I know you all have heard our wonderful news already but I figured I'd do a quick post while I have time here at the hospital and she's napping.
I got the pitocin drip started alittle after 8:00 Wednesday morning. It took until about 10:00 for me to start to hurt from the contractions. By this time I was dilated to a 6 and asked for the epidural. Wow, what an easy labor compared to my non-drop labor with Bennett!!! I could still feel my stomach tighten for contractions but no pain = wonderful! Around 1:00 I was starting to feel more pressure and I couldn't tell if this was that the epidural was wearing off or if I was really progressing. They checked me and I was at a full 10 cm (I went from 8-10 very quickly after they upped the drip amount). After 4 sets of pushing she was already here - maybe about 10 minutes of pushing (compared to an hour of pushing with Bennett). Part of this though was that they did get the suction tool out to get her out a little faster because she had the cord around her neck and her heartrate was going down alittle.
My recovery has been great so far. My bottom & back hurt alittle bit but it's very tolerable and I've only needed Tylenol a few times.
Ashley has been a great baby so far. She sleeps and eats without much crying (until we get home tomorrow I'm sure). I'm trying breastfeeding. She sucks but since my milk hasn't come in yet and she doesn't get anything, she gets very upset so we just give her from a bottle. I'm hoping that once I have milk for her it might work alittle.
She was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 inches long. So either the ultrasound that I had last week measuring her in the 6 lb range was way off or I plumped her up from all the Christmas food!
So happy for you guys! Glad that recovery is going well. There's hope for me yet!
ReplyDeleteI was so surprised when I found out she was a girl. In my mind you were having a boy (probably because that's what I'm having and I of course assume that we would be the same.) :)
What an adorable little bow in her hair in the hospital picture. Is it actually clipped, or is it just stuck on there?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! She is adorable, I can't wait to meet her! : )
ReplyDeleteI was kinda thinking it was a boy too (most of the time). I don't know if that was because I "wanted" a boy to share clothes etc. or if I was just really thinking it was gonna be a boy. But I am happy with my girl!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd, they stick the bow in with hair gel. She has lots of hair - I'm hoping it doesn't all fall out cause it's so cute right now.
Do you have girl clothes for her or will she be wearing Bennett's stuff for awhile? :)
ReplyDeleteI have just a few actual girl clothes so far. I need to dig through Bennett's bin of clothes and see if I have some more neutrals and stuff that isn't blue.
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