Final Day And Going Home



By day four, I was ready to go home. They wanted me to stay a full five days but since I have a great relationship with my doctor, and I begged, he let me go home a day early. Yay! 

In our final time in the hospital, I was able to shower, move around very slowly, and Gammy continued to get her snuggles with Adam and help with what I was still unable to do. 

Isn't he so stinkin' cute?! 








As we were about to leave, I was starting to get cranky because I was feeling very overwhelmed, Adam started crying uncontrollably when I tried to put him in his car seat, and I was really hurting and was getting nauseous. 

We finally got in the car after my poor mom had to haul all the stuff down to the car. We got Adam all settled in his car seat and he happened to look adorable, if I do say so, myself. 



I wasn't prepared for the ride home. In my mind it was going to be this joyous occasion, but it was anything but. I was really hurting and I didn't know why it never occurred to me that I would feel every bump on the road in the car from my incision. It hurt like hell and I wanted to cry. Plus the lack of sleep from the past four days was really getting to me. I was dying to get home. 

Once we got home, I instantly felt better. It was amazing to have some quiet and not be interrupted every five minutes by different nurses. I knew I would get much more rest at home. It was fun bringing Adam into his new home and it was awesome having the comfort of my mom with me at home for another week and a half. I was exhausted and wanted nothing more than being with my beautiful new baby and we did just that. It was wonderful and suddenly I felt very complete. I survived a C-Section! Phew-we made it!!

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