Khloë Isabell Clemens
As many of you know, I am now officially a mom. Crazy stuff.. We were so excited for Tuesday the 19th to roll around because we were scheduled to be induced at 7:30 am. For an induction you have to call the hospital an hour before your arrival to verify that they have a room for you. Unfortunately for us.. everybody decided to have their babies that morning haha. So we were told to call back at 8:00 which turned into 9:00. We were already frustrated at this point and hoped we would be admitted before noon. Finally they had a room for us and we began the induction around 12:30-ish. After ten hours of labor we popped little miss Khloë out in 23 minutes (the fastest birth for a first time mom my doctor has ever seen). You go Khloë-bug. :]
Spencer watched the entire birth, which is gross to me but he said it was pretty cool. He also got to cut the umbilical cord! Our little girl was born at 12:25 am on 4-20-2011, weighed 6 lbs and 12 oz, was 19.69" long. We really didn't want to have her the 20th seeing as it's national pot day, but we were so happy to finally have her it didn't end up being that big of a deal.
She was such an easy birth I didn't end up tearing. I had a small cut and I thank her for being such an easy delivery. The worst part of delivery happens after the baby is OUT. They have to press your stomach really hard to get all the blood clots out. I had an epidural and this seriously almost made me cry.
The first night was amazing. She slept in our room next to my bed and I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. I'm sure I got about 6 hours of sleep during our 3 day hospital visit. The next morning they had to take her to the nursery because her body temperature was low and her glucose wasn't high enough. We could go in and visit her any time we wanted and I was in there every three hours to feed her. It didn't really hit me until that night when she wasn't in our room..
I kept hearing babies crying and I was so sure that it was Khloë. I was already a wreck from lack of sleep and just started bawling my eyes out because our baby wasn't doing so hot. I went into the nursery and she had been coughing up blood, had an IV in her tiny hand AND a feeding tube. I lost it. I think every nurse back there gave me a hug and told me everything was going to be alright, but when you see your baby like that it's the end of the world.
What ended up helping me was my sister-in-law Natalie. She told me her son had the same problem when he was born, he was an early baby as well. I look at Mac and he is healthy, happy and amazing. The pediatrician in the nursery knew I was freaking out and was doing everything possible to get her healthy so she could be back in our room. I'm sure everybody in the nursery was thinking they should raise my medication doses hahaha.
The next night I went in around 1:00 am and she was under a light. Her belly ribbon levels were borderline Jaundice and they were just being careful. Luckily, I kept it together this time haha.
Family helped out so much while we were in the hospital and even now, after we are home. Khloë is a healthy baby. :] I know that she needed all the hospital attention and I am so glad she got it and is doing great now. She is the cutest little thing and honestly, an amazing baby. I love her so much and I love my husband so much. Thank you for getting up with her in the night to let me sleep. I am such a lucky girl, in more ways than one.
I'd also like to say Happy late Birthday to our nephew Luca, who was a stillborn on 4-22-10. We love and miss you. You're always in our thoughts and prayers. We can't wait to meet you someday.. <3
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