Will’s birth Story

Well, I guess it is about time I write my birth story. 🙂 My little Prince is a week old now. :love: (at the time I wrote this anyways)

My mom is here and everything is going great.

Last Tuesday I did all I could to kill time that day so it would pass. My mom and stepdad got to Austin around 5 or 6 and my sister arrived around 7:15. We headed out for Chinese. :lick:

I loved that stuff when I was pregnant but I havent really craved it since.

Anyways around 9 I took 2 Tylenol PM as approved by my OB and went to bed. Didnt get much sleep. Maybe an hour. I sleep more through the night with Will then I did Tuedsay.

I decided I couldn’t sleep anymore around 3:15. That’s 45 minutes before we planned to get up.  So  DH helped me in the shower and went decided to lie back down. I got out, dressed and woke up the rest of the house.

We were out the door on time!

When we got to the 3^rd floor and they took me to the monitoring room I just broke down in tears. I was so overcome with emotion I couldn’t hold back anymore. They weren’t tears of fear or anything like that. I was just finally a little nervous and excited and happy and so many different things all at once. Charlie and the nurse hugged me and then I was hooked up to the monitors.

We waited and waited. I saw my doctor and finally at 7:30 I saw the anestesiolgist. DH helped me into the surgery room as per my docs request and left while they tried the spinal.

It didn’t work. ?  She’s tried but it didn’t travel up so they put me under.

I woke up to my mom and Charlie. Charlie was showing me pics and video of Will when they brought him to me. I let him nurse and he latched on immediately! :jump2:

That’s about it. My throat hurt from having been under (that’s the worse part) so I got a little ice.

My family was there and it was wonderful being with everyone that I am close too.

My hospital stay was interesting. He was in the nursery more the first night than I wanted, but I couldn’t sleep so the rest of the time he only left to be assessed.

I let DH go home to get his last few nights of good sleep. I had lots of visitors and we came home Saturday.

Oh….one of Will’s nurse feel head over heels for him so I plan to keep in touch with her. She’s new to town as well so I think I may have a new friend.