Hi All!!
So sorry for the absence!! Had a really good reason though!! Baby Mac arrived last Wednesday, July 13th at 9:29 in the evening!!! He was exactly 6 days past due!!! His stats were: 8 lbs 3 oz, 21 inches long. But he was soooo worth the wait!! Here's my story!!!
For the last three weeks or so, I went to the dr. each week and when she would check my cervix, I was not appearing to be dilating at all. Finally at 39 weeks, we talked about some things we could do to "ripen" my cervix to see if we could get me going. So, 2 weeks ago, I went to the hospital to have some gels inserted to ripen my cervix (yes, it's just as fun and comfortable as it sounds!!!) Went back to Dr. on Friday and still nothing.. we made a plan to have me go in on Wednesday, 7/13, evening, have Cervidil (another ripening albeit more strong gel) inserted and then the following morning, we'd check me and if I had made progress, we'd induce and if not, we'd go for a c-section. Honestly, was totally fine with that option. I went again on Tuesday morning to check things out and still nothing at all. So, I asked, "why would we even do cervidil if nothing else has worked, why wouldn't we just go ahead with a c-section".. she said it was my choice so I opted for a c-section, scheduled for Thursday, the 14th at 1:30...WELL, things did not go as planned b/c the next day, after we dropped my dad off for his dialysis (yes, my parents arrived almost a week early and just had to hang out and wait with me!! ) we headed to Target. In the car, I felt as if I might be peeing on myself and was like "you have got to be kidding me!!". So we got to Target, and I went to the bathroom, realized that I was not peeing, but my water had broken and came out to tell my mom. I called Tim to come get me while my mom finished up what she needed to do and then go get my dad. WE arrived at the hospital and determined that since I had just eaten (In N Out burger!!), I had to wait for 8 hours until we could go into surgery... so, that's what we did. Just wait and wait and wait!!! I was surprisingly calm until they came in to prep me and tell me what was going to go down.. then the nerves kicked in. I was wheeled into the operating room around 9ish and at 9:29, Mac came right out!!! Tim was very emotional, and I was just relieved!! Everyone kept saying how cute he was so I was anxious to see him!! When Tim brought him over to me, I just melted. It really is a miracle that he's here! If you know my story, we never thought this would ever happen for us and everything just went text book and perfect and now we have the most beautiful addition to our family.
We stayed in the hospital until Saturday morning ( had the option to stay until Sunday but I was moving around much more than expected so they gave us the OK to leave early) The stay in the hospital was a little rough.. my emotions and stress level were through the roof and we had a LOT of visitors which was at times a little overwhelming for me. Being home has been great, he's a great eater, sleeper and just all around an easily appeasable baby. I hope this continues!! My recovery has been a little slower than I'd like. I had forgotten about little things like gas pains and it's been a bitch to sit down and stand up... I'm sooooo bruised as well. Again, all worth it when I look at Mac!!!
For those whom I'm friends with on Facebook, the below pictures you've already seen!!! Sorry for the photo bomb but I can't stop taking pictures of this little man!!!
Hope you are all well!! Trying to catch up on blogs!
xoxo
js
Mac - around 15 minutes old!
this is what he does ALOT!!!
Heading Home:
Chilling with his Chief (his grandpa)
Loves his giraffe!
Chill Baby
went for our first walk today!!!
