Living Life as Jayden's Mommy….

There is sooo much to share! It is late and he is sleeping so I will share as much as I can without totally making anyone sick. Please note this is an in depth post- for my own memories as well as to share with those who are detail oriented like smidgen and myself.

So… here goes…

Sunday: I had to check in to the hospital at 5:30 p.m. Talk about freakin’ nervous! Of course it was a family affair… my hubby was at work so my sis, Mom,and Dad all went with me. I got a room and they told me the doc would be in to give my Cervadil. Well she called and wanted to make sure that I was going to let her check me (2 fingers- oh the horror!) and place the medicine where it needed to be. So I told her that was fine since I felt there were no other options. It hurt so bad to be checked and THEN I had to have the medicine put up there. It was a small patch- nothing huge and had a string to be easily pulled out. Well after an hour the nurse, Christy, said I was having a bad reaction. My contractions were back to back and the baby’s heartbeat was dropping intermittently. She had to take it out she could no longer wait. So… I cried and she got it out after digging for the string. So I went to sleep and my Mom and sis spent the night too.

Monday: Early at about 4:30/ 5:30 the nurse came in to tell me that I would be seeing the doc soon and that a nurse would come in and start my Pitocin so that I would go ahead and enter induction. I was like ok. Well about 7 a.m. a nurse showed up to check me. I explained how I was really closed and my cervix was wayyyy left and it all just hurt. Well she was not very patient with me so I told her to come back in about 20 minutes to check me and start the meds because I was too tense. Well Dr. T came in and was royally pissed that I was not already on my Pitocin. She called the nurse 10 min. earlier and told her to go ahead and start but that she would check me. My Mom did not appreciate that I was being blamed for the late start being that I saw the nurse 20 min. earlier versus 2 hours earlier and explained that to Dr. T. So… she was ok with me after that I think. Anyways so I got my Pitocin and the Doc told the nurse to go ahead and order my Epidural because I needed to relax regardless of whether or not it would make my labor last longer. The nurse had told me I needed to get to 4 cm first. So the nurse made everyone leave the room and the Dr. W. came in with the epidural. I was nervous but knew it was just a needle and I had been stuck before so you know… I was nervous and he knew it. He dispelled the myths about it wearing off, the likelihood I would be paralyzed and how he had done it at least 1000 times. So the nurse held me and my pillow (standard procedure) and I got my needle- not bad. It felt like a needle in the back and then it was shoved through some tissue. So then all was well. I started to feel tingly but nothing major. So hubby arrived and a couple of hours later the nurse came in to check me. I was tired so I was in and out of sleep. She wanted me to help with my legs. I laughed and told her she was on her own. So she moved my legs and they flew open wide for her to check me. I told her “Dig in, I feel nothing!” So… I was 4 cm dilated already! Whooohooo!!!! Then sis sent a ton of text messages updating people that my labor had officially began. They broke my water AFTER I got my epidural too so that was good. I was suppose to average 1 cm per hour. I was doing 3 every 2 hours. By about 5 p.m. I was 9 cm. At 6:15 I was ready to push. I pushed until 6:58 when my Jayden arrived. He was huge. I felt a pop and they pulled him out. I strained too hard because I had hemorrhoids and the doc sewed me up for an HOUR afterwards so I knew something was not right. She did not know it would be so bad for me and did not want to do a C-section so I had an appeseotomy (sp?) Level 4 is the worst and I had a level 3. I felt nothing though so after all that and everyone holding the baby and Mom cutting the cord- I was able to hold him (all clean!) He weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces AND was 19.75 inches long even though his birth certificate will read 19.25 for some reason. We sent him to the nursery and I had to go to recovery.

Tuesday- Drugs are gone and I feel pain. The nurses need blood. I have to be “trained” to go to the bathroom. So… I have to “pee” (no bowel movements yet- thank God!) then I have to take iodine and water and rinse with an 8 oz. bottle, then disposable washcloth- wipe twice front to back; disposable dry cloth (won’t stick to you), spray with disinfectant, get a tucks pad spray epifoam on it and place directly on hemorrhoids, then take 2-3 tucks pads place them in a pad and wear the pad. If you add the cyst bath (sprays water and soap directly on you while on toilet) then that is another 20 minutes! So… it was an ordeal. I was on all kinds of meds, had to be checked, stomach pressed, blood drawn, etc. No walking on my own… 2 friends from high school visited with my Grandma and that was fun. Due to my traumatic experience I did not have my baby much in the hospital- I could barely sit up…

Wednesday: I was to be released at 7 p.m. but decided to stay until Thursday and check out. Well gave blood and doc came in and checked me. All of a sudden I was told I needed a blood transfusion out of the freakin’ blue…. yep- you guessed it the tears flowed! So 6 hours later I had 2 pints of O positive in me (baby is that too) and I felt better. Hubby had to leave to go to work so it was me and Mom. She is such a saint. She got the baby and tended to him so I could see him since I couldn’t make it to the nursery myself. He was circumcised that morning so by the time we got him he was a bit more calm and cool. It looks rough so I will be glad when that is healed and that umbilical cord tie thing goes away!

Thursday: Time to go home! Whew… they released me and Jayden after giving us shots— I was like “heck” one more poke won’t hurt me I am freakin’ superwoman now. No pill or needle will ever stop me again! So we had lunch and the nurses and staff loaded me down with stuff I might need later- cyst bath soap, pads, spray, bed pans, etc. The nursery lady came in to help me feed Jayden and all too. She too brought a ton of goodies but was really patient with me because I was scared to hold him. She said I would not hurt him and that he was happy to be here. Hubby said that he loved me automatically because I brought him here. Mom said that since I did all that work to get him here the least my family could do was help to take care of him until I could do it on my own. Oh… talk about needing Mommy!

So.. now a week later I can look back and say yes it was worth it. I am glad that I am stitched up versus him as well. I will have another one in about 3 years. We want a little girl and then I want to be fixed… Jayden and Ashlynne will be it for me!

Sorry for the delay BUT I wanted to get it all in.. so here are the 1st pics…

http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=97991d24-1e22-4a16-874c-12dab41fd473