March 21, 2010
BABY AAR
I know there are a few pregnant ladies who read this blog, so I thought I'd steal a few free minutes to write an AAR.
As I told one of these friends recently, having the baby is everything you imagined it would be...only moreso. That's about the only way I can describe the situation. Logically I knew everything that was going to happen, but until it really happened, I had never fully grokked it.
Labor hurts, more than you think it will. Breastfeeding hurts and is hard, harder than you think you will be. You will not be grossed out by your baby's poop, like you think you would be. Your heart will completely stop when your baby chokes and stops breathing for a second, which is scarier than I ever imagined. And you will be tired, WAY more than you think you will be.
It's just everything you knew it would be, only more.
Oh, and there's way more laundry too.
As I told one of these friends recently, having the baby is everything you imagined it would be...only moreso. That's about the only way I can describe the situation. Logically I knew everything that was going to happen, but until it really happened, I had never fully grokked it.
Labor hurts, more than you think it will. Breastfeeding hurts and is hard, harder than you think you will be. You will not be grossed out by your baby's poop, like you think you would be. Your heart will completely stop when your baby chokes and stops breathing for a second, which is scarier than I ever imagined. And you will be tired, WAY more than you think you will be.
It's just everything you knew it would be, only more.
Oh, and there's way more laundry too.
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March 03, 2010
THE BABY STORY
I had my 39 week appointment Monday morning. I had been having contractions over the weekend, but nothing that I felt was enough to warrant going to the hospital. At my appointment they determined I was already 5 cm: halfway there! And that I was having regular contractions. It was news to me, as I was feeling fine.
They admitted me at about 1:00 and started me on penicillin because I was GBS positive. I would need four hours on the IV in order for the baby to get all the meds. They decided to break my water at 3:30, figuring I'd have plenty of time before baby arrived. I assumed she'd get here around midnight...
As soon as my water broke, the pain kicked in, and I started dilating fast. I finally decided I wanted an epidural, and they checked me as they called the anesthetist. I was already 10 cm. So I just decided to go for it.
They set me up to push and I closed my eyes and pushed with everything I had. I was concentrating so hard and was in so much pain that I never knew what was happening: the baby's heart rate went berserk. The midwife grabbed the scissors they use to cut the umbilical cord and started cutting me in all directions, while the doctor grabbed the vacuum. She came out and they whisked her away to check her out. I didn't get to see her for the first hour, which broke my heart, but thankfully her Daddy and Gramma got to spend the time with her.
Meanwhile, I had to get put back together again. And let me say, I never really understood the gravity of the words "tear" and "episiotomy." I do now.
She looks just like her Daddy, which I love. We are working hard on breastfeeding, with about 85% success. We got home this evening and Charlie went bonkers. He wants to lick her constantly. She squeaks, just like his toys.
We are happy...
(Daddy just said that he hopes her SSN shows up soon so he can open her accounts. "She's been alive for two days and she doesn't have any money yet." And then Charlie licked the top of her head. I love my family.)
I had my 39 week appointment Monday morning. I had been having contractions over the weekend, but nothing that I felt was enough to warrant going to the hospital. At my appointment they determined I was already 5 cm: halfway there! And that I was having regular contractions. It was news to me, as I was feeling fine.
They admitted me at about 1:00 and started me on penicillin because I was GBS positive. I would need four hours on the IV in order for the baby to get all the meds. They decided to break my water at 3:30, figuring I'd have plenty of time before baby arrived. I assumed she'd get here around midnight...
As soon as my water broke, the pain kicked in, and I started dilating fast. I finally decided I wanted an epidural, and they checked me as they called the anesthetist. I was already 10 cm. So I just decided to go for it.
They set me up to push and I closed my eyes and pushed with everything I had. I was concentrating so hard and was in so much pain that I never knew what was happening: the baby's heart rate went berserk. The midwife grabbed the scissors they use to cut the umbilical cord and started cutting me in all directions, while the doctor grabbed the vacuum. She came out and they whisked her away to check her out. I didn't get to see her for the first hour, which broke my heart, but thankfully her Daddy and Gramma got to spend the time with her.
Meanwhile, I had to get put back together again. And let me say, I never really understood the gravity of the words "tear" and "episiotomy." I do now.
She looks just like her Daddy, which I love. We are working hard on breastfeeding, with about 85% success. We got home this evening and Charlie went bonkers. He wants to lick her constantly. She squeaks, just like his toys.
We are happy...
(Daddy just said that he hopes her SSN shows up soon so he can open her accounts. "She's been alive for two days and she doesn't have any money yet." And then Charlie licked the top of her head. I love my family.)
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