Born: September 29, 2008
Weight: 8lb 12oz
Length: 20.5 inches
After a rather eventful 36 hours of labor and delivery, Jessica Ann entered the world. My water broke at 1:30am on Sunday September 28th. We called the doctor and then headed to the hospital. The doctor said that they would just keep me at the hospital and if there was no progress they would start the induction early. Well, I got there and there was a crack in Fort Knox...but not much. So, they started me on Cytotec medication to get things moving. I had 4 doses of that overnight, 2 doses of some sleeping medicine (which gave me 3 or so good hours of sleep). This all progressed until around 1:30 am Monday morning when the contractions were coming a little more regularly but the pain was excruciating. I made the decision which scared the crap out of me to have the epidural. I had that done and felt a lot better. It was way too freaky to not be able to move my legs easily. I never lost movement of them but they were really heavy.
The doctor checked me in the morning and I was a few centimeters dilated finally and they started Pitocin. I pushed starting around 12:00 noon. They needed to top off my epidural two times throughout the 3+ hours I pushed. Finally doctor came in and said that I had progressed far enough that they could get her out. Pushing wasn't doing it all. So with the help of the forceps, Jessica was born. I am still scared to see salad tongs!!!
We were in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon. We had to wait a little longer to go home b/c Jessica's temperature was a little low that morning. They baked her for a little bit and then she had to keep her temperature up for 4 hours. She was fine.
We took her to the doctor on Friday. She lost a little weight. She was 8lb 4.5oz. They will check her on Monday again. They wanted to keep an eye on her weight b/c I am breastfeeding (or at least trying to). We started to supplement feedings with formula. We are trying to do one for one. I also started to pump the milk so that we know how much she is actually getting. Doctor did not say to do this but she was just sooooo hungry. We figured it couldn't hurt. Hopefully on Monday she will be fine weight wise.
I have a bit of a tear and have quite a few stitches. Recovery has been going well. It is slower than I thought. I am getting there. Thankfully mom has been here and helping us out A LOT. She will stay with us next week too. I hope that I will be feeling better soon and can start to do more with Jessica.
Sleep is precious. With the formula and breastmilk combination she will sleep 3 to 4 hours a pop. We are figuring out what works for her.
Here are a few photos:
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