Military Wifestyle: April 2014

Eva-Marie Jewel

9 lbs 1.5 oz

19.5 in

and a head full o'hair

Well it's been a whirlwind hiatus from the blog the last few months. Since my trip to Georgia I have been busy busy. Then to top things off a week before our little Miss Eva Marie arrives my husband falls victim to his traitorous appendix! My mom was able to come out a week earlier than planned because of it though. It was a huge help...and re arranged my entire house. She's been gone 2 weeks and I'm still calling asking her where some of my things are haha.

I know a lot of people post their "birth story" but mine was uneventful so I'll keep it short. I was induced bright and early Monday March 10th and was in labor a grand total of 2 and half hours before I caved for that epidural lol. In my defense my contractions never ended... it was just one continuous contraction and I still had 12 hours to go (I'm not a nice person when I'm in pain).

Playing the waiting game

My right side never numbed accordingly and to fix it the doc lady gave me the dosage used for C sections...lets just say I felt nothing for 3 hours haha. Bad side effect was my left side was so numb I couldn't even lift my left leg and that got annoying quick. I tested positive for that strep b and was given four doses of antibiotics before she arrived. About 8-9 PM I began to run a fever and Eva wasn't reacting to my contractions like they wanted her to. Some kind of movement indicating she was moving toward the birth canal. I ended up having them insert a certain thing that measures my contractions from the inside next to the placenta to see how strong they were and if they were strong enough. With my fever and her lack of reactions to my contractions my Ob was starting to be concerned for both of us and if things didn't change a C section would have to be consider... something we didn't want. Lord willing though with more pitocin and a will to avoid a C section at all costs within Eva's safety around 10 PM I was ready to push. I was a world champ pusher and Eva arrived 28 minutes later.

I'm not sure how most women feel after giving birth. A numbness and relief fell over me. The immediate relief of her leaving my body was one I won't ever forget. Watching my husband hover over her as they checked her vitals (she had a slight fever as well and I wasn't able to hold her for almost 20 mins after she was born) the joy and pride on his face. To be able to finally see the child God knit together in my womb and to hear her cries are things you can never forget.

I love her more today than the day she was born and know that it'll just continue to grow...it's a scary awesome feeling!

First visitor!

Beautiful

Visiting her new best friend! Little over a week apart!

After Eva

Let us just say that I didn't enjoy pregnancy. I'm blessed to no end that I was able to not only conceive my precious baby, but have a healthy pregnancy with no complications and carry her to term, but I didn't overly like it. I was a complete bum and then I was so much heavier than I was used to that I hurt a lot. I barely left the house, which in turn caused, for lack of a better word, "depression." Since then, though, Eva has managed to venture to the zoo ...