11.15.2010
The story of Lillie’s birth- June 3, 2010!
So as we got all checked in, I got my epidural and we settled in for the night. It was about 2 in the morning by the time the nurse cut the lights out. We were so glad to get some rest, we knew we had an eventful day ahead of us….we just didn’t know how eventful! So about 5 in the morning my nurse comes in to start my pitocin since my contractions had slowed due to the epidural. As soon as they gave me the pitocin, Lillie’s heart rate skyrocketed! I mean it was almost to 200 beats per minute. The nurse immediately stopped the pitocin. She called Dr. Cox (my OB) who wanted us to wait an hour before trying again. So, I went back to sleep for another hour. At 6 the nurse decided to try again. This time, Lillie did just fine with the pitocin. Her heart rate stayed right where it was supposed to be. Good and strong! At 7 the nurse shift changed and our new nurse arrived. At first, we weren’t really sure about the new nurse (she hadn’t her coffee yet and I can totally relate, I’m not a morning person either), but by the end of the day April was basically our new best friend. She was absolutely amazing! Anyway, shortly after April arrived Dr. Cox came in and broke my water. We were in business! My body began dilating and things were moving smoothly. Our families arrived around 10 and were so excited! About 12:00, I began running a fever. Lillie was still fine, but I wasn’t feeling so hot. Dr. Cox started my on an antibiotic at this point and oxygen. It was lovely having that thing up my nose! So anyway, about 2:00 our friends showed up and we got to say hey to everyone but Art (he got there a little later).
Lillie, Matt and Lillie’s nurse, Susan, got me settled in and Matt took Lillie to the waiting room to meet our families. Little did we know that everyone except our mom’s had gone to celebrate Lillie’s birth. Anyway, our mom’s got to meet Lillie first!
Then my mom came to the recovery room with me and Matt’s mom went with him and Lillie to get her settled in the nursery. After a while, Laurin came to see me too. I remember her walking in and starting to cry! We’ve been through a lot in our 25 years together and she said she just lost it seeing her best friend laid up in the bed! She was also a very proud auntie Lala! The rest of the night is a blur for me. Matt said they finally took me to my room about 10:30. Apparently, our families had all gotten to see Lillie in the nursery and had gone home to get some rest. So we got to have a little family time, just the 3 of us! I finally got to hold Lillie and didn’t want to give her up even though I couldn’t stay awake. Finally Matt took Lillie so I could rest. It had been a long day, but after 19 hours of labor, 3 hours of pushing and a c-section, our beautiful baby girl was here!
We stayed at the hospital until that Sunday, June 6. I’ve never been so glad to go home in all of my life! We had quite the welcome home from sweet Shelby who was so ready to see us and our new addition!
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