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Labor of Love #2, Kai Raven..

April 28th, 2006

10:16 am

7lbs 4oz, 20 inches long

I woke about 6:30 am on Friday the 28th of Apirl . I took a fast shower. I was as nervous as all hell about the morning. It was a planned c-section and I knew it was coming, but I was still quite scared about it all. I hadn't ate anything since the night before as instucted by the nurse and my stomach was talking like crazy. I was pretty sick to my stomach and I was running around with so much energy! I was seriously bouncing off the walls double checking everything to make sure it was ready to head to the hospital. I had waited so long for the day to come and now that it was finally time to have my son, I was way more then excited. I wanted everything in the day to be perfect .
Ray woke about 7:30 am and we took off for our journay to the hospital. We stopped at Kwick Trip on the way and Ray filled up my car full of gas and got himself some breakfest! (That bastard) . He made me open his sandwhich.. and his fudge brownie and hold them for him while he ate on the way to the hospital. The smell of the food made my stomach growl even more.. and I just wanted to smack him for eatting in front of me. But the nurse said he should eat before the surgery cause men who eat have a less chance of fainting in the surgery room! *L*
When we got to the hospital, we unpacked the car and headed right up to the 5th floor of the hospital which is the birth center. The nurse was waiting for us and knew right away who we were. We were taken to the room that would be my recovery room after the surgery and we were given outfits to put on. The nurse made me pee in a cup and I changed into my beautiful robe.. and then was instructed to lay on the bed..
Two IV's were placed in my arms. The nurse had a really hard time placing the IV in my left hand.. and had to poke me like 100 times! Freaking A! it hurt. But the lab nurse came in and drew my blood at the same time so I really don't have to complain too much. it saved me a poke!

After the IV's were placed.. the baby was monitored for a good hour. His heart beat was perfect and everything was looking great! The nurse shaved me from my stomach down. Then the doctor who was going to do my spinal came in and spoke to me about the side effects and made me sign tons of forms. Next the OB doctor came in and told me that it would start earlier then planned..which ment Kai was coming even sooner then planned!
Around 9:30 am.. I was walked down the delievery room. There Ray had to leave me.. *tear*.. and I was left alone with the nurse and the doctor who was going to place in my spinal. The dr. did not speak good English at all . She was from India.. and had a strong accent. I could barely understand her! I was instructed to lean over the bed.. with my feet on a stool.. and hold a pillow and be perfectly still while the nurse and her placed in my spinal. I was so scared. I had never had a spinal before and I did not know what to expect. I wanted sooooo bad for someone to hold my hand.. but no one was there to. *tear*
Next thing I remember was a really bad burning .. all the way down my back. It was like liquid fire. Then all of a sudden I felt as if I was going to fall forward. My whole body went numb sooo fast. My body was all tingly like when your feet fall asleep. The nurse helped lay me down in the bed.. and my doctor came in along with Ray..and started preparing for the surgery. A huge sheet went up and they strapped my arms down.. (so I could not help).. and away it went.
Durring the surgery I felt nothing.. it was so weird. All I remember was feeling very ticklish. Everyting tickled! I remember laughing while they were cutting me open cause it tickled so bad.. and Ray yelling at me to hold still cause I was making it hard for the doctors to cut cause my stomach was moving so. I could hear the doctors cutting and everything.. but .. I was numb..
Ray got to watch as they popped my bag of waters.. and removed Kai. His head got stuck in the bag of waters.. and they had to use the vacum to suck him out! He had a huge vacum brusie on his head for the first few days of his life.

Hearing his cries was just amazing. It brought tears to my eyes.. as they announced I had a baby boy. I had missed those precious moments with my first child, since her c-section was un-planned and an emgerancy and I was placed to sleep for that one. Right away they brought him around the curtian so I could see him. Kai was so amazing. He looked so wrinkled, and tiny.. yet perfect in every way.. with Ten tiny toes and ten tiny little fingers and most of all.. he had his daddy's Crystal blue eyes... The doctors cleaned him up a little bit.. and cut his cord.. and Ray got to hold him.. and soon I did too. Holding him for the first time was amazing. I had waited for the moment for 9 long months. While holding him it felt like if I was in a dream and it was all too good to be true. The perfect little boy in my arms was really mine. My eyes filled full of tears as I held him close to me and I did not want to let go..but the doctors said they had to take him away for just a little bit. Then they rushed him away to the nursery for his first tests .. and Ray went with him as they delievered my placenta and stapled me all up.
Ray met me back in the recovery room.. where my parents were waiting. Kai was brought there soon after and I got to feed him for the first time! I was amazed how quickly he latched on as Bianca did not latch at all! He just latched on right away (the nurse helped get him on.. as I was still numb).. and he soon was chowing away. I loved how he would wrap his tiny fingers around my index finger as he ate and how his BIG blue eyes stared into mine. I was so in love...
After he ate.. the nurse and Ray gave Kai his first bath.. as Donna recorded it on my mom's camera.. then everyone got to hold him.. while I recovered. It was hard for me to let him go!
I spent a total of 4 hours in the recovery room. Then when I slowly started getting feeling back and I could stand a little bit.. I was placed into a wheel chair and we were moved to a new room where I would spend the next few days.

The next few days went pretty well. Kai had his "surgery" (circumsion) on Sunday morning early. They took him out of the room around 8 am and did all his vitals.. and then did the cut. HE was perfectly fine when they brought him back to the room. But when me and Ray went to change his first poopie diaper afterwards.. his little wee started to bleed really bad and shot everywhere. I did not know what was happening to him! They ended up having to take him back to the nursery and re-wrap his penis with a special gaze. We also found out Kai is a good bleeder and his blood takes a little longer to clot. (something to keep in mind later in life). Poor little man was quite sore for the rest of the day and HATED having his diaper changed!
Otherwise our hospital stay went well. Kai was a GREAT eatter.. and latched on wonderfuly. He really took to the breast like a pro. He was our little piggy and ate tons.. whenever he was awake he wanted the boob like NOW! although my body was producing A LOT more milk then he drank.. I was sooo full.. it was even kinda painful. My boobs felt like rocks! *L*.. and I was a leaking machine! even when he ate.. they filled back up within seconds!!!

Bianca totally loved Kai from the start .. and was really good with him. She enjoyed helping out and was not too jealous .. She loved to hold him and give him huge hugs and kisses.
What else? I healed pretty fast. It hurt like a B*tch when they removed my staples before I left for home on TUES. My scare then was covered in little strips.. which fell off in due time.
The Kman was the most perfect baby seriously! He slept A LOT from the start..and was a good night sleeper also! He only woke twice durring the night his first night home and ate till he was full.. which was very nice. He was the total oppisite of Bianca as a baby .. and the Kman was a very calm baby.. and just laid back. He barely ever cried.. and his cry was not too shrinky like most newborns! Most of our friends and family were amazed on how good of baby he was and could not get over how calm and laid back he was.
It was amazing looking at him, holding him and loving him! It is soo different seeing a baby with hair for once! Bianca was sooo bald till she was like ONE! and Kai had this head full of blackish brown hair! it was just.. odd.. I was so expecting another bald child and when Kai came out it shocked the crap out of me!
I fell in love with Kai from the start and he quickly became a mama's boy. He loved to be snuggled in mommy's arms and I had a hard time putting him down. Ray did not bond to him at first like he did with Bianca and Kai spent a lot of his first days attached to his mommy.

We bought a new house only a few days after Kai was born and were actually in the process of purchasing the house while I was in the hospital with him. So a lot of the first days of Kai's life I spent packing up boxes full of stuff for our move. We moved into our new house only a week into Kai's life and he probably will never remember the short days he had in our tiny little apt.

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