It’s 2:30 am in the morning as I wait for the nurse to come back in. She just visited at 2 and then will be coming in at 3. Then I’ll be left alone for about 4 hours. I have been able to get a couple hours of sleep tonight and I hope that this next stint will be a little longer. Welcome to parenthood right?
It’s been a whirlwind of an unexpected weekend. I went home sick on Friday with a stomach bug and a little bit of a fever. Then around 5:10, my water broke! I was a little panicked. It wasn’t suppose to happen this early. I had final things planned for this weekend for prep. There were a few things left on my shopping list, freezer meals to make, burp cloths to sew and a few more things in the nursery. That all changed so quickly. Labor was labor and I managed to do it all natural. I think my running had a lot to do with that and the Lord saw me through it all. After only about 4 and a half hours, I finally met my baby boy. Elijah Griffin Powell came into the world at 9:39 on October 2nd weighing 6 lbs and 1 oz with a length of 19 inches. I briefly held him right away. Then nurses cleaned him up and gave him back to me for a couple minutes. Then Elijah and Brent were off to the nursery. I got to go in for a while after my nurse took care of me. I was exhausted as I watch him sit under the infant light to keep him warm and stable while waiting for Billings to arrive and take my boys away. I went to my room and laid now as I could barley sit up anymore. I laid there waiting for them to tell me it was time to say goodbye. They showed up and I got to touch his head one more time and say hi before it was all over.
It’s been hard being stuck in Bozeman while my newborn son and husband are over in Billings. It has been an emotional ride with a few updates here and there. He always seems to be improving on growing his lungs. He however hasn’t been moving around enough for them to get the tube out of his body. Pray that it happens in the coming morning hours. If they can do that, that means skin time with dad and then me when I arrive. That means I get to hold my boy! Oh Elijah, how I love you and have barely been with you. I am not sure when I’ll be discharged this morning, but hopefully earlier on. I can’t wait to get on that road to Billings.
