I will be typing up a complete birth story, a lovely way to document one of the three biggest events in my life. But for now, here is a quick outline of Elsie's birth for those who like the details:
7:30am - labor had started and I recognized it for what it was, the real deal!
8:00am - called the Midwife on-call and filled her in. Agreed to call her back in 30 mins for and update.
8:05am- decided I wanted to go to the hospital, called the Midwife back and told her we were on our way.
8:30am- arrived at the hospital, meet by my Midwife who immediately got me in a room.
9am- Initial intake was done (including monitoring of baby's heart rate) and I got in the birthing tub.
12:06pm- Elsie was born! Our midwife, a nurse, and Craig all helped pull her out of the water and into my arms. Craig got to cut her umbilical cord.
The baby nurse had to take her to the warmer for a few minutes because they had a hard time telling how pink she was in the low lighting and surrounded by the blue birthing tub. It was the perfect time for me to get out of the water and back into bed to deliver the placenta. She was quickly returned to me and we hung out in the room for the next 4.5hrs (they were short on post partum rooms for a while).
4:30pm- they moved me and got me settled in the post partum room.
9pm- the nurse gave Elsie her first bath in our room. Elsie only left our sight twice for weight checks in the nursery, probably a total of 15 minutes during our whole stay. Perfect for me and her.
10pm- Craig headed home to get some sleep. Elsie and I had a very wonderful, peaceful first night together.
12am- Elsie finally latched and nursed for the first time. She is nursing great now!
1pm 7/9/2011- We took our baby home.
No comments:
Post a Comment