Birth Story part 2

We did it...

So happy

first cry

saying hello

I couldn't stop kissing her perfect little hands

Daddys first time holding her

Todd got a little blood sprayed on him during delivery... whoops.

meeting Grandma

2.65 kg = 5 lbs 13 oz.

One happy happy mama

       I pushed my little heart out for 40 minutes. Everyone in the room knew exactly what I needed... ice chips and encouraging cheers. Between every push Todd rewarded me by dropping an ice chip in my mouth like a little doggy treat...don't ask, it was extremely helpful and motivating at the time. And then they would all tell me how awesome I was doing and tell me what a good pusher I was. It really wasn't painful and Todd had me laughing after most of the pushes. He made me laugh a couple of times during the pushes and I told him that had to stop so I could reach my full pushing potential. He kept trying to get me to hee hee who like in the movies. I tried it once or twice...not helpful. Then at 10:32 a.m after one last big push they put the most beautiful, tiny, purple-y little baby on my chest. She was here, she was crying, Todd was crying, I was crying and it was the best moment of my life.

      Thank goodness to a very skilled midwife for untangling my poor little babe from her umbilical cord super quickly . It was wrapped around her neck, her shoulder and then her stomach. The pediatric team was all in the room on standby because of Lucy's cystic hygroma. They took her off my chest and quickly assessed her and gave her gold stars. Later, the medical student in the room who was unaware of the resolved hygroma told us she thought it was so weird that we were all asking about her neck. I was impressed with how quickly they did their tests and got my baby back in my arms. It was such a sweet moment watching Todd hold her for the first time, I'm so happy my mom was there taking pictures so it can be a moment I remember forever. (She just took pictures after delivery... nothing weird or graphic)

        About 10 minutes after baby girl was here things got a little weird. They were stitching away and apparently I was just bleeding away. They gave me clotting factor and a few other things to try to get it to stop. It took a while to get under control, but eventually it stopped... obviously. They think my placenta tore away from the wall and that is what created so much bleeding. Then I spiked a fever of 104 and started shivering uncontrollably again. At that point I became really dizzy and delirious. I don't remember much for a while in there, I just remember saying repeatedly that I felt so out of it. For a few hours after labor I felt really sick and was really not all there, but by the end of the night I had perked back up. Some where in the after hours while I was sleeping Todd slipped away and went and took a dental school test... which he miraculously passed with very little studying. The professor would have let him take the test later, but he said he wanted to get it over with so he could just enjoy us and not worry about studying. My mom was my PR person who stayed by my side and let the world know little Lucy was here and healthy. Because of the fever I stayed in the hospital for 48 hours getting antibiotics. Those first few days were so surreal. Actually it is still very surreal. I have never been this happy in my whole life and have never felt so grateful and so blessed.

        We love you Lucy Lynn. Thanks for changing our world.