Warning! This is a super long and TONS of pictures post!!!
Well I thought that it was time to finally sit down and write Tenley's birth story. I have to say that it is SO much different then Harrison's. For a few reason's. First off, we have Harrison and he needed to be watch after while we were at the hospital. Thanks to a great family on both sides he stayed with Greg's brother and his wife for the first 2 days and then with my mom for the remainder of the time. Which was so nice to know that he was being taken care of while we were away.
Next, was the fact that it was a scheduled C-Section. I have to say that I was SO scared. for many reasons. I was going to have 2 kids instead of just one. I was going to have a longer recovery and I was really nervous about that. I was worried about Harrison would react when we brought home a little sister and she didn't leave. It turns out those were all of the least of my concerns, more about that later.
Harrison stayed the night before we went in at Greg's brothers house, because we need to be there early and didn't want to have to worry about anything that we didn't need too! Well we woke up and got everything in the car and went to Walmart, kind of funny I know. But they over charged me on cherries! I was talking with the lady and she asked when I was due. I told her I was on my way to the hospital and she laughed. You came to Walmart! Then everyone that was around there was all excited and telling me good luck.
Then it was off to the hospital to have a baby! Yickes!!!!! We had her at Ogden Regional Hospital in Ogden. Which I loved! They actually just built a new C section wing that is really nice! Anyways, we walked in and I asked the little volunteer where to go. She asked what I was doing there. I told her I was here to have my baby. She got all excited and I thought that she was going to hug me. She told us what floor to go to. After we got all checked in they had us sit down for a min and wait for everything to go through. Man, it felt like hours. I was SO nervous. I was here to have a baby!!!
Then the super nice nurse came and got us to take us to our room. It was so surreal and so exciting!! The nurse took us in and told us everything that was going to happen and what we needed to do. Her name was Grace and we had so much fun with her! So just kept laughing at us. I favorite thing was that Greg had to put on a jump suit for the delivery and she looked at him with a serious face and said, "Now, keep your clothes on and put this on top of them." Now I will show you a picture of Greg in the suit! But she has had guys some out in the unders and the suit! Yickes...... After I was ready for the delivery, we just had to wait for the doctor. Which he got there a few mins late. Which again seamed like forever. But he was worth the wait! He is such a great doctor.
Here we are before we went in!
Attractive I know!
Then it was off to have a baby at 1 PM. The Dr. Housel, anesthesiologist named Brian, nurse Grace and Greg wheeled me to the OR. Before we walked in the doctor turned to Greg and said, "Don't touch anything." Greg looked like a deer in the highlights. He agreed and didn't touch a thing! With this delivery, they did was is called a spinal block instead of an epidural. Which I loved!!!! Come to find out, I am allergic more stories later. Brian was so good and I barely felt a thing.
Then the delivery was underway, we were all joking and talking about Harrison's birth. Then I could feel my body being moved around and then both doctors started talking about how good my last c section looked. They said that the doctor did really well for it being an emergency. I felt really good about that. Then Brian looked at me and said, "She is here and she is beautiful." Greg looked over the curtain and said, "He wasn't lying she is gorgeous." Then Brian dropped the curtain just enough so I could see her! She was here and she had curly brown hair and really chubby!!!! My heart jumped, she was here!!!! It only took 15mins for her to be delivered!
Then they took Greg and Tenley into the room just on the side of the OR and they cleaned her off and let Greg put the diaper on her and then they wrapped her up and brought her back into me. I was so excited because I didn't get to see Harrison for a long time after he was delivered because of everything that happened. Greg actually got to carry her back to our room.
We were so excited I wanted to sit up and hold her. I couldn't though so Greg put her in my arms while laying down. She was So pretty, so amazing, so tiny. I was definitely in love. I could not stop smiling! I mean it was not possible. After a while it sunk in that I was no longer pregnant! I had a baby. It was amazing.
We asked that the only people who came to see us the first day was my parents and Greg's mom. I was out of surgery for about 30 mins and I got a phone call and it was my mom. She asked how everything went. I told her everything went great and she asked if she could come see me I told her that was fine. She said, "Good, I am down the street." I laughed. She came over and was the first to hold Tenley.
I think she feel love also! While my mom was there, my nose started itching I didn't think much of it because I have allergies sometime. I was talking to the nursing and she looked at me and asked about my nose. I told her it really itched. She said, "That is because you are having an allergic reaction to the spinal block. I was kind of taken back. I have not had an allergic reaction since I was in middle school and that was to detergent. Needless to say, I look like Rudolf the red nose reindeer for the first few days. With meds (that made me super tired) I was able to stop itching.
Later that night my mother in law came and while she was holding Tenley, Harrison came with my sister in law Suzie and it was so much fun to see what happened next! I can even put into words the feelings that was in the room. Pure love.
Then my mom and dad came up and my dad finally got to see her!
The next few days were a blur! Lots of sleep, nursing and visitors. Here are a few pictures!
This is one of my favorite pictures!
Greg hated her being in the nursery. So he would have her on the cot next him during the day and then we would put her in the nursery at night.
Pictures before we left the hospital.
SO tiny! So fun!
