After the Storm

Well, I'm finally going to post about what all happened after the birth. It's been hard lately to find the time to write, because I am doing a lot of things one handed. After Eliza was born, I knew she was fine because they didn't even use the bulb syringe on her. Within 10 minutes though, I could tell they were concerned about my bleeding. They gave me a shot of Pitocin. I was worried myself, but I also have complete trust in the midwife I chose and knew I was in capable hands. It ends up that I tore myself to the 4th degree and she wanted me to go to the hospital to have it fixed. Thankfully, it was not an emergency and I got to take my herb bath with Eliza and watch the newborn exam. About 2 hours after the birth we were heading to the hospital. We left Eliza at home since we did not want her admitted, but that was hard for me to do. Once we got to Labor & Delivery, it took about 2 hours for all the admitting stuff to get done and the dr to get there. Thankfully, we had a great nurse who used to be a CNM who attended homebirths in TX. She was wonderful and arranged for the baby to be able to come to the hospital without being admitted. So finally everything is ready and I have to go to the OR and they wouldn't let anyone come with me. While I was there, Jeremy went to get the baby. Unfortunately I had to have a spinal for the sewing. I hate anything being stuck in back which is one reason I've never had an epidural. I was quite the baby while they were doing it, but the guy did a good job and I did not have any bad side effects. The whole thing took about an hour and then the Dr sent me to a postpartum room. The Dr was nice and did a good job, but I still think I was treated differently because I had a homebirth. He wanted me to stay over night the next night and we were totally against that. I had been up to the bathroom and walked around and ate good. In other words, I was fine and ready to go home. The nurse tried to talk the dr into releasing me, but he still said I had to stay. So finally we checked out against medical advice. I hope that does not affect our insurance! So anyway, my tear is healing fine and has really given me no trouble. The bad part of my recovery is my back hurting where I had the spinal. It is still sore and gets achy if I'm up very long. I have had 3 babies at home now and have ended up at the hospital every time. I made a joke during this pg that something would be wrong with me this time and it came true. This is one reason I am considering having no more children. I want more, but my track record with birth is just not very good. So now you have the rest of the story.