Soooooooooooooo...Cameron is here! :)
I just found a draft that I started writing so some of the pictures are the same... :)
Cameron Blake Firebaugh arrived on Thursday, June 17th at 9:32am weighing 9lbs & 21 inches long. Cameron was born via c-section after Dr. Harden tried the turn her through the version. Wow--that was a painful experience but I just stared at the ceiling while he oiled me up & dug his fingers into my belly. She moved...a little. But when he stopped trying to turn her, she returned back to her breech position. With all that being said, I wouldn't go back to do it any different. The c-section wasn't THAT bad...I just have a fear of the unknown and I had no clue what I was about to experience. Luckily for us, it was a really slow day so we had lots of extra hands available so pictures could be taken of the event. When you have a c-section, there's not really a fun or interesting birth story...sorry Cameron...well actually it was your fault! :P A few things I remember about that day...I was in paaaaaaaaaaaain! Shew! And in pain for many, many days to come. Since it was slow around the hospital that day, our initial postpartum nurse was able to upgrade our room to the biggest one available (and they wheeled me down the hall while I was uploading pictures to fb)! :) (With Carter, our room was the size of a closet!)
I just asked Aaron what he remembered about the day Cameron was born and he said, "Wearing scrubs, putting the dog kennel's in the kitchen (it was really hot and stay in the garage when we are not at home so we didn't want them to die while we were at the hospital), coming home to get snacks."
We had visitors while we were there: Pastor Brian, Pastor Josh, Pastor Doug, Matt G, Chris & Sara, Aunt Deborah, Stacey & Melissa, Grandma, Papa, Derrick, My mom and dad, Aaron's mom & dad, Rachel, Adam, Julie, Teenna & Nick, Jennifer, Hannah, Derek, Jessia, Alley...
While I was in the hospital with Carter, I never left my room, but after this c-section, I had to keep "active". I remember fearing getting out of bed the first time but I knew I had to move so I could quickly recover. Every couple hours, Aaron and I would take Cameron on a walk so I could keep moving.
Cameron was a great baby while in the hospital. She nursed well and our lactation consultant was great! She did enjoy staying awake from the hours of 2-5am but enjoyed snuggling with me in bed during those hours.
Carter did a decent jobs during his visits. He would not climb in bed to sit with me so I had to get out of bed and sit in an uncomortable chair to sit with him. And of course, I was totally scared he was going to jump on my stomach! Carter enjoyed kissing Cameron on the head, getting presents, visits from family and hanging out with my parents while we were still in the hospital. To look back at those pictures now 6 months later, he looks soooo grown up. It's crazy!
We left the hospital knowing we would be battling jaunice and gaining weight which provided us with daily visits to the dr our first 4 days home. We left the hosptial and Cameron weighed 7lb 13 oz so she had lost a significant amount of weight!
Aaron was so helpful with EVERYTHING! Taking care of 3 babies is tough and we were so thankful that Cameron arrived during summer break. My mom was great too!
Check back soon...I've got a lot to post! ;)
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