I already mentioned that there was no sleep to be had the night before my c-section so when I did get out of bed on Monday, March 4th at 4:45 am I did what most women would do when they are about to go in and have a baby, full hair and make-up. lol I knew there would be lots of pictures and I wasn't sleeping anyways so why not look good, right? We headed to the hospital at 6:00 am and my C-section started promptly at 8:30 am. The OR was a little creepy to me, all those machines and monitors and equipment, I don't see how Brian does it everyday. I had a spinal block which apparently is better than an epidural. It wasn't bad at all but it was really weird looking down at my legs and not being able to feel or move them. I was laying flat on my back and they had a drape in front of me so I wasn't able to see what was happening from my shoulders down. Brian was sitting on a stool right by my head and usually they make the fathers stay behind the drape, but since they new Brian worked there and he was a surgeon they let him watch. Even tough it was only about 20 mins from when they started to when Hudson was pulled out it seemed like an eternity. I had extra bleeding in my abdomen and lots of referred pain in my right shoulder. The pain in my shoulder was so bad that it was one of the worst pains I have ever experienced. I was also nauseous when they were pulling the babies out and trying to get my uterus to contract. So with all the pain in my shoulder and trying not to throw up, afterwards I felt like I wasn't able to be present in the moment of them being born and the doctor showing them to me for the first time. But those factors were out of my control. Once I was out of the OR and in recovery they brought them to us right away. I was shaking a lot from the anesthesia medicine so I had to wait about 10 minutes to hold them. Brian was able to hold them right away and then Grandma Pat came up and then Aunt Lindsey. Holding them for the first time was so amazing. I couldn't believe the overwhelming amount of love I felt for these two little people. I nursed them in the recovery room and then shortly after they took them away to the nursery to have them cleaned up. I thought I would be joining them soon in our hospital room but because I had high blood pressure, mild preclampsia, and extra bleeding in my abdomen they decided to keep me in recovery for a few hours to closely monitor me. Finally around 4:00 pm I was able to get into a room and see my babies again. I couldn't get out of bed for 24 hours because I had to go on a magnesium drip for the preclampsia, and the drip made me really hot and have burning eyes. Lindsey came to help everyday which was the best thing ever because once Brian left our room for work I couldn't have them both in our room unless someone else was there with me. We ended up staying 5 whole days in the hospital and Brian couldn't wait to get home. He said he felt like he never left work for a solid week, which was kind of true. I actually really loved being in the hospital because I had so much help and I wasn't nervous about anything because I could press my little call button anytime of day. But it was nice to get home and sleep in our own bed. A lot happened in that first week of life in the hospital but I think this is enough detail for now.
Hadley & Hudson right after they were born
Hudson weighs in at 5lbs 4oz
Hadley wighs in at 5lbs 5oz
In the recovery room with daddy
Holding Hadley up to me because I was shakey and couldn't hold her yet
Hudson with Grandmom
Hudson with Aunt Lindsey
Finally I get to hold my babies
In our hospital room 1st family photo
All clean precious sleeping babies
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