My last night before baby I laid in bed, ate some snacks and relaxed before the big day. I had spent the last couple days getting things set, cleaning, shopping, re-arranging and just making sure I was ready for the babe.
I woke up at around 6 am.. I got chris up and after I took my shower, since I couldn't wear makeup or really "get ready" I made sure my bag was ready and took some before baby pictures. My mom picked chris and I up and we were off to the hospital. Once we made it upstairs to the maternity ward they brought us into a room where I undressed and got an iv started. For about an hour nurses doctors and others came in and out explaining what was going to happen. We made bets as to when we thought I would deliver Henry.(mom won the bet) so we sat around waiting just chatting and wondering when they would come back in to start the process. At about 9:30AM the doctors came in and said ok we are going to wheel you to the OR for you to get your epidural and then when we are ready to start the surgery chris will come in. So We said our goodbyes to mom and I was off to pop out Henry! The OR room had about ten ppl in it all with different jobs to do so things started to move fast. I was sat up and prepped for the epidural. A nurse chatted with me all the while to get my mind off the fact that I was about to get a huge needle inserted into my back. When that finally did happen it was a lot easier than I had imagined it would be. Immediately I couldn't feel my lower body anymore and a man made sure to ask me about every 30 secs if I was doing ok , and if I could feel my lower body, and that everything was going smoothly. They then Laid Me down on the table and began to set up for surgery. Since there were so many people to help this whole process took only about 20 mins. I was starting to feel
Very nervous and scared because it was all happening so fast and the thoughts of I am not ready kept coming up in my head. Just as the panic was starting to cloud over everything else they sent in chris. I started to bawl because I was sooo glad I had someone there I loved to support me thru this. Cathy berry finally came in and the surgery was started. Chris stood up and watched the whole thing while I asked for details. I mainly just kept asking if he could see the baby yet. At some point could smell them cutting my skin which wasn't a smell you would want to encounter let alone knowing it's coming from yourself. The surgery probably took less than ten minutes. Chris watched the whole thing, except at one point a mean nurse decided halfway thru the surgery that chris had to sit down and couldn't watch. But he pretty much sat down and then stood right back up. No one else cared except mean nurse. So they finally reached the baby and I felt tremendous pressure because they were basically trying to wrestle him out of my stomach. At 10:21AM, September 23 Henry Christopher Goulette was born! We heard the cry but shortly after were told that he had low sugar so which basically meant I couldn't see him. So for about 15mins while they put me back together I could hear Henry but I
Couldn't see him. It was torture because I people were like he's adorable so cute. All I got were digital photos chris showed me. I got to finally look at henry when they weighed him. 7 lbs! It was wonderful to see my beautiful son and surreal. I couldn't wait to hold him but his sugar was not getting any better and so he had to make a trip to the icu :(! Our time in the or had ended
Start the process. At about 930 the doctors came in and said ok we are going to wheel you o the or for you to get your epidural and then when we are ready to start the surgery chris will come in. So We said our goodbyes to mom and I was off to pop out Henry! The or room had about ten ppl in it all with different jobs to do so things started to move fast. I was sat up and prepped for the epidural. A nurse chatting w me all the while to get my mind off the fact that I was about to get a huge needle inserted into my back. When that finally did happen it was a lot easier than I had imagined it would be. Immediately I couldn't feel my lower body anymore and a man made sure to ask about 30 secs if I was doing ok , I. I could feel my lower body, and that everything was going smoothly. They then Laid Me down on the table and began to set up for surgery. Since there were so many people to help this whole process took only about 20 mins. I was starting to feel
Very nervous and scared because it was all happening so fast and the thoughts of I am not ready kept coming up in my head. Just as the panic was starting to cloud over everything else they sent in chris. I started to bawl because I was sooo glad I had someone there I loved to support me thru this. Cathy berry finally came in and the surgery was started. Chris stood up and watched the whole thing while I asked for details. I mainly just kept asking if he could see the baby yet. At some point could smell them cutting my skin which wasn't a smell you would want to encounter let alone knowing it's coming from yourself. The surgery probably took less than ten minutes. Chris watched the whole thing, except at one point a mean nurse decided halfway thru the surgery that chris had to sit down and couldn't watch. But he pretty much sat down and then stood right back up. No one else cared except mean nurse. So they finally reached the baby and I felt tremendous pressure because they were basically trying to wrestle him out of my stomach. At 10:21am, September 23 Henry Christopher goulette was born! We heard the cry but shortly after were told that he had low sugar so which basically meant I couldn't see him. So for about 15mins while they put me back together I could hear Henry but I
Couldn't see him. It was torture because I ppl were like he's adorable so cute. All I got were digital photos chris showed me. I got to finally look at henry when they weighed him. 7 lbs! It was wonderful to see my beautiful son and surreal. I couldn't wait to hold him but his sugar was not getting any better and so he had to make a trip to the icu but not before I got to spend a little time with him in the recovery room. I was feeling a little loopy from everything and kept feeling like I was going to drop Henry, even though I obviously wouldn't so chris mostly held him while I just marveled at what we had created ha! Henry went to the nicu for about 30-50 mins and we were finally reunited in my room. His sugar had immediately improved and he was healthy! After two days in the hospital getting my strength and learning about Henry (breast-feeding, diapering, cuddling) we all arrived home! Gotti our family dog loved Henry and so our little family was complete.
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