Will's Birth Story

I guess the story of Will's birth should start the night before he was born.  I was supposed to get a call that night telling me what time to show up for my c-section in the morning.  Guess what?   No call!  That, shall we say, worried me a bit!  I had to make a ton of phone calls to find out just when to come in.  Eventually I was told 5:30 am.  That seemed a bit early for the 9 am c-section I had scheduled but Justin and I just said OK.  5:30 am came very early and found me a bundle of nerves.  Amazingly we made it to the hospital in time.  We asked about the early time and got wonderful news.  Instead of being the second section of the day we had been bumped up to the first position.  Apparently the person originally scheduled to be first had delivered earlier in the week.  So now they had to get me ready to roll.

The nurses were very nice, but they proved to me that I am a hard stick.  It took 3 nurses 4 attempts to get an IV in my arm.  I ended up with the IV in the side of my wrist.  AWKWARD place, I assure you.  When everything was attached and working we only had about 20 minutes before the doctor was supposed to come speak to me. 

After 45 minutes one nurse informed me that no one had seen my doctor yet that day.  Uh, what?  Justin and I joked that maybe no one had told the doctor we had been bumped up the schedule.  Surely not the case we told each other.  The minutes continued to click by... quickly they turned into hours.  Finally we had an update.  No one had informed the doctor that we had been bumped up on the schedule, or verified that he was available when they bumped us up.  My doctor was at the surgery center across town!  Oops!  Oh, and even if he could get there right that second we would have to wait.  Someone having twins was using the other OR and they like to keep one OR open for emergencies.  Finally the doctor was on site, the twins were delivered and it was my turn.  The time- 10 am.  It had been a long morning already!

 Finally things were rolling along again.  They brought me back to the OR and began the process of the spinal block.  Despite the fact that this was my third c-section this was my first block.  Oh my goodness did it freak me out.  In my first two sections I could kind of feel pulling but that was it, with the block I could feel all the pressure being put on different parts of my body.  With the other two I was just numb but with this one I felt like my bottom half was just asleep.  In my previous sections I would go cold and into a haze.  This time I started to sweat and I couldn't breathe but I stayed positively lucid.  It was so different but my anesthesiologist made it all ok. 

From there on things didn't just roll along, they sped.  Hubby barely made it into the room before they had me all opened up.  The doctor barely announced that he was about to remove the baby before Will let out the cry every mother longs to hear.  Yep, Will didn't wait to be totally extracted before letting everyone know what he thought of those bright lights!  He made his momma proud!  Oh- amazing thing- the doctor dropped the shield during the section so Hubby could see Will come out!  I am sure I don't have to mention that it was love at first sight!  Hubby went with Will and I chose to stay and get sewed up... because I obviously had a choice!  Haha!  At this point there ends up being another difference between this section and my previous ones - I stayed awake.  I have never been able to stay awake after the baby is removed but this time I did.  I was even cutting up with the doctor and nurses.  It was nice really.

From there Hubby and Will went to get the vitals (DOB 4/15 @ 10:36 am, 9 lb. 3 oz., 21 1/2" long) and I went off to start recovery where I did allow myself to sleep.   Within a few hours I was in my room and Will was in my arms, right where he belongs!

Boogie Night

Well, tomorrow is the big day.  Tomorrow we will have another little one in our care, and I will be on pain medicine.  But tonight, tonight we focus on our little Boogie Bear.  Tonight we want him to know that he is special to us.  Tonight he is the king and it is Boogie's choice!  So here we go- having a Boogie Night at Chuck E. Cheese!  Haha!

The Magic Kitty

Recently I told everyone about my little watch kitty.  She is an awesome little watch kitty, and has done sweet sweet things for me, but this post isn't about her.  Would you believe that two of my kitties are awesome?  Seriously!

Casanova is my kitty.  He was the first kitty we got and he really only likes Hubby and me.  He hides from most everyone else.  And he really hadn't reacted very well to this pregnancy.  He had been avoiding me, aided by my hubby locking the kitties out of my room at night.  Hubby claimed that was to help me sleep while I believe it was so he could steal all the kitty loving!  Despite that effort (haha) I have had a horrible time sleeping.

Recently I developed pregnancy induced sleep apnea.  Multiple times in an hour I wake up making an inhale scream (the type you make when the scariest thing in the world just startled you.)  And apparently for every time you wake up there are a whole lot more where you don't wake up.  Consequently I have been exhausted.

Anyway, the night before last  Hubby fell asleep before ushering me upstairs so I didn't have the kitties locked out.  Well, Casanova climbed up on the bed and snuggled my neck and upper chest.  He just purred til I went to sleep.  And I didn't wake up for three hours.  Even then it was just a kick to the bladder that woke me up.  That 3 hours of sleep was more restful than any sleep I had experienced in weeks!  Last night Casanova came to bed with me again.  Once again he curled up in the exact same place and put me to sleep.  Actually, he put me to sleep in less than ten minutes, hours earlier in the night than I had been able to go to sleep this whole pregnancy!  He stayed with me most of the night, putting me right back to sleep every time my tiny little bladder woke me up.  I went the entire night without any of those screams!  AND I slept for probably nine and a half hours total!  It was amazing. 

Now, obviously my kitty isn't actually magic.  I know it, you know it, we all know it.  BUT just the same somehow he, or his purr, of the placement of his purr with where he snuggled me helped me soooo much!  I just had to brag on my wonderful kitty!  Go Cas!

One WEEK!

In one week- I will be a mommy again!  Just one week!  Woo hoo!