well- its been a wild ride for the past 4+ weeks.
As most of you know we went into labor- yikes thats what I said- the me that has never gone into labor- finally did with my 5th- oh and by the way LAST child. It was the weekend of Gerald's 20th High School reunion- imagine that! I was in labor the whole weekend and did not know it!
We came home from Alameda that Sunday late afternoon and I was feeling crappy- so we called Dr. Haskins- who said come to the hospital- little did we know that we would be having a c section 1.5 hours later... I wanted mascara and a pedicure! I do not do labor or unplanned c sections- she laughed- I cried!
Colton was born after a lot of poking for the spinal at 7:29 PM on 7/29/2007. He weighed 6 LBS and 12OZS and was 18.5 inches long,
All was well until he started to gurgle... he ingested my amniotic fluid- cause you all saw my belly it was so small- I actually had 5X the normal amount of fluid. So off to the nursery he went- again I cried...
Cole was in the nursery Sunday night- and all day Monday- I was miserable trying to get pain under control- to no avail... Tuesday they walked in and told me that they were sending him to downtown UC DAVIS NICU- I discharged myself and off we went- again, I cried! This is exactly why did not want him out at 36 weeks, we went through this with Jack too!
Besides the edema- calves the size of a SOFA and being wiped out- we stayed at he local Marriott hotel next door- thanks dad! so we could be close to him- and nurse and pump... it was a really ROUGH 8 days and on 08/07/07 we brought our little man home( 5 llbs12 ozs).I cried to my therapist and friends and family!!
The first week was rough- I was trying to heal- bed rest yeah right- and trying to get over the fact that Colton look exactly like Zack- I attached a photo- my son who passed when he was 2 months old from SIDS on 02/10/1999. I could not sleep- and add to that that I had not slept for about a week before he was born- I was now in day 18+ without sleep- not a very pretty picture! rational I was not! I cried a lot!!!
We are now into week 4- I have had the recovery from hell- edema- constipation, lack of sleep, anemia( hospitalized) I am FULLY COOKED!!!!! and NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love him- and the kids- jackson loves his baby Colton- wakey wakey baby colton is all he says- that and " he pooped mom' and he now calls me Auntie Candace, great talk about an identity crisis after the birth of a new baby. Jess and Aly have been AMAZING with him- and with me as well- bless them both. Gerald has been great as well - I have scared the crap out him a few times post baby with all the problems- so we are looking forward to getting better- fast.
Wendy,Annette, Brandy, Kara, River, Carol, - all my dear friends that have been coming by and calling- and to all those that have been feeding us- we love you all ....
As you can see the name of the BOG has changed- JESSALYJACKCOLE- no more babies....
Love you all
Candace
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