I got wheeled into the operation room, while hubby got dressed into his royal blue support get-up.
I remembered sitting on the operation bed waiting for him, he was taking quite long and I was afraid they would start without him.
In the meantime I met all the nurses, assistant doctor, and my anesthesiologist. Hubby came in and looked very cute in his blue outfit.
I had to sit upright while they performed the spinal block. It wasn’t that sore, just a little prick. And all of a sudden my left side went all fuzzy… And it tickeld!
And I am ticklish. I layed down, feeling the dead weight of my lower body.
The medical staff put up the plastic pipe shaped in a funny arch just below my chest, and covered it with a sheet.
The doctors announced that they are going to begin, the pediatrician is also there, taking photos. I took a deep breath and told my husband he must talk to me about anything!
So he started explaining in detail how he is going service our car himself, and all the plans he has. In the meantime I feel the doctors pulling and moving things around down below, no pain was experienced, only the feeling of numbness.
All of a sudden, the gynae held baby Joy above the arch for me to see her and she was screaming her longs out!
The pediatrician took Joy quickly and checked that everything is OK. She wrapped her in a blanket and they gave her to me.
That moment was unbelievable. Here is the tiny human you have been creating and caring for, for months… And now I get to hold her, and meet her. Tears of Joy.
All of a sudden, something happened.
I felt dizzy, the room spinning. I remember just handing Joy to hubby, because I was afraid I might drop her.
Nausea took over, I called the anesthesiologist, and told him my symptoms while trying to throw up while laying on my back (which by the way is very difficult due to gravity).
He injected meds, and I kept wanting to throw up. He kept on rubbing my chest (to check that I am not passing out) while asking me: “How are you feeling? Talk to me, how are you feeling?” and all I could get out while trying to throw up was: “Nauseous”
And within minutes, I started feeling better. It was so scary, because it went through my mind that my husband is not with me and Joy will never get to meet her mom.
All of a sudden the nausea went away and the doctors stitched me up!
In that time, hubby went with Joy to the baby room and the two of them connected with some skin to skin.
They moved me from the operation bed to a normal bed, and the feeling of the spinal block… CRAZY! I giggled so much because of the tickling sensation!
Whilst in the recovery room, there was a strange little bucket on the bed with a plastic baggy in it…
Any guesses?
The Placenta!!!!
So weird to see a bit of you in a bucket…
Back in my private room, mom was waiting in anticipation! And in came daddy with baby Joy.
Granny held Joy and obviously fell in love.
Then Joy made her way back to me for some milk. (not that there were buckets full or even 2 drops) but none the less, she latched immediately and withing seconds, fell asleep.
The best decision we made was that hubby slept over with us. That involved him immediately into everything and it is just so amazing to have that support from the start.
I would highly recommend your partners doing this. It is a bit expensive, but it’s so worth it.
In part 3, I will write briefly about the hospital stay and returning home and how we coped.
Thanks for reading❤️
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