the newest arrival to my strange little family...
the last thing anybody knew around here on LJ, I was still preggers
it was late at night around 4-something in the morning on the 14th when I discovered that my water broke during the night
it broke slowly though - it took hours for it to finally stop going like Niagara
but anyway, around 5:30 or 6 that morning I had to wake Mike up so we could go on to the hospital
we ended up waking up my parents so they'd be notified of what happened
so it ended up being me, Mike and my mom heading up to Hattiesburg to Forrest General Hospital to have the kid
we got there around 9 in the morning and I was in labor all that day
it wasn't so bad until the contractions got to be worse and worse
I didn't even make it to being 4 centimeters dilated before I decided I couldn't take it anymore
by that time, it was around midnight on the 15th and it was 12:28 when I had little D.J. via C-section
I was seriously so glad to have all that pregnancy stuff over with - no joke, there
but before I had the kid, I had to deal with everyone in the room that showed up while I was still in labor
we had the little people [joe n' ashley], marsha and monica, mike's dad came by
it was insane the amount of attention I was getting at the time - not like I didn't appreciate it, I did believe me
I just hated having everyone see me in so much pain & looking all miserable
the worst part of all of it was the aftermath
I mean, the kid's pretty bloody tiny for crap's sake
[5 pounds and 13 and a half ounces]
that and to make matters more depressing, the kid had jaundice
they had to keep him under these wretched billi lights for like 2 or 3 days
me and mom stayed with the kid for a couple days then Mike stayed with me and the kid until early Sunday morning
the thing that I hated worst was because of being subjected to those lights for so long
they've majorly triggered my migraine headaches to come and go anytime I'm near bright lights
I feel like freakin' Gizmo from the Gremlins movies ["bright light, bright light!"] - it's absolutely horrible
ever since getting home on Sunday, I've been nearly wiped out emotionally and physically
all I've been able to do is sleep and be in pain from my incision
I can't help but to feel a bit useless because of the pain I'm in
hell, I can't take care of my kid the way I'd like to
the idea of breastfeeding is just about the most unbearable thing I can bring myself to do
at least the kid's taken to the bottle-feeding
for the time being though, I'm putting myself through some serious hell just to type out most of this
I'd love to go into more and greater detail about my experiences so far with the mama-hood stuff
but as far as I'm concerned, if you guys really want to know anything about any of this stuff
leave me a comment here and I'll try to leave a response as soon as I can possibly grab a moment to
what with having a baby now, I doubt my internet time will be spent the same way it used to prior to having the kid
and so, I shall take my leave and use my time napping
perhaps my migraine will leave me alone long enuf for me to get some sleep
the pain killers I'm on only help so much
it'll seriously take a miracle for the pain and migraines to stop coming in so much and so harshly
pray for me if you want to, I doubt I mind it at this point
it was late at night around 4-something in the morning on the 14th when I discovered that my water broke during the night
it broke slowly though - it took hours for it to finally stop going like Niagara
but anyway, around 5:30 or 6 that morning I had to wake Mike up so we could go on to the hospital
we ended up waking up my parents so they'd be notified of what happened
so it ended up being me, Mike and my mom heading up to Hattiesburg to Forrest General Hospital to have the kid
we got there around 9 in the morning and I was in labor all that day
it wasn't so bad until the contractions got to be worse and worse
I didn't even make it to being 4 centimeters dilated before I decided I couldn't take it anymore
by that time, it was around midnight on the 15th and it was 12:28 when I had little D.J. via C-section
I was seriously so glad to have all that pregnancy stuff over with - no joke, there
but before I had the kid, I had to deal with everyone in the room that showed up while I was still in labor
we had the little people [joe n' ashley], marsha and monica, mike's dad came by
it was insane the amount of attention I was getting at the time - not like I didn't appreciate it, I did believe me
I just hated having everyone see me in so much pain & looking all miserable
the worst part of all of it was the aftermath
I mean, the kid's pretty bloody tiny for crap's sake
[5 pounds and 13 and a half ounces]
that and to make matters more depressing, the kid had jaundice
they had to keep him under these wretched billi lights for like 2 or 3 days
me and mom stayed with the kid for a couple days then Mike stayed with me and the kid until early Sunday morning
the thing that I hated worst was because of being subjected to those lights for so long
they've majorly triggered my migraine headaches to come and go anytime I'm near bright lights
I feel like freakin' Gizmo from the Gremlins movies ["bright light, bright light!"] - it's absolutely horrible
ever since getting home on Sunday, I've been nearly wiped out emotionally and physically
all I've been able to do is sleep and be in pain from my incision
I can't help but to feel a bit useless because of the pain I'm in
hell, I can't take care of my kid the way I'd like to
the idea of breastfeeding is just about the most unbearable thing I can bring myself to do
at least the kid's taken to the bottle-feeding
for the time being though, I'm putting myself through some serious hell just to type out most of this
I'd love to go into more and greater detail about my experiences so far with the mama-hood stuff
but as far as I'm concerned, if you guys really want to know anything about any of this stuff
leave me a comment here and I'll try to leave a response as soon as I can possibly grab a moment to
what with having a baby now, I doubt my internet time will be spent the same way it used to prior to having the kid
and so, I shall take my leave and use my time napping
perhaps my migraine will leave me alone long enuf for me to get some sleep
the pain killers I'm on only help so much
it'll seriously take a miracle for the pain and migraines to stop coming in so much and so harshly
pray for me if you want to, I doubt I mind it at this point