Thursday, August 13, 2009
27 Pounds
I've lost 27 lbs since Carly was born. That's 27 lbs in 13 days. Obviously 8 of those pounds were baby. A few for placenta and the rest had to be the water I was storing in my feet and ankles.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
In The Neighborhood
Before Carly was born I talked to my brother every other day but only saw him about once a month. We live in the same town but he's busy and completely unreliable when it comes to making plans. Since Carly's been born however he's been over to my house nearly every day. He claims to be "in the neighborhood". Funny. I couldn't resist pointing out to him that he was never "in the neighborhood" before his neice was born.
Here is a pic of Carly and my brother hard at work installing garage doors at 2pm in the afternoon...in the neighborhood.
Here is a pic of rob and Carly yesterday...
Here is a pic of Carly and my brother hard at work installing garage doors at 2pm in the afternoon...in the neighborhood.
Here is a pic of rob and Carly yesterday...
Saturday, August 8, 2009
C-Section Scar
My C-Section is healing great. Eric pulled off the little strips of tape that seemed to be holding me together last night. I was pleasantly surprised when that didn't hurt at all. Now I just have to keep it dry and clean and pray that it doesn't turn even uglier. Right now it's still pretty swollen. My midriff looks really gross. My flabby tummy hangs over my swollen scar. Nice, eh? I just have to keep reminding myself that it's only been 8 days.
Labor Day
Ok, here is my account of the day I had Carly. Some of it is fuzzy because it was drug induced not to mention I was exhausted!
I'm going to start the story from where I left off on this post.
..............they checked me again around 12 and I was only 3cm dilated and she was still at a negative 3 station or "really high". Since she wasn't coming down the birth canal on her own they decided to urge the process along by breaking my water. (What a weird sensation! To be leaking cups and cups of water out of your va-jay-jay and have no control of it.) Almost instantly, the contractions went from tolerable to pretty damn painful.
Just as soon as my first serious contraction hit they gave me the pitocin drip (induction meds) in my IV and that was that! My pain went from 0 to 60 in an instant. The pain was out of this world and I don't remember much past this point. My Mom tells me I stayed like that, laboring through one painful contraction after the next, for a few hours before they checked me again. Carly was still "high" so they gave me a synthetic narcotic to "take the edge off". Take the edge off of what - I don't know -- because I still hurt and BAD. No epidural for me though because I wasn't very dilated.
Finally the doc came in and said I could have the epidural. There was a little bit of epidural drama because I couldn't sit still enough for it. They insisted that I sit up instead of doing it the lying down way. Personally I think my anesthesiologist was a royal C-word that rhymes with bunt -- but whatever. Eventually I got to a point where I could put both my butt checks down on the bed and get in to a sitting position so they could give me the epidural. Eric held my feet the whole time while I tried to "relax my shoulders" (hardy har har). Once the epidural was in I pretty much passed out.
Carly's heart rate dropped off the charts as soon as they gave me the epidural. Suddenly there were 6 nurses huddling over me and I had an oxygen mask on. They must have figured it out though because I fell asleep and woke up to the doctor telling me we were heading in to the C-Section plan. FINE BY ME -- I'd had it for the day!
Once they decided on a C-Section everything went really fast. Eric had to get dressed immediately. The new anesthesiologist came to give me a different type of epidural that numbed me from the chest down. Then I was in the operating room. Carly came out but not without a little struggle. Apparently her head was a little lodged in my pelvis so it took a few tugs. Yes, tugs. Once out they told me she had the cord wrapped around her neck and she was "sunny side up". Those two factors would have made delivering her vaginally impossible they said.
They also said my Uterus is unusually thin. Vedry thin for a woman who had never given birth before. So they said I'm not a candidate for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). I know this would upset a lot of women -- but I feel like I experienced the contractions and labor and I don't need to do that again. =) On top of that, they also told me of another pregnancy with hypertension is very likely so a scheduled C-Section will probably be the route for the next baby also. As I said -- FINE BY ME.
I'm going to start the story from where I left off on this post.
..............they checked me again around 12 and I was only 3cm dilated and she was still at a negative 3 station or "really high". Since she wasn't coming down the birth canal on her own they decided to urge the process along by breaking my water. (What a weird sensation! To be leaking cups and cups of water out of your va-jay-jay and have no control of it.) Almost instantly, the contractions went from tolerable to pretty damn painful.
Just as soon as my first serious contraction hit they gave me the pitocin drip (induction meds) in my IV and that was that! My pain went from 0 to 60 in an instant. The pain was out of this world and I don't remember much past this point. My Mom tells me I stayed like that, laboring through one painful contraction after the next, for a few hours before they checked me again. Carly was still "high" so they gave me a synthetic narcotic to "take the edge off". Take the edge off of what - I don't know -- because I still hurt and BAD. No epidural for me though because I wasn't very dilated.
Finally the doc came in and said I could have the epidural. There was a little bit of epidural drama because I couldn't sit still enough for it. They insisted that I sit up instead of doing it the lying down way. Personally I think my anesthesiologist was a royal C-word that rhymes with bunt -- but whatever. Eventually I got to a point where I could put both my butt checks down on the bed and get in to a sitting position so they could give me the epidural. Eric held my feet the whole time while I tried to "relax my shoulders" (hardy har har). Once the epidural was in I pretty much passed out.
Carly's heart rate dropped off the charts as soon as they gave me the epidural. Suddenly there were 6 nurses huddling over me and I had an oxygen mask on. They must have figured it out though because I fell asleep and woke up to the doctor telling me we were heading in to the C-Section plan. FINE BY ME -- I'd had it for the day!
Once they decided on a C-Section everything went really fast. Eric had to get dressed immediately. The new anesthesiologist came to give me a different type of epidural that numbed me from the chest down. Then I was in the operating room. Carly came out but not without a little struggle. Apparently her head was a little lodged in my pelvis so it took a few tugs. Yes, tugs. Once out they told me she had the cord wrapped around her neck and she was "sunny side up". Those two factors would have made delivering her vaginally impossible they said.
They also said my Uterus is unusually thin. Vedry thin for a woman who had never given birth before. So they said I'm not a candidate for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). I know this would upset a lot of women -- but I feel like I experienced the contractions and labor and I don't need to do that again. =) On top of that, they also told me of another pregnancy with hypertension is very likely so a scheduled C-Section will probably be the route for the next baby also. As I said -- FINE BY ME.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Good Morning Aunt Heather
Good Morning Aunt Heather
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
1st Full Day Home
Today is our first day home. Yesterday doesn't count because it's was the most hectic overwhelming day ever! We got home around 2pm and worked for the rest of the day how to fit Carly in to our home life. Thankfully my Mom is here so I can get some help and I have someone to bounce ideas off of.
Mom slept with me last night so she could get up and help with feeding/changing Carly throughout the night. Overall that didn't go so bad. I was anxious about getting her to sleep in her bassinet since I've never actually had to put her to sleep the nurses always did it and brought her to me ready to eat! Ha! Mom and I figured out a good technique and so far so good!
Carly was up at 230am and then again at 630am. I think that's great. I slept SO GOOD between the two feedings and have been up since the 630 feeding. I'm not doing much around the house. I can't. But it's nice to have my home back and to be able to put things away in their proper place and take a shower in my shower.
I haven't had a lot of time to fill in my labor story but I promise I will. There is just a lot of pooping and eating going on here and I can't commit to the computer for the length of time that it will take to remember/regurgitate that drama!
Good news: My milk is in! My boobs are huge and getting bigger and my child is sleeping very well!
Oh...poop just happened again... be back soon!
Mom slept with me last night so she could get up and help with feeding/changing Carly throughout the night. Overall that didn't go so bad. I was anxious about getting her to sleep in her bassinet since I've never actually had to put her to sleep the nurses always did it and brought her to me ready to eat! Ha! Mom and I figured out a good technique and so far so good!
Carly was up at 230am and then again at 630am. I think that's great. I slept SO GOOD between the two feedings and have been up since the 630 feeding. I'm not doing much around the house. I can't. But it's nice to have my home back and to be able to put things away in their proper place and take a shower in my shower.
I haven't had a lot of time to fill in my labor story but I promise I will. There is just a lot of pooping and eating going on here and I can't commit to the computer for the length of time that it will take to remember/regurgitate that drama!
Good news: My milk is in! My boobs are huge and getting bigger and my child is sleeping very well!
Oh...poop just happened again... be back soon!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wow!
Tonight is my last night at the hospital. It's the 3rd night in a row that I've planned to go to bed early, but it's now 10 minutes to twelve, they just took Carly back to the nursery, and I'm clearly not asleep...............and I'll see her again in another hour and a half for a feeding. Busy busy busy!
Over the next few days I plan to pick up where I left off blogging earlier this week by filling in the story of Carly's birth, and then once I get up to date with that I will continue to write here about Carly's amazing development.
So far we've had so much fun with her, and although I'm tired and could use a few more naps, I don't feel overwhelmed or bogged down. Tomorrow is the real test though. It's the day we leave the wonderful hospital full of helpful staff and head home to take on parenting. My Mom will be there so we won't completely go cold turkey but it will be a big change.
Our discharge is currently scheduled to be around 11am or 1pm. I will log on tomorrow afternoon and see if I can to start filling in the story. In the mean time, here is a cute picture of our daughter.
Over the next few days I plan to pick up where I left off blogging earlier this week by filling in the story of Carly's birth, and then once I get up to date with that I will continue to write here about Carly's amazing development.
So far we've had so much fun with her, and although I'm tired and could use a few more naps, I don't feel overwhelmed or bogged down. Tomorrow is the real test though. It's the day we leave the wonderful hospital full of helpful staff and head home to take on parenting. My Mom will be there so we won't completely go cold turkey but it will be a big change.
Our discharge is currently scheduled to be around 11am or 1pm. I will log on tomorrow afternoon and see if I can to start filling in the story. In the mean time, here is a cute picture of our daughter.
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