Rachel loves Frozen to a point of ridiculousness. She continues to learn and is too smart for her own good. She also is testing all of her limits. We just love this age. She enjoys being a big sister to a point and that point is she is still getting the most attention.
Monday 1st - The final day of preparation. I went to the store for a couple last minute items. I then cleaned up the house from front to back and made sure everything was ready for Tuesday. John got home around five, and my mom and Sierra arrived around 6:15. After they arrived, my mom, Rachel, John, and myself went to take some last minute maternity photos out by the base of a canyon. We got some really cute ones, and Rachel loved throwing Rocks into the small stream. After we got home, Becca and Joe came over so that Joe could help John give me a blessing. After we finished that, we did some final preparations, and headed to bed.
Tuesday 2nd - John and I headed to the hospital early in the morning. We had to be there by 6:45 so they could start me on some things to help with the attempt at the inversion. My doctor arrived about an hour later, and the stomach abuse began shortly thereafter. The doctor tried for a bit to get David to flip, but he had wedged his bum down nicely, and couldn't be turned. Eventually we gave up and started on the next plans. The doctor suggested we could wait until I went into labor on my own to see if David would flip, but we didn't think there was much of a chance of that, plus my mom was here to help and wouldn't be able to help in a couple of weeks, so we decided to go ahead with the C-Section that day. My doctor was able to rearrange his schedule, so by 9 we were getting ready to have the baby.
Right before we went in, the anesthesiologist came in to talk to us about the different drugs I was going to get during the operation. He was a really nice guy. After that, we headed into the C-section room. In the C-section room, I had to lay with my arms out to both sides, and John was able to sit up by me. They gave him a big white jump-suite type thing to wear over his clothes. He felt like Baymax from Big Hero 6. They asked if either John or I wanted to see anything going on, and we both declined rather quickly. The operation was very weird. I could feel movement and pressure, but no sharp pains. Eventually, they pulled David out. John took lots of pictures while they cleaned him off, and I just had to sit there and watch. David weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces. He was 19.5" tall. John got to hold him while they finished stitching me up, and then we got to back to our room.
We hung out in the delivery room for a few minutes, and then headed over to the maternity ward. David ate once before we moved over, and ate fairly well through the afternoon. My blood pressure and heart rate were really low throughout the afternoon as the loss of blood and narcotics affected me. I wasn't able to eat much lunch or dinner. John stayed to help through most of the afternoon, but ran home to get some lunch shortly after noon. After he came back, Brandon and Stacie came to visit us for a bit. It was nice to get to talk to them for a bit, and Stacie tried to wake David up so he could eat. After they left, my mom showed up with Rachel and Sierra. Rachel seemed to love David, and wanted to hold him. We got some really cute pictures of her sitting on John's lap helping hold David. We had to keep reminding her to be soft, but she did really well. Later after they left, John's parents came to see us as well. They were super sweet and brought me some roses for our room. It was great to get to talk to them as well.
After they left, we got ready for bed and tried to get some sleep. Unfortunately with my heart rate being so low, an alarm kept going off on the machine that monitors my vitals. I would page a nurse to come and shut it off, but it would reset itself after a short time, so I wasn't able to sleep very well through the night. David woke up and ate a few times, and John helped me most of the time but was dead to the world a couple of other times.
Wednesday 3rd - Wednesday was a day of mostly relaxing and trying to recuperate. I was able to get out of bed a little bit, and was encouraged to walk. John ran home in the morning to shower and get some breakfast, as well as picking up a few other items I had forgotten. He brought Rachel back with him, and my mom and Sierra followed shortly thereafter. Rachel was a little more concerned today, and kept telling us that David was sleeping, and that he needed to go back into his bed. When she started to get tired of being there, she, my mom, and Sierra headed back to our place. I was starting to get a bad headache from the medication, so David and I took naps while John did some work on a paper he is working on with one of his old professors. After we woke up, more family and friends came by to see us. John's parents came again and brought Chelsi and Brigitta along. Before they left, Tyler and Katie arrived. Everyone commented that David is very cute, but makes lots of little noises (sounds like Rachel again). It was so nice for everyone to come. By this time I was starting to feel rather lousy (not so nice when the drugs wear off). A couple more of our friends came by to see us (Kevin and Kindra, and Becca and Joe), but I'm afraid I wasn't much fun. David kept sleeping through their visit. After they left, John hung out with me for a few minutes, and then headed home. My mom spent the night with me so that John could get a good night's rest in a good bed as well as trying to keep Rachel from feeling like her parents had abandoned her.
Thursday 4th - My mom helped me get ready in the morning, but wouldn't give me my phone until I had eaten enough, gone for a walk, and was ready for the day (as much as I could be). John had gone on a 6 mile run in the morning, and had gotten ready at home. My mom was kind enough to run a couple errands for me, and after she got back, John brought Rachel and Sierra over so that they could see David and then leave with my mom as John was planning on staying for the rest of the day. I had a really bad headache that started shortly before John got to the hospital, but it only affected me when I was sitting up, or standing. We told our nurse who said it sounded like a spinal leak. She called the anesthesiologist, who said he believed it was possible much more than most who suspect it, but that it still didn't seem 100%, especially since I had such a small needle in my back. We decided to hold off on the procedure to fix it to see if things got better on their own. I was able to get a good nap, eat a decent amount, and drink enough caffeine that it got a lot better. David did pretty well during the day, but did have one concerning moment when he spit up a lot of what looked like amniotic fluid. We are glad he is getting it out of his lungs, but disturbed at the same time because it is gross. Allison Dexter came in the afternoon to take some pictures of David. She posted one on Friday that was so cute. We are going to get more done on Monday. Later, John had a tutoring appointment at 8 that he had to leave for, but he got things set up nicely for me while he was gone. After he got back, I fed David one more time, and we sent him over to the nursery so we could get some decent sleep.
Friday 5th - Today was a day of rest and recuperation. John helped me out with a few things in the morning, and then ran home quickly to shower and eat breakfast. After that, he came back over and my mom came by shortly after with Rachel and Sierra. Rachel wanted to kiss and hold David, but only for a short time. Later in the afternoon, John went home to watch Rachel while my mom went to the temple for my cousin's endowment session. John brought Rachel back over to the hospital after she woke up until my mom came by and got her to take her home. John stayed with me until a little after 8, when he and my mom switched again so that John could get one last good night's rest before David comes home.
Saturday 6th - This morning was the final morning at the hospital. John went for a run early, and then came over to hospital to be with me while they removed the staples, and then helped me get home. He also had to stop and get his TDaP before we went home. Our final nurse was really nice and took some pictures of us and went down with us as we left.
After we got home, John ran to WalMart and Costco to get some items we needed as well as my prescriptions. While he was gone, Gibson and my dad arrived. We hung out for a little while until I finally needed to take a nap. While I was gone, my parents left to go to dinner with my cousin. They were nice enough to take Rachel with them so I could rest and John could just watch David while I was sleeping. After I woke up, I fed David and John and I watched a movie. My parents got back home, and we hung out a little while longer before going to bed.
Sunday 7th - After a bit of a long night, we had a fairly good morning. My mom made me a nice breakfast, and made some for Rachel too. I was able to get a nap during the morning, and we put Rachel down for a little too as she was a bit tired. We ended up having to wake her up so that she could go to church with John. My mom helped me a lot while John was at church. After John got home, my visiting teacher dropped off some lasagna for dinner. After we finished dinner, my mom, Sierra, and Gibson left to go to my cousin's seminary graduation. John took Rachel for a walk because she was very upset when they left. After they got back, Rachel took a bath and headed to bed. Before she went to bed, she really wanted to sit on my lap, which was very sweet but a bit painful. We then hung out for a little bit and headed to bed, hoping for a good night.
No comments:
Post a Comment