He is so perfect!!! We love him dearly and we are both so excited to be home with our son! Long story short...we went to the hospital on Saturday just to pre-register and thought that since we were there we might as well see if I had progressed any. They hooked me up to a monitor and noticed that Isaac's heartbeat wasn't handling the contractions very well. At this point my contractions were every six minutes and after an hour they were every four minutes. So they monitored me for an hour and Taylor and I just watched conference to pass the time. After the hour of monitoring the nurse called the doctor to tell her what was happening and he thought everything was in my favor that they might as well induce me and get me going. (I was full term, I was starting to dilate, etc. etc...had I been 35-37 weeks they would not have induced me). So...they started me on potocin and weren't happy with what they were seeing. They put an internal monitor on Issac's head to more accurately know what his heartbeat was doing and then an hour later wanted to put an internal monitor on me to know what my contractions were doing. At this point they called the doctor on call to come in--he was sitting in the Priesthood session when this call came. Needless to say, he didn't feel comfortable letting me continue on my own and wanted to do a c-section. I was having some pretty good contractions at this point and was not a happy camper.They wheeled me into the OR and gave me an intrathecal (not an epidural, but pretty much the same thing) and once that was in, I was much better! Everything went smooth with the rest of the surgery and recovery and we are home now with one sweet, happy, perfect little boy!! He is feeding really well and sleeps a lot and cries little. He is just adorable and we are so happy to have him here healthy. After this experience, I would definitely get an epidural or intrathecal on my next labor, and really the c-section was not that bad. I wasn't expecting it so that didn't make me happy, but it was fast and painless. The recovery has not been bad--I am up and moving today...sore, but not bad. I truly feel blessed to have this child and love him so much!! Taylor is amazing with him and loves being a dad! We love him so much!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS! We have been faithfully checking your blog since we found out Isaac was born, and so we were so happy to hear the story and see pictures finally! He is SO cute! We're glad things worked out, and we're so happy for you! Congratulations on being parents--we know you'll be great!
He's so cute! What a little miracle! I'm so glad things went well. Good luck with the recovery. I'm soo excited for you. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH! So glad all is well and I knew you would turn over to the wonderful world of drugs! Especially since you had pitocen-I had that....horrible! He is so beautiful and we are so happy for you! I need your address because every attempt we have made to see eachother have fallen through, so I think I'd just better send you your gift! Lots of love...and happy birthday Isaac!
Awww... Congratulations Val! He is very handsome, I'm glad to hear the delivery went well.
Congratulations! He is so beautiful, and you look so great! Good luck with the recovery, you guys will be great parents!
Oh, Val! I am so happy for you! I was just working on scrapbooking our pictures from BYU and thinking what an amazing friend you are. I am so happy for you and Taylor. You are going to be wonderful parents. Send me your address so I can send a gift!
...and I can't believe you're up and looking gorgeous already. Only Val! :)
THAT was a long story short??!! :)
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby! He is perfect. I'm so happy for you! And of course, you look beautiful.
Congratulations! That is so exciting. :) I'm glad you and the baby are both doing well. He is so cute!
I can't believe he is here! CONGRATULATIONS to you and your sweet family. He is darling. Good luck these next few weeks with recovery. I appreciated the details. I can't wait to "see him" grow via your blog. You look great! Congrats again!
He's so precious! Congrats on being a tough mamma through the whole delivery. In one of the pictures I thought he looked so much like you. Who do you guys think he looks like?
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