Welcoming Rhys Sebastian Minh Morgan
Well folks, I didn’t make it to my due date of September 19th nor did I make it to the new Sunnybrook facility. I had a caesarean section on Friday, September 3rd at Women’s College Hospital and Rhys Sebastian Minh Morgan was born at 6:06 pm weighing in at a hefty 8 pounds 8 ounces. Unfortunately I was also unable to attend the Sunnybrook grand opening on Sept 2nd – which I was really looking forward to and told all my family and friends about!
My PUPPs rash did not go away with delivery! The only cure for PUPPs is supposed to be delivery but as my unfortunate luck would have it, it didn’t go away and has gotten worse! I am at my wits end with this all over body rash. I am allowing myself the pleasure of scratching because I’m also in recovery pain… seriously, how much should a girl suffer? However, it now looks like I’ve been beaten up because the scratching has caused bruising in areas. Perhaps I’m ultra sensitive to bruising due to the surgery, being in a postpartum period or just plain crappy bad luck? Whatever it is, it sucks! For those of you who are also suffering from this terrible medical mystery, I have found at Kiehl’s a Centella Recovery Skin-Slave that really helps… warning, not cheap (because I slather it on all day) at $59 for a 75 ml tube, but right now I’d pay gold coins for anything that will make this rash go away! My GP said it’s probably just my hormones screaming through my skin and it should hopefully go away in two to four weeks…. Two to four weeks too long in my books!
Another thing the books don’t tell you… how much the afterpain contractions hurt if you’ve had a C Section without going into natural labour. I felt like such a wimp for two days when the afterpain contractions hurt so bad I would whine or make heavy breathing noises. Compared to natural labour contractions, I’m sure they’re nothing but I had nothing to compare them too and didn’t enjoy them much at all.
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| Day 4 |
A few notables since September 3rd 6:06 pm…
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| Day 5 |
My PUPPs rash did not go away with delivery! The only cure for PUPPs is supposed to be delivery but as my unfortunate luck would have it, it didn’t go away and has gotten worse! I am at my wits end with this all over body rash. I am allowing myself the pleasure of scratching because I’m also in recovery pain… seriously, how much should a girl suffer? However, it now looks like I’ve been beaten up because the scratching has caused bruising in areas. Perhaps I’m ultra sensitive to bruising due to the surgery, being in a postpartum period or just plain crappy bad luck? Whatever it is, it sucks! For those of you who are also suffering from this terrible medical mystery, I have found at Kiehl’s a Centella Recovery Skin-Slave that really helps… warning, not cheap (because I slather it on all day) at $59 for a 75 ml tube, but right now I’d pay gold coins for anything that will make this rash go away! My GP said it’s probably just my hormones screaming through my skin and it should hopefully go away in two to four weeks…. Two to four weeks too long in my books!
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| Day 6 |
Another thing the books don’t tell you… how much the afterpain contractions hurt if you’ve had a C Section without going into natural labour. I felt like such a wimp for two days when the afterpain contractions hurt so bad I would whine or make heavy breathing noises. Compared to natural labour contractions, I’m sure they’re nothing but I had nothing to compare them too and didn’t enjoy them much at all.
It has taken me two days to write this short little post… I am so confused in this sleepless daze as to where the time goes? I have planned in my head a blog entry entitled “My first week as a mommy” but it’s just finding time to write it that I’m struggling with. It’s amazing how great a two hours stretch of sleep feels since Rhys’ arrival. I never knew I could survive on such little sleep until now…
posted by Virginia Morgan at
9:01 PM
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