Sunday, May 20, 2012

I'm in love!!!!!!

Well, I have a lot to catch up on!!!
Tuesday
I was admitted Tuesday morning around 11am. They got me all ready for surgery. They said it would be about 1:30pm when we went back. So I was shocked when they came in at 1:00 and said let's go. All of a sudden, it hit me!!! I was about to have my baby!!!! I went back to the OR and the anesthesiologist started working right away. Within just a few minutes, I have my spinal in place. He said it went great. I could feel pressure, but absolutely no pain. It was so weird. My legs felt like they were asleep and nothing could make them wake up. After what felt like forever, they finally got Justin to come in. That the the best feeling, just knowing he was there with me. I felt so much more relaxed after that. As soon as he got in there, it didn't take long before they held a beautiful, bloody, slimy, bright-eyed, baby boy over the curtain so I could see him. As soon as I saw him for that quick second, I was in love! The tears just started flowing down my face. (I'm crying right now as I type this!) I looked at Justin and his eyes said it all! We finally had our precious baby boy! He was crying and he was breathing! I was so relieved and so happy! They took him over to the warmer where they cleaned him off and evaluated him. Justin went over there with him. I couldn't see Corbin, but I could see Justin and the NICU team. One of the NICU nurses kept looking at me and giving me the thumbs up, so I knew everything was ok.
They took his footprints and he got a 9 on his APGAR score (Yay!) and they pricked his heel to check his blood sugar. They finished up with the surgery and I went to the recovery room and Justin stayed with Corbin to get his weight and height. They met me in the recovery room and the nurse immediately said I had to nurse him because his blood sugar level was low. I nursed him and they pricked his heal again a little while later and it was still low but it had come up some so that was good news. Finally, we went to a regular room and started having visitors. That's about all I remember from Tuesday.
Wednesday
 On Wednesday morning, the pediatrician came in and took him to the stork nest (Justin went with him) to evaluate him. They said he looked a little jaundice, so they pricked his heal to check his level. It came back low risk, but we still have to keep an eye on it.
That afternoon, Dr. Gay came and took him to get circumcised. Justin went with him. I was not a happy mama! But at least he came back calm. I was scared he would still be crying and then I would cry. He wouldn't eat very much the rest of that day.
Meredith brought Cameron and Bailey to see him and they were in love. It was so sweet watching them with him.
All of my grandparents came on Wednesday too. Tammy brought grandma and granddaddy. Later that evening Aunt Angela came to see him.
I got up for the first time on Wednesday and it was very scary! lol I was in so much pain.
Thursday
I started moving around more on Thursday. I actually got a shower and walked around a little bit. Meredith and the kids walked around the hospital with me and Corbin. It felt good to get out of the room. The doctors said I could go home if I wanted because we were both doing good, but we decided to stay one more day and boy was I glad I did!
My milk came in on Thursday night and Friday was very interesting!
Friday
COMING HOME DAY!!!!!!!!!
My milk came in on Thursday night and my boobs got HUGE overnight. Literally. They were hard and my left boob left like it had little rocks in it. I called the lactation consultant because I freaked out and didn't know what was going on. She said I had clogged milk ducts. We put some ice on it and it went down a little bit, but it still hurt. Corbin is breastfeeding like a champ! He loves it and I absolutely love knowing I can provide that for him. Plus, it's time I get to spend with him that no one else can.
Friday night was very difficult for me and Justin. I would feed him and he would fall asleep while he ate, then I would put him in his bassinet. very time I laid him down, he would scream. he hated it. Then I cried because he was crying. Justin was awesome though. He would pick him up everytime and calm him down and calm me down. We finally gave up on the bassinet about 5 am and just let him sleep on my chest.
Saturday
We hung out around the house on Saturday and we let him sleep on my chest Saturday night and we were all a lot happier!!! lol

Sunday
All he wants to do today is eat... so..... That's where I'm going now. Little man is hungry so I'll try to write again tomorrow. He has a dr appt at 9am.

3 comments:

  1. love this!!! thanks for all the details :) i'm so nervous of what's to come!!!!!

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  3. Girl, It's an experience you will NEVER forget! I'm so tired and emotional right now, but when I look at Corbin, nothing else in the world matters but him.

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