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Carson's Birthstory....pull up a seat, seriously long winded : )

BeckyS1211BeckyS1211
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Tuesday night we went to bed prepared to sleep in and head to our 37w appt at 8:30 Wednesday morning.  So not what happened!

You know those dreams that you have that feel so real you wonder if they actually happened?  I was dreaming I peed the bed.  I woke up and next thing I know I felt like I was peeing!  (this is at 3:10am) I ran to the bathroom and peed in the dark since I wanted to go back to bed and if I turn on the light it wakes me up too much.  I wiped and started to pull up my pants and more pee came.  Finally I got a "pee" break, I hurried and turned on the light and sat back on the toilet.  I realize this is not pee!  My water broke!  I caught it before it even hit the bed, just soaked my undies.  I sit in the bathroom freaking out for a few minutes until I think I have a small window of opportunity to run and grab my phone from the bedroom.  I swaddle myself diaper-style with my bath towel and run to the bedroom.  I turn on the light and yell "I think my water just broke, I'm grabbing my phone going back to the toilet, and calling the dr!!!"

I call the on-call OB from my toilet.  They call me back at 3:30 and tell me to get my butt to the hospital.  Holy $hit!!!!  This is actually happening!  We weren't packed or anything, plus I get the great idea to hop into the shower, all the while continually leaking, eww!

We throw the rest of what we think we need into the suitcase, throw a garbage bag and a towel on the seat, put the car seat and diaper bag in the car and head to the hospital.

I am checked into my room and already hooked up to the monitors by 4:30.  They check me and I am dialated to 2.5!  I continue progressing until they give me my epi at 7:30----drugs are goooooooood.  I keep dialating on my own and having pretty strong contractions every 3-5 minutes until about 2-3pm.  Then they give me the lowest drip of pitocin just to keep things going.  By 5pm I am fully dilated.  They check, but baby is sunny side up.  They let me labor down for about an hour in different positions trying to get him to turn.  They check me again at 6:30 and they think that baby has turned and they think there is enough room for him to fit through my pelvis (at my 36w appt my OB mentioned that it might not work).

I push hard from 6:30-8pm and make no progress.  Then they decide that a c/s is necessary and I start bawling.  I was exhausted, disappointed, and angry that I spent all day trying when they could have just set me up with a c/s first thing in the morning.  Jason puts on his scrubs and they prep me and off we go to the c/s room. 

After waiting for them to prep me and get Jason in the room they're finally ready to start.  It was over before I knew it.  (Carson Noah Struble was born on 12/9/09 @ 8:49pm.  He weighed in at 6lbs 6oz and was 19in long.)  It just felt like really weird pressure, pulling, and tugging.  Jason was going to cut the cord, but when they pulled him out it was wrapped around his neck and wouldn't get untangled, so the doc had to cut it so it would unwrap.  Then I finally heard him cry and of course I started to bawl!  I sent Jas with him and then I don't remember anything else until I got back to our room. 

I got to hold Carson, but I was so out of it from the drugs and I never come out of surgery well, I was shaking so bad I really don't remember much.  Jason gave be a beautiful white gold bracelet with blue topaz stones (dec birthstone), it's simply beautiful, completely sweet, and was totally unexpected.  My parents and Jason's mom came it and got to see him for about 5 minutes, then I literally passed out and slept. 

We can't remember when I BFd for the first time, but he wasn't really interested in eating all that much.  They said it was normal because although he was technically full-term, he's still young and little and he'll probably sleep more in general than a 40w baby. 

BFing is a lot harder than I thought.  He latches and sucks really well, but we're still trying different positioning, with the boppy, without the boppy, dressed, just in a diaper, etc... Right now sking to skin seems to be helping so I just wear my BFing bra and he's in his diaper.  I think the boppy will be more beneficial when he's bigger and stronger, but it's easier for me to hold him cross-cradle style without the boppy.   I <3 the Lansinoh lanolin, it seriously makes things tolerable?

The recovery from the c/s is not anything like I thought it would be.  I figured I would be miserable and in serious pain.  I highly recommend that you change positions a lot...spend some time sitting and some time laying.  I sat most of the the time, so when they wanted me to try standing up at 6pm on Thursday it really hurt because it stretched everything out.  Keep up on the pain pills, I liked the pills better than the shots into the IV because those made me nauseaus.  I was able to shower Friday morning, and they took my staples out yesterday right before we got to leave.  I'm still keeping on top of the pain and taking my pills every 4 hours at least through today and we'll see how it goes tomorrow. 

We survived our first night home alone with Carson and I think it went really well.  We'll get our system down in the next few days.  We take him to his first appointment tomorrow morning, and it will be our first outing, so wish us luck!  We will also be going to get my breast pump which I?m am so freaking excited about because I am seriously engorged right now and it kills!

~Vanessa, thanks for all the updating you did girl!  <3 you~

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