Visitors and Halloween in the Hospital!

Aunt Libby came to visit again on Friday and brought us a special treat...Cupcakes! (Uncle) Joe also came back to visit. Since I was actually awake and able to talk, it was nice to have visitors. Libby actually got to hold the baby and we had a really nice visit, lots of photos taken.

I was moved back to my recovery room some time in the morning. I was still not able to eat, which made the cupcakes a bit cruel, but it was nice to be in my room where I'd be spending the next couple days. We were all pretty sure I'd be going home Sunday. Morgan was a bit jaundiced so she had to stay as well.

In the afternoon, I finally got to have something to eat. I know it's weird that I feel the need to share that info, but it was really an important thing to me! The cupcakes Libby brought were delicious!



Morgan also spent her first holiday in the hospital today. Here she is in her cute little Halloween outfit we bought for her. It's newborn size and still quite large on her! I really didn't fathom the thought of her being so small! Her hat was made by my dear friend Jane Downer. It was the first present I got from anyone after I found out I was pregnant. Isn't it the cutest?

Being in a hospital on Halloween doesn't really make you understand that Halloween is even happening in the world outside. Brad and I got take out for dinner and we watched an NCIS marathon on TV. What a fun Halloween. Now as long as we don't get too fat eating the Halloween candy we didn't get to pass out, we'll be all set!

Complications

Later in the evening after Morgan's birth, I had some complications. Around 6:30pm, they moved me to my recovery room. When they rolled us out we found out Lib, Joel and the kids, as well as Joe, were all there to visit. It was really nice to see their faces when we were brought through the doors. As soon as we got to my new room, they wanted to do a preliminary exam so Brad went to talk to our visitors. The recovery nurse thought there was something strange near my episiotomy site that the Labor and Delivery nurse hadn't mentioned. She called in the other nurse, and they both decided it looked like I had a haematoma under my skin about the size of a tangerine and really hard to the touch.

Luckily, my doctor lives about 5 blocks from the hospital, so they called her in. At this point, I knew it'd be a while, so Brad, Lib, and Joe went down to the cafeteria to visit, and Joel took the kids home. I started to look at the dinner menu thinking that I'd actually get to finally have a meal! The doctor decided to just pack the area with gauze and hope that the haematoma resolved itself. While she was packing the gauze, the haematoma burst. She called and rushed me to the Operating Room. Talk about scary!

While they were rolling me out, Brad and guests returned. Luckily, Libby and Joe were able to stay with him. They brought me into the O.R. where anesthesiologists grabbed each of my arms, told me I'd be ok but they were putting me to sleep and next thing I knew, it was about 9:00. Brad was there and had taken it all amazingly well even with his fear of doctors and blood. They sewed me up and though the haematoma re-formed, everything appears to be ok. They had the baby stay in the nursery that night so I could get rest, Brad stayed in my recovery room, and I stayed in labor and delivery. It was sad that we were all separated on our first night as a family!

It's A Girl!

Morgan Elizabeth Eggert was born at 3:50pm on Thursday, October 29, 2009. She weighs 5lbs. 15oz., and is 20.75 inches in length! She is perfect!


We arrived at the hospital on Wednesday night at 5:00pm so I could be given Cervidil to try to get things moving. Contractions started around 1:30am, but very mild, and very far apart. In the morning, around 8:00am(I think), they gave me Pitocin. Then the contractions really got strong, though still fairly far apart. I was miserable! We then decided to go ahead with an epidural. Of course, with my luck, the first epidural didn't work correctly. I was numb everywhere, except where it really mattered! They removed the epidural and tried again. That time it worked well. I didn't feel another contraction the rest of the day!

Once the epidural was working and the contractions got closer together, things progressed fairly quickly. We got a little worried because the baby's heart rate got a bit erratic, so they decided it was time to push. The doctor warned me going in that if things did not go smoothly that we might need to do a c-section, but we were going to try to deliver her naturally first. I pushed for about 40 minutes, then, when the doctor was getting ready to give up and perform a c-section, she finally decided it was time to come out, with the help of the vacuum.



Uncle Jon and my dear friend Linda were in the waiting room ready to visit. It was really wonderful to have people there waiting for Morgan's arrival. We got to visit for a bit, and I got to eat a little, though I had no appetite. I was really looking forward to dinner that night...

Playing Catch Up

So, I'm just now (January) writing these posts that supposedly occurred in October. Forgive me if I go back and forth with the tenses.

Due Date

I've never blogged before so I'm just testing this out.

So, here we are on Morgan's due date and so far...no baby! I'm really scared to be induced, even if it is an irrational fear, so let's hope she comes on her own in the next couple days.

I guess we'll see what happens!!