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Breezie, OMG, that sucks so bad. I know how you feel. I've been in the hospital like 9 out of the past 15 days. It sucks. I have had two surgeries and may have to have one more. I labored for a couple of days at home, dialating very very slowly and finally the contractions got so bad that I went to the hospital, they admitted me and I spent 24hrs on pitocin and all trying to dialate 5 more cm. I finally got to 10cm and tried pushing a couple of times but it was evident by then that the baby was sideways a lil still and he wasn't coming out so I had to have a c-section. Long story short, the c-section was somewhat traumatic in itself cause I had been numb so long that the edpidural wore off once during my dialating and then in the OR the spinal wore off and they ended up having to put me to sleep. Very scary and painful. I also ended up catching staph the first night I was there. I had fevers the entire time and was really weak and hurting but after about 5 days there they thought I would be okay to go home. I went home and several days later ended up back in the hospital. I think we've finally made some progress as I'm not having fevers anymore or anything BUT they did have to reopen the wound and clean it out good. It was not st_tched back up either, so as of now I've been discharged from the hospital and everyday I have to have someone from home health come and pack this huge, open, c-section incision with sterile gauze and all so it can heal from the inside out. It's very painful and it'll have to be done for sometime around a month. My other option is to go in yet again for surgery and have it closed back up once they are SURE that it's good and clean and doing okay and this won't happen again. Either way I'm going to have dr bills out the arse and I'm terrified to have any more children. I honestly think he may be our only child now, which actually makes me really sad cause we wanted a big family. I just don't know if I can do it again. Breezie, did you have the baby at EJ? I did... sounds like that hospital has issues.

After being admitted into the hospital on Monday Feb 9 for preeclampsia complications and after 3 days of inductions without dialation or labor, Hunter Wilson Hague finally made his way into the world via c-section! He was born 2/11/09 at 8:44am. He has dark brown hair, chubby cheeks and his mommy's eyes and nose! He has daddy's heart shaped lips and big feet! He weighed 6 lbs, 15.5 oz and was 19.5" long at birth. Tiny baby for such a big belly!!! Even the doctor was surprised he wasn't 2 lbs heavier! Hunter is doing good, very healthy and quiet- he rarely cries and sleeps well! He hasn't latched on the b___b since he was 4 days old. So I am pumping and feeding that way. It is exhausting and taking all my energy. I am getting ready to give up and go to formula. My nipples are so sore. I have tried several lactation consultants and even used the nipple shield. Nothing is working for him to latch on and my supply is getting lower every day. My milk didn't come in until day 5, so we had to bottle feed him from day 3 to 5. I guess that ruined the b___b for him. I feel like a bit of a failure that I can't feed my own baby, but I am slowly getting over it. These things happen and as long as I gave him b___stmilk for the first few weeks of his life, even in a bottle, I am happy. And I will keep trying- maybe one day he will like my nipple! Marc and I are exhausted but so happy and proud!

kmoselle - Congratulations!!! Flybear - I responded to you on the other post. I cant beleave this happend!!! I didn't get staph but hospital aquried pnemonia. I am going to write you a myspace message.

Breezie, that's cool. I'll be waiting on your myspace message. I really hate all of this. I just wish I could change it. I know I can't but I just wanna feel better. I wanna be able to take care of my husband and new baby so bad. I've been really depressed. And now my mom will HAVE to go back home in the next few days and my husband won't be able to take any more leave from work and I'm gonna be all on my own during the days and that makes me nervous too as I'm still really weak and get dizzy so easy. How are you feeling now?