The night before Hudson was born
Hud weighed 9 lbs.
a week before Stetson
Sketty weighed 9.9 lbs
the night before Jameson was born
Baby J weighed 9.3 lbs
(I didn't have a digital camera with the first two and I forgot to take pictures of me right before they were born, which is why I only have my last 3 pregnancies on here)
I got in trouble for wearing makeup to surgery. I figured, I looked like HELL after each of my other deliveries, this would be the first time I could look good, so I went with it.
Tanner was told to wait in the delivery room and not put his scrubs and mask on till someone came to get him. When the nurse walked in she said "Why aren't you ready? They've already cut!" So he basically came rushing in to the operating room flipped the camera on, and out came baby within about 20 seconds.
The reason I opted for a c-section was because of the size of baby and the broadness of his shoulders. You can see here it was no joke. He is a sturdy little guy. Not as big as we thought he could be but anything over 9 pounds is big enough. The doctor even had a hard time getting him out via c-section.
See those cheeks and that linebacker build?
This was definitely different from my other deliveries. In the past my babies have always come straight to my chest. I missed that this time.
I only got to hold him for like 2 minutes before they took him back to L&D.
Baby was born at 7:43 am. Tanner took him right back to the delivery room after he was cleaned up and I stayed in the operating room getting pieced back together for about 20 min. My mom had the kids and they were dying to see the baby so they came down right away. I was just starting to feel the affects of morphine and the numbness was wearing off. Not a good combo....
They've been calling dibs on who would get to hold the baby first for a long time now. We let Brynn hold him first since she doesn't get her little sister.
I think Hudson is the baby's biggest fan. Can you tell by that huge grin?
Sketty was mostly interested in the cool chair and all the chords going to and from Mom.
Yep....that's about how much I thought he'd like the baby:)
Oh my heck I have 5 kids now!!!!
Kinda hard to believe.
First bath back in L&D given by the nurse
My parents were watching my 4 kids as well as my 2 nieces. Thursday they brought all the kids down to see the baby. Those postpartum rooms are NOT big enough for 4 adults and 7 kids.
The kids came to see me and baby twice on Wednesday and twice on Thursday. Wednesday I was flat on my back the entire day. The transfer from L&D to Postpartum made me super sick and I threw up shortly after ALL the feeling came back to me. That was HORRENDOUS! Then every time I'd try to sit up the nausea would come rushing back. It wasn't until about 10:30 pm that I could finally sit up. Baby had been having his blood sugar tested all day long and finally passed that evening. That meant he was cleared of Gestational Diabetes. I no longer had to worry about what I ate or test my blood sugar either -- this would have made me very happy had I not been so sick.
Thursday the only pain meds I was on was Motrin 600 and that wasn't too bad. I was able to get up several times and walk down the hall. I finally got disconnected from the IV and catheter and was feeling much better. Thursday night the baby got circumcised and then the lab tech came in to take more blood. Because he had had so many heel pricks for his blood sugar the girl had a heck of a time getting enough blood. It was a long night for poor baby....and mom.
So no one came to visit us on Friday.
Saturday the kids came down to bring me breakfast and grab all my stuff cuz we were checking out that afternoon. Apparently everyone needed me at home. Stetson insisted on helping with my suitcase. I love the look on his face. Such determination.
In the past I've always hated staying in the hospital. I felt you never get any rest and its just easier to be at home. I think with all other 4 kids I was home within 24 hours of giving birth. And I never understood why other women like it so much.
This time was much different. Aside from not really having a choice in how long I stayed I actually kind of enjoyed it. I loved all my nurses (well, all but one) and they took fabulous care of me. There were plenty of times where I could sit (or sleep) for hours just snuggling my perfect little baby without any interruptions. I would not have had that at home:) My pain pills kept me fairly comfortable and I was tucked into the corner room of ward so it was pretty quiet (except for the poor little baby who screamed the whole last night. I felt so bad for it). Upon coming home I was met with more than one child who had a bit of a breakdown, and I quickly realized the hospital bed was more comfortable than the couch. And it didn't take long for me to miss those delicious MOCKTAILS!!! I probably had about a million of them. The kiddos all thought they were pretty good too. And I miss the crunchy ice. Bad!
I will say though, that it was very sweet to come home to a clean house--thanks to my fabulous husband and mom-- and there were several vases of fresh flowers. I love fresh flowers in my home. My kids were happy (mostly) and there was dinner waiting for us. My mom has watched the kids for countless hours during my pregnancy and recovery, especially with all the different doctors visits and NST's. I'm so blessed to have parents who can and will drop whatever they're doing (literally) to come to the rescue. And I love my husband so much for being the type of dad who will gladly take time off to take care of his kids. Not all dads enjoy spending so much time with their kids when mom's not around to help but Tanner does a great job taking over all the duties of parenthood. I snagged a pretty dang good catch. And we make really great kids together!!!
