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Oh boy..Where to begin!??
Patrick Joseph is here!! Born Friday, March 4, 2001 at 4:07pm.
I've been wanting to post but I just haven't had a chance. I want to head to bed before he wakes up to eat again, so this will be short..But so far everything is just awesome..Really. I can't believe how different and how much better my whole experience has been this time around.
I went into labor on Friday morning. I'm not sure if I posted or not, but I had more bloody show and the contractions were getting worse. I called and while I was on the phone with the nurse, I realized that I was having a hard time talking through the contractions, so we went in just to get checked out. I didn't really expect anything to happen, I thought they'd send me home, but we go there and realized I was in REAL labor! FINALLY!! yay!! Within about an hour of being hooked up I was in active labor, and the contractions were about a minute apart. So we/they got everything prepped for the c-section. I told the doctor and anesthesiologist all about my placental abruption and the horrible experience with Quinn, and they were sooo sensitive and kept reassuring me that they would make sure everything was calm and positive, and they would take good care of me..Which is exactly what they did. I seriously can't believe what a positive experience I had. I was completely under when Quinn was born, so all I remember was the first incision and me screaming my head off, and then they put me under, so this time I was awake for the whole thing..
Ahhh..I think Patrick needs to eat. Anyway, I was awake for the whole thing and everything went perfectly. They even put him on my chest right after he was born. It was awesome!!! I did not realize how awesome that would be. Once the surgery was over, they took me to recovery, and I was just over the moon. The nurse said she had never seen a mom so happy! haha..I seriously couldn't stop smiling and telling everyone how happy I was.
Anyway, I'll write more later..But so far Patrick is amazing and I am really, really enjoying this. I am wondering if this is how "normal" people feel when they have a baby..I was such a wreck when Quinn was born, and this is soo different. It's gotta be a combination of everything, better birth experience, second baby, not as nervous, LEXAPRO!! OMG..Everything combined is allowing me to enjoy this..I am even thinking I could have a third..Yikes. :) I don't know about that, but I do get why people do this over and over. And I couldn't imagine that a few weeks ago.
Ok..gotta go..
Patrick Joseph is here!! Born Friday, March 4, 2001 at 4:07pm.
I've been wanting to post but I just haven't had a chance. I want to head to bed before he wakes up to eat again, so this will be short..But so far everything is just awesome..Really. I can't believe how different and how much better my whole experience has been this time around.
I went into labor on Friday morning. I'm not sure if I posted or not, but I had more bloody show and the contractions were getting worse. I called and while I was on the phone with the nurse, I realized that I was having a hard time talking through the contractions, so we went in just to get checked out. I didn't really expect anything to happen, I thought they'd send me home, but we go there and realized I was in REAL labor! FINALLY!! yay!! Within about an hour of being hooked up I was in active labor, and the contractions were about a minute apart. So we/they got everything prepped for the c-section. I told the doctor and anesthesiologist all about my placental abruption and the horrible experience with Quinn, and they were sooo sensitive and kept reassuring me that they would make sure everything was calm and positive, and they would take good care of me..Which is exactly what they did. I seriously can't believe what a positive experience I had. I was completely under when Quinn was born, so all I remember was the first incision and me screaming my head off, and then they put me under, so this time I was awake for the whole thing..
Ahhh..I think Patrick needs to eat. Anyway, I was awake for the whole thing and everything went perfectly. They even put him on my chest right after he was born. It was awesome!!! I did not realize how awesome that would be. Once the surgery was over, they took me to recovery, and I was just over the moon. The nurse said she had never seen a mom so happy! haha..I seriously couldn't stop smiling and telling everyone how happy I was.
Anyway, I'll write more later..But so far Patrick is amazing and I am really, really enjoying this. I am wondering if this is how "normal" people feel when they have a baby..I was such a wreck when Quinn was born, and this is soo different. It's gotta be a combination of everything, better birth experience, second baby, not as nervous, LEXAPRO!! OMG..Everything combined is allowing me to enjoy this..I am even thinking I could have a third..Yikes. :) I don't know about that, but I do get why people do this over and over. And I couldn't imagine that a few weeks ago.
Ok..gotta go..