Tuesday, November 1st: Off to the hospital at 6am
All set for the scheduled c-section
Brent requested a surgeon cap rather than the "lunch room lady style"
I never knew you could love someone instantly like this
so proud of Brent and the precious son we created
Our new family
My side of the family
Brent's side of the family
A close up of my sweet Jackson
His door decoration (Made by Aunt Moriah)
This melts my heart
The end of Jackson's first day with us
In my head I had expected the c-section and recovery to be extremely scary and painful. Much to my surprise it was nothing like I expected. The IV was worse than my spinal.. and the IV only felt like a bee sting. The worst part of the entire process was when I had to get up and walk around Tuesday night.
The day went like this... We arrived at the hospital at 6:15am and were sent to a triage room for surgery prep. While in the room I received my IV and monitors were placed on my belly to watch Jackson. I actually had a few contractions while in the room. They were so minor that I'd passed them off as him flipping and bulging around in my stomach. My family was able to visit with me before I was taken back for surgery. Since I received a spinal in the OR I was able to walk myself down to the operating room. It was an odd feeling placing myself on the table. The anesthesiologist came in and gave me the spinal and within seconds I was completely numb. After the spinal they laid me out on the table and prepped my belly for the big show. Once I was prepped they allowed Brent to come in and sit by my head. I told the Dr. that I did not want to know what was going on. I then proceeded to randomly talk to not only my husband but basically everyone in the room. I believe talking helped me stay level headed and avoid being nervous during the procedure. I didn't feel any nausea. I did feel pressure when they wrestled Jackson out. He did not want to leave the baby house! At 9:01 am Jackson came into the world screaming. I told Brent that he sounded like a gremlin. He thought that was funny. I couldn't believe my eyes when the brought my son to me to see for the first time. He was perfect. He weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces. Talk about a big boy! He was 20 inches long. After the procedure I asked my OB if she thought we did the right thing. She said he was positioned so high that he probably wouldn't have ever came out on his own. We were then wheeled to the 2nd floor Room 218 where our family was waiting anxiously in the hall. I have a precious video of every one's reaction to our arrival. I hope to find a way to share that on here with you all soon. From there it was smooth sailing (except that whole getting up and active on that first night). I also developed high pressure the day of our c-section and it's still high. They say it's common for some women to develop that at the end of their pregnancy. It's odd though because mine was so low and great throughout the whole nine months. My high blood pressure kept us an extra night so we spent Tuesday-Friday in the hospital. We were released and home by lunch on Saturday.
I promise to post pictures from our hospital stay and Jackson's first week soon. It's so much harder to blog with a baby... especially one that is so cute that you want to hold all the time!
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