foundational-motherhood

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@the_wylde

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seeing double

[foundational-motherhood]

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A very special bond. #maternity #motherhood #moms #momslife #momslove #parents #parenting #parenthood

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[foundational-motherhood]

I never documented D's birth story! I had a planned c section so it was wildly different and again not as expected but still deserving of telling. The night before we picked up sandwiches from Nick and Christy since Dr. Hale was kind enough to do my section during his lunch break. Tim and Angela took E and we had a date at Kennedy's. My mom took E the next day and we went to the hospital for 10am. Nurse Nancy was on and we were SO excited but we ended up not having her (our nurse was lovely but apparently otherwise forgettable) A wrapped up work while I was admitted. My heartburn was out of control and I was starving because I couldnt eat after midnight and stupidly didnt eat anything after our dinner. I sat and scrolled doordash for what I would order when we were done. The toilet in our room was broken and they asked if they could come in and fix it, which wasnt ideal but its not like I had a lot going on. It was finally go time and I was fully prepped, A ready to suit up anddd then they had an emergency c section so we had to wait even longer. Finally we went in at 2pm. My anesthesiologist had an accent I couldn't place and was as equally awesome as Dominic that I had with Evie. I got my poke and drugs, I started feeling SUPER nauseous so they gave me some zofran and then I waited and waited and then finally heard him SCREAMING! E did not do that. A went over for the dry off measure and cut the cord. Everything else was that incredible, euphoric blur! I do recall him nursing a bit in recovery which was exciting. We didnt really share our name before and said no visitors at the hospital but asked Mickey to come that night so we could tell him what we named him! Kelly and Tim stayed with E so A could stay the first night. They brought E to the hospital the next day and she was literally too cute for words. The baby gave her a stuffed Kitty she didn't really care about, she was too excited to see him! A handled a lot of logistics, my mom and Nana brought E a couple of times. It was really really empowering to be able to stay by myself a few nights. I got a lot of compliments on how well I was recovering.

There were a few things I did not love...the broken toilet/maintenance men in labor and delivery, when we got transferred to mother and baby our bathroom had not been cleaned (like dirty hat in the toilet), I had an awful nurse my first night alone who missed my meds, ignored my bell, didnt offer any help nursing (just had a pump delivered to my room when I asked) The shower in my room was broken so A actually had to hold the shower thing up so I could bathe so we asked if we could send him to the nursery for a bit and she said yes but it was busy so if he cried she would have to bring him back??? The doctor who did D's circumcision was rude. They didnt bring me meals or brought me something other than what I ordered and when I tried to correct it just never came back.

But we left happy, healthy, and a little bit bigger of a family!