Hmm, I of course have a lot to catch up on. I went Wed. for my regular visit the first thing I said to the dr. was I was ready for the baby to come. He said but no, she’s not done cooking! I said, it’s been enough. He checked me right after I said that and said Wow, you’re 4-5 cms, have you been feeling contractions? I hadn’t and just a few posts ago said I hadn’t been feeling many. He said that I should go to the dr to be put on the monitor to see but he was pretty sure they would probably keep me. While I was waiting for him to fill out my chart, I thought I felt a contraction and asked him if I was having one and he said, yes, it was a mild one. So out the office I went. I was so excited. I didn’t think I could make it the full 40 weeks. Even as I had waited for that very appointment, I had sunk down into the sofa in the waiting room with my eyes closed. I was tired of being pregnant. So, on the way out, I called Scott and said, we’re going to the hospital and I’m not kidding! I think I kind of scared him because by the time I got to the house to pack my hospital bag (no, I hadn’t done a thing), he was flying around the house trying to get everything together. Mom had planned to go to Maryland that very afternoon so her and Heather met us at our house to keep Emma. By the time Scott and I got to the hospital, I was feeling the contractions every few minutes. They hooked me up and sure enough, they were coming every 2 minutes. I asked for the epidural since I was very scared of getting too far too fast and not getting it. So, the anesthesiologist came in and gave it to me although I was not feeling too much pain. She even remarked that I didn’t look like I was hurting. And I wasn’t really, but I was scared of what was to come. By 3:00 or so, I had a hot spot on my lower left side and they weren’t able to fix it by changing positions or anything so they gave me a shot of nesacain (sp?). By 3:30 or so, all of our family was there and by 4:00, I was pronounced 10cm! I couldn’t believe it was all happening so fast. I started pushing and only 12 minutes later, she arrived! I didn’t feel a thing during delivery and was even worried I would not feel enough to push, but I did and she came with 5 or 6 contractions. I couldn’t believe how calm the whole thing was. We all were having conversations between pushes. I didn’t even break a sweat. Don’t start getting jealous yet because I had a nice tear in my labia because she came out so fast. After the epidural wore off, the pain of the contractions that were now working on shrinking the uterus were very painful and my stitches were burning. It really hurt! I only had Motrin now to help and boy, it wasn’t doing it’s job. But it was inconsequential as I had a beautiful and healthy baby.
I chose breastfeeding again this time. Lexi had some troubles getting latched on. Sometimes, it took 20 minutes to get her on although she did fine once she was on. I finally had Scott buy a shield for me on Saturday and it definitely helped although she has not been using it every time. She usually sleeps from about 9:30 am to 12pm and then gets up to eat and then is down for the afternoon until I have to wake her up about 5 pm to eat. I know that’s probably too long but after a long night and busy morning, it’s a nice break.
So Emma is doing pretty good with her. She likes her but I don’t think likes the lack of attention she gets from me now. She doesn’t understand when she asks me to play and I can’t get up because I’m feeding her. Usually Daddy is an ok substitute and is fine. Our big problem with Emma started the day we came home. She had a fever and a stomach virus and ended up in our bed all night and threw up at 4am. And now we think we figured out she has been teething. I found one of her four back molars coming in and has accounted for several bouts of crankiness the past few days. She now tells us her teeth hurt and will ask for medicine.
As for me, I had a bad tear during birth since she came out so fast. I called the dr Sunday morning because it was really hurting. He prescribed me some Tylenol with Codein and told me to come into the office to be checked Monday. I did that and everything is fine, she just said it was bad and she wasn’t surprised it was hurting. Sitz baths and more medicine was all that could help.
Scott is off until Dec. 3. I’m not sure if he’ll make it that far. He gets so irritable when he is confined inside and a 2 year old that has the exact same temperament as him does not help. We’ll see though. I sure am enjoying him home. I can not get used to not working. I have logged in every day I have been home and have to force myself to not work. I know, craziness!
I guess that’s it for now. We’re all doing well and enjoying our time off!