Ms. Cirstyn Delaney Safford
Born May 12, 2009
6 lbs. 13 oz.
20 inches
Born May 12, 2009
6 lbs. 13 oz.
20 inches
She is 2 weeks old and has adjusted well to "life on the outside". Brady and Angelina have taken to her but about once a day she and Angelina have a crying tag-off, then Brady chimes in with his "outside" voice just for extra fun! I haven't completely gone off the reservation yet though. That will probably come when Larry goes back to work. YIKES! Anyway, I was reading today about my newest little cousin Nina and her Mommy, Daddy and Sis and reading through Mandy's birth story and thought to myself that I should probably get Cirstyn's birth story in black and white so I don't forget the already fuzzy details in the future. So here goes.....On May 12, 2009 Larry and I got up around 2:00 a.m. to get ready and out the door. Larry's parents came to stay with the kids and so off we went. On our way to the hospital we decided it would be a good idea to stop in to Whataburger to get a breakfast sandwich since I wouldn't be able to eat anything else until sometime the next day. We had to go in because something was wrong with the drive thru, so we did and placed our order. It was all wrong and we didn't have time to wait for another whole order, so we took what they had made, they gave us our money back and on our way we went. We arrived at Harris SW at about 3:45 a.m. and signed in. I was wheeled up to L & D in the largest wheelchair I have ever seen. Seriously, Larry and the bags could have taken a ride with me in this thing! Anyway, the pitocin started at 5:30 a.m. and by 8:30 a.m. I was still at 1 cm but 50% effaced. At this point Dr. Suba broke my bag of water and contractions started to come faster. They were bumping up the pitocin every 30 minutes and by this time contractions were coming every 2-3 minutes. Dr. Suba kept telling me to take the epidural sooner rather than later because there was no reason to just sit around in pain. So I did at this point. The contractions were managable but getting stronger. It was wierd getting the epi and at some point there was a "shock" that the anesthesiologist warned me about. After that though I couldn't feel anything and started to get really sleepy. My blood pressure was still normal but at the low end. I had a strange headache that felt like it went straight down through my right eye and continued to the bottom of my jaw. If I turned my head toward the right where it was more light then it was way worse. The nurse didn't think this was normal and after a while it switched to the other side but finally subsided. Cirstyn's heartbeat became "variable" which meant that it was going up and down in vary degrees not so much in a normal range though. They thought it would be a good idea to administer oxygen just to make sure I was getting enough to Cirstyn so I had to wear the mask!
The last time Dr. Suba checked me I was 2 cm and still 50% effaced which was good progress - so I'm told - for induction. He wasn't so fond of Cirstyn's variable heart rate and wanted to proceed with C-section because he thought my uterus was being over stimulated and didn't want to risk rupture. So the three of us agreed to gown up and head off to the OR. The anesthesiologist gave me a very large syringe full of some concoction of medicine that really put me over the top. Literally I couldn't feel a thing from my chest down - no pressure - NOTHING.
When I got to the OR Larry had to change into scrubs so I was without him for what seemed like forever! I was getting queasy from the medicine and couldn't breathe very well. I felt like no one could hear me when I was telling them I was going to throw up . Finally, the anesthesiologist came with a pan for me to vomit in - turn your head and spit - YUK! I kept asking them if they were going to wait for Larry to be in the room before they started. It seemed like it was forever before he came in the room. They finally let him in and began the procedure. I couldn't feel any kind of pressure during the whole process which was wierd because last time I could feel tugging and my body being moved somewhat and I kept wondering when that would happen. Later Larry told me that they were lifting me up off the table trying to get to Cirstyn. Also, Dr. Suba couldn't cut through my scar from the last time because it sat right on my pubic bone and too close to my bladder.
When Dr. Suba pulled her out he said something about her umbilical cord being wrapped around her neck and that he was glad we didn't waist any more time with induction because she wasn't coming out that way anyway. Larry looked freaked out when he saw her with her cord wrapped around her neck and when I saw him I kept asking what was wrong with no response but then finally was relieved with hearing her cry! I think from that point on all I could do was cry! We were both so relieved. She was completely okay and had such a loud cry. Dr. Suba held Cirstyn spread eagle and told Larry to look for himself to see that she was a girl! He actually got a few shots of that but I really don't want to post them here because, well umm, they are pretty graphic of me still being cut open and all. Anyway, while they were stitching me up the nurse told Larry he could take pictures of her being cleaned up but he didn't want to leave me. I was like just go, go take pictures. I wouldn't miss seeing any of it if there were pictures. Finally, I got to see my beautiful baby girl! She was perfect as she could be! I was so happy that everything was okay with her that all I could do was cry. I know - too sappy.
All the OR drama over and off to my L&D room for recovery. I felt absolutely horrible, so over-anesthetized, all I wanted to do was get over the anesthesia so I could enjoy my new little girl. My blood pressure was way low like 80/50 and I felt so groggy. I had to have Larry help me hold Cirstyn so she could start breastfeeding because my arms were like rubber! I remember everyone coming in to see the new baby and say hello and I vaguely remember the courior coming in to pick up the cord blood package from us. We were moved to post-partum for the remainder of the stay. Lots of pictures of the new baby with others and hopefully I don't look drugged in all the ones of me that day! I was so glad when the anesthesia started to wear off. I remember being able to move my toes and thinking yeah it's almost over!! The first night Cirstyn slept in the nursery and was brought into our room every 3 hours so she could "feed". The wouldn't let her sleep in our room if Larry was going to be sleeping because I was under narcotic medicine and couldn't hear the baby if see if she stopped breathing. So we got some sleep the first night. Needless to say the next day was much better for me all together! I was so hungry and finally got to eat - yeah! Lots of visitors that day and more picture taking. Marcey brought her awesome camera to take pictures and I intended on fixing myself somewhat, but that didn't happen. So homely is what I wore for pictures that day!
No more drama after all that and finally we were on our way home!
Here are some pictures from our hospital stay....
Cleaned up and ready for Daddy!
Nice to meet you Mommy!
My first picture with Daddy!
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