Madelyn Lindsay Bloomer
July 30, 2013
7:15am
7lb 15oz
20 inches
What a wonderful day it was when we met our new little girl!
She was still breech as of the day before our scheduled C-section so we spent one last night together as a family of 3 with all the grandparents and had a nice dinner out. We got to the hospital at 5am and the surgery was scheduled for 7am. After one last ultrasound to make sure she was still breech, we headed to surgery at 39 weeks & 4 days.
I was nervous about the surgery because of the unknown and pretty much just the thought of being cut open. Before we met her, I talked to Tyler and felt nothing. The pressure that I did feel did not bother me. After she arrived, we heard her cry immediately which was an amazing sound since I couldn't see her and then the tears started flowing. When Dr. S held her up for me to see her I was in awe. All I could see was a bunch of hair and it looked long and dark. What a surprise!
The second half of the surgery felt like forever and was definitely the hardest for me. All I wanted to do was hold & kiss my baby girl. I was very jealous of Tyler getting to hold her in his arms but he showed her off to me and let me touch her face & kiss her. Towards the middle of the surgery I got a very severe pain in my shoulders and kinda freaked out (this pain stuck around for a few days which was NOT fun). After the surgery was complete they tried to sit me up and then I got very dizzy so it took a while in the recovery area for me to be somewhat pain & dizzy free, calm down, and feel capable of holding her, which also broke my heart.
But when I was able to...I was in love.
Did she have a name? No!
I am normally a planner but we could not decide before her birth and at that point with all the pain meds I wasn't confident deciding! So we put it off a little while longer while we got to know her.
We spent about 2 hours in recovery before we were moved to our post partum room.
Our parents were so anxious to meet her. My favorite part was pulling off her hat in front of everyone and the surprise of her head full of dark hair. They were expecting a baby like Jack and she was the opposite!
After everyone left we all tried to nap and Tyler and I talked a bit more about deciding on a name. We had it narrowed down to 2 names and I had been including it in my prayers daily. I had always imagined blonde hair for one name and darker hair for the other. I took her hair color at birth as a sign and after spending more time with her we decided on Madelyn. Her middle name, Lindsay, is a tradition that I followed from my mom & grandmother of giving their daughters their name as the middle name. We'll call her Madelyn and Maddie, and even love playing around with the nickname MaddieLynn. We'll just figure out what we love as her personality changes.
That evening it was time for Jack to meet his new little sister. He came into the room by himself and we were able to have some great first moments as a family of 4. Jack was so excited to see us and was curious about Maddie for a bit, but then became distracted by all the new toys she had brought him. I'll never forget those first kisses he gave her, though.
The first night in the hospital was rough recovery wise but I was feeling much better by around lunch time the next day. I was up and walking around when needed and was finally able to eat. We were in the hospital 3 nights and Jack, the grandparents, and Aunt Taylor visited often which made the time go by quickly. They told me Jack knew his way around the hospital and when he started down the hallway each time he knew exactly which room to go to. Every time he arrived I was greeted by a little voice yelling "mom" as he knocked or charged through the doorway.
We were very ready to get home by the 4th day and start our new normal routine.
Madelyn wore the same dress home from the hospital as I did 30 years ago, which was pretty special to me. She wore it beautifully!
We were greeted at the house by family and with pink and white balloons on the fence, beautiful flowers, and the cutest girly decorations.
Madelyn's big brother Jake was very interested in meeting her, checking her out, and immediately licked/nudged the headband right off of her head. Jack was pretty excited to see her, too.
We love you so much baby Madelyn and we thank God daily for giving us such a beautiful, healthy baby girl. We are so excited to watch you grow each day.
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