Trying to burb her...
My peaceful angel sleeping
After enjoying her in my belly for almost 40 weeks, our little Angel was born at Medical City of Dallas on December 10, 2008 at 3:07PM. She was 7 pounds and 13 Ounces and 20 ½ inches.
On Tuesday, I went into the doctor's office for my regular visit and the doctor mentioned that she thinks the baby is almost 8 pounds and it would be good to go ahead and get her out now before she is too big and would have to do C-Section later. At the time, my cervix was completely closed and I wasn’t dilating at all so she advised me to either induce that day or do a biophysical profile on Friday to determine the condition of the baby and then induce. She was quite adamant that she would not allow me to be more than one more week late – considering the size of the baby. J and I discussed our options and decided to go ahead and be induced that day. We went to the hospital at 9:00PM and were given cervidil around 11:00PM to loosen my Cervix since it was completely closed. By 12:00PM, I started feeling my first contractions. Not too bad – I was able to breathe through them without any problem and was up walking around. By 1:00AM, my contractions were hurting so bad I had to call and tell the nurse I need any pain medication she can give me. She went ahead and checked me and said I was already dilated almost two cm by then and decided to give me the epidural. After the epidural, the pain was gone within five minutes. Before the epidural, it was the most painful thing I have ever felt in my life. I laid back in bed and relaxed after that since I was able to push the button to add more medicine, I was a happy person. By 12:00 PM the next day, I was 10 centimeters dilated and ordered to push. I was so exhausted I could barely push since I was up pretty much all night but I was ready for Aliyah to come out. I was placed on a birthing bar to help – this is a bar attached to the bed. I placed my feet on the bar and used a sheet attached to the middle of the bar in order to pull myself up with pushing. J and the nurse held my legs up while I pushed for about two hours, and was beyond exhaustion. The nurse called the doctor after pushing for about an hour and half and they were ready to take Aliyah out. They took her out within 20 min and it was the best feeling I have ever had when she was out and crying.
My sister was able to change her flight and came to see me and my mom will be able to come on Sunday and stay with me for about a month. Js family, which has been supportive thru out my pregnancy and our friends have been coming to visit our precious baby and us.
On Tuesday, I went into the doctor's office for my regular visit and the doctor mentioned that she thinks the baby is almost 8 pounds and it would be good to go ahead and get her out now before she is too big and would have to do C-Section later. At the time, my cervix was completely closed and I wasn’t dilating at all so she advised me to either induce that day or do a biophysical profile on Friday to determine the condition of the baby and then induce. She was quite adamant that she would not allow me to be more than one more week late – considering the size of the baby. J and I discussed our options and decided to go ahead and be induced that day. We went to the hospital at 9:00PM and were given cervidil around 11:00PM to loosen my Cervix since it was completely closed. By 12:00PM, I started feeling my first contractions. Not too bad – I was able to breathe through them without any problem and was up walking around. By 1:00AM, my contractions were hurting so bad I had to call and tell the nurse I need any pain medication she can give me. She went ahead and checked me and said I was already dilated almost two cm by then and decided to give me the epidural. After the epidural, the pain was gone within five minutes. Before the epidural, it was the most painful thing I have ever felt in my life. I laid back in bed and relaxed after that since I was able to push the button to add more medicine, I was a happy person. By 12:00 PM the next day, I was 10 centimeters dilated and ordered to push. I was so exhausted I could barely push since I was up pretty much all night but I was ready for Aliyah to come out. I was placed on a birthing bar to help – this is a bar attached to the bed. I placed my feet on the bar and used a sheet attached to the middle of the bar in order to pull myself up with pushing. J and the nurse held my legs up while I pushed for about two hours, and was beyond exhaustion. The nurse called the doctor after pushing for about an hour and half and they were ready to take Aliyah out. They took her out within 20 min and it was the best feeling I have ever had when she was out and crying.
My sister was able to change her flight and came to see me and my mom will be able to come on Sunday and stay with me for about a month. Js family, which has been supportive thru out my pregnancy and our friends have been coming to visit our precious baby and us.
Now, I am at the hospital and enjoying the bundle of joy in my life. It is almost like a dream – I'm afraid that I will wake up any moment and find that this was all a dream but of course, it is real.
1 comment:
Congrats ma dear...!!! It does feel like a dream. I still cant beleive you are a mom...!! But you are best suited for the job ma dear...enjoy motherhood and kiss little aliya for me!!
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