After Delivery

I was so glad that it was over. They put Stailynne under my gown so that she could stay warm. They also told me to try to feed her. I honestly thought it was going to be easy. Boy was I wrong. I didn't think it would be this hard to get her to latch on properly. So I tried for a while until they took her to give her a bath, and then they put her under the warmer.

The nurse told me to get up to go to the bathroom, and all I felt was a gush of blood rushing down my leg. It was so painful to walk. All I wanted to was to sleep. I got back onto the bed, and soon after I was already on the Postpartum side. I was hoping for a private room but ended up getting a semi-private one. Luckily they found out that I was an employee so they didn't give me a roommate.

Visitors came by later that night. My parents came by, as well as some of my coworkers. It was nice to see all of the happy faces. Everyone was so excited to see Stailynne. We've all been waiting a long time for her.

Night time came. This was one of the hardest nights to get through for me. I couldn't sleep comfortably because of my stitches. When I tried to move around to get comfortable I would be in so much pain. When I finally was in a good position, Stailynne would wake up to breastfeed. I didn't get much sleep at all. The only sleep I did get was when Tai took Stailynne with him to the other bed. But of course, nurses were in and out of my room at all hours of the night taking my temperature, and getting labs run on the baby. I was just counting down the hours until I was able to go home.

As soon as the day shift nurse came on, I was asking when I could go home. I wanted to be in my own bed. Luckily, Stailynne and I both got the okay to get discharged.