After an intense 22 hours.. 2 doses of pain meds thru my epidural.. bags and bags of pitocin .
We welcomed Emma Jo into the world on January 7, 2011 3:10 am.. she was 6 lbs and 8 oz and was 19.5 inches long.
So what now?? I am a mommy.. I have a daughter.. As I am holding her for the first time all I could do was tell her I love her.. and that she looked like a glow worm and how cute and little she was. The thought of them taking her to the NICU scared me to death. When they took her from me I didn't even know how much she weighed or anything yet.. they had to take her right up to her room in NICU for 8 hours of observation..I held it together at first , I don't think I realized how hard it was gonna be to go back to my room without her.. I went to visit her in NICU and meet her nurse and they explained to me that they had to observe her and make sure she didn't develop any complications, her heart rate dropped during my labor.. I was running a fever.. the cord was wrapped around her neck.. there really wasn't a dull moment in those 22 hours, so they had to keep her for now..once i saw her in her room with all the wires and machines hooked up to her and i had to leave her to go back to my room.. it hit me.. this was MY baby and I had to leave her...
The next 8 hours lasted an eternity.. I slept about 45 minutes at the most that day. I waited so impatiently for them to bring her into me.. she came in to me around noon that day.
We stay in the hospital til that following Monday ..then FINALLY we get to bring our baby girl home!!
And then the adventure begins..
omg I couldn't even imagine what that must've been like to have to see her in the NICU with all the wires and machines and everything!! breaks my heart just reading about it!!
ReplyDeletesooooo glad she's okay!!!!!
it was scary.. but we were lucky that they only had to hold her for 8 hours. and yes me too. :)
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