Morning Gals.
haven't really found that much time & energy to post since coming home on monday so luckily, this thread doesn't move at super extreme pace any longer! ((makes catching up a doddle!))
I do hope everyone is doing well. and that work surfaces/kitchens are that much closer to completion. hehehe
sage hope the induction/waters breaking went well!! and you have your end result!
righty, i suppose i should say a little something about my birth experience. well, i got to the day unit at 8am....nerves were in an incredible muddle. i was checked in with another gal i had met the day before. and i was put first on the list to go to theatre. ((of course, i was a little happy that it was to be done & over with early on this time, instead of having the day to become increasingly nervous!))
just before i was to be taken down to theatre, an emergency c/s arrived so i was bumped...but maybe for only an hour. so no worries. Got changed and waddled down to the first part of it, getting the spinal block and all the drips inserted. the gal who did my spinal was a trainee, i suspect. and i have the multiple hole-marks on my lower spine to prove it)) so far in both c/s's i' have found the spinal to be the most uncomfortable of the entire procedure.
anyways, i'm finally moved to the next room. the doc is waiting to cut, all is going fine. ((except i could REALLY feel the weight of the baby belly this time around, even though i was on the "tilt" table)) the assistants in the room are keeping the atmosphere chilled and a bit "funny-ha-ha" which is what i wanted. i have my mixed cd playing in the background to take the edge off the experience as well.
at one point, dh looked over the sheet at what was going on. and the look on his face terrified me!!! ((dont think he meant for me to see his expression!)) he said he looked over right as the surgeon had the baby's head in foreceps trying to get him out of the womb! i was a bit surprised at first...and a little irritated about the use of foreceps. anyways, all went well, ds2 was here just 3 songs into my mix cd . i was still quite chilled. he was weighed, and when they said he was 11 lbs 4oz, you could hear the giggles and ooohs & ahhhhs all from everyone in the theatre!! i said to the Mw: you must've had your elbow on the scale when you weighed him! that can't be right!" heheheh no one knew i was having such a whopper! it's the one time you will hear me say: I'm sooo happy that he was c/s!
but no, it was his true weight!! i think i laid there for the remainder of time in theatre, in shock. he's a biggun, but wow he's oh so luvely!!! Instant 3-month old!!
since i'm breast feeding, i'm ALWAYS knackered because of having to keep up with his feeding demands. it's non stop at the moment. i swear my nipples are going to fall off. the sting of early-stage-Bfing is present...and slowly dying off. and so i can get some sleep, i am topping him up with aabout 40-70mils sma with night feeds. otherwise, we'd all be up 24/7. i make PLENTY of milk for him, but i just can't keep up with him, physically/emotionally. ((i never thought there'd be sooooo much difference in feeding an 8lb baby (ds1) to an 11-lber!))
but all is well. ds1 is slowly warming to the idea that the baby is staying put! And of course trying to involve ds1 as much as possible.
MW came around yesterday to remove clips/staples but decided they needed 1 more day...so coming back today. not sure what she's done but since she put on the butterfly stitches yesterday, the cut is burning like mad!! i'm really really loooking forward to it being sorted and sealed very soon.
ok, so that was my novella for the week. (( terribly sorry that its sooo long))
i can hear the baby stirring so better be off for now!