Hi Folks!
I am so excited to annouce that Alem was born on January 12th. He arrived after 58 hours of labour (and 15 hours once my waters were broken) and I required an unexpected c-section. It's been hard to get over the fact that I didn't have the labour I had hoped for. At the end of this tiring journey, I ended up having an epidural AND a c-section. My DH and I were both incredibly upset at that turn of events...especially since things had started out so positively. Basically, Alem was facing the wrong way and was stuck behind the pubic bone. So, despite being fully effaced and dilated, and even after pushing for over 2 hours, he was not coming. By that point, I had been labouring for such a long time, and was becoming dehydrated and also hadn't been able to keep any food down for 3 days so my energy was quickly waning. I really trusted our doctors because they shared our same values so when they recommended a c-section, we just cried and cried. It was so overwhelming, really.
But, he's here and completely healthy. We're SLOWLY getting used to this parenting thing and just hoping we're doing a good job.
I am so excited to annouce that Alem was born on January 12th. He arrived after 58 hours of labour (and 15 hours once my waters were broken) and I required an unexpected c-section. It's been hard to get over the fact that I didn't have the labour I had hoped for. At the end of this tiring journey, I ended up having an epidural AND a c-section. My DH and I were both incredibly upset at that turn of events...especially since things had started out so positively. Basically, Alem was facing the wrong way and was stuck behind the pubic bone. So, despite being fully effaced and dilated, and even after pushing for over 2 hours, he was not coming. By that point, I had been labouring for such a long time, and was becoming dehydrated and also hadn't been able to keep any food down for 3 days so my energy was quickly waning. I really trusted our doctors because they shared our same values so when they recommended a c-section, we just cried and cried. It was so overwhelming, really.
But, he's here and completely healthy. We're SLOWLY getting used to this parenting thing and just hoping we're doing a good job.
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All the best
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