The first day was a little surreal. My family came to visit along with a few friends from work. I was super sore and the epidural took a while to wear off, so I wasn't able to get out of bed until late in the afternoon. It hurt to sit, walk, lay, move, anything. I tore so I had stitches and it just made it that much worse...luckily they make these awesome pads that when you "break" them they turn to ice packs! I highly, HIGHLY recommend them to everyone that delivers vaginally!! They are super super cold at first, but the cold ends up feeling great and relieving the swelling and pain. The first night we sent him to the nursery to stay so we could get some sleep and they brought him back for nursing. I slept pretty good, and it was nice to know in the back of my mind I didn't have to 'worry' about him...I mean I still worried, but I knew someone else had their eyes on him for the next couple hours. The lady that handled him that night was so sweet, so I happy he was with her.
Day 2 was relatively boring and uneventful, so it was great haha! First thing in the morning the pediatrician came in and said he would do the circumcision at lunch and that he would release him if everything went good. My DR came in a little after and asked how I was and how delivery went. I told him all went great and that other then pain I was doing good. He asked if we wanted to be released today before lunch and I told him I would like to wait until after the circumcision to make sure everything went good. He said that was ok and he would come back around 5 to do rounds after work at the clinic and we would go from there. Kyle got a little bored so he went out to eat and ran to the store to get out for a little while. I laid around, coo-ed over the baby, nursed, and watched TV most of the day. I got bored and walked around a bit just trying to stretch out. The circumcision went great so the pediatrician released Colton and when my dr came back they officially released me. After all the paper work packing up, we were on the road at 6pm. We had to stop and pick up some of my meds, but we got home around 7pm. We were officially home!!
It was crazy to walk in Sunday morning and walk out Monday evening with a baby! I am so thankful everything went so smoothly, and I can't wait to get a routine down and get to our new life :)
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Crazy day in L&D...
Before I begin, I must give a bit of background...Last week my sister went to the DR and found out she was dilated to a 3 and could go any day now, but they went ahead and scheduled to induce her April 13th in case he wasn't here by then. ALSO, the last few days I have been having a pain below by belly button; it hurts when I sit, stand, lay, Colton moves...pretty much all the time.
OK now on to today...so this morning I get a wake up call around 5:30 from my sister that her water had broke and she was at the hospital waiting to get hooked up to all the machines. After we talked for a few minutes I wasn't able to go back to sleep, and got up to eat breakfast and get ready for work. I ate, got a little nauseous, and got ready for work. As I was up and moved around more the pain progressively got worse. I went into work and called the doctors office as soon as they open at 8am. I left them a message describing my pain and the issues I was having. I hadn't heard back from them by 10:30 so I called again and told them the pain was worse and spreading down my right abdomen. ...Mind you my sister is in labor during all this...so the doctors office calls me right back to get more information. They take my information and say they will call me back after they report to my doctor. They called back and told me I had two options; report to labor & delivery for evaluation (which my doctor highly recommended), or two I could try to get an appointment with the on call doctor. I asked since he recommended going in, so I really have a choice, and she pretty much said no...haha! So I tell them I'll head right over. I try to call Kyle and tell him, but of course since I need him he didn't have his cell with him and wasn't at his desk. I then called my sister to tell her that I was headed over there, but not to see her, to get admitted myself. Her husband texted me and said to come see her first, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see her until they let me out. So I went and told her hi and give her my love, and she was dilated to a 6...this was 10:45. I went to admitting, and she texted me at 11:15 to say she was a 9!! By the time I got to triage and got hooked up she was pushing!! So here we are, she's in labor, literally like 4 rooms away from me, and I'm in triage getting hooked up to fetal monitors to figure out why I'm in pain. I told the nurse that came in that my sister was a few rooms away in labor; she responded and said that she was just in there and the baby was probably already here!!! I got a text from my brother in law a few minutes later and Mr. Logan had made his appearance!! What are the chances that she would be in labor and I'm in triage getting checked out?!?!? Crazy!!!
So Kyle finally gets there and we sit....and sit...and sit...monitors are all hooked up and they are waiting to see if the pain worsens and to get some lab work back. Kyle ends up going back to work after a couple hours, but goes to meet Logan before he leaves. My nurse kept coming in and checking on me, and I told her I wish I could see my nephew and sister. So she calls my sisters nurse and asks her to stop by when they move them to post labor/delivery. A few minutes later there was a knock on my door and in wheeled my sister and nephew! He was sooooo stinkin' cute! I couldn't hold him because they were literally putting in my IV when they came in. So I could just look, but it was great to see him and to see my sister was ok :) OK, so all is good there...10 fingers, 10 toes, and labor was minimal!! Seriously, her water broke at 3am and he was born just after 11am! Her husband said she only pushed for about 10-15 minutes...so glad it was easy on her and him!
Well I'm still sitting there...alone...in pain hooked up to this machine, just waiting to see if the IV helps the pain and contractions stop...when the on call dr came in to check me vaginally it made minimal contractions turn into mild/moderate contractions because apparently when you check the cervix it releases hormones that can cause contractions. So they just wanted to get them down and back leveled out...they still didn't know what was causing my pain. After a couple more hours of pain, boredom, and wishing I could be with my sister who was just down the hall, they finally decided that they weren't sure what was causing the pain. They had ruled out a UTI and kidney infection, but couldn't rule out my appendix or a possible bowel obstruction. So since the contractions had calmed down, and Colton was ok, they released me. Once released, I went straight to my sisters room and officially met my nephew!!
So today was a long, stressful, yet joyful and glorious day! I woke up in bed with a pain that I wasn't sure what was causing it, and now I'm laying in bed in pain and not sure what's causing it...basically I'm not any further ahead going to bed as when I crawled out this morning. But I know Colton is ok, and my sister/brother in law welcomed a new addition! So a great day, but stressful day as well :) Goodnight all!!
OK now on to today...so this morning I get a wake up call around 5:30 from my sister that her water had broke and she was at the hospital waiting to get hooked up to all the machines. After we talked for a few minutes I wasn't able to go back to sleep, and got up to eat breakfast and get ready for work. I ate, got a little nauseous, and got ready for work. As I was up and moved around more the pain progressively got worse. I went into work and called the doctors office as soon as they open at 8am. I left them a message describing my pain and the issues I was having. I hadn't heard back from them by 10:30 so I called again and told them the pain was worse and spreading down my right abdomen. ...Mind you my sister is in labor during all this...so the doctors office calls me right back to get more information. They take my information and say they will call me back after they report to my doctor. They called back and told me I had two options; report to labor & delivery for evaluation (which my doctor highly recommended), or two I could try to get an appointment with the on call doctor. I asked since he recommended going in, so I really have a choice, and she pretty much said no...haha! So I tell them I'll head right over. I try to call Kyle and tell him, but of course since I need him he didn't have his cell with him and wasn't at his desk. I then called my sister to tell her that I was headed over there, but not to see her, to get admitted myself. Her husband texted me and said to come see her first, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see her until they let me out. So I went and told her hi and give her my love, and she was dilated to a 6...this was 10:45. I went to admitting, and she texted me at 11:15 to say she was a 9!! By the time I got to triage and got hooked up she was pushing!! So here we are, she's in labor, literally like 4 rooms away from me, and I'm in triage getting hooked up to fetal monitors to figure out why I'm in pain. I told the nurse that came in that my sister was a few rooms away in labor; she responded and said that she was just in there and the baby was probably already here!!! I got a text from my brother in law a few minutes later and Mr. Logan had made his appearance!! What are the chances that she would be in labor and I'm in triage getting checked out?!?!? Crazy!!!
So Kyle finally gets there and we sit....and sit...and sit...monitors are all hooked up and they are waiting to see if the pain worsens and to get some lab work back. Kyle ends up going back to work after a couple hours, but goes to meet Logan before he leaves. My nurse kept coming in and checking on me, and I told her I wish I could see my nephew and sister. So she calls my sisters nurse and asks her to stop by when they move them to post labor/delivery. A few minutes later there was a knock on my door and in wheeled my sister and nephew! He was sooooo stinkin' cute! I couldn't hold him because they were literally putting in my IV when they came in. So I could just look, but it was great to see him and to see my sister was ok :) OK, so all is good there...10 fingers, 10 toes, and labor was minimal!! Seriously, her water broke at 3am and he was born just after 11am! Her husband said she only pushed for about 10-15 minutes...so glad it was easy on her and him!
Well I'm still sitting there...alone...in pain hooked up to this machine, just waiting to see if the IV helps the pain and contractions stop...when the on call dr came in to check me vaginally it made minimal contractions turn into mild/moderate contractions because apparently when you check the cervix it releases hormones that can cause contractions. So they just wanted to get them down and back leveled out...they still didn't know what was causing my pain. After a couple more hours of pain, boredom, and wishing I could be with my sister who was just down the hall, they finally decided that they weren't sure what was causing the pain. They had ruled out a UTI and kidney infection, but couldn't rule out my appendix or a possible bowel obstruction. So since the contractions had calmed down, and Colton was ok, they released me. Once released, I went straight to my sisters room and officially met my nephew!!
So today was a long, stressful, yet joyful and glorious day! I woke up in bed with a pain that I wasn't sure what was causing it, and now I'm laying in bed in pain and not sure what's causing it...basically I'm not any further ahead going to bed as when I crawled out this morning. But I know Colton is ok, and my sister/brother in law welcomed a new addition! So a great day, but stressful day as well :) Goodnight all!!
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