So 09:00 my c-section got bumped. I was sitting in my room trying to stay calm.. Yeah good luck with that right? Right?
10:00 anxiety got the best of me... We.. My momma, Jason, and sister Maria walked the halls. Back and forth.. Back and forth... Back and ... Well you get the idea.
11:00 I head to the OR all prepped and nervous as can be. With my husband.. And momma with Maria close behind.. She got the most amazing shot... Picture wise.
Mikaela and I walk into the OR. I get on the table... Meet the lady that will do my spinal thingy.. We had to do it twice. Not super fun. But it wasn't bad. I sit there... Kinda go numb.. Thank god! Right? I think so. Touch my belly for the last time telling Conner "I will see you soon". Send up a prayer that it will go smoothy and lay down. The doctors walk in... Sherrie and Mark Richey. They say hi. Ask if I'm ready. And do some do you feel this tests. And put the drape up And I assume hack me open....
I am trying to breath... Jason walks in and sits down at my head... I try to remember to breath. I am super Nervous because I can't see the baby warmer area. And I won't be able to see him... Before to long I hear a soft cry... And doctor Richey tells Jason to stand up. And his head is out. And Jason takes a picture. His beautiful head peeks over the drape and I look at one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Our 2nd born son.
They take him to the warmer to do their thing. And Jason goes back to hang out with him. They sew me up.
Before too long Jason brings around the little one that I kept safe for so long. And he is set next to my head and I get to touch him And kiss him and he is perfect. (side-note he looks like his brother... Just like his brother) The Richeys take out the cerclage. And I am done. They leave the room thanking the OR staff for a good surgery. And they move me to the recovery bed.
In the recovery room they check my sugar. Put me pump back on... My nurse Mikaela calls Jessica (Conner's nurse) and has her bring Conner to me so I can do his skin on skin time. This was super important to me. His blood sugar was a little low. And to avoid NICU time we supplemented him with formula to raise his sugar. If it doesn't drop below 40 he will stay out of the NICU. I get to meet my baby boy. He is perfect just like his brother. I spend about an hour curled up with him. We recheck his sugar. Give him more food. Until he is doing better. We go to my room... 110 where Gregory And Maria are waiting.
They wheeled me in followed by my son, I would like to linger here....
I never thought I would be able to hold him that soon after his birth... The chance to feed him, touch him, kiss him, the bonding that I got to have because of the people that helped me carry him for 37 weeks.
18 weeks of bed rest. In a hospital.
Ok moving on,
He wheeled him in, I got to try to nurse him. I got to hold him. I got to hold the reason for all my time in bed. Conner Mathew. The third love of my life.
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