The "Welcome Home and Get Better Soon Kaz" Thread

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by dsvick

My wife kept asking "What are they doing now?" to which I mostly replied "You don't want to know."

When all was said and done the Dr told my wife it would take a few days for her insides to get back to normal so she should avoid heavy/solid foods for a while. I told the Dr I wouldn't have been surprised if there was a know in there somewhere judging by the way he just tossed everything back in after our daughter came out.

cow? knot? lizard?

[WT Sharpe]

I saw my second as she was being born. The look on my wife's face was truly frightening. The only time I'd seen that look before was back when I was a medic in the Army, and it always preceded death.

It's a good thing that women are the ones who have the babies. I don't think we men could handle it.

[desertgrandma]

Something I had never heard of before.......

When my daughter gave birth, it was an exceptionally slow day in maternity.......

She had a really hard 'back labor', and complications arose.........they decided to do a C-section, and asked both her husband and I if we wanted to watch......

Good thing we were both in there, we had to hold each other up....

The process is amazing, and I was able to form a special bond with my granddaughter, since he was too shaky to hold her........and when it was time for her first feeding, my poor daughter was so knocked out with all the extra drugs, dad had gone to arrange for a sub, I was the only one available! That was an awesome experience........

now stop it.......she was a bottle fed baby..........

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by rebarnmom

I did the same thing during my c-section, thinking that this was the perfect time to do a little lipo! He didn't agree either.
Now, maybe if my doctor was female...

My doctor was a woman and STILL put it all back in!

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

cow? knot? lizard?

I'm so glad you asked because I was wondering too.

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Something I had never heard of before.......

When my daughter gave birth, it was an exceptionally slow day in maternity.......

She had a really hard 'back labor', and complications arose.........they decided to do a C-section, and asked both her husband and I if we wanted to watch......

Good thing we were both in there, we had to hold each other up....

The process is amazing, and I was able to form a special bond with my granddaughter, since he was too shaky to hold her........and when it was time for her first feeding, my poor daughter was so knocked out with all the extra drugs, dad had gone to arrange for a sub, I was the only one available! That was an awesome experience........

now stop it.......she was a bottle fed baby..........

Your daughter was so blessed to have you there. I love my husband but when Shannon went into fetal distress and they told me they had to do an emergency C-section, I really wished my mom was there instead of waiting at home in Chicago for news.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Something I had never heard of before.......

When my daughter gave birth, it was an exceptionally slow day in maternity.......

She had a really hard 'back labor', and complications arose.........they decided to do a C-section, and asked both her husband and I if we wanted to watch......

Good thing we were both in there, we had to hold each other up....

The process is amazing, and I was able to form a special bond with my granddaughter, since he was too shaky to hold her........and when it was time for her first feeding, my poor daughter was so knocked out with all the extra drugs, dad had gone to arrange for a sub, I was the only one available! That was an awesome experience........

now stop it.......she was a bottle fed baby..........

why DG - what could anyone say in response to such a description? Esp. here at the center of culture that MR is?

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Your daughter was so blessed to have you there. I love my husband but when Shannon went into fetal distress and they told me they had to do an emergency C-section, I really wished my mom was there instead of waiting at home in Chicago for news.

For the first three years of her life, Abbey never had a baby sitter. She had grandma.

We got out here 2 weeks before she was born.

The only reason she ever went to pre-school was because of the cancer my husband came down with.....I couldn't do both.

In hindsight, even that was a blessing. Mom found a wonderful school, and by the time she was in kindergarden, she was ready. More than I can say for many kindergardeners.

Had she stayed with me......she would have still been a 'baby'.

Even now she gets away with stuff her mom would never let her do.......I just sit back and laugh........

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

For the first three years of her life, Abbey never had a baby sitter. She had grandma.

We got out here 2 weeks before she was born.

The only reason she ever went to pre-school was because of the cancer my husband came down with.....I couldn't do both.

In hindsight, even that was a blessing. Mom found a wonderful school, and by the time she was in kindergarden, she was ready. More than I can say for many kindergardeners.

Had she stayed with me......she would have still been a 'baby'.

Even now she gets away with stuff her mom would never let her do.......I just sit back and laugh........

As an elementary educator, I'm a firm believer in pre-school. As a mom, it was really hard for me to sign the kids up for pre-school. I wanted to keep them a baby as long as possible. Thankfully, I did the right thing and sent them to school. They were much better for it.

My husband and I have talked about what we want to do when he retires, whether to move back to Florida, etc. I told him I want to stay by my kids so that I can babysit my grandchildren and relieve the kids from having to pay for childcare. Unfortunately, Shannon tells me she can't see herself getting married or having children and I KNOW I'll be way too old to babysit for Ryleigh's kids. Hopefully, Shannon will change her mind when she meets the "Special Someone".