January 22nd, 2013: Six Months Ago Today...
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| 5 minute old Lyra, photo taken by her daddy. |
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| 6 month old Lyra |
... my contractions were a steady 10 minutes apart for the past night, I woke up still thinking they were braxton hicks. I continued my regular Sunday since my ex had moved out a few months prior (we were still "dating" at the time)- wake up, eat some breakfast then go back to bed and watch t.v. (I had the most interesting life) I continued to time my contractions on my iPhone app. They were getting longer and closer together. I still hadn't told anyone that I was even in labor, other than my boyfriend at the time. He lived close to the hospital, but insisted to take the 2 hour bus ride from downtown to my south side apartment. I told my mom around 3 that my contractions were 5 minutes apart, she looked at me wide-eyed and said "seriously?! why didn't you say anything?!". I was for some reason convinced that this wasn't the real thing. My braxton hicks were WAY more painful, they left me immobile and usually crying. I packed my hospital bag, still telling my mom that they'll probably send me home anyways. Well, Kalten (the ex) arrived around 6, and we went straight to the hospital, my contractions were now 2-3 minutes apart. We got to the Lois Hole Hospital for Women just after 7 pm. I told the L&D nurse that I thought I was having contractions that were 2minutes apart. She brushed me off saying they were probably braxton hicks and to sit down. I continued to tell her that was 41 weeks pregnant, and she finally agreed to get me checked. The doctor came into the room, and let the intern check me first. He said I was 8cm dilated. She looked at him like he was on something, then checked again.. but he was right. The room was staring at me like I was crazy for waiting this long to come in. They went into mini-panic mode and hooked me up to everything, confirming my contractions were now 1 minute apart. Within the next hour people came into visit, but all left before I had her. My mom, Kalten and his mom were the only ones designated to be in the room with me.The doctor came in to break my water, but it broke within the 10 seconds that she was walking towards me! It was now 9:30, I had just gotten the epidural (which I wish I wouldn't have) and almost time to push. It didn't sit right with me, and wore off by about 10. I started pushing at 10:10 and 43 minutes later my perfect 8lb 3oz, 22 inch long bundle of joy. When she came out, the doctor put her on my chest. The first thing I said was "Oh my god, I'm so glad she's not ugly!" The entire room started laughing. Then it really hit me. Lyra. This little girl is all mine. I made this. I started tearing up, "she is perfect." And that was 6 months ago today.  |
| First nap, passed out while playing with the remote. |
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| Part II of the second nap! |
Lyra woke up with the flu this morning :( but got better throughout the day. We played until 10, but she was already so tired that she fell asleep playing with the remote, so I put her down for a nap. She slept a whole hour and a half!! I got both our laundry folded, and mine put away. I also prepped for the steak skewers for supper. Once she woke up, we played some more and she was tired again by 2, she slept 40 minutes, I brought her down and within 5 minutes she was grumpy and passed out within the 2 minutes I went pee! She slept all the way until 4!! She NEVER naps, let alone two good ones in one day! I finished making dinner, gave her a bath while watching a crazy intense episode of Pretty Little Liars, ate some pears and a bottle and by 7 she went to bed without a fight. So far she's only woken up
Tomorrow Lyra is spending the day at her day home tomorrow while I go register for school and return my books to my old school! I'm so excited to graduate and get everything over with :)
Gonna try to get in a shower before she wakes up again.. Wish me luck!
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