Wednesday, September 6, 2017
last bumpie after my water broke // 40w 4d
3:28am // Water breaks
Labor at home for 4.5 hours
8am // Arrive at hospital, 3cm dilated
Pump to naturally induce labor for 5 hours
3pm // Epidural + Pitocin, 4.5cm dilated
Wait…
8pm // 10cm dilated
Push for 2.5 hours
10:30pm // Fever + infection, Selah’s heart rate gets erratic
Surrender…
11pm // Selah arrives via emergency c-section at 8lbs 13oz // 20in.
look at that cone head!
A couple months back, I sent my husband this article about the importance of dads taking candid photos of mom + baby, as a way to genuinely capture moments. This would be his first candid. I hate it. It’s right after my c-section and I’m unconscious (sedated after c-section). The amount of pain + stress I was in at the moment of sedation, is somehow frozen on my…
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