My C section was scheduled for 7:30 Friday morning. I could barley sleep the night before. Nervous, anxious, excited..etc. I had to be to the hospital at 5 am.They hooked me up to the monitors. Baby girl was moving all around and kept coming off the monitor. I think she shared in the nervousness and excitement! At 545 am, I started having contractions. Keep in mind, I'm not on any kind of pitocen or anything. The nurse had left the room when the contractions started and the monitor wasn't picking them up. I kept saying to Steve "Is that machine on? Are you sure? The bottom line isn't doing anything? Cuz I really feel like I'm having contractions". And that's how it started. When the nurse came back in, they were 3 minutes apart. Looks like Grace would have chosen that day as her birthday anyway. Its so funny because Ryan did the same thing. (They scheduled me to be induced with him and by the time I got there I was already 4 cm dialated.).The contractions were intense but manageable. About a 5 on a scale of 1-10. So I had to suffer through the next 2 hours with no pain meds because the meds arnt given till minutes before the C section. I was very nervous about the spinal. Ive had trouble with the past 2 epidurals Ive had. And I got really upset when they wouldn't allow Steve with me when I got the spinal. But I did it and it was much easier than the epi. Luckily I also had my favorite nurse with me who has been there for all 3 kids. I went to the OR at 7:45 am and Grace Ellen was born at 8:05 am. 9 lbs even, 21 inches. Perfect little Amazing Grace with a loud cry, and 10 little fingers and toes. Steve and I were all teary when we heard her cry. Back to my suite at 8:30. I felt surprisingly better with this C section than the last.I was up walking around by 1:30. Maybe it was because with Ryan I was in labor and pushing for 7 hours before the C and with Grace I didn't have to do that. Not that it was a breeze by any means but the pain was a lot more manageable this time. The next few days we were working on nursing. My boys were not good nursers. Zachary I breastfed for 2 weeks, Ryan I pumped exclusively for 2 months. I was determined to make a better attempt with Grace cuz shes my last baby.Were still getting the hang of it. The first 2 days at home were a nightmare trying to feed her without the help of a nurse. I was in the hospital from Friday morning till Tues. My BP spiked Monday night which caused a migraine that lasted till Wed afternoon when the docs gave me meds. I have a history of high BP but never had a migraine. That sucked! Especially with the stress of the feedings. Her crying, my crying, both of us frustrated. Good times. Its getting better though. Were getting the hang of it. She is really a good baby. Very calm and mellow (unlike Ryan was- always raring to go! LOL), never cries unless she is hungry, no binky. She is an absolute joy! Very sweet girl. And adorable of course! Ryan is getting a little jealous. He's been attached to Steve at the hip and cries if Steve is out of his sight. Of course, he wants nothing to do with me..LOL. He peers at Grace occasionally. One feeding I had to pump and Ryan was not happy she was using one of his bottles. He hasnt had a bottle since January but he wasn't willing to share either. He was pissed! So were all still in the learning curve but doing great.
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