Scarlett's birth story

I realized I announced the birth of Scarlett and a little of the aftermath but I want each of my children to have their entire birth stories written down so here it is!!!

I woke up around 4:30 am, I had showered the night before so I straightened my hair pulled it back and put on a little make up cus let's face it it was about to be a LONG day and if there were any pictures taken I didn't want to look completely horrible!!! Devin woke up and gave me a blessing and immediately my nerves were calmed and I proceeded to get ready. Devin woke up the boys and I packed the last few things they would need while at their grandmas houses. We started to run late making me a little testy but eventually we were all packed up in the car and on our way. We dropped the boys off with my mother in law and headed to the hospital. We got checked in and I had some wonderful nurses take care of me that morning! They asked me a million in one questions ( what is the point I pre-registering???) and started an iv and pumped me full of fluids!! I seriously had to use the restroom 3 times before I went to the or! My favorite nurse was Genevive! She was super cute and very calm and positive she made me feel at ease, cus let's face it I was really nervous, scared, anxious you name it!!! I kept thinking how this experience getting prepped for my C-section was so much more pleasant than my last go around!! I welcomed the mindless chatter of the nurses and Dr's as I waited to be taken back. My dr came in and talked to me asking if I had any last minute questions she has always been so good to me! And then she and my nurse told us about their upcoming trip to Honduras where they were going on a charity trip to help out hundreds of women from the country. Then my anethesiologist came in and explained the procedure and I told him about my concernes with morphine making me sick and he told me that there were several alternatives that should help me recover better. I then was given the option to walk back to the or which I thought was a great idea. Last time I was wheeled back in the bed crying because my contractions had gotten so intense and wanting to punch my nurse in the face who kept asking me a million questions!!! This time I would have skipped back if they asked me!!! Coincidentally I walked right into the exact O.R. That I had delivers the boys in something about this was comforting. They had me straddle the table and Genevive held me as the anesthesiologist started my spinal it was a little uncomfortable and took him a couple try's to get it in just right but once it was in it took affect immediately and a rush of warmth flooded through my body and I was laid back. They then asked if I was able to move over a little bit on the table not a chance. The next thing I knew my legs were in the air and I was re positioned! It was the weirdest thing seeing my legs way up in the air and having no control of them! Shortly after that I felled like I was going to be sick and the anesthesiologist gave me some Zofran and it helped pretty quick. My dr came in with two others and they pulled the curtain up. Devin also came and sat by my head. It was just a few minuets later and my Scarlett's cries filled the room I immediately began to cry there is nothing sweeter in the world than hearing your child cry for the first time! My dr said she was so petite and kept saying along with the nurses how cute she was and how beautiful she was. She also lifted her up so I could see it was so special to finally see her! Devin went with her to get her cleaned up and checked out and I could hear her cries as my dr worked on sewing me back up with later I found out took a little extra work. It was so funny to hear how feminine her little cries were! I was so used to hearing my boys that it never crossed my mind that she would actually sound like a girl!!! I couldn't help but feel so happy and satisfied!!! Devin brought her back in a few minuets later and pulled off her cap and said "look at this hair!!"she had a ton of hair and it was so dark!!! She looked so different from the boys!! He continued to sit by me and I touched her face and just couldn't stop looking at her! Unfortunately I got sick, for real this time before they could give me more Zofran and it ruined the moment a little but but eventually i felt a little better. Next they wheeled me into the recovery room and I started feeling really loopy. Devin brought me Scarlett and I was able to nurse her and hold her for the first time. She latched on right away and hasn't l really stopped nursing since!! Devin then took her to get a bath. I then proceeded to get sick a few more times and in between told my nurse how wonderful she was and how awesome she was... I was really out of it!!! But hey at least I was nice!!! Before devin left my nurse mentioned that my uterus was extremely thin so thin that I may need to think very carefully about having more children because I could potentially rupture with the strain of another pregnancy. My dr later told me she pulled my muscles over the thinned out areas and that if we wanted to have another that she thought it would be ok. Any way back to Scarlett's day! I was then given some reglan to help with my nausea and it made me soo incredibly tired I could not even focus! I was then taken to my room and spent the rest of the day pretty sick but so in love with our new little girl that it didn't really matter!!

Adjusting to three

Well we are home from the hospital and devin is officially back to work. I have to say having him home for ten days was awesome and I was not ready for him to go back! With the boys, devin was back to work before I was even discharged from the hospital. So I really appreciated having him full time for the first 10 days! Especially since he was getting up at the crack of dawn with the boys and letting me sleep in with Scarlett! It's been a LONG time since I have slept in past 7:00 am!!! Thanks to my two little alarm clocks! Any who our first couple of days home were great but also challenging I was still hobbling around the first few days and in quite a bit of pain so it was hard to do even little tasks. It was probably harder on Tristan and Atti who didn't understand why I couldn't pick them up or why they couldn't climb all over me and the baby! But we managed ok and I am now at 11 days post C-section and off of any pain medication and feeling loads better! My body is also is working its magic and shrinking back to my new Post kids "normal" which hey I'm not going to complain about one bit!! I would give up my pre children body any day for my three beautiful children without hesitation because there is nothing like being a mom! I forget how much I love newborn babies there is just something so special about having a fresh little baby in your home! Scarlett has been so wonderful she is sleeping pretty dang good at night and only waking up once or twice and sleeping in her bed, sometimes getting her back to sleep is a challenge but other than that she has been a dream! After having one I can't believe I did twins especially nursing! This little Girl is a piglet! Im so glad that the twins were first because I was so oblivious and had no clue how much harder two was!!! With that said having one baby is so weird! And so much less stressful! I don't feel like I have to keep to the strict schedule I had with the boys and I can actually just go with the flow and let Scarlett make her own routine which so far has been really nice! The boys are also adjusting as well as can be expected they are very curious and stand watch anytime I change her or she is upset. They smile and laugh when I let them touch her hair or kiss her so I definitely think they like her... Mostly. Time will only tell! Well that's about it for now here are a few pictures from her newborn photo shoot that my cousin did and she did an incredible job! And also some pictures of my grandparents meeting Scarlett for the first time! Enjoy!