I have been anticipating this little guys arrival for quite some time. Its so weird to have a 'no later than' date. The night before the surgery I couldn't even imagine going to class and concentrating, so I skipped it. Jason and I said goodnight to Alyssa at my parents house and I made it all the way to Cold Springs before getting emotional in the car. It was a nice and relaxing evening with just Jason and I. We watched TV like nothing was going on and then went to bed. I didn't think I was going to be able to sleep at all, but I managed a few hours. 4am came way sooner than I thought and it was time to get dressed and showered and put my hospital bag in the car. The drive in to town was quiet and when we did talk it was about stupid stuff, no mention of surgery or the delivery of Parker. It was a crappy snowy/rainy morning so it added a bit of mystery to our drive! We got all checked in to the hospital and hooked up to all the machines...then we just had to wait! The nurses were quick and it was a quiet morning so we had plenty of time. I started to feel super weird about 10 minutes before taking me back, the buggers had to have pumped my IV full of something. At 730 the time started to speed up, I was getting walked in to the operating room!! I saw my mom and said bye to Jason at the door. The spinal was so intense, I hate visualizing the needle getting shoved down my spine, even though it didn't really hurt. They make a big deal about laying down on the super thin table quickly before the drug takes over and soon I was getting my catheter and draped. The doctors came in and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves as I was just laying there with the weirdest sensation of all time taking over my body. My legs were numb and tingly and I was getting a bit of the shakes. Jason was allowed in and he was like a kid in the candy store, so excited, snapping pictures over the drape like a crazy guy! He said it was funny seeing Dr Dekay stab me with scissors and ask if I could feel anything and me saying Nope. I could feel movement with the two doctors operating then I could start to smell the burning of my skin and fat. surprisingly it didn't make me queasy or anything. I just laid there...aware and creeped out. I felt so much pressure, I swear one guy was on my stomach pushing and stomping trying to get the baby out. Jason told me later that they had to pull out the vacuum to get Parker out and kept joking to Dekay about making the incision too small. Well, that and Parker had a 14 1/2 inch head!! Oh goodness, the relief as they popped that kid out! I could instantly breathe 100 times better than expected. I head Parks cry and I head them suction him out and pass him off to the nurses. Jason was getting a kick out of taking gory pictures of my guts on my abdomen and I had to tell him to get some pictures of the baby too!
The nurses were working on Parker over in the little bassinet and I didn't think anything was wrong until they started talking to Jason seriously. I heard most of the conversation but mostly I heard key words like 'shouldn't be working this hard' 'see this, this isn't right'. So they hurried him away to the NICU for some observation. It seems he was having a bit of trouble breathing...not too bad, but enough for them to want to watch him. He had some fluid in his lungs and it wasn't helped out by a vaginal birth...pretty common in c section babes. He was in the NICU for maybe 20 minutes and he came to me in Recovery for some skin and skin and breastfeeding. The nurse in recovery was awesome and helped with tips for breastfeeding and for keeping me calm before I knew he was ok. He never needed anything in NICU, they just wanted him and then trusted that he would figure it out once he got to me. He did awesome and we were wheeled to our room together, me still nursing him.
Doing fine in the NICU, Jason getting recognized by the staff and asking why he was there!!
Parkers first bath!
Jasons first black tar poopy diaper. Handled it like a champ.
Mom stop!!
He had a bit of jaundice so they hooked him up to the bili blanket for the night which was super annoying. I had been used to snuggling him all night and he gave me some good chunks of sleep, with no help from the nurses who were in and out all night!
C section recovery has been great. I was up and walking with the catheter out at 10pm the night of surgery. Now at home I feel awesome! I am walking around and have some energy and so far both kids are behaving great. Alyssa hasn't regressed with potty training (not that I know if enough time has passed for it to sink in that Parker is here to stay) and she wakes up every morning asking where Parker is.
Parker has been sleeping decently and I get at least one chunk of about 4 hours a night.
I'm sure there is more to add but honestly I want to get off the computer and snuggle the baby :)
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