Yes, Tabitha was 8 lbs 8.6 ozs, not t ozs as previously reported. Mommy, baby, Daddy are doing fine now that tubes have been removed and food has been provided.
Yes, we caught a trifecta, natural labor, induced labor, and a c-section. No fun at all. I'll save the gory details for Cindy to retell, let me suffice to say that there was a lot of pain, a lot waiting, and more than a little fetal distress. Tabitha's heart rate would plummet during pitocin induced contractions. All contractions, actaully, when they stopped the pit they had to add terbutylene to the mix to stop the contractions.
The c-section, I am told, was completely uninteresting and typical
from a medical perspective. Tabitha popped out, the nurses did
their cleaning, etc., and I got to hold her while they finished up
on Cindy.
Taby Kat and I wandered around in the hall outside the delivery
room looking at things and talking. She stopped crying when
she heard my voice and she was very interested in trying out
her eyes. She looked everywhere and at everything. I think
she was particularly interested in lights, specula, and strong
color contrasts, like warning signs posted on the walls.
Last night someone came into our room every 45 minutes to
and hour. Sometimes more often. Blood, meds, weighing, and
I don't know what else. Tabitha was not an obsticle to our
sleep, the medical staff was.
Tomorow I get to bring home my favorite girl and my favorite
girl (under 30).
9 comments:
Congradulations!!!
Hope more sleep is in the works for all of you.
Love,
Ellie
AWWWWW!!! What a beauty!!
~camper
Oh she is beautiful! Congratulations again Cindy!!!
She looks so beautiful. And she actually looks somewhat like that wonderful 3-D ultrasound at 6 months- the moment when I began to bond to her. I can't wait to hold her in my arms.
Labor is never great but Cindy it sounds like yours was worse than most and scary because Tabitha did not like the pitocin. But its over and the memory will fade.
Oh Cindy and David she is beautiful! I am so happy to see she is safe and sound and Mommy and Daddy are doing good too!!
Congrats!!!
She's absolutely beautiful!!!Congratulations to all of you.
The delivery sounds like a nightmare with a blessedly happy ending. I hope now you have a chance to relax and enjoy.
David have you decided yet where she's going to college?
Love to you all,
Gina
BLBLBLBL!
Thelma I just got back to my email (I was out out town) but, I'm so proud of you! She's beautiful. What I can I do? What do you need?
Call me or email when you get a chance.
Love, Stacy
Congratulations! Woo, that sounds like a rather familiar labor and birth experience. Perry gave us the same labor/induction/distress/c-section song and dance. Here's to a fast recovery for Cindy, and baby happiness for Tabitha. And sleep for all.
The labor part sounds like a standard Kaiser thing - it is exactly the same as I had experienced with Jaden. My H2O broke and 24 hours later, after pitocin and a really scary time only broken up by the blessed epidural, they finally gave us the C-section that I had been asking for all along!
Tabby is adorable - Jaden wants to know when they can play together!
Love to you guys!
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