Been A While!

Wow...so I've been out of touch for a while! Finally had Jake Ryan on April 30th. After 19 hours of labor and 3 1/2 hours of hard pushing, he had to come out by way of c-section. My doctor knew I didn't want to have a c-section from the very beginning and was trying to avoid it. I guess after hearing me yell "please get him out NOW!!" a c-section was the only way to go! Mike said he could hear me screaming from the hallway. Nice. I hope I didn't discourage any other soon-to-be-moms that might have been in the adjacent rooms. Yikes!

Recovery has been slow. Fortunately, I have the greatest mom and husband in the whole world! I don't know what I would have done without my mom here to help me. There were so many things I just couldn't do...like take a shower by myself. Is a little humiliating to be 29 years old and have to have my mom help me bathe. But, I couldn't have done it without her. And Mike has been AWESOME!! Of course, he's had to work this past week and is functioning on little sleep but he keeps on trucking! Thankfully he has off next week and can catch up on some sleep...maybe.

The step-witch kept her distance until yesterday when my mom left. I'd never seen a baby cry and eat at the same time until last night. And thanks to her my baby was up all night crying. To go into great detail about the experience I had last night would take me pages. I'll just say that when she finally left our house, I was in tears. I don't know how I'm going to survive letting her hold and keep my child. Is very sad.

So, maybe I will be able to post more often now. We'll see. I'll be at home for another 8-10 weeks...hopefully! Of course, I have tons of school work to keep up with too. Should be fun!