Photos from the birth

Photos from Alexis' being born.

 

Family pic and me walking about 15 minutes after delivery.

 

just...awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

very beautiful mama! you did a GREAT job! what a cute family you have! <hugs>

 

15 minutes???? OMG! It took me four+ hours to be able to move...My legs were so numb after birth from the epidural, I could barely move!

 

Thanks, everyone!
I didn't have a constant epidural because I was already so far along and they give me a healthy dose of pitocin which made everything move that much faster. So, just a few minutes after the doc pulled out my placenta, I was up and had to pee. Haha.

 

She's beautiful !!!!!!

 

Aww that is all sooo cute!!! And yeah, you look really well and adjusted... almost like a movie! haha

 

Thanks.
Ahaha....everyone told me I was like those women you see in the movies that have a kid and are up baking cookies the next day. I felt like poop, but I was just so happy that Alexis was here that I didn't worry about what I felt like.

 

Beautiful pictures moon. Thankyou for letting us share in such a miraculous time.

{{{Hugs}}} and many blessings...

 

wow... congratulations! I have to admire every young mother on here... I know I wouldn't be able to do that... not for years... Your baby is gorgeous, and so are you! You look so healthy, even right after the delivery! Congratulations again *hugs*

 

Congrats! Glad to hear it all went well!

 

Thanks, mamas.

 

Awww congrats have you written up what happened yet?

 

Beautiful

 

Oh man Meg, you have one cuuuuuute baby on your hands.

Congratulations, i'm glad everything went well.

 

I was up and around shortly after I had Zachary too. The nurses hadd to make me get back in my bed, becuase I was walking up and down the halls and showering, and stuff shortly after he was born.. i'm concidering a c-section this time but not sure.

 

Mama in Wonderland, Please reconsider! A c-section isn't just an easy way out, it's MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY! It's not something to play around with AT ALL.

Consider all your options, weigh them out, speak to a midwife as well as a doctor, seek out a Doula....But please, please, please do not consider letting them cut you for convenience....

 

I had a c-section... not planned. The surgery itself took half an hour. The recovery? Well, its been 6 weeks and I can just now use my stomach muscles without INCREDIABLE pain. Don't have a c-section unless you have to, as it takes a HELL of a lot longer to "snap back"

 

moon~those are great pics! You all look really sweet!
I agree, too, that was really fast to be up and walking! I had to be wheeled from my delivery room to the post partum room and had to lay in bed for about 4 hours....and this was also with an epi that they let wear off at the end. My problem was mainly that I was bleeding so badily that I litterally could not move....this is a little graphic, but I had 4 towels shoved between my legs, both a frozen (for my episiotimy) and a normal pad and I STILL bled all over the bed. It was awful....when I finally did walk, it was over to the shower and I fainted.
So yeah, girl, you did awesome!
All these cute little babies here......I WANNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE!!!!!!!!!