The Birth Story Part 4: Birth Days, Hospital Days & Going Home

Jaime's birth day was one of those days that seem completely unreal.  After he was born and we all were introduced, we napped for a couple of hours in the hospital room that would be our little bubble world for a few days.  I was instantly smitten with this sweet baby and watching Dan with him added even more to my full heart. 

The mix of relief from delivery and overwhelming emotions made the day completely hazy.  All I wanted to do was snuggle this little bug.  But we started the post delivery doctor and nurse rounds pretty early.  I think we had slept for 2-3 hours before they began.  The pediatrician, OB, anesthesiologist, and nurses came in and out through our revolving door all morning.  In between doctor visits we talked about the delivery, about how sweet our baby is, about how disappointing the food was, etc. 

 

Jaime did a lot of sleeping on his birth day, recovering from the trauma of delivery.  It was an extremely hot day with temperatures soaring to 100+ degrees.  We snuggled on Dan's 'dad bed' by the window and watched people boating on the lake.  He got to meet his Grandma and Grandpa U when he was just 12-13 hours old.

The second day in the hospital was filled with test for Jaime and doctor visits in the morning and visits from friends in the afternoon.  Everyone who visited brought us some treats - pizza, fruit, my favorite donut, champagne - which was so nice and appreciated.  I thought I wouldn't want visitors during our stay at the hospital but I was completely wrong; the visits were wonderful.

By the second night we were ready to leave.  I had a feeling I wouldn't want to be in the hospital very long.  But given the timing of Jaime's birth some test were still needed (they only do certain test at certain times of the day blah blah blah) so we had a final night.  Thursday morning we were ready to go!

 

Those first couple of days were very sweet.  Jaime was the cutest little bug and did a good job of wiggling right into my heart.  Dan was awesome - I hadn't anticipated that he would spend the whole time there but appreciated that it was the three of us becoming a family together in our little bubble world. 

That Thursday morning we checked out and headed home.  First stopping by to pick up the doggies from Lisa, who had been sweet to give them a bath.  Then to Babies R Us to pick up the infant bed/cosleeper that I had purchased on Sunday and planned up on Monday.  Then home.  And boy was I exhausted from those couple of errands and the excitement of leaving the hospital. 

We were home about 1-2 hours before the power on our block went out.  It was 100+ degrees in the shade that day.  Our four story townhome that had zero trees to shade it was uncomfortably hot in no time.  The power was estimated to be fixed around 9:30pm.  We loaded back into the car and headed north to Grandma and Grandpa U's house for the night.

By Friday around noon we were finally home.  We now had one week to pack up that home for our move to the east coast.  And one week for Jaime to say hello and goodbye to Chicago.