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Birth Story - planned C section - Houston, Tx

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 Hi girls! I know these stories long or short helped me out in the last few weeks of my 3rd tri- so I thought I would share mine. I was scheduled for a c section due to size over date, set for June 25th at 1: 30 pm. We were told to arrive to the hospital no later than 11 am. So we got there right at 11 am. We waited in the L&D lobby for about 45 mins, so I'm glad I didn't show up any earlier than the time they told us. We went back to L&D around 11: 45 am. They hooked me up to an IV and the monitors right away. I had already pre registered with the hospital ahead of time (if you can do this, do it! Saves you tons of paperwork the day of). I still had a few things to complete while I was hooked up but mostly just silly questions they have to ask. Then I was allowed to just visit with family and friends prior to going into OR. Around 1: 30 pm the med student came over to tell me they were running just a little behind b/c of a twins c section and to hang tight. At 2 pm my OB came in said hi and asked if I was nervous or had any questions...oddly enough I was not nervous at all, I was SO excited to meet my little guy that I was ready to get the show on the road. Right before we went down to the OR, we were all taking bets on what weight our boy would be. My mom guessed 9 lbs 6oz, I guessed 9 lbs 10 oz, my husband guessed 8 lbs 8 oz, and my OB guessed 9 lbs 2 oz. (This will come in to play later in the story) So we went to the OR and I sat on the edge of the table with my rear hanging out, ready to get my epi ... at first I was not comfy but then I said to myself wait a minute this happens every day, they see rears of all shapes and sizes ...so lets not focus on that and told myself I'm going to focus on curling my back and getting this epi done right. Mine took right away and that was one super weird feeling. I actually got really freaked out for about 5 minutes b/c the fact that I couldn't feel my legs but my brain was telling me "move your legs". It made me feel claustrophobic and I had to concentrate and breath to get past that few minutes of such feeling. Once I got past that, my husband was allowed in and sat right behind me. I had to hold my arms out along the arm table but was not strapped down as some people had previous said you do. At least they dont do that at my hospital. I got really sleeping half way through the c section and then within two minutes of almost falling asleep I got super nauseous!! I had to turn my head and the anesthesiologist gave me a little bowl to let out anything I needed to. I had not had anything to drink or eat since 10 pm the night before, so there wasn't really anything to come out, so I dry heathed (sp?) for a minute while he gave me some med in my IV to give me relief of the nauseous feeling. Once I got that within a few short minutes I was fine and back to focusing on hearing when my baby was going to cry and come out. Everyone including all the OR nurses were amazing! The OB said "you are going to feel a lot of pressure right now, the baby will be out in 1 minute or less". That's exactly what I felt, just someone pushing on my stomach, nothing hurt at all. Then I heard the sweetest cry ever. He had lots of fluid in his lungs so they didn't get to show me to him right away. However my husband had our camera with him and was taking pictures of him and coming back to show me. I was still pretty out of it, but trying to focus on the miracle that has just happened. Once I got the epi the entire process took about 45 mins from start to sewing me up. I kept hearing 6 15 over and over again, but I thought it was the time, b/c remember everyone including my OB said that I was going to have a bigger baby. Well don't listen to anyone about that!!! Jackson was 6 pounds 15 oz!!!! I was in shock! He was born at 2:52 pm and was 20 inches long. I will say that the birth part was the easy part, after birth has been hard! I have had the baby blues for a week, but starting to feel much better. I love my little guy SO much but hormones + c section + breast feeding = HARD WORK! (Not that I didn't know this but nothing can prepare you until you are in the mix!). I am obssesed with making sure my incision is cleaned every day (per the nurse I pat with a baby wash cloth using baby shampoo) and then I put a pad long ways across it to keep it dry- since I live in Houston and its SUPER hot! I don?t go out much but it seems to help, and its healing really nice so far! Sleeping is hard, I slept on the couch for the first week, but moved over the weekend back into our bed. I can only sleep on my left side (you will find that the one side hurts more over the other, this is normal per my OB). He is the sweetest little boy ever, and yes he was born only 30 or so minutes after MJ died, but he has no relation in name to him........I had already picked out Jackson long ago :) We are blessed and we already have taken his newborn photos....he is our world and the love you find that you never knew you had is amazing!!!! Good Luck to all of you and your birth!
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