I thought I would have another calm labor and delivery experience. I LOVED giving birth to Stassi. It was so easy, and it was just a loving & very personable experience. So I was a little sad it wasn't the same with Layla. But here is why...
On June 26th, I woke up and I started to clean the kitchen when all of a sudden I got this weird cramping feeling in my right side. It was very uncomfortable but I figured it was just another pregnancy pain, because I had experienced so many pains with being pregnant with Layla. As the day progressed, the pain was gradually getting worse and worse. And by the time 3pm hit, I was going crazy. Pacing the house, crying my eyes out, and just couldn't even believe I was having so much pain. So my amazing, wonderful husband called my mom and asked her to meet us at the hospital so she could take Stassi. I was screaming in pain. It was the most excruciating pain I've ever felt. Even worse than contractions I had with Stassi. So they did urine tests & blood tests and gave me pain medication but the medication would only last 30 minutes. Their initial thought was that I had a kidney infection and/or stones but all my tests came back negative for anything so they told me it was a muscle spasm and sent me on my way home telling me to use a warm compress to relax the muscle. HA! Yeah right...nothing was relaxing anything in my body but we went home for a full excruciatingly painful night (where we slept MAYBE a total of an hour to and hour and a half) and nothing was working to stop the pain. So we headed back to the hospital the next morning and told them they needed to help me! So they took an ultrasound of my kidneys and everything came back normal and homies were trying to send me home AGAIN with a warm compress. Oh heck no! Yonatan told them absolutely not and they needed to figure out what was wrong because I was obviously in major pain and it wasn't going away with warm compress. So instead of calling my doctor, they called the doctor on the floor and he came in and worked his magic because he actually cared & he ordered another ultrasound for my liver and they found out I had gallbladder stones. So because they knew what was causing the pain, they didn't send me home & they were giving me pain medications but had to leave me on a baby monitor to see how Layla was responding.
Layla didn't respond well after awhile and the doctor came in and said "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A C-SECTION. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE BABY LOOKS."
Whaaaat?!
One would think that I would have been extremely stressed or worried but I wasn't. I was more in the mindset of "let's get his done and get her out healthy" and Yonatan, my sweet husband, was SO worried and asked the doctor multiple times "like...RIGHT NOW?!"
They took me into the room first after they prepped me for the c-section so I could get my spinal tap & then they brought Yonatan in. It was so fast after that. When they took her out of me, I heard her cry and right away I started talking to her even though they had a sheet up so I couldn't see anything. They took her over to the side to clean her and called Yonatan over. He never left her side after that which I loved about him. He's SUCH a good daddy.
Yonatan and Layla had to leave the room so they could monitor her breathing while they finished stitching me up. Once I was all put back together, they wheeled me back to my room where my mom, dad, and sister came and saw me. I was so in and out of it that I don't remember much until they brought my little Layla back to me to experience our first skin to skin contact since she had been born. And I LOVED that so much.
Overall, I had serious complications and Layla's health was put at risk. So I am so thankful that God kept us both healthy. We definitely didn't expect her this early, but her daddy and I couldn't be more thrilled. Layla Grace, you are the perfect little addition to our family and we couldn't be any happier with you and your sister. We can't wait to see you grow and already love your sweet little expressions, your head full of hair, and the way you just seem to grab our hearts with your tiny little fingers. We love you baby girl!
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