Everything checked out and we scheduled a visit for Friday just to get weighed again, then her next check up will be in 2 weeks! (Common for breastfed babies, they just want to make sure they are getting enough nourishment since there is really not a way to measure how much milk they are consuming)
Here we are in the car seat ready to go. Her eyes are open! I am working on getting some pictures when she is actually awake for you all to see.
Just hanging out with us on the couch.Ok- so I have been asked about the labor - so I will summarize it for those who what to hear about it. Overall it went great, yeah a few unexpected things, but the main goal of having a healthy little girl was accomplished.
Thursday - I felt awful all day. My back was killing me. I had been in contact with the Dr all day and finally they told me just to go home from work and relax. I left at 4 and did just that. Well I had also been talking with my mom all day and she had a feeling that the baby was coming soon. I was like, no just some back pain, I still have another week to go. She bought a plan ticket anyway and said if the baby doesn't come this weekend, we will just hang out, no big deal. Well I guess she was right because I woke up on Friday feeling horrible again. Geoff left for work, right when he did I thought my water broke. It was just a few drops, so I just thought I was crazy. I proceeded to try to get ready for work and my cramps just started getting worse and coming in waves. I called Sara - and was like do contractions feel like cramps? She was like yes- call Geoff. So I did and called the doctor. They were coming quick, just a few minutes in between. The Dr called me back and said go to the hospital now! So I called Geoff, he came home, and we were on our way. (He got pulled over for speeding on the way to get me, and the cop let him off - but funny story now)
We got to the hospital around 9am and they took us in a little room to see if I was really in labor. Well this is where they are supposed to start your IV, get some info, hook you to monitors, etc - I was a 7cm and the contractions were coming fast, so they just moved me straight to a labor room.
I got an epidural around 8 cm and felt so much better. Before this, I was in some major pain and not really wanting to be bothered or talked to. They got all my info started the IV and now it was time to just wait. Well it didn't take very long. My doctor came in at 12:30 and said time to start pushing. (being that this was my first child, I thought I would be there for 8-10 hours before I got to push - nope just over 3!)
I pushed for an hour with really no luck- Lanie was not moving. So they talked to me about turning down the epidural so I could "feel" the contractions more and give me some drugs to also make them more intense. Ok didn't sound fun, but I was ok with it. Well I pushed for a while longer, no progress and the contraction at this point were right on top of each other - and yes I could "feel" them! Well, my doctor then said, that we need to turn off the epidural completely - WHAT!!! Yeah so some people say they want a natural child birth, but not me. I have been an advocate for having drugs the whole time and now they were turning them off! So they did - as quickly as the epidural started, it was gone. (Now they said it would wear off over time, but in my opinion, it just ended) I experienced the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life for the next hour, but in the end I had a beautiful baby girl in my arms! She came out crying with a full head of hair. Geoff did great and was so supportive through the whole process. Looking back it was such a whirlwind. We got to hold her for and hour then they gave her a bath and took her weight, length, footprints, etc. I "recovered" for a few hours then got to move to the "Mommy and Me" unit. My mom's flight landed and Lanie had her first visitor - what a crazy Friday it turned out to be:)
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