We are finally home from the hospital, and I just got DS back to sleep, so will keep this short, but wanted to let everyone know that I had a boy, 9 lbs 4 oz., on June 29 via emergency C-section. I was induced on June 27 due to medical issues, and it was a fairly long, rough labour.
The birth experience had pretty much everything that I didn't want, but I really feel like I gave it my best possible shot and just had a few too many things not go my way. After all my hopes that my body was ready to go, it wasn't. I ended up with a raging infection and fever of 104, and then finally after a lot of DS not looking too good but holding off from doing anything because the tests were conflicting, he had a very obvious decel following a contraction, and we were off for an emergency C.
Aside from one specialist who was pretty much the bane of my existence throughout the pregnancy, everyone was really fantastic. DS spent the first bit of life in the NICU and I couldn't see him for the first 12 hours or so, but DH was with him and they fed him the colostrum that I had been pumping ahead of time. Unfortunately for us, after that, they plied him with formula like there was no tomorrow, so we have been struggling a little with breastfeeding, but it's getting better thanks to help from my MWs and the hospital breastfeeding clinic.
He is gorgeous, and I am tired, but happy.
The birth experience had pretty much everything that I didn't want, but I really feel like I gave it my best possible shot and just had a few too many things not go my way. After all my hopes that my body was ready to go, it wasn't. I ended up with a raging infection and fever of 104, and then finally after a lot of DS not looking too good but holding off from doing anything because the tests were conflicting, he had a very obvious decel following a contraction, and we were off for an emergency C.
Aside from one specialist who was pretty much the bane of my existence throughout the pregnancy, everyone was really fantastic. DS spent the first bit of life in the NICU and I couldn't see him for the first 12 hours or so, but DH was with him and they fed him the colostrum that I had been pumping ahead of time. Unfortunately for us, after that, they plied him with formula like there was no tomorrow, so we have been struggling a little with breastfeeding, but it's getting better thanks to help from my MWs and the hospital breastfeeding clinic.
He is gorgeous, and I am tired, but happy.
He certainly gave you heck getting into this world didn't he?
congrats maria - he is beautiful
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