Dr Gray wheeled me into the operating room and scooted me onto my table. Nick was told he had to stay outside the room until my epidural was done because they needed everything to be sterile. I got my epidural done, didn't feel a thing and laid down. My hands were shaking, which I was told was normal, so I didn't fret. Nick came in and sat by my head. he held my hand and held the camera. I told him I wanted as many photos as he could take because it's a once in a lifetime surgery. There was a screen by my shoulders so I couldn't see what was going on, but Nick could stand up and see it. He said it was really cool. I felt tugging but that's it. Nick too pics of the with my stomach out, and then with the baby coming out and getting it's umbilical cord cut. I was told later that as soon as they took my child out of me, my placenta came off the wall. That was not supposed to happen. If I would have gone through labor like they were trying to have me do, it would have fallen detached and I would have bled to death. Even if I was waiting in the waiting room longer, I could have bled to death. Scary! I'm glad I had a c-section.
He was born at 8:56 pm on October 6th. They took my newborn child and cleaned him up. They weighed him, 2 lbs 3 oz with tubes and such, so about 2 lbs 2 oz., and made sure he was breathing fine. they wrapped him up, let me kiss him goodbye and they took him over to the NICU. Nick followed him. I'm so glad he did. I wanted him to make sure that our child was ok and not alone without one of his parents.
I was stapled together and sent back to my room. I was wheeled by my parents they were happy to see me. Then I was told to sleep for a little bit. It was time to recover. My parents came in to say good night and Nick came in to sleep near me and be closer to the baby. I actually got 8 hours of sleep that night! finally I could rest knowing that I was going to be ok and my baby was going to be ok.
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