Happy Monday lovelies! I've been away for a hot minute because I had my sweet lil' boo early! Please meet Camden Noah who was born on August 29th at 7:10pm and weighed a 6 pound 11 ounces. He decided that he couldn't wait until 40 weeks and wanted to meet his mama and daddy right away. Much to our surprise, he was born at 37 weeks exactly! The first week home has been a complete whirlwind. We are getting just barely a few hours of sleep, I'm living in nursing tanks, and feeling like total zombies - but we are loving every moment with him. Our families have been such an amazing help and we couldn't have gotten through the first week without them - especially my mom who has been his nanny and been over every day to help out and take us to our appointments.
On Friday, August 28th we decided to have a relaxing evening at my parents house after my last day of work before maternity leave. I had been feeling kinda funny all day but I was really busy playing catch up so I just brushed it off. When we got to my parents house I noticed my Braxton hicks had not calmed down and were becoming more prominent. I felt a few whooshes of water when I was laying down on the couch and thought to myself "there is no wayyy that was my water breaking." - lol! I started to panic a bit because I knew it was early and cried to my mom. I had this feeling I needed to go to the hospital even if it was a false alarm and just get checked - worst case scenario, they would just send us home. We went right down the street to the hospital (thank heavens they live super close!) We checked in and the nurse examined me. We were shocked when she said "you're having a baby tonight, this is the real deal." I was only 1cm dilated at that point! I was excited and terrified all at the same time because I thought I had a few more weeks! They sped up my contractions with medication and the real labor started to set in. The contractions were AWFUL and I could not wait to have the epidural - but I had to wait to 3cm (I was only 1cm when we got there.) After the epidural I was in heaven, those things are NO joke. I labored for a whole 20 hours and unfortunately I stopped progressing at 8cm. My doctor held off as long as he could but made the call to do a c-section since little Camden seemed to be stuck. I was heartbroken but I trusted my doctor and knew he held off as long as he could and made the right call for the safety of us. The nurses and staff were incredible and I'm really glad I delivered at the hospital we chose.
Little guy arrived at 7:10pm via c-section and it was the scariest but best moment of my life. Hearing him cry for the first time plus seeing my fiance's face as he first held him was nothing short of incredible. I had the hardest recovery from the c-section (they also removed a large cyst while they took him out) and I'm still trying to get back to myself but I'm slowly starting to feel normal again. Breastfeeding has been a bit hard for me since he is small and we haven't really found our groove yet. I was putting a ton and stress and pressure on myself to get it right away but everything takes time. For now I am exclusively pumping and I am so happy he's getting what he needs from me another way - even though I feel married to my pump ha ha!
Well, off to try and catch up on some rest. Hope you all have a wonderful day!
