It's been awhile since I have been on here and there is a reason for that! We had our baby girl last week :) My due date wasn't until August 17, but on Sunday night Maci decided it was time. I was getting ready for bed,which was around 10 o'clock and as I was brushing my teeth my water broke! I then let Chris know and we loaded up the car and headed to the hospital. The car ride over to the hospital was so surreal. We kept saying next time we come back home we will have our baby girl with us :) We called our parents to let them know what was going on and told them once we got to the hospital we would fill them in on the progress because let me tell ya it was definitely a longggg night of contractions!
Once we got to the hospital we got settled right into our room and I got hooked up to my IV and monitor and I still didn't feel any contractions what so ever and it was going on 2 hours after my water had broke. The nurse checked me and I was still 1 cm dilated from my last appt with my doctor the previous week. Around 1:30am it was decided to give me Pitocin to help me start my contractions. I started to feel my contractions with in the next hours and boy did those hurt :/ I didn't get any sleep that night..maybe a total of 40 minutes so the morning time rolls around and I'm still only 1cm dilated!! You have got to be kidding me...with all these painful contractions and I'm STILL only 1 cm.
My doctor arrived that morning since she knew nothing would happen till about then anyways. Maci was still high up and I was going on 10+ hours of labor.. My doctor did a couple of other things to get me to dilate and still nothing. Maci was just being a little stubborn lady lol. Around 11 am it was then decided that a c section would be needed because my water had broke all on its own about 12 hours ago and it's not safe to have your baby in there for a long period of time after your water has broken because it could cause an infection to momma or baby.
Just like that it went from being in labor for 11 hours to we are having this baby in about an hour! We called our families and they came right over to the hospital. I was a little scared about getting a c section because I've never had a surgery...shoot I've never even had an IV in me before...but at this point I was willing to do anything to have this baby lol When the doctor pulled Maci out it was discovered that she was breech (feet first) Me and my doctor were amazed to find that out because the whole third trimester she was in the head down position and sometime within the five days leading up to my labor she had turned on us...little stinker ;)
Everything still went perfect & at 12:48PM, a very healthy Maci Maureen Stulak was born.
7lbs 7oz & 19 1/2 in long of pure perfection!
Chris & I became parents to a beautiful little angel. It was the best day of our lives.. Chris said right when they handed her to him she immediately had a firm grip on his finger with her tiny hand. Nothing compares to that feeling we felt that day of seeing our little angel baby for the first time and holding her! She truly bring so much joy to our lives :) I actually had a great recovery after my c section and the doctor was amazed as well. I was up and walking around the next day and we were able to leave hospital on Wednesday around 11am. Overall I had a great experience with my first pregnancy/delivery.
Going home day!
Maci did great on the way home. Although, I was a little scared to leave the hospital because she will be out in the outside world ..she managed to do great on the way home. She loves her car seat...didn't make a peep the whole ride home.
Till then here are some photos of the the first couple days of Maci's life!
Fun little fact.: Maci actually looks like both of her parents...Chris' newborn pics and Maci's are very similar
She has her momma's cheeks and nose!!
Look at those chubby cheeks..Morrin cheeks for sure!
She is my little mini me in this picture...how crazy!
I didn't know you ended up with a c-section! Glad you are recovering well :) Maci is so beautiful, definitely looks like Momma! Birth stories are so incredible aren't they? I was at 4cm for a week and having full blown contractions and delivered my baby and my water never broke, so funny yours broke at home - like a movie - honey, it's time! LOL
ReplyDeleteThank You! It's crazy how every birth story is so different! That's exactly how it was...I came out of the bedroom and was like "Chris, my water just broke!"
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