March 17th, 2009 (St. Patrick’s Day)
My parents arrived on Monday night and on Tuesday morning we drove to the hospital, Mikey and I in my car and my parents following behind us in theirs. We got there around 9:00 and were immediately shown to our room. I changed into a gown and was hooked up to the good ole fetal monitor. Then they drew some blood and gave me an IV.
At around 12:00, the nurses came in and put me in a wheelchair to bring me into the operating room. I gave Mikey and my parents a hug and a kiss and off I went. Mikey had to wait outside until they got the spinal administered. When I got into the operating room, I climbed up onto the table and sat on the edge while they gave me the spinal. It took her a long time, and she missed a few times, hitting my spine instead. Once it was in my legs instantly went warm, and they had me lay down. Before I knew it, I heard Dr. McGrath’s voice and he was cutting me open!
Mikey came in all dressed in his scrubs. He came over and kissed me, but couldn’t take his eyes off the action on the other side of the sheet. Next thing I know, Dr. McGrath said the baby was ready, but the pediatrician was scrubbing in so everyone just had to stand around and wait for about a minute. Then I heard the most glorious sound, my baby girl screaming her lungs out! Mikey didn’t know what to do, stay near me, go see the baby, continue watching major surgery… I said, “go see the baby honey.” So he went over and saw Emmery, his brand new baby girl. We got our first family picture and then Emmery was whisked away to the nursery while they finished stapling me up.
With a GD mom, it is protocol to test the baby’s blood sugar. It can drop dangerously low after delivery, which Emmery’s did. So the nurses had to give her a small bottle of sugar water to get her blood sugar back into the normal range. After that they continued to test her and she was fine. I headed to rcovery for about an hour, and then they brought me back to my room where my parents and Mikey were waiting. The nurses brought Emmery into the room and I got to finally hold my daughter for the first time.
We spent two nights in the hospital and went home on the third day. Everything went very smooth, I was still quite sore, but the painkillers helped!
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