Skip to main content

Mckenzie May Hamilton

By
It happened!  I got my VBAC!  Let me just say, having a baby through your vagina is the way to go.  No c-section for me!  I got induced at 39 weeks.  At 7:30am Justin and I headed to the hospital.  They started my antibiotics since I'm GBS+ and they started low dose pitocin.  At noon the doctor came to break my water.  I tried to handle the painful contractions as long as I could, but only lasted about an hour and a half.  Then I got my happy-dural.  Man I loved my epidural.  All I could feel was pressure and no pain.  Even when I pushed her out I felt no pain.  It was perfect.  After I got my epidural the nurse checked me and I was 5-6 cm dilated.  So for the next two hours I laid in bed, flipped side to side, got the shakes like crazy, and let the contractions and epidural do their work.  I started to feel more and more pressure.  And around 5 pm the nurse checked me.  And what do ya know?!  You can see miss Mckenzie's head!  I did a trial push and my mom said you could see her head coming down.  Mom texted Julia to come on over, she was my photographer.  Everyone got in place and after maybe 2 minutes of pushing during one contraction she was here! 5:59 pm on July 10th, 2015.  I could not have asked for a better labor and delivery experience.  Not only did I get my VBAC but I only pushed for a few minutes (compare that to 2 hours of pushing and a c-section last time!).

My recovery has been so much better this time around.  I feel like I have energy and I can move around.  Justin has said twice how great it is to see me moving around and in less pain than last time.

Mckenzie is only 4 days old and I'm feeling great.  Aside from sore nipples and a sore bottom.  I loved being pregnant with Mckenzie, but it's great to not have a huge stomach in the way.  I get to sleep on my back again, yay!

Let's talk about Mckenzie.  Well, she's adorable.  She has been the quietest baby.  Even when she was born she didn't cry for the first half hour of her life.  The nurses kept having to reassure me that she was breathing okay.  She has been doing great at night.  Sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches sometimes.  So far she eats, sleeps, pees, poops, and looks like perfection.  But I'm sure her "quiet" stretch won't last forever.  Even today she's been more alert.

Here's some of my favorite hospital and at home pictures.
Start of the day!

What a scrawny thing! 7 lb 12 oz, 20.5 inches.

She's here!


So happy!!


He's so happy to be a big brother!


Day two at the hospital.  Channing showing off his shirt.  And my mom blow drying my hair. :)


Family of four!


At home.

She's touching me! Channing said.

4 days old.



Labels:

Comments

  1. UnknownMay 13, 2016 at 7:15 PM

    One of my happiest days... drama-less delivery... the way it should be!!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy Halloween!

By
I wanted to do a quick Halloween post so I won't ever forget how adorable Channing was.  He was a scarecrow this Halloween.  We used a pair of his overalls and I sewed on a few patches of material and then we stuffed his pockets with straw.  The paint on the nose thing didn't work so well...he rubbed it off the first time around.  Our ward did a trunk-or-treat in the parking lot.  Channing was a little skeptical about it all when we first started.  But he quickly got the hang of walking up to people, grabbing candy, and putting it in his bucket.  Someone gave him a sucker and he immediately had to have it!  At least he's easy to please!  Such a friendly scarecrow...had to say bye to the trick-or-treaters as they left.
1 comment
Read more

My reality check

By
Remember how in my last few posts I talked about how we were teaching Channing to put himself back to sleep by letting him cry it out?  Since Channing has been sick for over a week that has all gone down the drain....  The poor kid is so congested all the time.  When we wakes up at night he usually will not take his binky and fall back asleep.  Instead he needs his nose suctioned, which usually requires Justin holding Channing's head still or it's impossible.  And lately he will not go back to sleep at all until he's fed again.  Last night it was every 3 hours.  I don't know if it's because his throat hurts or he just wants to be held.  Whatever the reason, nights have been a little rough around here.  Oh, and his naps during the day have been pretty bad.  Crying a lot before falling asleep and then only sleeping for 20 or 30 minutes.  Motherhood is definitely a 24/7 job.  With no lunch breaks.  And get this!  Channin...
2 comments
Read more

Almost 3 Years Old

By
Isaac will be turning 3 years old in a few weeks.  This child is entertaining, friendly, funny, stubborn, sneaky, demanding, curious, silly, feisty, and talkative. He reminds me of my grandpa, Papa K.  Before Papa K's stroke he would constantly find random people to talk to.  I remember on a trip to Europe with Papa K, Dede, my mom, and Carrie we met lots of new people.  And at every possible opportunity Papa K would try and talk to these people.  Isaac seems to have inherited this liking for talking to complete strangers. Today on a walk around the pond Isaac spotted kids/teenagers fishing.  Naturally he rode his strider bike right up to them, hopped off his bike, and got right into a conversation.  He rambled on and on about who knows what until we had to make him keep riding. He also likes to yell, "stop! Hey stop!" at random strangers to get them to talk to him.  Today he stopped a couple who was walking holding a new looking baby an...
Post a Comment
Read more