What a week...

So this week started out to be as crazy as planned. I picked up my mom and grandma at the airport early Tuesday morning (12:30am) and finally made it home and to bed by 2am Texas time. I was awakened with contractions at 3:45am that were 10 minutes apart. They kept coming and going so I tried to rest until I had to get Ryley up for school. I had so much planned for Tuesday, since it was the only day that I had left before I had the baby, but that was all thrown down the drain when I called into triage. The point of having a scheduled c-section is to not have to labor and my doctors agreed that I should come into the hospital so they could check things out.

So long story short, I sat around at the hospital all Tuesday afternoon waiting for them to possibly do my c-section. Only to be sent home at 4pm (starving) because the OR staff clocks out at 4:30pm and won't do any procedure that isn't medically necessary.

I was already scheduled to come in at 5:30am on Wednesday for my c-section but due to a "no bed" situation I was pushed back until 10am.

So here I am right before they took me back to the OR...

Having another c-section was not my ideal choice in birthing this baby but my choices were limited. I was really nervous about how everything would go down. Twelve needle sticks later and a round on nausea on the OR table and I was ready for this baby to be born. The doctors were great. Little Ethan arrived healthy and happy and I survived the surgery. We're doing well and are trying to rest. We had a rough couple of nights in the hospital and are adjusting to life with a newborn but life is grand. Here are some of my favorite pics that Kev took. Thanks for all the well wishes!