May 7, 2010
I woke up on the couch, since I can't sleep in the bed at all, at 4am and I felt really awake and really determined that today will be the day that I'll get to meet my baby girl....I was right. I went to wake Brad up. I told him that we were going to have Lily today and that I am going for a walk to get her movin....I couldn't wait any longer. When I came back from my walk I laid down on the couch and took an hour nap. When I woke up my contractions were 3 minutes apart and it was go time. Believe it or not, I was very calm. I wanted to take a shower before going to the hospital. I took my time, blow dried my hair, put make up on.....while I was taking my sweet time Brad had packed the car, started it, called my mother and was pacing like a mad man telling me that we needed to get to the hospital. It was adorable. When we got to the hospital I was 5 cm dilated and 75% effaced. I was officially in labor. Now was the hard part. I thought the hard part would be having the baby, I was wrong. They tried to put in my IV and I was so swollen that they had to try 4 times, then they tried to put in my epidural but were unsuccessful the first 7 times. I hurt so bad. The doctor kept telling me that he has never had such a tough time getting an epidural in. It took him 35 minutes before he finally got it in. After that it was heaven. I was so relaxed, I didn't feel contractions or anything, it was great. The bad part was that when they declared me in labor at 6am, I was no longer aloud to eat anything. I was starving. They gave me crushed ice with some sort of Italian ice syrup on it. I ate three cups still starving. My hunger pains were so intense. It hit 5:30pm and sure enough I started to feel pressure. I wanted this moment to happen for so long now and it was finally here. Now I get to see what I'm made of.....see if I can do this. Brad was incredible. He was such a good coach. Watching my contractions telling me when to push, telling me that I'm doing a great job, telling me how beautiful I look......He made me feel so strong. I felt like I could do anything. I was pushing and she wouldn't come out. I was only 9 cm dilated but 100% effaced so the doctor said that she could push my cervix to create more room. She couldn't move it so they said they wanted to do a c-section. Everyone was moving around the room really fast and I got really scared. Brad looked at me and told me that I could do it on the next push and that I needed to calm down. I pushed again and her head came out. I pushed for a little under an hour and there she was. Words can't describe how I felt when my doctor put her on my chest. She was so beautiful, perfect in every way.....Oh my God......I'm a Mom......we made her. I've never felt so many emotions at one time. I've never been so in love with anything my entire life. I am so happy.
I woke up on the couch, since I can't sleep in the bed at all, at 4am and I felt really awake and really determined that today will be the day that I'll get to meet my baby girl....I was right. I went to wake Brad up. I told him that we were going to have Lily today and that I am going for a walk to get her movin....I couldn't wait any longer. When I came back from my walk I laid down on the couch and took an hour nap. When I woke up my contractions were 3 minutes apart and it was go time. Believe it or not, I was very calm. I wanted to take a shower before going to the hospital. I took my time, blow dried my hair, put make up on.....while I was taking my sweet time Brad had packed the car, started it, called my mother and was pacing like a mad man telling me that we needed to get to the hospital. It was adorable. When we got to the hospital I was 5 cm dilated and 75% effaced. I was officially in labor. Now was the hard part. I thought the hard part would be having the baby, I was wrong. They tried to put in my IV and I was so swollen that they had to try 4 times, then they tried to put in my epidural but were unsuccessful the first 7 times. I hurt so bad. The doctor kept telling me that he has never had such a tough time getting an epidural in. It took him 35 minutes before he finally got it in. After that it was heaven. I was so relaxed, I didn't feel contractions or anything, it was great. The bad part was that when they declared me in labor at 6am, I was no longer aloud to eat anything. I was starving. They gave me crushed ice with some sort of Italian ice syrup on it. I ate three cups still starving. My hunger pains were so intense. It hit 5:30pm and sure enough I started to feel pressure. I wanted this moment to happen for so long now and it was finally here. Now I get to see what I'm made of.....see if I can do this. Brad was incredible. He was such a good coach. Watching my contractions telling me when to push, telling me that I'm doing a great job, telling me how beautiful I look......He made me feel so strong. I felt like I could do anything. I was pushing and she wouldn't come out. I was only 9 cm dilated but 100% effaced so the doctor said that she could push my cervix to create more room. She couldn't move it so they said they wanted to do a c-section. Everyone was moving around the room really fast and I got really scared. Brad looked at me and told me that I could do it on the next push and that I needed to calm down. I pushed again and her head came out. I pushed for a little under an hour and there she was. Words can't describe how I felt when my doctor put her on my chest. She was so beautiful, perfect in every way.....Oh my God......I'm a Mom......we made her. I've never felt so many emotions at one time. I've never been so in love with anything my entire life. I am so happy.
Welcome to the world baby girl.
Lily Anne Tesch
7 pounds 14 ounces
Almost 22 inches long.
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