All good with my gorgeous girl. DH has been awesome with helping me during the night. He gets up and changes her nappy and then I feed her while he goes back to sleep. So far things have been a lot easier than I had first expected.
The C/S went as well as could be expected. It was over so quickly - from being wheeled from my room to being wheeled back was a total of around 2 hours. I was only in recovery for around 20 minutes and then reunited with my beautiful baby. The worst part was the epi-spinal. Ouchy McOuch Ouch. Oh and the fact that I could kind of see everything that was happening by looking in the reflection of the big satelite looking lamp they have hanging out of the ceiling. Best part was when the Ob held her bits up after she was born and I then knew for sure after 9 months of thinking it - that I had a baby girl. I think the anethestist must have pumped some pethedine in by that stage because I did have to turn to DH and ask ' that was girl bits, right?'
The hospital was fantastic and my recover was resonably quick considering. Note to those who have a c/s or end up needing a lot of pain meds.....constipation is not a good thing to have. Get your partners to bring you prunes and start eating them as SOON AS POSSIBLE. I went for 5 days without 'opening my bowel' - it was torture - especially with a c/s would to deal with. Anyway - just a tip that I learned the hard way.
The midwives were fabulous with lots of tips for breast feeding and they have loads of patience, so my other advice is to get a midwife EVERY time you are about to breast feed and get them to help you with positioning and attachment. You will have plenty of time to manage on your own once you get home. Take the assistance while you can. I was trying to do everything on my own at the beginning, thinking that I was failing straight off the bat if I didn't have Asher in the room with me 24/7, if I kept taking pain meds that pass to her (1%) and if I couldn't get the attachment right etc. I soon learned that if I couldn't walk because of the pain i was no good to her, if my nipples were damaged - I was no good to her, if I had no sleep - I was no good to her.
If your hospital has a physio session - attend and get your muscle seperation checked. I had no idea about muscle seperation. Turns out I had 3 finger seperation that required an abdominal binder to help my back while my stomach muscle repairs itself.
Anyway - we have been home now for a week and a day and it has been a tough week. I have been in tears a lot - not for any particular reason but I'm guessing it's to be expected. DH goes back to work on Monday and my mum is coming to stay for the week. Then a week on my own (during the day)then mother in law is coming from O/S the week after. So, busy times ahead.
That's about it for now. Hoping you're all travelling well and the bubs are growing strong.
Nic
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PS: One slight complication is that Asher has hip displasia which means that her hips aren't sitting in the sockets properly (most likely reason that she was breech). She has to wear a harness for 6 weeks - it's really hard to see her in it, but it's been cuaght early so hopefully this will be it in terms of her treatment. Hopefully no surgery or plaster casts.
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