Wow...these past two weeks have felt like a month! So many crazy things happen that I never expected, but I would be happy to do it all over again. I've never experience anything more amazing than having a baby and I'm so grateful for her!
It all started with my water breaking Wednesday night (9/23). I was hanging out with Brian and Eric watching The Office when I felt a gush! Yikes! Brian thought I was joking at first. It was only three days before my due date and I still hadn't packed a thing for the hospital. Packing once your water has broke is not an easy task!
I was admitted around 9pm and my cervix was still only dilated 1 cm. At this time my first nurse checked me and was a little concerned that Molly might be breech. She had another nurse come in to check, however, they decided that she wasn't...grrr! At 2am I still hadn't really progressed so they decided to put me on pitocin. Around 4am I decided to get an epidural. This was actually a really bad experience for me...super painful!!! They think they may have been hitting bone when they did it. Anyways, some time around 9am another nurse checked me and right away said she was feeling a butt, not a head! Molly definitely was breech. They rushed me in for a c-section right away. Molly was born at 11:15am weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 in long.
Everything was fine after that until Sunday. I was starting to have really high blood pressure. The doctor was worried that I may have Pre Eclampsia. They still let me go home, but I had to follow up with the doctor a couple days later. I still had really high blood pressure and my labs came back not looking real good. Again, they sent me home and wanted me to come back in a few days to get check again. That same day I started to have one of the symptoms they wanted me to watch out for...I was having a ton of pain on my right side where my liver is. I called the doctor on call around 10pm and she told me I should be fine and to wait until my next appointment. At 3am I woke up and I was in so much pain that I couldn't move or get out of bed. Brian called again and they wanted me to get to the hospital right away. I did end up having Pre Eclampsia. I had to be on Magnesium for 5 days...something I never want to do again! It was a really hard experience, but I'm so thankful to be feeling better.
Now I'm just enjoying my time at home with Molly. She is such a good baby. I really feel like God blessed me with an easy baby, since I went through so much the past two weeks. He never gives us more than we can handle.
I took these pictures today. I ran downstairs to grab a clean outfit...when I got back into the room her little arms were straight up over her head. So cute!
