When we got to the hospital, we were taken to our room and I had a bunch of pre-operation questions to answer, I had to get my IV in which took three tries, I got into my gown and got all prepped for surgery. right at 7 AM, I was wheeled into the operating room. I was pretty nervous and I got a little shaky. The nurses were so concerned and gave me a bunch of warm blankets. The spinal block is the easiest thing ever. They brought Mike in, all scrubbed up, and he sat down by me. I started to feel a bit of tugging and I heard the suction, which kind of grossed me out. Mike stood up to watch over the screen. Then I felt them really push on the top of my stomach. And out he came!
Once surgery was over, they wheeled me back to my room. The doctor came in and updated me on everything and said that after a few minutes they would bring baby in once they were sure I was doing fine. As it turns out, I lost a lot of blood during the surgery and almost needed to get blood, but thankfully, the doctor didn't tell me that until the next morning.
About an hour after the baby was born, they brought him into me. I only had to wait about 15 minutes in my recovery room before I got to see him. I looked at him and fell in love. He has the most beautiful round cheeks and blonde hair I've ever seen. He was a little fussy, so we started feeding almost instantly. It was like we were old pro's at it. Mike said that he had been trying to nurse since he was born.
We spent the next couple of days in the hospital, enjoying time just the three of us. I feel like my recovery has been really good. I was pretty nervous about delivering at Madison Memorial Hospital, mostly because I feel like it is a baby factory. But I had 2 stellar nurses that really helped me a long. My night nurses and all the other nurses on staff were amazing as well, but I just didn't get to know them as well. The second day nurse I had actually requested that she would be my nurse for my 3rd day in the hospital. My doctor was great and I didn't feel just like a number to him.
We decided on the name Lenox a while ago. Sorry to all the people that we said we didn't really have a name yet. We just didn't want to tell and I didn't want to make up names. We did really want to see him first before we made a final decision. There were a few other names in the running, but none of them stood out like Lenox. Lenox was Mike's grandfather's name. I never met him because he passed away when Mike was about 18. Matthew was my mom's younger brother. He passed away suddenly when he was 10 and my mom was about 20. Matthew is one person that I cannot wait to meet. Every story I hear of him just paints the sweetest picture.
We are so happy to have Lenox here. The past few days have been an adjustment and I think we have a bit of a bumpy road ahead, especially for Leah. The girls just love him, but Leah is feeling a little neglected because I have to spend so much time with him. We will adjust and everything will work out. The next few weeks will be hard with Mike having to work long hours and late into the night. Luckily, I've got my siblings here and recruited to help and I also have some friends to pawn off the girls for a few hours here and there. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous, but we will survive.
I am so happy to have Lenox as my little boy and I know Mike is loving having a buddy, even if he is only 5 days old.
