Ava Anne born June 7, 2010 @ 8:47.
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6lbs 12oz.
Facebook Pics Shes such a good baby! I'm so in love with her and cannot believe shes here. Gary and I are so blessed to have her as our daughter.
Everything went well with the c/s but I'm still extremely swollen. Its actually worse than before, its the 3 bags of iv fluid in me.
Thanks for all the congrats & wonderful comments
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****UPDATE:***
My swelling ended me up in the hospital for 3 days.
turns out I had postpartum preeclampsia.
I had c/s Monday 6/7 & left hospital Friday 6/11.
I had very extreme swelling in my legs and feet while at the hospital.
When I got home it got even worse and EVERYTHING from the waste down was swollen & painful. I googled it -where it was said it was norm to have swelling up to 6 weeks after.
I actually gained weight after delivery. My swelling was not normal swelling.
That following Monday my mom made me call the dr she knew this wasnt normal swelling. (im not much of a complainer when it comes to my health) Called the office & spoke to the nurse who said it was normal and to take natural diuretics & call back tues if it didnt get better. i did what she said & had to call back tues bc it had gotten worse. I made an apt for wed.
Wed dr apt my blood pressure was high and the dr looked at my swelling & sent me straight to the emergency room iin hospital where I had to spend the next 2 days. I was given high doses of diuretics, antibiotics and blood pressure medicine. They told me I had postpartum preeclampsia. I had a private room so my baby, Ava, could come visit me. I also ended up getting Cellulitis infection in the bikini area under the c/s insistion ( not a nice place to have)
On my discharge papers from 1st stay my bp was higher than normal and I found out that my bp went up even higher while there. I also woke up with a light in my eye. another sign.
So now I am seeing a kidney specialist and following up with my ob.
It was really scary.
I joked that I liked the hospital food---but not that much to go back.
Thanks for taking time to read. Its great to be home with my baby (even if she does keep me up all night
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