Beware of picture overload.
I started this blog a bit after Kayden was born, and didn't get a chance to upload these.. I'm now trying to catch up so I can print everything out =).
It's amazing how ONE year can change so many things.
Here we are about to go to the hospital .. we had no idea what we were getting into lol!!
We had been warned to grab food, lots of food, before we went to the hospital. This was, I wasn't in labor, and we didn't know we would be staying, and we especially didn't know we would be staying for 2&1/2 days before Kayden would even come out and that I would have to wait almost 5 days to get some freaking food.
So food, we did not get, but pictures .... why of course!! ;-D
We went in on Thursday evening, to have a Dr. check-up. She decided to keep us there and induce, since it was our due date already.
Time passed, slowly. I should have taken pictures of my "support team" -- Dominic, my doula, and my mom - who flew in later from a California business trip. They were all sleeping. The nurses come in constantly to check the monitors, and if they weren't coming in, then someone else was. It was many days with out sleep, when we needed our sleep the most. Next time, everyone is locked out! lol
By late Friday night, I was ready for an epidural. I mean, COM'N, I'd already been in labor for over 24 hours, with nothing changing, and with pitocin (which makes your contractions so much worse!) So epidural I got. But soon came to realize that it was only working on one side of my body. They said the only option was to take it out, and try again. (Mind you, this is not an enjoyable or easy process...) They came in, took it out, cleaned my back and were preparing to do it again when the med doc got a call for an emergency C-section. Long story short, it was hours before she came back, and I was dying! Still no progress through-out the night. Finally on Saturday morning, my Dr. (Worley) came in saying that if she didn't come out by 11:30 we would go in for a C-section. The meds were starting to get to her, and her heartbeat wasn't as strong as it should be. I have never broken a bone, never gotten surgery, never even been admitted for more than some messed up ankles, etc. So I was terrified. But ready to get this huge munchkin out of me! They did all the prep, and then here it came ... the time that she would come out! And in a way that most people say is pain-less ... at least during the procedure. You're supposed to be numb ... supposed to be. I was not. Personally, I think being on SO many meds for SO many days, my body said "Forget it! I'm not soaking up anymore meds!" So as I was strapped down to the table (Dominic came in after they had me prepped, and said I looked like I had just a head lmao!), and as they were cutting, I was screaming that I could feel it. Yeah yeah, I know, everyone likes to roll their eyes and look to their friends, like this girl is crazy. Even the Dr.'s were insisting that I couldn't feel anything .. pressure but not pain. Oh no, I could feel pain. The pain of a Dexter style knife, slicing into your stretched tummy. The pain of them pulling Kayden's stuck skull out of my pelvis bone. Anyways .. after much screaming, yelling, and antagonizing pain, suddenly Dominic held this perfect little face up to my face, at 12:13, and I forgot all about it. =) They had looped me up pretty good by that point, because I had told them no way was I going to sleep after all this!! So now, everything is foggy, but I remember holding Kayden, as they rolled us on the bed to the recovery room, and all I could think was, "Don't drop her! Don't let your arms fall down!" Lmao - they were like sandbags! Camera phones came flying out in the hallway, and visitors came and went over the next few days. But Dominic and I made it through the hospital stay, made it home, and have made it through the first year! I am so proud to say that we have, I feel like the first year is a lot, it is crazy, and no one will get it until they're in it. And no one will get us, until they're us, so never. But we have made it. The first year came, unexpectedly, and we conquered it! And I'm happier than ever. It has tested us, and it has strengthened us!
So that's the labor story, shortly.
It's amazing how one year, just one year, has changed so much. Kayden has changed so much. We all have. =)
I used to be embarrassed of these pictures, I felt like everyone else always has their perfect make up and hair after they have a baby .. but I had already been there for almost 3 days .. so there was no glamming me up. Sadly.
Oh well though, these are the pictures we got. And this is what I looked like. Lol. What can I do. It's a precious time that I want to always remember, and if you know me at all, you know how I am with pictures. So they will stay, I suppose. lol
Tee-hee! I forgot about these ones -- Kayden's first middle finger usage! =D HAHA! Daddy was cracking up!
First pumped bottle - he was so excited to be able to feed her!
Oh my precious little angel! I can't believe you have grown so fast already! You are the sweetest little thing! I love you forever, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.
