And Then There Were Six

Ok, I am home. Actually, I came home yesterday. Partly because I can't stand the hospital, partly because Nate has an even more serious aversion than I do and I know that every minute he spends there is a minute spent in pain. So, 24 hours after delivering our little bundle of joy, we packed her up and brought her home. They are making us rent the stupid bili light bed until her bilirubin count goes down. . .I don't really think it is that high. . . but just the same she is spending plenty of time in there. I digress. Back to the message. We are home. I forgot what the first little bit is like. I feel like I just did a hundred push ups and sit ups. My body hurts everywhere from the waist up. I am sleep deprived in the most horrible way. I cry about really silly things. Like Nate leaving me alone this afternoon so he could go pick up our kids. My gut is hanging. . .no longer am I cute pregnant. Just fat. ;) But it was all worth it because I have to say that Sarah is amazing. Now I am crying again. HAHA.

Sarah entered the world March 25, 2011. She was born in the early afternoon. So perfect. Let's talk about the delivery. Thanks to the fact that I am a VBAC patient, my doctor was nice enough to induce me as soon as it was IHC approved to do an elective induction because he was leaving town and didn't want me to end up with a doctor who wasn't willing to do the VBAC. Apparently it is kind of a pain in the butt because the doctor has to be in the building throughout the entire labor. . . and it has a small amount of risk involved. At any rate, I love my doctor. This is him.

So, getting to the point. That is how I ended up being induced a week early. I was a little nervous. I was induced with both my other girls, but it was only a day or two before my due date. I was afraid things may not move smoothly along. However, to play a long story short, I progressed very quickly. Everyone thought it was going to take 10 or 12 hours and they all ho hummed their way up to Ogden. Surprise to all of us, I was complete in only 6 hours. Ready to push.
Now, every story has some less than desirable circumstances. Well, maybe not every story, but this one did. I am not a woman who relished pain. Epidural is the only way in my book. So, early on I got my epidural. Ah, heavenly. Well, at some point my body started progressing pretty quickly and I realized that I was feeling things that I shouldn't with the epidural. I mentioned it to the nurse and she paged the anesthesiologist to come add some more drugs to my drip bag. Bad news. He was at the bedside of a woman having a c-section for triplets who were only 24 weeks. Hence, he was not able to leave to come to my bedside. And, I was progressing so fast that he probably wouldn't have been able to do much anyway. So,for the first time, I suffered at least some of the actual pain of labor. It was painful. I would share a picture of my face and how that felt, but frankly, I'd rather people did not remember me that way. So, we will just say that it was painful. Lucky for me though, I only had to push three short rounds to get Sarah out. Her shoulders got stuck for a minute and the first time her head came out the cord was around her neck. Doc took care of that. She was delivered and was the most purple baby I have ever seen.

She took her time getting that first breath. I was laying there thinking, Breath baby, breath. After what seemed like a long time. . .but really wasn't I heard her first little cry. Then I knew she was here and she was ok. A few good cries and her purple turned a lovely shade of red. :)

And I was happy. Let me show you some other happy people.




And that is how this family of five became a family of six. I am panicked. I have no idea how I am going to succeed at this new ball to juggle, but I prayed this afternoon and I think we will be ok. :) Thanks goodness we are not alone.