She was born September 24th, at 6:57 a.m. and weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches long! And she's just perfect! She was born with a ton of dark hair and lonnng eyelashes (so lucky, she won't need tons of mascara! haha).
I went to the hospital Wednesday night (got there at 11:40) once my contractions were coming quick enough-good thing too, because I was ready to go no matter what at that point, they hurt so bad! When we got there, they checked and I was already dilated to a six, so they went ahead and moved me to labor and delivery. Since I was already dilated pretty far, they got my epidural done pretty quickly. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be-I was terrified about the huge needle. But, to me, the thing that made it so bad was that I was having contractions while they were giving me the epidural, and I had to be completely still-that was HARD! But worth it, because as soon as they were done, I was feeling goooood!
They warned me I might feel the next couple contractions before it really kicked in, but I didn't feel a thing! So I was able to sleep for a couple hours and just relax before everything got started.
Finally, a little before 5 am, I had to start pushing. So, I pushed...and pushed...and pushed...and wouldn't you know, Addison is already starting out stubborn! I pushed for almost two hours before the doctor finally said they were going to have to do a c-section (she wasn't coming down enough with each push, and was still too high for them to reach her with the forceps or the suction thing to try and help her out). I started freaking out a little, I hadn't even considered that I might have to have one, but my mom was there with me and the nurses and doctor were all so nice and reassuring, so I was able to calm down a little. Once they got started, the c-section was done in about 15 minutes, and there she was!
She'll be a week old tomorrow, and I already can't imagine her not being here. I know that sounds corny, and they always say it in movies and stuff, but it's true! It's like, I look at her and just think to myself, well of course you're supposed to be here, why wouldn't you be? Like she's filled this void in my life that I didn't even know was there.
You have no idea how excited I am to know I feel this way about her too! During my entire pregnancy I always had this little fear in the back of my mind that I was going to resent all of this (maybe not her, necessarily, but the situation at least) or that I was just going to be annoyed by everything. But I've loved every single minute so far! Even when she's screaming in the middle of the night because I can't feed her fast enough, or when she wakes up from a nap as soon as I lay down for one. I've honestly loved all of it.
Anyway, I have to quit now because I'm going to start tearing up soon if I keep going on and on about how much I love her! But I'm sure I'll there will be plenty more of this in the future, just a warning!
Here's my favorite pic of her so far (I have tons more already, so I'll be putting some up randomly):
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