Life definately has its twists!

I am now the proud mommy of a brand new baby girl. Her name is Katelyn Alexis and she weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 inches long. She was born at 10:01 on Saturday night. For anyone that I have not yet called, I am sorry but I am about to explain. I have experienced huge things in the past week. I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, was told I may not ever have children again, and nearly died all in the same night. My delivery with Katelyn was fine I had about five hours of actual hard labor and was able to have a successful vaginal birth. But, just as quickly as I brought my baby into the world I was on my way out. Right after I pushed Katelyn out I was still in a lot of pain and couldn't understand why. The pressure and pain should have been gone but it was worse than ever. Next thing I knew my baby and DC were being pushed out of the room. After some time with the doctor still working pushing on my stomache and trying to calm me down he told the nurses to go and get DC. When DC came in the doctor told him that they needed to operate on me or I was going to bleed to death. My uterus turned inside out and they said that they may have no choice but to give me a hysterectomy. I was losing a lot of blood at this point so things started to get fuzzy from here on out. I was in so much pain and I didn't understand what was happening. I had never heard of anything like that. I didn't know that was possible. Anyways, the rest of the night everyone was crying and I was coming in and out. DC even thought at one point that I was gone. The scariest part of the whole thing is that this is a very uncommon thing and is very very rarely fixed successfully. I went through the surgery and was amazingly able to keep my uterus and I actually may have a chance at having more children but we will definately weigh all the options before we even think about trying. It may be too big of a risk to take. With everything that happened that night I wasn't even able to meet my baby until the next morning and I didn't know her weight or anything until later that day. When I finally got to see DC again I realized how close I was to being gone. I really almost died. I lost so much blood that I still have a low blood count and unable to stand or walk or anything for any amount of time. I am doing ok now. I have a large incision and am pretty sore and my blood loss will likely affect me for some time but I am very thankful for everything I have in my life and everything I almost lost. therefore, if I have not contacted you please know that it is nothing personal and that it is not because I do not care, it is simply because I needed the time for myself and my family to grasp everything that has happened and to care for myself and my family. I love you all and hope that you will understand and respect that need and not get upset about not receiving a phone call.

Baby is on its way!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I have been really busy lately with my crazy nesting instincts and of course I have also been chasing Ally. Tonight is my baby shower and I think it is going to be a lot of fun. I decided I wanted it to be nice and simple so I didn't have Josie invite many people. If you weren't on the list please don't take it personally. I only have like eight people coming and five of them are family. Anyway, Ally woke up this morning asking about daddy and it killed me to have to tell her that he won't be home for another 10 days. I just really hope that the baby will hold out that long. I have everything prepared for if he doesn't make it so if he doesn't it won't be a disaster, it will just be disappointing. Everything around the house is done and I am very proud of myself for how much of it I did on my own. Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment so maybe he can tell me if I am any closer to delivery. My due date is actually on the 31st but most people don't deliver on that date. Baby is considered on time if it comes within two weeks before or two weeks after that date. Cross your fingers for me and pray that the baby can wait for its daddy to come home. It will be really sad if DC misses out on cutting the umbilical cord yet again. Well, this post has been nice and boring but at least I wrote something. The next time I write will probably be to tell you all my baby's name and stats. See you.