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World, welcome Rebecca Efrati

17 Jun 2011 2 Comments

by notfatjustfluffy in General

 

Almost every day I kid myself, that today I am finally gonna write my blog about one of the major events in my life! My days are so busy now that I didn’t find the time … I have started now, depends on Becci if she wakes up or sleeps long enough. I have put her on her tummy and I am watching her, so maybe she will sleep long enough for me to finish

All in all, I am deliriously happy with my little new addition. She is a real sunshine in our life, a little toy.
She was yesterday already 6 weeks old. Time flies too fast, soon she will crawl, walk and no more baby !!!
My favorite time is from birth till 6 months, when they are real babies. I am on maternity leave now until Nov 7. I will enjoy each day to the fullest!

Here I want to re-cap our big event
Finally the day has come! Thursday May 5 2011, was the day we choose for our little star to come to this world, I was week 38. We arrived to the hospital at 9 in the morning. This was the hospital where I had my knee surgery the previous year. I know everybody there and it feels like home, I have spent almost 6 months with physiotherapy there after all. We were lucky to get a single room free of charge for 2 days, so my husband could stay with me after the opertion, I couldn’t have done it without him! 
I had all the tests and the hours just flew by and it was 4 in the afternoon, I was wheeled into the operation room, I was scared to death, every operation I think I am gonna die, so imagine the thoughts running through my head. The most persisting thought was my curiosity “how she will look”, “finally I am gonna see who has been kicking me all those nights”. I was happy and scared at the same time. As soon as I got the spinal anesthesia I started uncontrollably shaking with my whole body. It was a disaster, but this is how I react to this epidural. My husband arrived into the operation room all dressed up like one of the doctors, he was allowed to film the whole procedure and stay with me. He kept me informed all the time what they were doing exactly. Don’t think that on the operation table with the epidural I am less of a control freak …
After about 15 Minutes I heard Rebecca’s first cry and the doctor showed her to me for a glimpse. To me she looked like an angel! As soon as the baby was out, again, my husband disappeared and rushed to be with the baby.  

I was terrified, knowing that the 3rd C-section recovery will be hell. I was surprisingly very wrong about that. I had the best Dr. one could have, Prof. Auerbach, my own jewish GYN, he is funny and nice and on top of it, THE BEST god-sent Doctor! It is like having a close friend operating on me, running jokes in between, I felt safe and confident, only the epidural Dr. almost killed me, he overdosed all the time, I was vomiting the whole operation and hours afterwards. It was a nightmare. Well, knowing me, I knew it can not be all perfect.
After the operation was over, about one hour, they wheeled me into the intensive care, where they keep patients after the operation for a couple of hours. As soon as they stabilized me and stopped the awful vomiting and uncontrollably shaking they allowed my mom and Lynn to be with me and the proud Daddy brought me my baby for feeding. She was put on my breast and she started eating right away. What is there greater in life than to see this miracle??? !!! How can a woman not want to have a baby is beyond me. For me those were my best moments in life having my 3 babies!

The recovery (compared to the other 2 c-sections) was truly a piece of cake! Of course I was in a lot of pain the first 48 hours, but every day was better and better. I left the hospital in spite of having agreed to stay at least 1 week on the 4th day. I just wanted to be at home with Rebecca. Lynn insisted on this name, I would have preferred NEL, I love short names. Ok, I will have to name a dog Nel… Everybody seems to like Rebecca, now I also think that this name suits her very well.

I can already tell many things about our little Becci. Besides being adorable, she has quite a character already, meaning we do everything she wants, she is very persistent, and if something is not to her liking she can get real loud. She hardly every cries, sometimes in the car, but it’s because of those shitty car seats, absolutely not made for babies, they are very uncomfy she twists and turns when I put her there, otherwise she is happy in her stroller. Most of all she loves to be carried in her Mei-Tai, and I love it too, I think I will carry her until she is 3

I am so happy to be at home with her, and I wish I could stop the time for a while. I can not imagine to go back to work and leave her. Even if I leave her for a short time to go shopping, I miss her like crazy all the time. So sad I can not stay with her until she is at least 1-year-old. She will be in good hands though, my mom will watch her while i am at work.

We were blessed with another happy event on the 21 of May Jessica was born, my sister’s daughter after 2 boys! Now Becci and Jessi will be not only cousins but also best friends!

Becci wakes up now, so good-bye until next time!