sheilarae07
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My little guy decided to come out on 8/21. He weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. He was 8 pounds 7 ounces and 21 1/4 inches at 2 weeks. I am completely in love with him but wanted to share my story. I had a simple plan to have a natural vaginal birth (with my own doctor) and to breast feed. I was set to be induced on 8/26. This was for several reasons but it also helped me avoid a certain doctor that was never pleasant with me (long story). I went into labor early on 8/21 (around 2 am). I did not want to be in labor on this day because I knew the doctor I did not like was the one on call that day. I stayed at home until my contractions were 5-6 minutes apart. I live an hour away from the hospital and by the time I got there they were 4 minutes apart (6:30am). I arrived at the hospital at shift change so I was not hooked up to the monitor or checked until about 8:00. It took at least 4 nurses and 2 hours to get my IV put in!! I needed the IV to be able to get my antibiotics (GBS +). I was stuck at least 10-12 times and each time my vein would bust. The nurse kept blaming me and saying my veins were bad. When I was checked at 8 I was 4-5cm. After my IV was put in and I got a bag of fluids, I asked for an epidural. I really didn't want it but the whole IV situation was beyond traumatic. I was already exhausted from that. The epidural was wonderful and took all the pain away. The doctor came back in around 11:30am and I was still 4-5! He broke my water (had meconium) and put in an internal contraction monitor. He also hooked me up to pitocin to try to get the baby out soon. The monitor showed that I was having strong contractions every 2 minutes. I was not checked again until around 6. I was still 4-5cm! At this point the doctor decided to do a csection (the baby's heartrate had been dropping). I was wheeled back into the OR at 6:12pm. My beautiful baby boy was born at 6:45pm. My husband was allowed to bring him over to me for literally 5 seconds before he was taken to the nursery. I didn't even get the classic c-section picture. 
I fell asleep while I was being stitched up. I was EXHAUSTED!! I did not get to see my baby (other than the 5 secs in the OR) until about 9:15pm. I tried to nurse him immediately when I finally got him. He pretty much refused to latch. When he did get latched, it was for 2-3 minutes tops. We stayed in the hospital for 4 days. I met with the lactation consultant at least 4 times on Friday. She was not there over the weekend. I did ask the nurses to help me at every single feeding. They would come in, get him to latch and then leave. I was never able to get a good feeding session in. He would latch for a couple minutes, then unlatch and I could not get him back on. We were both frustrated. Sunday morning, when we were supposed to be leaving, his blood sugar dropped because he was not getting enough to eat. I had to supplement Since then, he has shown NO interest in breastfeeding. It was so discouraging. I tried so hard. I am pumping the best that I can. I am only getting about 2 ounces every 3 hours. I give him every bit of my milk that I can but I still feel bad that I was not able to exclusively breastfeed.
My recovery has been pretty great. No pain medicine since I left the hospital and no problems, so far, but I did not want a c-section. I feel depressed sometimes because nothing went as planned.
I fell asleep while I was being stitched up. I was EXHAUSTED!! I did not get to see my baby (other than the 5 secs in the OR) until about 9:15pm. I tried to nurse him immediately when I finally got him. He pretty much refused to latch. When he did get latched, it was for 2-3 minutes tops. We stayed in the hospital for 4 days. I met with the lactation consultant at least 4 times on Friday. She was not there over the weekend. I did ask the nurses to help me at every single feeding. They would come in, get him to latch and then leave. I was never able to get a good feeding session in. He would latch for a couple minutes, then unlatch and I could not get him back on. We were both frustrated. Sunday morning, when we were supposed to be leaving, his blood sugar dropped because he was not getting enough to eat. I had to supplement Since then, he has shown NO interest in breastfeeding. It was so discouraging. I tried so hard. I am pumping the best that I can. I am only getting about 2 ounces every 3 hours. I give him every bit of my milk that I can but I still feel bad that I was not able to exclusively breastfeed. My recovery has been pretty great. No pain medicine since I left the hospital and no problems, so far, but I did not want a c-section. I feel depressed sometimes because nothing went as planned.
