WE ARE FAMILY!!!!

Our beautiful baby girl graced us with her presence at 11:53a on November 1st, 2013. After 13 hours of labor, I needed a C Section and five days later we are home. We went from a couple to a family in a blink of an eye. Crazy! Although I was less than prepared for a C section, I will say in the end I'm so happy my dr pushed me to get one. It was a little scary to know the baby needed to come out as soon as possible, but I was confident she was in good hands. The epidural reallllly hurt and felt beyond weird with liquid squirting out of you. I was scared to have my legs numb, but it wasn't that bad. It WAS horrible when they doubled the dose for the OR. The feeling of not having control of your legs is terrifying. Labor was actually a really enjoyable experience. My mom, husband and his parents were really supportive and kept the room very calm. I'm really glad I was able to experience it for a little bit before the surgery. I would have been upset that I wasn't able to know what it was like. Post Op was ok. My care was not as great as I had wanted my first night. Nobody really explained to me that when you breastfeed it releases a hormone that makes your uterus shrink, so as I was learning the technique of feeding, I was also experiencing pangs as strong as labor. Scary! After 4 nights we were kicked out and sent home to start our life! We are now all settled in, bassinet is in action (piece of shit took hubby 3 hours) and we survived our first night. She's really into cluster feeding which sucks, but we're working on her feeding schedule. Her poops and peeps are in working order and her lungs are CLEARLY doing just fine. As wonderful and perfect as being a mom is, I am equally happy watching my husband fall in love with his daughter.