September 19, 2011
Wake-up 5am. Had to call the hospital to make sure they had room for me :)
Left for the hospital at 6am. When we arrived everything happened very fast! This picture was at 7:30am right before I walked back to surgery! Julius loved resting his hands on my tummy but I'm sure he's going to love sitting in my lap again even more!
I'm sure Daddy is sweating at this point :)
So, for those of you wondering what a c-section is like, here's a little tid-bit from my experience. (I was asleep for Julius, so it was different this time!) The Operating Room was below ZERO! I suppose this helps keep the doctors awake, don't want them dozing on the job :) The operating table is about 4 feet in the air. Again, for the benefit of the doctors I'm sure :) My personal nurse stood in front of me while I was getting my spinal, holding a nice, warm blanket and talking about anything to keep me calm :)
I was pretty calm, but I did explain to everyone in there that I talk a lot naturally, not that I was nervous or anything, lol! The anesthesiologist was also great about talking to me and answering my questions! So, after I was prepped, the doctors came in and started right away! I felt a little tugging and absolutely no pain. The few times I felt light-headed it went away with a little medicine in my i.v. :) Just before Lydia was born, Nick was brought in.
As he came in he kept his eyes on mine and didn't dare look over that curtain :) 8:24am...and her beautiful little cry was heard and I must say, the emotions are SO strong when you hear that first cry! Nick went over to her, and I laid there listening and crying and smiling all at once! (My anesthesiologist kept making sure they were tears of joy, lol!)
Here she is!! Beautiful, big girl!!
Happy Birthday Lydia!
Thank goodness she was over 8lbs! Dr. Ewing scared me when she predicted around 7 1/2...but once she came out everyone in the o.r. had much bigger predictions :) Dr. Dommermuth, the assisting surgeon, actually guessed her weight at 9lbs. 10oz.
Mommy's pink panther from when she was born at Onslow Memorial Hospital, January 10, 1985!
Proud Daddy!
Distracted Big Brother :)
Great-Grandma Linda getting some baby love!
Nana giving Julius lessons on being gentle :)
Bath time!
Lydia is glad bath time is over!!
Snuggling with Mommy our first night. Mommy was counting fingers and toes :)
After a great first night, Dr. Ewing was ok with letting me go home so, less than 36 hours after surgery, we were discharged!
Getting the babies ready to go home!
Our new family picture!
Here we go...on an adventure!
It's been 3 weeks and we are enjoying every minute of Little Miss Lydia! Great-grandma and Nana were here for 10 days after she was born! We went to a few little places around us. I think they enjoyed our little sight-seeing adventures. We really enjoyed having them here! Julius was thoroughly spoiled with all of the grown-ups in the house to entertain him! Very grateful for our wonderful family!!
