Lil miss C's journey into the world 11.28.10-12.2.10

Well surprise surprise lil miss C had not graced us with her pressence yet so we went into be induced at 8:00PM on 11.28.10. It was a busy day at home before we left to go to the hospital. I finished putting up my Chrismas decorations, cleaned the house and went grocery shopping. Mr. C split up wood, put up the Christmas lights and unloaded some logs for B with the tractor. We left our house around 5:30 ish and headed to eat dinner out before going to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital at 7:30p and they showed us to our room. Our nurse started the paperwork with us, asked some questions and told us the plan. They would start me out on a slow drip of piticon, then at 3:00am they would start uping the dosage and then at 6:00am, they would break my water. So after we got the paperwork done & the nurse was all set, i changed into the dreaded hospital gown and our nurse started the iv, she checked to see how dialted i was--still only at a 1. Mr. C prepared his bed and was asleep in no time. They offered me a sleeping pill which i ended up taking around 11:00pm. I got some rest but not much and in no time it was time to break my water, which was done at 6:15am. The contractions were coming but were not that painful and we were slowly progressing. At 11:00am the contractions were strong enough i was ready for the epidural and was dialted to a 4. The remainder of the afternoon i stayed at 4cm, finally progressing to 6cm by 6:00PM. By this time the epidural had worn off and i had pushed the button for more medicine and I had not been able to eat anything for 24 hours so I was starving. My doc came in and checked me and we discussed our options. We could continue at the slow progression or we could do a c-section. We decided to hold off until 8:00p to see if i had dialted any further, I had not so we decided to go ahead with the c-section. Mr. C's parents and sister were at the hospital so he told them what we were doing and then he called my parents and they headed down as well.They came in and gave me some more medicine through my epidural to make me num from the chest down, Mr. C was given scrubs, and we were headed into the operating room by 8:45p. Mr. C was so supportative. He held my hand and was my rock through the c-section. They asked him if he wanted to watch as they pulled her out and he did. Then he went and watched as they cleaned her up and he cut her cord, all the while making sure i was doing okay. He then was given her to hold and brought her over for me to see. She was then taken to the nursey to be cleaned up and I was taken back to my room for recovery for an hour before being moved into another room. While i was in surgery my mom and dad arrived along with J, D & K. I saw them at the end of the hall when i was taken back to my room, as they were all watching lil miss C at the nursey window. Lil miss C was born at 9:16pm on 11.29.10 weighing 7lbs, 14 ounces, and was 20 1/2 inches long, she shares a birthday with my Granny B. My mom and dad came into the room while i was recovering, Mr. C was back and forth between my room and the nursery. I felt so much better once the c-section was completed, i was happy with our decision to go ahead and not try to wait any longer to progress to have a vaginal delivery.  After about an hour they moved me to my other room and brought lil miss C to me to hold. Mr. C's parents, my parents and Sissy were all still there. They visited briefly and then left. I was finally able to eat some food around 12:00am, the nurse brought me a turkey and swiss sandwich and chips. We have decided to formula feed so she had her first feeding in the nursery and i feed her for the first time around 2:00am on 11.30.10. Visitors we had on Monday were Mr. C's parents (8:00am-11:00pm); my mom, D and my brother came and visited at 4:00P, Sissy arrived at 5:30pm and D & K, J, and my mom and dad arrived between 8:00-9:00 pm. All day on Tuesday I was still confined to the bed as i was hooked up to the iv & the cathedier. Mr. C did all of the diaper changing this day, swaddling, and we shared feedings. Our first visitors A.K & A arrived around 4:30pm and this it was time for the iv & cathedor to be taken out. Thank goodness because i was so ready for a shower and to be out of bed. Shortly after my shower our next visitors B, M, & my Grandma C arrived, then MB & AR, then JHKB, Mr. C's parents along with Grandma H, and then Sissy D&K arrived. We had visitors with us all evening until about 10:00pm. On Wednesday Mr. C and I took turns with feedings, diaper changes, and sleeping. The hospital photographers came and did a photo shoot and afterwards Mr. C and I sent lil miss C to the nursery while we went down to the cafteria to eat lunch. When we got done with lunch, AK had brought Grandma W down to visit. We visited with them until my coworker and good friend A arrived. After A left we ordered dinner and watched a movie, as we had no more visitors for the evening. My doc had come by in the afternoon and was pleased with how i was doing and said that she would relase me to go home tomorrow. Our pediatrician had also arrived this afternoon and said he would be by early tomorrow so we could head home as early as possible. Doctor's orders included not lifting anything more than my baby, no vaccuming or bending, and no driving for 2 weeks. I am to make an appointment to follow up with my doc in 2 weeks and lil miss C has an appointment to see her doc in 2 weeks. We were realsed from the hospital and headed home by 11:00am on 12.2.10. On our way home we stopped at Target where I picked up some motrin, some hats and mittens for lil miss C, we then ordered Imos and picked it up before arriving at home with our bundle of joy!