OUR HOSPITAL STAY

Throughout my pregnancy I was continually told how everyone was  so excited to get home from the hospital after delivering... So I was expecting that I would be that way too. They told me that they hated how the nurses would have to come in and check on you every hour and wake the baby to check the babies vitals also. and I understand, that could get very frustrating.... Some people told me the food was horrible, and the nurses were mean and would not help out much. That basically they just treated you like another patient and didn't care that this was your special moment with your new baby.   So needless to say I was kinda nervous for this hospital stay.   I did not want to have that terrible of a time. ............... Well my hospital stay turned out very different from what I was expecting.  My nurses were absolutely amazing  the food was fabulous the pediatricians were so kind the service was impeccable and I never wanted to leave. My nurses truly took amazing care of me and made sure I was comfortable. They also made sure to help me out with the baby as much as they could. For example: The nurse told me the babies go through a 24hour sucking rampage and that we should get a lot of sleep before it happen.  Well she was right while there our little boy would not stop sucking, I had to feed him every hour and then we would have to give him our fingers to suck on.  This seriously was the hardest part of our stay, but of course our nurse helped us out immensely.  She took our baby to get some blood tests done and kept him for 3 hours so that we could sleep. They are only aloud to keep the babies for an hour. I loved that nurse!!! She definitely saved our sanity that night. Well as you can see I loved our hospital stay, but the difference was that our hospitals main focus was their labor and delivery center.  They focus on excellent care and they even pay the doctors the same wether it be a c-section or a vaginal delivery. Kaiser Permanete will forever be my favorite Labor and Delivery place. So many great memories started here with our little. So much so that I got the baby blues purely because I missed the hospital and the amazing care and memories it gave me.  Without fail every time we went back there I cried and I could not even stop it if I wanted to! I also think I got the baby blues from breastfeeding because it was not going so great once I left the hospital.  I was in so much pain that every time I had to feed him I was bawling, I mean tears were gushing from my eyes! It continued to get worse every day.  I started bleeding and could only pump feed him for a few days. I did end up going to a lot of lactation consultants and those session help immensely. At about 3 weeks Liam and I began to get breastfeeding down and it did not hurt to feed him anymore.  It actually started to hurt when I pumped, so I had to stop pumping after feeding. I am so happy that things got better and that I did not give up on breastfeeding because I know my baby is getting the best nutrition possible for him.   To wrap this all up, I just want to put in here how grateful I am for this whole child birth experience.   It truly will be my most cherished memory. Here are some photos of our hospital stay.