas, but they were both the same length and their heads were the same size. Craziness! She had an Apgar score of 9 at 1 minute old, and a 10 at 5 minutes old!
We stayed in the hospital for 3 days. I had the option to go home Friday or Saturday. I chose Saturday. I was REALLY sore once I wasn't numb anymore. She passed all of her blood sugar tests (they had to test her 3 times after birth because of her size), hearing test, PKU test, and all of the other things that they had to poke my newborn for! I have to say, Countryside was great. The nurses were fantastic (and genuinely LIKED each other, unlike when I was at Helen Ellis with Lucas) and really helpful and supportive.
When we got home Saturday, Lucas was very excited! He had come to visit us Wednesday night in the hospital, but I still felt dopey (and for those of you who saw pictures, I looked GRAY from surgery... pretty.) and there were a lot of visitors, so he didn't really get a sense of what was going on. He loves his baby sister!
I took her Tuesday for her 1st newborn check up. She is back over birth weight at 9lbs, 2oz. Considering I'm nursing, that is pretty impressive! I went today for my post-op check up and everything is healing nicely. I have been able to get away with only taking Advil for pain, which is good.
I felt so overwhelmed when I had Lucas. I was in denial over the fact that I had Postpardum Depression with him and didn't get help when I should have. This time, I feel completely different. I am just as tired, for sure, but I don't feel as helpless. I've only cried a few times. The worst was the other night when Lucas wouldn't kiss me goodnight. After Scott put him to bed, I started sobbing, saying that Lucas hated me. Scott brought me in to Lucas' room, helped me get on the bed, and Lucas and I got to have some cuddle time, which made me feel better. My doctor also said that I feel different because my labor and delivery with Lucas was REALLY difficult. I had a lot more things to recover from than one incision.
The adjustment to life at home has been alright. I have a lot of help right now, and will still have lots of help once the school year is over and I have 2 children at home to entertain. I am on "don't lift anything heavier than the baby" duty until at least July 2. That has been tough. I can't make any sudden movements. But I can sit, so I'll take a little discomfort ;)
I'll try to update when I can. A fun update (well, fun for me) is that I've lost 20lbs since I had her!
From there, Scott got to see me in "super nervous, cry at the sight of any medical personnel" mode. I was like that until I got into the OR. My doctor is wonderful and when he saw Scott, he asked how I was. Scott told him, and in he came, cracking jokes about how big she probably was and if she'd be bigger than Lucas, and how they let everyone know about the change in surgery time except the patient, and doing everything in his power to get me to stop crying so they could start my anesthesia. Once that was all set, I was fine. No headache, no nausea. Spectacular. I was so numb, I had no idea they had even started! Okay, I told them I didn't want to know what they were doing as it was happening...
About 5 minutes later, one of the nurses told me that I'd feel pressure and maybe like I couldn't breathe. I felt none of that... in fact, very shortly after she said that, I felt like I could breathe BETTER because I no longer had a child pushing into my ribs! My doctor started asking Scott and I how much we thought she weighed. We both had figured in the 9 lb range. Then he asked me how I could possibly hide that much baby in my tiny body! They finally told us that she was 8lbs, 15.6oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She has .6oz birth weight on Lucas, but they were both the same length and their heads were the same size. Craziness! She had an Apgar score of 9 at 1 minute old, and a 10 at 5 minutes old!
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| So happy she is here! |
When we got home Saturday, Lucas was very excited! He had come to visit us Wednesday night in the hospital, but I still felt dopey (and for those of you who saw pictures, I looked GRAY from surgery... pretty.) and there were a lot of visitors, so he didn't really get a sense of what was going on. He loves his baby sister!
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| My babies, 5/30/12 |
I took her Tuesday for her 1st newborn check up. She is back over birth weight at 9lbs, 2oz. Considering I'm nursing, that is pretty impressive! I went today for my post-op check up and everything is healing nicely. I have been able to get away with only taking Advil for pain, which is good.
I felt so overwhelmed when I had Lucas. I was in denial over the fact that I had Postpardum Depression with him and didn't get help when I should have. This time, I feel completely different. I am just as tired, for sure, but I don't feel as helpless. I've only cried a few times. The worst was the other night when Lucas wouldn't kiss me goodnight. After Scott put him to bed, I started sobbing, saying that Lucas hated me. Scott brought me in to Lucas' room, helped me get on the bed, and Lucas and I got to have some cuddle time, which made me feel better. My doctor also said that I feel different because my labor and delivery with Lucas was REALLY difficult. I had a lot more things to recover from than one incision.
The adjustment to life at home has been alright. I have a lot of help right now, and will still have lots of help once the school year is over and I have 2 children at home to entertain. I am on "don't lift anything heavier than the baby" duty until at least July 2. That has been tough. I can't make any sudden movements. But I can sit, so I'll take a little discomfort ;)
I'll try to update when I can. A fun update (well, fun for me) is that I've lost 20lbs since I had her!
