It's been over two weeks since I've posted. Being a new mom definitely takes up all of your time! I've snuck a few minutes while she naps to update on the delivery and my beautiful miracle.
Ayden Jean Carroll was born on Saturday, April 7th at 2:22pm. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. My water broke at 5:00am on Saturday morning and a few minutes later my contractions started. I figured I'd be at home for a few more hours waiting for them to get closer together, but they were 2-3 minutes apart almost instantly. I called the doctor, and by 5:30am, we were on our way to the hospital. We called my Mom (who was staying at my aunt's) and she met us there about an hour later. Once we got to there and were set up in a room, I was dialated to a 3 and I was in full pain! Man, those contractions are no joke. I was given an epidural and after an hour I was feeling the contractions on one side so they had to give me a stronger dose. After dialating to a 6, my contractions were continuing strong and quick but I had stopped dialating. The doctor waiting 3 hours and I still had no progress. By then I had started getting very severe back pain and was back to feeling full contractions. He told me that the baby would not drop and she was most likely not positioned correctly and he recommended a c-section. That was the last thing I wanted and it took a half hour of talking to the doctor and Aaron and I talking to each other alone before we finally decided it was the best decision. It turns out it was the best decision because Adyen was "sunny side up", faced the opposite direction. Having the surgery was pretty emotional. They had to give me even more of the epidural becuase I could still feel with they did a "test cut" before opening me up. It's a pretty odd feeling to have a c-section. Once they pulled her out, they quickly held her up (and, yes, I cried) and then took her to clean her up. Aaron was so great during everything. He was supportive through labor, surgery, and after. He only left for a few seconds to cut her ambilical cord then was back at my side until I fell asleep. I was only out for maybe 10 minutes. They were still stitching me up when I woke. Once they were done, they rolled me into a room where Aaron was waiting with our baby girl.
The hospital stay was actually pretty hectic just becuase there were so many people in and out to visit. Since I had aunts and uncles in town from my grandma's funeral, there were more people that wanted to visit than we had expected. It was good to have them there to be able to meet Ayden though. I was released on Tuesday. Aaron and I were very ready to leave and go home after almost 4 days of being in a hospital room. Luckily, I had my Mom in town for 2 weeks to help out once we got home (more on that in the next post).
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