Here he is! Mr. Kaden Edward Parks! Born December 6, 2013 at 5:56 p.m. 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long!
Here is the fun story (because I'm sure you all want to know)
I wrote my last blog post not quite knowing what was going to happen, but full of faith that it was all going to be ok.
A little after 3:30 that afternoon (Friday) the Dr. came over to labor and delivery to get everything ready to try and flip baby. Let me just tell you now, trying to flip a breech baby HURTS! Holy smokes, it was not a pleasent experience. After a few tries he was able to flip the baby into a head down position. The Dr. stepped into the hallway to say something to the nurse, and then came back in just to make sure everything was good, and guess what...this fiesty little baby had turned again and gone back to a transverse position! We were all just baffled that he had moved so fast. We decided to try to put in an epidural and see if maybe with me more relaxed we could turn the baby and keep him head down. It's not very easy to relax when a Dr's hands are literally shaking as he forces a baby to turn. Ouch!
The anesthesiologist came in and put in the epidural, which went fine until my blood pressure dropped. I immediately started feeling way naseaus and super, super dizzy, as well as seeing all sorts of shapes in front of my eyes. After that whole issue was resolved (including me having a complete meltdown and crying for a few minutes, but hey things were a little crazy) the Dr. came back in and we tried to flip little man again. No dice. He was not going anywhere and therefore we concluded that our next option was a C-section.
The C-section went great and I practically slept through the entire thing. I seriously could not keep my eyes open. I remember hearing the baby cry for the first time and trying to look around to see him. I also remember seeing Joe stand up and watch him take pictures and seeing a little tiny baby across the room wailing and kicking like a healthy baby does. Finally, Joe came over to me and showed me a picture of our precious little boy. He was beautiful. Just like I knew he would be. The entire thing (from trying to flip the baby to delivering the baby) had taken less than two and a half hours from start to finish. It's crazy to think that everything happened so, sooo fast.
In the recovery room I finally got to snuggle with my new little one. He was just perfect. I still couldn't stay awake very well so he and I just slept for a good hour or two while all the anesthetics wore off. Then they took us to the mother and baby wing where we settled in for the night.
We stayed in the mother and baby wing for four days (C-section patients are allowed to stay for two extra nights, and I am so grateful that I did) and finally got to come home on Tuesday afternoon. So all in all I spent seven nights in the hospital over the last two weeks, thats more time than I ever care to spend in a hospital again!
My recovery has gone really, really well. I always thought that it would be really difficult to recover from a C-section but it has been (suprisingly) not so bad. The first night when they made me get out of bed and walk around was really rough, but I made it. I'm not allowed to do anything strenuous, but I am allowed to walk as much as I want! Wohoo! (It's a step up from bedrest) Things like coughing and sneezing hurt a lot, but I'll take it to have a happy healthy baby. The thing that hurts the most is how bruised my stomach is from the Dr. trying to flip the baby. The part that is hard is that I can't pick up Hudson and he is too squirmy to sit on my lap most of the time, so he and I both don't like that. Hudson is a super cuddly boy so it's been tough on him.
Joe and I debated the entire time I was recovering about what to name the baby and finally, finally decided on a name Monday evening. It was crazy, it just seemed like nothing would fit! Eventually I realized that nothing was ever going to fit until we just picked a name and started calling him that. Sure enough, we started calling him his name and he settled right into it. His name is Kaden Edward Parks. And he is just perfect.
Hudson is adapting well, on his first visit to the hospital he didn't want anything to do with the baby, he just wanted to sit with Mommy, but after a few days and a few visits he was so excited to see his "baby brother Kaden" and asks to hold him all the time. He is super helpful, and loves to do things like get a pillow for the baby, or put the binkie in the babies mouth. I have to watch him like a hawk so that he isn't too helpful, but I think it is just so sweet as to how much he realied that Kaden is a part of our family now.
Kaden is such a sweet baby. He sleeps all the time and basically just wakes up to eat. If I put him down he only sleeps for about 10 minutes without fussing, but if I am holding him he will sleep for hours and hours. last night I slept in a chair so that I could hold him and he slept for 5 hours! It was awesome. I had to wake him up at 4:00 so that he could eat, and then Hudson woke up at 5:00 so it was a bit of a tiring day, but I am just loving it so it really isn't that bad. Kaden had his first Dr. appointment today and everything is looking great. We have to go back next week just to make sure that he is gaining weight because he is just so, sooo tiny. (He was 6 lbs 2 oz. when we left the hospital)
I feel so incredibly blessed right now. With as scary as things were, and as bad as things could have turned I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has taken care of me. I have felt his love as well as the love of my Savior these past few weeks through the whisperings of the Holy Ghost and Priesthood Blessings. My testimony has been strengthened that the Atonement is real and that we truly are children of a loving Heavenly Father who cares about each of us and knows us by name. The last few weeks have been pretty up and down and I know that we aren't out of it yet, but I have a wonderful family and a loving Heavenly Father. Life really couldn't get much better.
I have had so many people call to check on me, and so many who have helped with Hudson. I cannot believe that I am so loved, I am so grateful that people are so willing to just take care of me right now. Especially my mother and father in law. They are such great people and it is such a blessing that we are living with them right now. I couldn't have done all this without all of their help. Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of you for how much you have done for me and my family right now (even if it just liking my pictures and leaving cute comments on facebook. It actually makes me quite happy to know that people care enough to like a picture of my little man!)
Now for some pictures!
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| Just a few moments old... |
Eyes open
Our first family photo!
He has a little turtle neck, it is the cutest thing ever!
Going home!
This is when he was doing the hearing test. Isn't he just precious!!!
He is sooo cute! I'm glad you're all okay!
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