Our Journey's End

It has taken me a while to post because I have had the fortune of taking care of my new baby girl. Our Journey came to an end on Oct. 22, 2007, at 9:55 am. Jade Marie Casey made her debut at that time weighing in at 6 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 inches long. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes. She lost down to 6 lbs. 8 oz. when we left the hospital.

The delivery went pretty well. I went in at 11pm the night before thinking that I would be induced at that time, but they did not start the induction until 5:30am. Once the pitocin drip was in place, it did not take long at all. I was all ready in the early labor stage before they started the induction and my water had broke at some time and I wasn't even aware. That is the first time that had happened. My contractions didn't get unbearable until about 7:30am and I ordered my Epidural. Unfortunately, it did not get there until after 8:00 and did not have time to work all the way. So, I actually felt Jade come out this time. It wasn't too bad. I think I could have lasted to the end if I really tried without the epidural. The only thing that made me angry about CMMC is that they wouldn't let Hannah and Lily stay in the delivery room. They say that they are a family-oriented hospital, but they would not let my children be in there for their sister's birth. I was angry about that and my doctor suctioned her out without good reason to. I was pushing her out just fine because I could feel what I was doing and he decided to use the suction thing anyway. I still cannot understand that.

I only had one bad nurse while I stayed and it was during the delivery. She was the one that insisted the kids couldn't stay. She also bruised my arm so bad taking blood that it is still bruised to this day. Other than that and the fact that they didn't have any soap or shampoo in the bathroom, my stay was pretty good. The food was good, in fact, the gave me a "special dinner" before I left and brought white table cloths to the room for mine and Tim's dinner. It consisted of Steak and shrimp, baked potatoes, salads, steamed veggies, a key lime pie, and a turtle cheese cake. :)

Jade is a very good baby. She had to go back to the hospital just about every day because she had jaundice, but they never did do anything for her except monitor the levels. They said that she was sleeping a lot because of the jaundice. Which I think has a little bit of truth to it, because she is not sleeping as much now and wants to be held all of the time. She does not like taking baths. She smiles a lot when she is sleeping. She doesn't cry that much unless she has gas or has to poo poo. She's beautiful and an over all good baby. He sisters love her so much and want to be around her and hold her all the time.