Well, she is finally here!
We got the news we wanted around 4:30 on Thursday - they had a room for us!When we arrived at the hospital we were checked in which took quite a while even though I had already pre-registered.We got all settled in and Pitocin was started around 7 pm (I was measuring 3 cm/70%). I was already having contractions every 5-7 minutes, but didn't feel them and when they started my i.v. the contractions quickly become more frequent, between 2-4 minutes apart and little more noticeable. Eventually as they increased the dose, the contractions were much stronger and got very frequent. So frequent, they had to lower the dosage until the doctor came to check me again.At 10 Dr. Thompson came back and checked me - I was only 4 cm! And the pain was getting pretty bad. Dr. Thompson then broke my water which did not have meconium in it (yay!). I asked for my epidural immediately after (best decision ever!!). While I waited for the anesthesiologist (only about 25 minutes) the pain got a bit more severe.
The epidural hurt worse than I was anticipating, but I made it through and i was much more comfortable!I would say around 12:30 a.m. or so the nurse noticed that the contraction monitor wasn't picking up contractions anymore at all. I figured this would go all night. So the nurse went to place an internal contraction monitor in my uterus only to find that I was contracting (she felt them) AND I was already 8 cm/100%! She decided not to place the internal monitor (there wasn't room to get it between the cervix and the baby's head) and repositioned the external monitor which then started picking them up again.
It was about an hour later that I told her I felt a lot of pressure in my bottom and so she checked again - I was fully dilated and ready to push! Kris, my mom and the nurse were the only people with me when the pushing began. They said I did very good because I pushed through about 6 contractions before I was told to stop. The baby's head made it through and the doctor was being called in. Within minutes Dr. Thompson and her team were there getting everything ready. I couldn't even laugh because Landyn was RIGHT there, ready to make her appearance!
Dr. Thompson and all her "ladies" were ready, I pushed through a few more contractions and at 2:34 a.m. there she was! Miss Landyn Juliet Roberts!! The moment we had been waiting for!
The first thing that was spoken by one of the nurses was "Wow, she is a big baby! And look at those cheeks!" We all knew she would have them from previous ultrasounds.They placed her on my chest to get cleaned up a little. It was the most amazing, indescribable feeling I have ever felt, looking at our new baby girl and being able to touch and kiss her!After she was cleaned, they weighed her - 9 pounds, 2 ounces! I was shocked! I knew there was a chance of having a big baby, but dang!
She came out sucking and within 24 hours she is a successful, breastfeeding baby (although my milk hasn't totally come in yet, she is getting what she can (and boy, does it hurt!!).They took her away after an hour to be monitored (standard procedure). They also monitored me and got us set up with a post partum room. After 3 and a half hours, we had our little girl in the room. By this time all of our friends were getting up to go to work and the news spread! Landyn is here!She is a good, beautiful baby!!
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Hey Melissa! I am so glad that you are getting the hang of breastfeeding so quickly! Great job! I have been meaning to tell you that there is a fabulous support group for breastfeeding at a store in Rice Village called "Women's Work", you may have heard of it. I believe it is held on Wednesdays from 11-1, but you may want to check on that. I went to the weekly meeting every week once I knew about them, and wished I could have gone from the beginning. Basically, it is a come and go mother's group to help with breastfeeding - latch on techniques, scales, and open forum to ask questions from lactation consultants as well as talk with other moms that are also in the beginnings of motherhood. Tyler couldn't latch on in the beginning, and once I went to this meeting he could. It was a God sent. Anyway, I told myself I would always tell other new Moms about this group, so there you go. It sounds like you are off to a great start! You can also breastfeed in their store, they have a room in the back, which is really convienent if you are downtown and need to feed her, and don't want to do it in your car (which I still do all the time!). Let me know if you check it out and what you think. If Sandy is there, the owner, talk with her. She is wonderful :)
Mel
PS. It is free! And available to new Mom's for the first 6 weeks.
Dear Melissa and Kris,
Way To Go!! Landyn is soooo beautiful and healthy, I am just so thankful all went so well! Hope you are all getting a little rest now and then, just have fun with getting to know Landyn!!Please post some pictures when you can...
Love To All, Nettie, Joe and Nick
Congratulations to Kris and Melissa!
Good Job Melissa!!
Welcome to the world and our family Landyn!!!
With Love,
Melanie, Kanon and Ellie
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