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Friday, July 20, 2012 (Baby is on her way!)Once the paperwork was finished, the nurses were all situated, and I finally got monitors/IV's in... the pitocin started running through my veins at 7:15am. The nurse 'checked' me to see where we were starting from. I was 5cm's and 90% effaced already. I was also having good contractions on the monitor before the pitocin actually started. We will never know if she would have come on her own or not. I think she would have. Oh well.
The contractions started picking up, but were not unbearable until Dr. Daum came in to break my water. From what I remember, that was around 9:30 or so. I was dilated to 7 cm's, I think. Instantly, the contractions were awful (I thought I was going to die seriously.) and were running back to back. I tried really hard to push through it and thought that just maybe I could do it with out an epidural. Not so much. The nurse stopped the pitocin because I was progressing super fast and I begged for the medicine man!
I had enough fluids and was ready for him to begin. The contractions were so painful (incredibly more than I experienced with Kylie) and they were back to back, so it took him a really long time to get that needle in me! I was having trouble leaning forward because of the pain, so it was probably mostly my fault that it took so long. Once he was finished, it took a few, maybe 10 minutes, for me to feel some of the effects. Once again, my right leg almost instantly started to go numb/tingly, but my left leg was putting up a fight. It took quite awhile for that side to start feeling better. The epidural lessened the pain, but I could still feel everything. Dr. Suresh (the anesthesiologist) said at first he gives a lesser medication and adds more or a different kind if the patient needs more. At first, I just wished he had given the full on epidural, but in hindsight, I loved the experience that I had.
Once the contractions seemed to settle down from the meds, I immediately wanted to push. I never had that feeling with Kylie because I couldn't feel anything with her. The nurse didn't want me to, so that made it so hard and I felt like I had to go (TMI Alert!) number 2 and I was embarrassed. It felt like I had an alien inside of me, I was seriously body rolling to keep myself from pushing. Such a weird feeling. I was already complete and we were waiting on Dr. Daum to arrive. As soon as he got there, and the rest of the crew, we started pushing. By crew, I mean tons of people. When he broke my water earlier, there was a little tinge of green/merconium in the water. It's normal for overdue babies, but they had to be precautious. So we had the Nicu lady, Respiratory guy, neonatal nurse, pediatrician, my nurse, my doctor, another helper nurse (who held my numb right leg, thank you!), and Casey. Phew... it was a crowd!
I knew exactly when to push because unlike Kylie's delivery, I could feel everything. It felt so good to push. We started pushing at 10:15. They had me take it slow to help with any tearing. (TMI Alert again..) One of the funniest things about this delivery was once her head was partially out, she was shaking it back and forth as if to say "Excuse me, I am not ready to come out!" This made most people laugh and even me, but I could feel it and it wasn't the greatest feeling. I guess the laughter helped me get through some of that pain. Once the head is completely out, they tell you to stop pushing and basically the doctor works to get a shoulder out and pulls the baby out. Well Dr. Daum had some issues getting the shoulder out. He kept saying 'woah she's a big baby' and it took awhile for the shoulder to come out. I thought he was joking about the big baby part. We were expecting the same size baby as Kylie. You know in the movies when you see the doctor at the foot of the bed, both feet pushing against the bed post, and both arms pulling as hard as he can to get the baby out of the screaming mama. Well that was us, minus the screaming mama part. I offered to push and he accepted. She came out at 10:34am with everyone applauding and in awe of the incredibly large baby that came out of me.
My favorite part by far was when she finally came out, he immediately put her on my belly/chest. They didn't do that with Kylie. She was whisked away for assessments right away. You see that in movies and on tv and it is such a special moment. I am so glad that I/we got to experience that first incredible moment in that way. There was an immediate bond that was formed and we got our first glimpse (and deja vu) that baby #2 looked just like Kylie.
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| Our wonderful nurse Tonya took our camera and captured some great pics. |
Her official stats were 10 lbs, 3.1 oz and 22 inches long.
He stitched me up and I held our newest edition, baby girl Davis. We didn't know her name yet. That part was the same as Kylie. Once I held her, I realized that she was pretty big. My arm got tired. She didn't seem like a newborn, more like a baby or one month old. Her fingers and toes were super long, as were her arms and legs. She was just long all over. She also stuck out her tongue a lot, just like baby Kylie. I swear they were the same baby. She wanted to eat right away. It was amazing that she knew just what to do and luckily I knew too. That part was nice too, being a veteran baby mama.
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| She looks so little here. |
Ok so I said my favorite part was when Emily was put on my chest immediately after birth, well this one is tied with that one. Kylie seeing Emily for the first time. Heidi was watching Kylie at our house that morning and brought her up to the hospital. When Kylie came in, she didn't want to see Mommy or Daddy (I think the hospital bed and all the wires and such scared her at first.). She just wanted to see the baby. We have so many pictures of this first meeting. I love them all. I will cherish that moment forever.
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| So gentle and immediately in love. |
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| Precious. |
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| Kylie was nervous once she started crying, but quickly was more than ok with it. :) |
Favorite part #5: Our nurse. Absolutely loved her. She was very sweet. Got us started quickly (once she got there) and was very informative. She checked me often (and I asked her to a lot) and was very helpful during and after delivery. She helped make me feel more comfortable and checked us in postpartum when most nurses just drop you off. You can tell she loves her job and I am so happy that we had her! Thank you Tonya!
Emily was a very healthy big girl. She didn't have any problems with swallowing any of the tinged water and she was a happy eater... until later that night. All she wanted to do was eat and I about died. Haha. The nurses said that normally big babies are lazy and just want to sleep. That was not the case for Emily. Every nurse and pediatrician that saw her said that she had amazing color. I thought she looked like a normal baby but her bilirubin levels were very low and there was not a hint of jaundice in her. She was a super star! She also only lost about 5% of her weight before leaving the hospital and gained 2 and a half ounces by her doctor's appt the next morning. Super star. Oh and her middle name was decided around 4am that first night while I was filling out her birth certificate information. You have no sense of time that first day/night. Grace was Casey's pick, so since I basically picked Emily, I kind of gave in and let him have his Grace. It's beautiful and we love it! Emily Grace Davis.
I on the other hand had a few complications. I had a second degree tear, less than with Kylie, but I still needed stitches. I was so glad that it wasn't a third degree tear again or worse. I was definitely worried about that. With Emily being so big and that she came so fast, I had some issues with hemorrhaging and blood clots. I had to take special meds to help with the bleeding. It was so annoying having to be changed constantly because I was bleeding so much and every time a nurse came in I had to be checked. The medicine started working and the bleeding got much better the next day, however I was having some large clotting still. Dr. Daum came in and with risk of grossing you out, I'll just say did the most painful thing I have ever experienced to clean out my uterus. With out warning too. He was checking me and then all of a sudden started doing it and I wanted to die. I was in quite a lot of pain for the rest of the day just from that. Oh and my family was waiting outside the door. I'm glad I had them go outside for his checkup.
Here are some pics from the second day in the hospital...
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| My brother surprised us! We didn't think he would be able to make it. I cried. Favorite part #6. :) |
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| Loves her Aunt Sarah! |
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| Absolutely LOVE this picture. And her curls. |
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| Holding 'Emmy' all by herself. |
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| Opening her little present for being such a good BIG sister. |
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| First Full Family Picture! |
We stayed 2 nights and headed back home Sunday afternoon. I love this picture of Emily in the car seat on the way home. It really shows off her long limbs. :)
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| Family pic before heading home |
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| Haha, she was already too big for her insert. We took it out the next day! |
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And now we are a family of four. Time to update my blog title and picture!
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