| Our baby is finally here! |
 |
| Sorry it
took so long to update this site. It takes awhile to recover from
major surgery and also deal with all those wonderful postpartum hormones,
pain and sleep deprivation that comes along with getting a brand new baby
by c-section. :) Shawn has been an absolute lifesaver. I have no idea how anyone could possibly do this alone. My only job right now is to sleep, eat, and feed the baby. Everything else is just extras out of me. I didn't even change a diaper for the first three days of Samantha's life. Shawn has been so wonderful! Anyway...Samantha was born via c-section at 8:08pm on September 20th weighing in at 7 pounds, 8.3 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. She was immediately handed to Shawn and he wrapped her in a blanket and brought her to my cheek. He held her and talked to her the whole time they were finishing with me. She wasn't even crying. She was so pretty! She looks so much like her daddy! Once I was all closed up, they transported us to the Recovery Room where they had prepped me for surgery with an IV and all those other things I really didn't want to have done and Samantha was weighed in and given her first bath by daddy. She has such long legs! When the doctor was pulling her out he says, "We have legs, and more legs. Oh my Goodness this kid has long legs!" :) She takes after mommy on that one! :) The breech position that she was in was what is called frank breech. Which means that her legs were in a pike position and up by her face. This is part of the reason her breech presentation wasn't discovered sooner. I was feeling her kicking where she was supposed to be kicking. She was basically folded in half inside of me. There is a small concern regarding her hips since she was in this position. At one month of age she will have an ultrasound done to make sure that everything is okay. For now, she is doing great. Shawn works with her everyday and exercises her little legs and they are coming down nicely. We keep her wrapped up tight in blankets and that helps too. Sort of doing our own physical therapy with her. She has Shawn's eyes, hair, eyebrows, even his feet and toes! The only parts of me I see in her are her hands and legs. We aren't quite sure yet who's nose she got! :) We can't decide. The breastfeeding thing is a work in progress too. It hasn't come naturally to her and we have been working with a lactation consultant to try to get her to latch on properly. Right now, she eats well, but not without the use of a nipple shield. (A clear soft plastic piece that goes over my nipple and makes it easier for her to suck....that allows her to be lazy.) It's amazing to witness your own body providing all the nutrients another little life needs to survive on though. So to me, it's worth the extra awakenings in the night and the extra work we will have to put into getting her trained properly (and the sore nipples). It would be so easy to give up and just bottle feed her the breast milk and then Shawn could feed her and not have to wake me up at all hours of the day and night. But DANG IT! I didn't get the birth I wanted, I want to at least be able to feed her the way I had wanted. Something has got to go as planned! :) LOL! Click here to see pictures on shutterfly!! Thanks for checking in on us! |
   |
|
| Visits to this site |
| This page is best viewed with Internet Explorer. |
 |
| Pregnancy Page Baby's Room Pregnancy Photos 1 Pregnancy Photos 2 Ultrasound Pics (login-mandimack password-baby) Fun Pics Wedding Pics Vacation Pics Baby Shower Pics Other People's Belly Pics |
 |