I wrote this 2 weeks ago and am just getting around to posting it. This week was my first week by myself with no extra help. Of course, Schroeder is sick again, but Mackenzie is starting to sleep in her bed more than a few minutes at a time, yay, and I am finally beginning to feel like a person again. I will try to update more pictures soon.
Mackenzie Elizabeth Nelson arrived on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 12:19am. She had tried to come the Tuesday before, but the doctor at the hospital decided it was too early and gave me medicine to stop the contractions. I was able to get another ultrasound and the technician said the due date looked more like Christmas Day instead of my January 6 due date, which is what the ultrasound technician said at my 32 week ultrasound.
On Saturday, I was determined to do what I could to get her to come on out because though the medicine from Sunday slowed down my contractions, it didn't stop them and I thought she would make a great Christmas present. I went shopping by myself Saturday morning and I kept feeling strange sensations, but kept going for as long as I could. I came home and Ryan and Schroeder got home from their shopping and we decided we would go have an early supper. We went to Chili's and I had two refills of Dr.Pepper(lots of caffeine) and we orderd the Molten Chocolate Lava cake (more caffeine). On the way home I noticed my contractions were starting to feel more pressurized and different from earlier. By 6:30, I was calling my mom saying Iwas having contractions. By 8:30, Schroeder had been picked up by a friend, my contractions were a minute apart, and we were heading to the hospital.
My dr. has never remembered that I was going to have a C-section. I had so many complications with my epidural, Schroeder's collarbone and other issues last time that I decided to do a Csection. They hooked me up at the hospital and then the dr. said to walk for an hour. After walking 30 minutes we let teh nurses know we were having a csection and they wondered why we were walking. They called the dr and within a few minutes they started getting me ready for a Csection.
Once I had the Csection, the dr. came by and said we would've ended up doing a Csection anyways because her cord had been wrapped around her head and it would have been too dangerous for me to push. I'm so glad I had her early and that I had planned on a Csection.
I don't have as many pictures yet, because Schroeder has been sick with a cold and upset tummy all week, I had a fever and migraines on top of the recovery for several days, and Mackenzie had been very congested.
Here are the pictures I have so far. We are all starting to feel much better, so I can't wait to take more pictures and post them. She is so little that she is only fitting in preemie clothes, so I don't have very many different outfits.
