The Barnes Family

Yesterday we were offically home a week! It feels like much longer to be honest with you. Last Friday we came home and got settled in. Since I wasn't prepared for a c-section we had to make some small adjustments around the house. Not being able to go up and down the stairs as much as possible was not going to be easy considering Wyatt's room and my room are both located on the second floor. Thank goodness for the pack and play in the kitchen and wonderful family! I also learned that getting in and out of bed wasn't going to be as easy as it was in the hospital seeing as my bed doesn't come up at the push of a button. Oh that reminds me, no more nursery to call to come take Wyatt away when I am done feeding him! The first night we had, well I had a little breakdown... see no one told me that after having a baby, espically for a c-section, I would want some granny panties to hold everything in and yet not touch my incision. My mom was nice enough to go out and buy me som...

This day was the best day of my life.... this day was also a blurr.... this day is one that I will remember for the rest of my life! 7:45 am- woke up and feeling okay! Todd went home to take a shower before things got going. We met our nurse and waited for the doctor. No more drinks, no more food... ice chips only! Pitocin was started! 10: am- Doctor George Williams came to visit us and check me to see if I had progressed any! The answer was a no! 11:30 am- By this time I really was feeling the pain of having the max dose of Pitocin. Lindsey our nurse told me to hang in there and when the doctor came back around lunch time maybe he would tell me its okay to get an epidural. okay... I can do it... lunch time is now in my book so he should be here soon! That is not what that means. Since I couldn't really get up and walk around when I did feel pain I just shifted from side to side the best that I could. I had visitors come keep me company and every now and then I would take a little ...

Monday night at 5:30 we headed in to University Hospital to have our baby boy! That is still so odd to me, checking in to have a child! The place was packed because we ended up waiting until 9 to get a room and get things started. I changed into my delivery gown and got ready for several things that I knew would not be pleasant.... Cervidil, starting an IV, and drawing blood. After all of those things I got settled, took a sleeping pill and was moved into a different room. The night was long and not fun! I finally feel asleep and then woke up to very sharp pains. The nurse asked if I was having pain and I told her "yes" and she said I was having contractions! Poor Todd had to get up and help me every time I had to go to the bathroom, which was ALOT and the pain continued until finally she took the cervidil out. I then got some nice rest until 7:45!

Sunday, August 23. 2009 on the way to our last movie without having to find a babysitter I broke down and just cried. Poor Todd didn't know what to say other than "Did I do something to make you mad?'. I felt so bad, I couldn't help it, I was nervous, feeling like we weren't doing the right thing by being induced and just well scared. After 9 months of carrying this sweet little baby, he was about to be here. It was all going to be over in a couple of days... well pregnancy over and motherhood beginning. After talking to Todd about my fears and being nervous I prayed about being induced. I really didn't know if we were doing the right thing. Don't babies come when they are ready? After praying about it and crying on Todd's shoulder, then crying while holding our other two babies, I went to bed hoping that the answer would come before we went to the doctor in the morning. Before leaving I got on facebook and noticed I had an email from a friend of ...