Post by littleheaven on Apr 9, 2015 11:06:31 GMT -5
for those not on fb or ig (didn't post much about it on ig)
I'm scheduled for repeat c section next Thursday at 745am! ugh! early! however this time next week I'll be holding a sweet smushy baby in my arms.....and hopefully sophia will love it and it'll be great..... just wanted to update here as well even though I don't post here much....fb and ig and here will probably be updated the next day....soph didn't hit the Internet until the next day.....but this one will be so early....I am not a morning person
Post by littleheaven on Apr 9, 2015 11:23:25 GMT -5
yes! we are team green.....however we have been tempted more often than not this pregnancy to find out....first time we were adamant about it....this time we were back and forth
yes! we are team green.....however we have been tempted more often than not this pregnancy to find out....first time we were adamant about it....this time we were back and forth
Awesome! Can't wait to hear your update next week. I could definitely not stay Team Green. I was way too curious! Waiting until 20 weeks was long enough lol.
Post by littleheaven on Apr 22, 2015 8:38:28 GMT -5
hey everyone! for those not on facebook or instagram, last thursday at 855 am, our 2nd baby girl, amelia catalina was born! she was 6 lbs 6 oz and 19" long.....
i had a c section scheduled for 745 am....and i had to be there at 5! so stinking early....so i got there and they prepped me...and kept an eye on my bp which was all over the place....at one point it got really high, so they gave me some medicine...my ob came in and the anesthesiologist and they discussed it...apparently there's some high bp protocol...but they decided not to follow it since the anesthesiologist was saying the spinal would bring my bp down so why keep giving me other meds...etc...so it took a while and i'm not sure exactly when i got in the or....i had told the guy that last time they had a hard time giving me the spinal...oh on the way to the room i was asked if it was ok if some students from a nearby college could sit in, so i said ok...so he was explaining what he was doing, and then i regretted it bc i didn't need to know everything lol....but he did...and i was already crying bc i was scared...last time it hurt so bad (kept all going down my right side like the worst burning fire pain i've ever had) so he tried a couple of times, and the nurses there were so fantastic at trying to keep me calm...then he realized that an epidural would just be best...so he went with that instead...lou finally came in...then i was numb enough...i felt more of the tugging and pulling this time around...it was so weird....and then they announced they were about to pull the baby out, lou wanted to know so he could get our ob holding the baby up all lion king like....but the anesthesiologist pulled the curtain down so lou saw me all cut open...which he did not want to see at all...lol poor guy....they announced it was a girl...we both cried...i was so happy but felt bad lou didn't get his boy (even though i told him to get over it that his last name won't carry on...my maiden name is dead too...) i was in recovery for a long time...they were still monitoring my bp...it was still kind of on the high side...so they weren't sure if i was going to a regular room or stay in a room in labor and delivery to be monitored...so i stayed in l&d and then eventually my dr decided to put me on magnesium to regulate the bp....that really didn't do anything, but finally after 24 hours of the mag, they moved me into a different room... i chose every night to send her to the nursery...i didn't feel that bad...and i actually got the best sleep i've gotten in a while... anyway, so when i was in the l&d room, my sister brought sophia over....she was...intrigued by amelia, but not sure what to do...even now we're home, she'll touch her, help with diapers and bottles, but for the most part is pretty indifferent.....but the first night without me she was pretty good...dh face timed me and she was like ok love you night...the 2nd night however, they were in our bedroom with the door shut and she kept crying mommy come in now please? so that was hard....the third night went ok.... my bp was still all over the place, so i had to have an ekg and an echocardiogram....and the last day i had to wait until like 6pm for this freakin cardiologist to come talk to me....i have to follow up with bloodwork and take bp medication...my high bp was pregnancy induced with soph....but went down as far as i knew...but it was high the whole time with this pregnancy....so now they think it's chronic but i'm not too surprised...i have it on both sides of my family....so.... we're home now....and my sister got us a stork with a little sign that says proud big sister sophia....we got tons of cute pics in front of it...the first night was kind of rough....but it's getting a little better....we're still taking soph to day care...trying to make things as normal as possible... we took amelia to her pediatrician yesterday and she already gained the 2 oz she lost at the hospital...she's eating like a champ....i decided not to breastfeed this time....and i already feel like i'm in a better place than last time...this time last time, i was crying a lot...even though this time i had social services come talk to me about my ppd survey....but i've had a rough last 2 months since losing my job....anyway....the ped seemed to be surprised that was 37 weeks old.... she's so feisty...dh said that when they were trying to take her vitals after being born she tried to rip off someone's stethoscope....now it fits with all the movement in the womb! she never stopped....she's already trying to roll over....and when i sit her up to burp her, if i lean her too far forward, she tries to sit straight up....she's strong... i uploaded a crapton of pics if you want to see... myameliacatalina.shutterfly.com oh! also, those 2 students who were in my surgery....only one made it out...apparently at some point, one of them fainted and had to be taken care of....poor girl...i kept trying to find out the full story.....
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