{"id":4650,"date":"2014-10-01T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2014-10-01T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:38:21","slug":"meet-owen-edward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?p=4650","title":{"rendered":"Meet Owen Edward"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started having contractions after my Dr appointment Monday afternoon where I was not dilated at all. They kept getting more intense until the point I woke up at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep again. Tuesday night, I was in a lot of pain and the contractions were  close together, but irregular. I called the doctor to ask what I should do and she said it didn’t sound like I was in labor, wait 30 minutes and go to the hospital if I felt it necessary. The contractions became less frequent, so I waited.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, I was in pain all day and the contractions were coming at least every 8 minutes, but still irregular. By 4:30, they were pretty bad so we went to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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The staff was sure I’d be pretty far along based on how strong my contractions were, but I was only 1cm. The doctor suggested we induce, so we did. The contractions became absolutely unbearable. After a couple hours though, I was still only 2cm. I asked for the epidural. Let me tell ya, that’s good stuff. They had to turn off the pictocin at one point because the baby’s hr dropped, but my contractions were strong without it. The next time they checked, I was 8cm.<\/p>\n

Pushing took forever, mostly because I couldn’t feel anything down there and my contractions weren’t very close together. They turned down the drugs which helped. The doctor came in at the very end. She wanted to do an episiotomy on me, but I said no, unless absolutely necessary. She was pretty judgemental about it when I tore, but it’s supposed to make tearing worse, so poo poo on her.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the last few pushes were pretty brutal. Kid’s got a big head. But he was out! They cleaned him up and gave him to me. I tried breastfeeding and he took to it right away. <\/p>\n

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7lbs 12oz, 20 3\/4″ long<\/p>\n

I was finally able to rest. When I wasn’t feeding him anyway. He looooves to eat. Especially when he’s upset and needs comfort. <\/p>\n

We were all ready to go home Saturday morning when the pediatrician told us he’s jaundiced and had to stay another night. I was so upset, especially because they took him away for treatment and told us they need to give him formula to help flush his system. They have me a pump to keep up my supply.<\/p>\n

I was incredibly relieved when they brought him in a little while later to eat.
\nThat night without him was rough though. Pumping is terrible. The next day, his test results looked promising. We hung out at the hospital with him all day. The afternoon results looked good too. We were finally able to bring him home!<\/p>\n

And I haven’t slept since. Naw, that’s a slight exageration, but it’s a happy sleep deprivation. Absolutely love him and love being a mom. Even when I’m being peed on. <\/p>\n

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