So it’s only taken me 3 weeks to introduce our newest addition, guess this is an indicator of life with two kids. We would like to formally introduce you to…
Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson
Born May 19, 2011
9:43am
7lbs 5 oz, 19.5 in
On Monday the 16th, Jarrod and I went in to meet with my primary OB to see how things were going with my blood pressure. At that time my pressures were high, not high enough to deliver, but not low enough to come off of bedrest. As I was sitting there listening to the doctor talk about another week of bed rest I was just nodding my head and doing everything I could to fight back tears. Well that didn’t go so well…after about 5 minutes I lost it and burst into tears. I kept apologizing and just saying how hard it was with a 3 year old who didn’t understand why he was being shuffled here, there, and everywhere and a husband who was needing to work and was using all of his time off while I was on bed rest. At that point Dr. Arona said…Okay we’ll do it this Thursday! I laughed and told her if I knew all it took was crying I would have done that two weeks ago!
So I left the dr’s office a very happy girl! Jarrod and I decided to go grab lunch and have some time to ourselves to talk about everything before calling any friends or family. It was nice just to have that time to talk about what all was about to happen and change. Then it was time to start calling grandparents and friends. Everyone was so excited! Both sets of grandparents came in Wednesday afternoon, we had dinner with everyone and then headed to bed to try and get some sleep before the big day. Thursday morning we got up and headed to the hospital, we had to be there at 8:00. We kissed Bo goodbye, while my parents stayed to get him ready and everyone met at the hospital at 9:30, which is when I was scheduled for my section.
This time was so different…with Bo I had been in the hospital for a month, we were both just tired and exhausted so there was excitement, but there was more of the feeling of let’s just get this over with so we can get back to normal. This time we drove to the hospital talking about what was about to happen. Jarrod was with me the entire time right up to walking in the operating room. There wasn’t any stress or exhaustion it was so wonderful! The not so wonderful part was it took them 4 different tries to get my spinal/epidural in. I actually had both a spinal and an epidural. The do the additional epidural to help administer pain meds after the section. That was extremely painful, but luckily they were able to get it to take. Next they brought Jarrod in and he was with me the entire time. When I first got into the operating room the nurses started asking what we were having and when I told them we didn’t know you would have thought they were kids on Christmas day, they got so excited! They said no one ever waits and they were as excited as Jarrod and I were. We had already asked my doctor if Jarrod could be the one to announce the baby and she thought that was great. So once they started to get baby ready to come out they told daddy to stand up. I realize it was probably just a few seconds but it felt like he was standing there for 5 minutes before saying anything. Next thing I know I hear “We have a Charlotte”!!!! Everyone started screaming and all I could say was “I can’t believe it’s a girl”!!!!!!!!!!! Next I heard the sweetest thing I think I’ll ever hear…Jarrod said “I got my girl”!!! That absolutely warmed my heart! She is just perfect! The first thing out of my mouth when I first saw her was “she looks just like Bo”!! I’m not kidding either!!! I had told my friends and family that just from the ultrasounds I could tell this baby looked just like Bo did and sure enough I was right. It’s scary how much they look alike as newborns. It’s going to be so interesting to see how she starts to change as her features begin to develop more.
It was the most wonderful experience I could have ever imagined. While they were finishing up with me and Jarrod was over with baby Charlotte, everyone was asking if it was worth the wait. And my response was absolutely!! I told Dr Arona she should tell all of her patients to wait. There is absolutely nothing in this world that will ever come close to that moment. After they were done with me, I headed over to recovery with Charlotte while Jarrod went out to tell our friends and family. One of my good friends recorded that moment, which I can’t even begin to thank her enough. That is a moment I would have never known and will never get back so to have it on video is absolutely priceless. Getting to see my family’s reaction was the best thing in the entire world! Oh and apparently Jarrod took up a new occupation that day according to Bo, you’ll have to watch the video!
This post is already long enough so I will put up some pictures in a separate post. We are loving life with our precious little girl!!!
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