The is exactly what it sounds like. You may not want to read this. You have been warned.
Friday, February 24th, I was sore and really tired. Tired of being pregnant and sore from the huge belly I was sporting. That evening I made Baba Goca's Filo heaven dessert and headed over to my friend Kristen's house to see her twins.
I didn't stay long. I was so uncomfortable and the heartburn that was my companion for much of the pregnancy was kicking it with me hardcore. far to soon I went home to rest and realized I needed to finish making the rest of the Filo into something... it turned out to be gibanica. Then I went to bed.
I woke up in pain at 12:26 AM. I wasn't sure what kind of pain it was and waited kind of patiently to see if the pain was timely. It was. After calling the Dr. and getting to the 5 minute time frame, Muz and I headed to the Hospital.
My water broke about 10 minutes after we arrived
A nurse was taking my blood pressure and all of a sudden I felt really warm liquid exiting my body involuntarily. The was the beginning of things seeming completely surreal. That feeling hasn't stopped since bringing Munchkin home. :))
Soon, I was on my way to a labor room. At this point I was at 6 cm. dilated and we were all thinking it shouldn't take long being this far along with dilation. BUT she wouldn't drop.
When my water broke the pain became so intense and I got a migraine from the pressure. Then I threw up. I was ready for an epidural at this point.. I mean Labor and a Migraine is a bit too much!! further dilation did not bring the baby any closer to being ready to come out.
More than 5 hours later I was fully dilated and Munchkin wouldn't budge. I was so happy I had gotten the epidural, time would have dragged otherwise, and I would have had much less energy at this point. With the epidural I was feeling only slight twinges. Muz and I both napped for much of this time while we waited. I was virtually pain free till it was time to push.
I should mention the weather had been really crazy and the barometric pressure was causing a lot of women to go into labor. The nurses said it was like a bus had pulled up and unloaded a bunch of women ready to pop. Needless to say, the nurses were scrambling and the Dr.s were stretched thin.
I pushed for 3 hours with the help of my husband and the nurse. The Dr. came and checked me a couple of times and then came just as Munchkin was about to crown. Muz and the nurse could see her for a little while and let me know she had a lot of hair. No wonder my heartburn had been so bad!
At some point during my labor Muz almost fainted, but not so much from the view, but from low sugar. He hadn't gone to bed before we left for the hospital at 3:30AM and he hadn't eaten. A quick drink of OJ remedied his levels and he was back on track. Thank GOD for him. I don't know what I would have done without him. I am such a lucky wife.
At 1:06 PM our sweet little one wiggled out and cried. AAAHHHH no more pushing. Munchkin was whisked away for testing. Her two Apgars were 8 and 9. And I had been worried the epidural would affect her. no need. Those are high scores. :)
I thought I would have to push out the afterbirth, but the Dr. said it wasn't necessary. She was going to pull it out with the umbilical cord. But that didn't work. My cord was not attached to the placenta! she was shocked. This is not normal. It was attached to some other stuff that was attached to the cord. I was told this could have been a really bad thing. But since she was super healthy an alert, obviously she had evaded harm.
Our Baby weighed 8 lbs and 15 oz, but the nurse told me she was 9lb even. I think that was because all the scales were in metric measurements. One ounce was gained in translation.
Breastfeeding was on my list of things to do A.S.A. P. ! Munchkin's hair was still wet with blood and fluids but I could see it was blonde and curly. She was just beautiful. All my fears of not wanting to be a mother melted away. She was perfect and she was mine. Words cannot describe how a heart can fill with love so fast.
Muz and I are still overwhelmed with the love we feel for her. We stare at her like all new parents, laugh at her little sounds and stirrings. And we are happy to report Kyger, our cat, is only vaguely interested. In fact the kitty is more interested in the baby accessories:the bassinet, the swing, and the boppy. Kyger keeps trying to sleep on the boppy. Muz had to shew her from it and the bassinet. The swing is just a visual interest so far.
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| This was the dress I wore home from the hospital. |
Friday, February 24th, I was sore and really tired. Tired of being pregnant and sore from the huge belly I was sporting. That evening I made Baba Goca's Filo heaven dessert and headed over to my friend Kristen's house to see her twins.
I didn't stay long. I was so uncomfortable and the heartburn that was my companion for much of the pregnancy was kicking it with me hardcore. far to soon I went home to rest and realized I needed to finish making the rest of the Filo into something... it turned out to be gibanica. Then I went to bed.
I woke up in pain at 12:26 AM. I wasn't sure what kind of pain it was and waited kind of patiently to see if the pain was timely. It was. After calling the Dr. and getting to the 5 minute time frame, Muz and I headed to the Hospital.
My water broke about 10 minutes after we arrived
A nurse was taking my blood pressure and all of a sudden I felt really warm liquid exiting my body involuntarily. The was the beginning of things seeming completely surreal. That feeling hasn't stopped since bringing Munchkin home. :))
Soon, I was on my way to a labor room. At this point I was at 6 cm. dilated and we were all thinking it shouldn't take long being this far along with dilation. BUT she wouldn't drop.
When my water broke the pain became so intense and I got a migraine from the pressure. Then I threw up. I was ready for an epidural at this point.. I mean Labor and a Migraine is a bit too much!! further dilation did not bring the baby any closer to being ready to come out.
More than 5 hours later I was fully dilated and Munchkin wouldn't budge. I was so happy I had gotten the epidural, time would have dragged otherwise, and I would have had much less energy at this point. With the epidural I was feeling only slight twinges. Muz and I both napped for much of this time while we waited. I was virtually pain free till it was time to push.
I should mention the weather had been really crazy and the barometric pressure was causing a lot of women to go into labor. The nurses said it was like a bus had pulled up and unloaded a bunch of women ready to pop. Needless to say, the nurses were scrambling and the Dr.s were stretched thin.
I pushed for 3 hours with the help of my husband and the nurse. The Dr. came and checked me a couple of times and then came just as Munchkin was about to crown. Muz and the nurse could see her for a little while and let me know she had a lot of hair. No wonder my heartburn had been so bad!
At some point during my labor Muz almost fainted, but not so much from the view, but from low sugar. He hadn't gone to bed before we left for the hospital at 3:30AM and he hadn't eaten. A quick drink of OJ remedied his levels and he was back on track. Thank GOD for him. I don't know what I would have done without him. I am such a lucky wife.
At 1:06 PM our sweet little one wiggled out and cried. AAAHHHH no more pushing. Munchkin was whisked away for testing. Her two Apgars were 8 and 9. And I had been worried the epidural would affect her. no need. Those are high scores. :)
Our Baby weighed 8 lbs and 15 oz, but the nurse told me she was 9lb even. I think that was because all the scales were in metric measurements. One ounce was gained in translation.
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| Her hair isn't so curly now. |
Muz and I are still overwhelmed with the love we feel for her. We stare at her like all new parents, laugh at her little sounds and stirrings. And we are happy to report Kyger, our cat, is only vaguely interested. In fact the kitty is more interested in the baby accessories:the bassinet, the swing, and the boppy. Kyger keeps trying to sleep on the boppy. Muz had to shew her from it and the bassinet. The swing is just a visual interest so far.
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