We went as fast as we could to the front desk, registered and they sent us up to the third floor and after 6 more contractions I was given an epidural (my friend). As the pain got less and less I was a happy girl.
May 28th, at 2:05am we were ready to push, after 40 minutes at 2:45am Dallin was able to catch or little one and place him on my tummy. We are so grateful we have our beautiful 9lbs & 21 inch long baby boy Maxwell Aiden Davies!
Immediately after Maxwell arrived we knew something was wrong, I was loosing too much blood. Jen, our midwife had to manually remove everything inside me quickly to see the further problem. She found lots of tearing as she very calmly and sutured me up. As she was finding more and more tares she called in Dr Young, and for the following 2 hours he was stitching me up. I'm so grateful the epidural was on board... that could have been a nightmare.
Because I lost so much blood and was really light headed they were giving me tons of fluids (Dallin was saying it was about 2 gallons of fluids put into me in that 2 hour time period) and one unit of blood making my hands and feet swollen and puffy. The rest of the day I was drugged with pain relievers and trying to recover.
May 29th I am doing well, feeding in the night went really well and I was able to get some sleep. 5am this morning they tested my blood and I was at a crit of 19 which is super low so I was given 2 more units of blood.
We have had several loving visitors come and see us in the hospital. It has been so fun to see our little Max in everyone's arms.
THE AFTERMATH has been a roller coaster. Dallin left us on June 2nd to start orientation for PA school in Downers Grove IL. Which was a hard-tender-sad-happy-emotional-day. The whole day I could not help but think that Dallin would not get to hold me and our little Max for 3 or 4 weeks. Rough day packing and getting ready the Uhaul so Dallin could drive the 24 hours to Illinois. I am so grateful a few days earlier Dallin asked his dad to make the trip with him, which he graciously agreed to. Making the trip a lot easier being able to switch off driving and have some company on the long windy road.
The birth was very eventful, but hard on my body. The first few days were really rough even getting out of bed to go to the bathroom because of the pain and getting so light headed when I stood being so anemic.
I went into the clinic yesterday, June 11th to get an ultra sound to see if I need a DNC but fortunately it is looking like I do not need one. OH happy day.
Even through all of this craziness, I am so grateful for our little Maxwell. He is such a joy in our lives. We love him so much!!
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3 comments:
I am so happy for you! You look great! Sorry for the roller coaster but if anyone can handle it, its you guys.
Thank goodness for modern medicene. That sounds like Great Grandma Ririe. She had twins and then died after from loss of blood. One of the twins died too. She was the first Adult to die in Magrath at the age around 40. How grateful I am that you had good care and hope you get your strength back. Love Laurel
OH MY GOSH, LACEY! You are a survivor. That is one crazy story. Thank goodness for epidurals! 2 hours of stitching... that twisted my insides. With my first, I almost had 3rd degree tears and it sounds like you had so much worse- I can't imagine. And having Dallin gone too, to top it off :(. I'm so sorry! It's amazing what the female body is capable of though, you will be so impressed with yourself in a few months. Take lots of vitamins and take care. (Omega 3 is a baby blues helper- take it!- I tell that to all). Lots of love!
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