I was scheduled for a c-section for Thursday, December 15 and had to be at the hospital by 8:00 a.m. We arrived on time, but just sat around in my assigned Labor and Delivery room for a couple of hours before anything happened since I was the 3rd c-section that morning.
At about 11:00, the nurses came into my room to get me ready. By 11:30, I was in the operating room and by 11:40 Christopher was born! He weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Not the estimated 9 lbs 2 oz, but still big! In addition, he was face-up when he should've been face down for delivery. Therefore, the doctor was saying that it was a good thing we did a c-section just for that reason alone!
It was SUCH an AMAZING experience! I just couldn't believe that it was really happening! Both Shad and I bawled when the doctor pulled Christopher out! I don't think I've ever been so happy in my life! As soon as they got him out and started cleaning him up, I was given morphine and don't remember much after that. The whole rest of Thursday was pretty much gone for me! I do remember bits and pieces, but was so tired that I would fall asleep in the middle of a conversation! Friday was a better day, though.
Everything was just fine with me and Christopher until Saturday afternoon. I went and brought him back to my room from the nursery to visit with his Granddaddy for a little bit. While he was sleeping, we noticed that he was having little seizure-like tremors. Shad got a nurse, who in turn, took Christopher back to the nursery to have his vitals checked. Everything came back fine there, so they called the on-call pediatrician. She ordered a Head Ultrasound, but didn't get over to look at him until late that evening. The ultrasound came back normal, but the Pediatrician and the Neonatologist were still suspicious, so they put Christopher in NICU to be monitored for 48 hours. They also ordered other tests to be run. All those tests came back normal, though, and the tremors stopped a day or two later. They later determined that it was dehydration that was causing them. Since I was breastfeeing exclusively, he wasn't getting the water that he needed. After supplementing the breastfeeding with formula, all tremors stopped.
I was discharged from the hospital on Monday, December 19 and Christopher was discharged on Wednesday, December 21.
Thursday, December 15
Tuesday, December 20
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