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What They Don’t Tell You...

Behind the Scenes of Cute Baby Pictures...

By Dominique WilsonPublished 6 years ago 4 min read
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 Lily Marie 5lbs. 2oz. 18in. 

The Anticipation...

First, you wait for the arrival, nervous out of your mind. You don’t know what to expect. They load you with all information but it’s a lot to take in. But it’s alright, motherhood is a lot to take in :). They wheel you back to a cold room where you sit on the table while they talk making sure everything is okay and prepping you, then you sit on the bed with your feet on a chair while they find the best place to insert the needle. With your head to your chest, it’s a little uncomfortable but it’ll be over before you know it. You're probably freaking out by now hoping everything will go well. Just try and relax. Then you lay down as they make sure you can’t feel a thing. If you can’t feel your legs it’s probably done right haha. Then they put a drape in front of your face but if you look close at the light you can see it. They cut a layer of you and remove what they need to get to the baby. It just feels like tugging, not painful but weird. Then once there, get ready, they push on your belly to pull her out. While she’s coming out, the pressure almost feels like the wind knocked out of you for a second, then everything’s fine. Then you get to see her. They tell you look up and she’s there! Then they clean her up while you're getting layers of stitches you feel like it’s taking hours. But remember it’s layers, they have to stitch up and put everything back. So when you are healing try not to laugh, cough, or sneeze because it’s a whole world of pain. Then you're off to your room to heal :).

After the Birth What Should You Expect...

After the birth of a new amazing life comes a whole new world. If you're like me and have a C-section, it becomes the healing process as well as keeping in mind you are going to be bleeding and cramping. The bleeding is more than your average period but it’s all for the best. While in surgery, they took her to the NICU unit. She was gone and I was left not being able to walk for the next three days. I stood up for the first time and an instant dizziness felled me and I had to sit back down. You can barely walk. It gets easier with time. Then comes the flood of paperwork to fill out. While being so tired from the medicine and pain it takes some time to finish. Then you wait for your little angel to get out and be discharged, it’s the hardest thing coming home before the baby. You wait and wait and you feel like a part of you is missing.

Then you get to bring her home :) ...

The hard part about waiting is you don’t know when you get to bring her home :(. Then on the day of discharge, if everything goes well, they will send her home with you. But first, you go through hours of learning, which is good but you're just so excited to bring her home it’s a little frustrating. Then you get home and you have to change and feed her every three hours, which is alright because you won’t mind because you love her. But that means at night too. That’s the hard part, getting up every three hours. Then relax for the night because you will need to wake up and add her to insurance as well as schedule her appointment within the next few days :). But you can’t forget about yourself, you must as well schedule your six-week checkup, you know, to see how your healing. It’s an everyday thing but to look at that smile which will remind you so much of you and of course she will do stuff that you do makes it all worth it in the end :).

Helpful Tips That Could Help You Through the Night and Day...

There are many reasons a baby could cry. She could be hungry, need to be changed, is too hot or too cold, etc.. Or if you're trying too much she could just want to be left alone. Always remember to practice safe sleep, never sleep in the bed with her. Put her on her back in a crib with nothing in it. So, of course, she won’t roll over and suffocate. Of course, though, swaddle her. If she’s moving her head around and chewing her fingers, she’s most likely hungry and she’s looking for her milk. If she’s just crying, try changing her if her diaper is wet. If you do everything and she is still balling she may be hot or cold. If you're feeling overwhelmed then put her in a safe spot and cool off, cry it out then. You would be surprised when you come back, she may be asleep and just needed to be left alone. Of course after to try all those things :). I hope this can help you or ease your mind.

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