Monday, October 6, 2014

our hospital stay

The days in the hospital all kind of blend together into one mass. Maybe that's the drugs talking. Maybe it's my lack of sleep.

We got to the recovery room around 2am. They immediately wanted me to be feeding her. The nurse was putting all kinds of pressure on me that she needed to be eating every two hours and the last time she ate was about 2 hours before so I got all worried.

Sadie is a terrific latcher. If that's even a word. She seriously opens her mouth SO wide and just latches right onto that boob. She will give one or two sucks and then.. nothing. She would just hang out there. My first nurse kept trying to help me but she just made me worry so I stayed up the entire night trying on and off to get her to eat. When the new nurse got there in the morning, she told me it's normal  for them to hardly eat their first couple days. THANKS A LOT FIRST NURSE.

Needless to say, I was freaking exhausted all Sunday. (You can tell from our first little family picture). But it was a happy day. My in-laws made the drive down the moment they found out Sadie was coming. It was so great to have them there! They came by early that morning to meet her. I am really glad they came. My poor mom had her flight from England booked for Monday in order to get there in time for my scheduled induction. Whoops!
Tired much?
Katie and Jenna came by that day to meet their adopted niece. It was so fun to see them with Sadie! 


 The rest of the night we hung out just the 3 of us. They took out my IV and catheter and I got to actually get up, which was freaking painful but exciting at the same time. I was so dang tired. They took her to the nursery for us and brought her to me when she was hungry. My sweet nurse showed us a technique called for nursing that really helped with Sadie sucking. That night was much, much better than the first.

The next morning my in-laws stopped by again to say goodbye. Seriously, they were the best to drive down for barely over a day. We love them!

I got to get up and shower!!! This was the best thing ever. I was in a lot of pain, but oh my gosh it felt good. Seriously, best shower I have ever taken. We hung out and ate and watched 30 Rock and then my mom got there! I am really sad to say, we didn't take a single picture of my mom there meeting Sadie!!! I can't believe it. But we hung out and got dinner and had a great time. Got even more sleep that night. Having the nursery is kinda awesome.

The next day we just waited aorund to see if we could go home. My nurse said I should stay for another day. Some people really like hospitals. I do not. I wanted out of there!! Luckily my doctor is the bomb and she said we were good to go! (She also said she cried when she found out that I had the baby. She wanted to bad to be there but they didn't even call her since it was her weekend off. I love her. She's so sweet). Anyways, then we were packing up and leaving around 2pm! Driving off from the hospital with a baby in the back seat instead of leaving alone with a broken heart, was a joy I can't explain. I couldn't believe she was ours and we were taking her home!!!

We took about 1,000 iphone pictures while in the hospital, of course, and it's too hard to figure out what day they were. So here's some of my favorites!!
Changing her first diaper!
After her first bath!

 Now we are home! It's definitely hard, but gosh I love this little family of mine so much!!

2 comments:

  1. I love her smiles, she is absolutely adorable. Congratulations! :)

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  2. Loveeeeeed reading your birth story, seeing all the pictures, and hearing about how things are going for you guys. It just makes me feel all warm inside! If any couple deserves this kind of happiness it's you guys, and I'm just so grateful you're getting to experience it all. Loves to you all! Wish I could meet her...maybe someday!

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