We got to the hospital and booked in at 7am, and the waiting began. We sat in the waiting room until our names were called and we got taken into a little room to speak to a midwife about what exactly was going to happen today. She went thru step by step what would be going on, telling us when we hear a noise that sounds like a milk frothing machine, thats our cue to grab our camera because our boy is about to be pulled out! The anesthetists came in and spoke to us about what his role was, and made us very comfortable with what would be happening.
We had our final ultrasound to make sure bubs was still breech, and thank god he was!! I dont think I would have been able to go home without my son that day!!
I got changed into my very flattering hospital gown, and Mike and I sat in the waiting room, ready to be called in. And we waited, and waited, and for fun, we waited some more. We were told 3 or 4 times that the operating theater we were to be using was in use, one emergency c-sec after another, so our go kept getting pushed back, further and further. Then the midwife came back into the room, and said we could go into our room on the maternity ward, as it could still be sometime, so we got taken up, and waited in our room for about 10 minutes before a man came in and said the doctors we waiting for me! It was so strange, even though we had been waiting for sooo long, when the man told us everything was ready, it seemed to be happening so quickly.
We got taken down to the operating theater, and I went in to get my spinal/epidural while Mike went to get changed into his scrubs. I was SO nervous about a needle going into my spine, but the doctors and midwives were so incredibly and made me feel so at ease and relaxed. I had the needle, laid down and everything went numb, then I started to feel sick. I was dizzy and I want to vomit, my blood pressure was dropping, so the midwives put the bed on an angle, and held something in front of me to throw up into. My head stopped spinning, and everything went back to normal again, then Mike came in, smiled at me, and took a seat by my head and held my hand.
The whole time Mike and I were just staring at each other, smiling, telling one another how much we loved each other other, how excited we were, our son was on his way! The milk frothing sound started, and Mike panicked , he really didnt want to look over at what was going on the other side of the curtain, but I really wanted photos of our son emerging. Luckily for both of us, one of the midwives came over and offered to take the photos for us.
There was lots of pressure, pushing, tugging, then the doctor told me our sons head was stuck, so there was a few more larger more aggressive tugs, and there he was!!
The crying began, and it was beautiful, there was my boy, being held in front of me, he got taken over to the side of the room to be quickly checked over, put they had cameras set up with a tv screen on the ceiling so I could watch everything that was going on. He was gorgeous, I had tears in my eyes, I felt instant love for my boy, I got my first cuddle, and just soaked in all the love I was feeling. I watched Mike cut the cord and dress our baby boy, then got our first family photo taken.
I was taken into recovery, where unfortunately I was for a couple of hours instead of 20 minutes as the top up spinal they were trying to give me was not working as it should. Mike was under strict instructions as to not let any family see or hold our boy until I was back in the room and got to have 20 minutes of just the 3 of us. I didnt want anyone else having a cuddle until I got a proper one!
I finally got back to my room and was nearly in tears because I had been away from my new baby boy for 2 hours!!! I finally got proper cuddles, and family were finally allowed to come in and see our gorgeous boy.
In spite of all the little hiccups throughout the day, March 24th 2010 was a perfect day, and one I will never forget
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