Amy Update 6-16

[*Flower*]

Pat and Amy (and Kimberly Jane).....

I hope that you have plans for all of these positive thoughts and prayers. Like maybe having some of us print these posts off for you so that they can be put in a baby book or binder. You and Amy would be able to show Kimberly all of the Pixie Dust involved in bringing her into your lives, and it could go right next to the June 2003 trip scrapbook.

We'll be continuing our prayers and pixie dust infusions for all of you.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I also had 2 c-sections, both for different reasons. They were not bad at all. It burns me when people make the comments they do. When I called to let the birthing class instructor know that I had DD and it was by section, she responded, "Oh that is too bad." I said, "no it's not. We are both healthy and that is what's important."

Good luck to all of you.

 

[Pooh93]

Glad things are moving along well. Hang in there Amy! You and Kimberly will make it! Gotta love those people that always have to tell their own "horror" story. I had a woman do something very similar to me when I was pregnant. That was the one and only conversation I had with her.

Thanks for the updates Pat!

 

[phamton]

I am the proud mother of 5. First delivery was a v-birth. No medications completely Lamaze.

Second pregnancy was breech twins. The doctor felt I could deliver them even though they were breech but the pediatrician urged us to go with a c-section. So I choice the c-section and am glad I did as they were both 7 pounders. The recovery was fine and I had very little pain and was breastfeeding within minutes.

Third and fourth deliveries were v-births (v-bac) with epidural. All were healthy babies but the c-section twins had the most beautiful heads, unlike my other pointy-headed babies I delivered through the birth canal. (Yes, they rounded out after a day or two.)

I was more alert with the c-section because I didn't have to go through a tiring labor.

Bev

 

[chinamom3]

Add me to the list of a happy, satisfied mother of 2 C-section babies, now 15 and 18. And, if you decide to adopt later on-that's great, too! We have a 7 year old daugher from China that we got when she was 9 months old. Remember-it's all about LIFE, not how the children get here!

 

[TINKTWINS]

Ive survived 4 c-sections in the last 17 years. They have certainly not been been the worst thing ive ever gone through and I too would choose it over natural child birth. When my oldest DS 17 was born he was 10.5 and my Doc pretty much said there was no way I could deliver him. The next 2 DS's were also almost 10 pounds. Then 3 years ago came 14 pounds worth of twins! I will say 14 years ago the pain and recovery were much different, but with all the advances in the world today, the birth of my twins was so much less painfull. Having a baby hurts no matter which way it comes, but compare it to raising teens, oh well now thats MUCH more painfull!!

 

[mommystieg]

Thanks for the update. We just got back and your post was the first thing I looked for. Still sending prayers and pixie dust to all of you.

 

[Poohbear123]

Continued good prayers and Pixie Dust for you and Amy. ~``~``~``~``~``~``

 

[Pat_Elliott]

Hi All,

Sorry to go away for a couple of days. I'm a seasoned, trained, professional IS consultant, yet seemed to be the only person that couldn't get into the CB! Thanks to *********** for forwarding the IP addresses. I'm not sure whether I'm glad I look like your uncle or not! But while my neuroses run deep, I do feel confident that I have red hair and I do smile a lot. Quite frankly, it takes less effort to smile than frown (this is a scientific fact). Maybe you should send him to me for a while. Smiles are contagious. And if not, I'm probably bigger than him.

I even dipped into chat the other night for ten minutes. Amy's starting to call Disboards "The Virtual World of Disney."

To Flower: Each and every thread is getting printed in its entirety. This is for Amy, who's not one to roam the computer at night (she still likes old fashioned paper, depite my best training). But they're all going in a three ring binder to be put with all of our memories -- good and bad -- of this little period in life. One day I'll show it all to Kimberly Jane.

Thanks to all for the continuing stories of caesarean success. Amy's "coming out" of the mood a little, although I think it's more because she began to realize it's brining me down, less her believing all is well. Yet while she worries herself completely out of sleep about the c-section, she seems to have forgotten what happened less than four weeks ago. Yesterday a constituent begged her to come take a soil sample. Up she ran to NE PA, telling me after she was already there. Her logic was it was just past Danville, so if anything went wrong, she was "right there." I'll tell you, she's an extremely intelligent woman, and she's the light of my life. But sometimes her bulb needs changing. After a long talk with me and an extreme lecture from her boss, she promises to return to her desk. But boy, am I mad. I'll get over it, but whoo, did I do some (contained) yelling last night.

We had a consult yesterday and Amy asked the doctor "when after the c-section will I be able to sleep without medication?" His response: when your children are 36, with college degrees and decent jobs.

We have an ultrasound next Tuesday, and begin our "alternative birthing classes" that night. I'll be stoked to post a picture of Kimberly, who is now kicking like a loco mule. And you may think we're crazy, but Amy and I are convinced Kimberly likes Billy Joel!

Thanks for the continued support,

Pat

 

[winniedapooh]

Amy and Pat an Kimberly, as the Mom to 5 DCherubs, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.....Seashelly all I can say is LOL! My chuckle for the day.

Faith, trust, and pixie dust to all.....

 

[Pinnie]

Pat, Amy and baby Kimberly,

I have been following your story here on the CB and I just want to join in and wish you all blessings.

Please tell Amy that I am a mom of a 2 DSs 23 and 21 and I have yet to figure out what a good night's sleep is like! My oldest has graduated from college and has yet to land that mechanical engineering job he is trained for, so I spend more than a few sleepless nights.

I will keep you all in my prayers this weekend. I am heading to WDW tomorrow and if you would like, I could PM a short trip report. This trip is a "friends only" trip without DHs and kids, so I don't know what kind of trouble we can get into at Disney

Blessings and best wishes

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[SuiteDisney]

Pat, your posts always make me smile.

Every new mother anticipates the birth, that's why it takes babies so long to gestate. God planned it that way on purpose. By the time the 8th and 9th months roll around, you're so uncomfortable and tired and miserable from not sleeping that you don't care what happens, you just want the baby to be born so you can sleep on your stomach again and roll over without waking up.

 

[Pat_Elliott]

Pin,

I'd LOVE a short trip report! I'm finally over our missed June trip (that's a lie). You'll notice that I've added a countdown to my signiture. After some discussion, and with the understanding between us that it's a tentative date (who knows what the next couple weeks and months will bring), we'd like to take Kimberly to the World the first week of May next year! We already have passes sitting in the safe. Most of the money is already set aside (and growing, maybe we'll stay in the Poly!). And we'll be celebrating 11 years of marriage on May 8 (we celebrated #10 in a doctor's office being told we were nuts for taking a pregnant woman to Disney).

So you write me a trip report, I'll write you one!

Pat

 

[Pinnie]

OK, Pat, I'll trade ya one trip report for another!

Keep up the great spirits, you have NO idea how appreicated it is by a PG woman, even if she doesn't tell ya now!

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[TiggerPiglet]

Thanks for the update, Pat.
I also had a c-section. I had gone naturally with my first child, but with my second one she was just too big and I had to have a c-section. I was very nervous, but after it was done I had a beautiful baby girl and completely forgotten about just having a c-section. It certainly was not the worse experience of my life, not even close. I see that Amy was curious about medication after the c-section. I can just tell you for me I was on Morphine for the first night (man, was that stuff great) and then Percaset (sp?) while I was in the hospital, but when I came home, all I really took was Motrin at night for a couple of nights. I really didn't have pain. Discomfort, yes. Pain, no. Yes, it is a longer recovery after a c-section than naturally, but she'll have Kimberly Jane to distract her and make the time fly by

 

[d.kurz]

I didn't read all the replies, but I am glad to hear all is well so far. I'll keep praying!

We had a consult yesterday and Amy asked the doctor "when after the c-section will I be able to sleep without medication?" His response: when your children are 36, with college degrees and decent jobs.

LOL!!

 

[MerryPoppins]

I just wanted to say how happy I was to hear a positive update. I had both my children by c-section. I have a birth defect that makes normal delivery all but impossible. I was in labor with DS from Wednesday afternoon through Friday morning. THAT was the horror story! The surgery was a fine end to that torture!
I knew that DD would be a c-section and I planned it that way. Trust me, if the first c-section had been the worst experiece of my life, I would have never planned another child! I am not into pain.

I think my recovery was longer and I was really sore, but taking home a baby makes it all worthwhile. If she needs to hear some positive stories, I can send you mine.

 

[J&D]

Sending best wishes, positive thougths, and prayers your way.