Long version: We went to the hospital at 5:00am on the 29th to get prepped for our scheduled c-section. Our little Lexi was breach, so my doctor felt this was the safest way for her to come. Once we got there they took us back to a L&D room to get prepped. I put on my gown, they hooked me up to an IV, gave me some meds, and I was ready to go. We had to wait for a while for for the doctor's to get ready, and that was one of the worst part, just the anticipation.
Once we got started, everything went very smoothly. DH held my hand and little Lexi made her big entrance but first at 7:27am. The first time I heard her cry I was like, wow! That's my baby! They cleaned her up and checked her out first. She weighed 7lbs6.6oz and was 20 1/2 in long. She scored a 9 on her apgers. Once they had her wrapped up, they brought her over to us and DH got to hold her. She was so beautiful! He went with her to the nursery while I was getting stitch back up.
The actual c-section part was probably the weirdest. I had a spinal, so half of my body was numb, from my chest down. I didn't even know when the actual surgery started. There was a girl sitting with me behind the curtain telling me what was going on and at one point she peeked over and said, "Oh, I guess they started!"
Recovery the first two days was pretty rough. The third day was better and by the forth day, when we got to go home, I was feeling 10 times better. I still have pain around my incision, but I'm getting around the house pretty well. I have more pain on the right then the left. One of the nurses said it's pretty common because the doctor stands on the right during surgery and usually tugs more on that side.
Even with all the pain, though, Lexi makes it all worth it. I love getting to know her. She has a lot of my facial features and is built like DH. She makes the cutest little squeaks and coos. I'm completely in love! She developed a bit of jaundice towards the end of our hospital stay, so we're feeding a lot and spending some time in the sun. Hopefully that will clear it up quickly. The breast feeding had been going ok. We're having some latching issues, but we're working on it. It's definitely helping with the weight loss. I've lost 27lbs since Friday! Of coarse, 7 of that was Lexi, but still. I put her in her first cloth diaper today. I'm so excited to finally use them!
Lots of Love,
KJsbabe
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