Leela Anne is here!!!

babyjen · #1 March 26th, 2010, 04:39 PM

I haven't had much time since she was born so I'm finally updating now. Leela Anne was born on March 1st at 5:20pm. She was 20" & 7lbs. 11oz.

Labor came on super quick. I had BH throughout my whole pregnancy so I guess I warmed up pretty good. At my 38 week appt my OB said I was at 0 dialtion and 0% effacement and she didn't expect me to go into labor for a while still. Well the morning of my 39th week appt I woke up at 4:30am with excruciating contractions and they just kept coming. I didn't know how long I should wait to go in because my doc had told me earlier to labor at home for a while since it's my first baby and then go in when it's getting painful. Well dang, it started off REALLY painful. I just laid there and hubby packed all the last minute items and loaded up the car and off we went. I could barely walk into the hospital. By the time I was checked in, set up with monitors, asked a million questions, they checked me and said I was 5cm all ready. It was the longest wait ever for the epi but it was heaven sent!! I think it slowed down labor though but there was no way I could take that pain any longer. I wanted to try natural but OMG I was dying. DH and I just hung out the rest of the day laughing and having a great time. Pushing wasn't that bad, I think it took about 45 minutes. I had a 1st degree tear but other than that things were good. I was walking around shortly after. Not much sleep at all in the hospital and for the first week at home. I don't know how I survived it, but things are getting better little by little.

Leela had jaundice and was difficult to feed so that was a lot of stress too the 1st week. We finally supplemented with formula and got her weight back up quickly. I was able to go back to breastfeeding and she does great at both the breast and bottle. We're just dealing with tummy ache issues and reflux now. I feel so bad for her when she's crying and hurting. We're trying zantac right now. Mylicon and gripe water have done nothing. I think the new meds are helping some and we're getting a bit more sleep at night now, although she'll only sleep in bed with me. It's nice though waking up and seeing her cute little face next to me.

Here's some pics:

Day 1

First Week

Laughing