The Rest of the Story

Ammon was able to go to the Nursery with him, while they took me to recovery! When they moved me from the operating room, I threw up (once again from the effects of the spinal tap)! I also had the shivers and could not stop shaking! Overall, I am happy that my baby made it here safely and is healthy, but having a c-section and throwing up and shivering uncontrollably, was not my ideal way of delivering a baby!!! Since I have now experienced delivering a baby both vaginally and c-section, I prefer vaginally 100 times more!!!! Labor pains (even on pit) are so much easier to endure than the recovery from major surgery! So far everything is looking good as far as my recovery, but it is going to still be a long road ahead! The doctor said that it will take the full 6 weeks to recover and maybe some more time, depending on how well balanced my exercise and rest is during the 6 weeks! Ammon is doing a beautiful job, stepping in to be mom and do everything and more than what I did before this surgery! I can not lift anything except the baby, which means that Ammon has to get up at night each time I have to feed Malachi and hand Malachi to me and then he gets the pleasure of changing any diapers because it is sometimes to painful for me to stand there and change the diaper! You never appreciate your abdominal muscles until you can not use them at all!!! I have to use my legs and arms to lift me up and sit me down! I can not get in or out of bed by myself! I do not want to complain, but this is very hard for me to endure, but I know that my Heavenly Father is blessing me and is with me always to help me to get through this! I also know that He is blessing my husband for all of his sacrifices and also blessing my boys, Gideon and Jeremiah, as they have both been very wonderful in being very gentle and soft with baby brother and with mommy!!! I can see that all three of my boys love each other very much and will be great friends through out life!!! So, that is the story (or at least what I can remember of it)! The main thing is that I am doing mostly okay and that Malachi is doing wonderfully and is such a precious little bundle of joy and has brought so much happiness as he has joined our family forever!!!