Claire - Hospital Stay

Our hospital stay with Claire was different than with Cason, in so many ways.

The most obvious is that we were at the hospital for less than 36 hours vs the almost 5 days we were there for Cason.  Though I was induced for elevated blood pressure it never got as high as with Cason and was mostly "normal" the day I delivered.  And, thankfully, it didn't elevate after Claire was born.  So, everything was just very routine for me. Miss Claire was full term unlike her 5 week early big brother, so everything for her was routine as well.  It was so nice to be home so soon and start getting in our routine, sleep in our own bed, etc.   The bed thing was major... can you image 6'6" Ryan sleeping on that pull out loveseat?  Uncomfortable.  And the labor and delivery hospital beds aren't much better.

The other big difference was how much we were left alone.  With Cason, people were in and out of our room every hour, all day and night.  I guess most of the reason for that again is that Cason was so early and my blood pressure was so high.  But we almost felt neglected this time and would go several hours without the nurse coming to check on us.

Here are some pictures of our few hours in the hospital.


Cason meeting Claire for the first time. He spent most of the first few visits with his finger in his mouth not knowing what to think.



Still not quite sure what to think.


Our sweet little girl's first hours


Proud Grandparents... somehow G-Pa missed the hospital pictures but we made up for it when we got home.


Waiting to go home!


And our door... Cason didn't get a door decoration since he was such a surprise. I made this wreath with the scraps from all my sewing projects from Claire's nursery.


And a little funny... I marked "no information" on my registration papers which means they don't give out information to anyone asking if you are at the hospital. I did this because, well, I dunno, we just figured everyone who we'd want to see us would call or text us before they came. Well, turns out, when you are "no information" they almost treat you like a celebrity... you get a fake name! So from now on, you can call us Sarah and Ryan Hersey! I think Hershey would have been more appropriate with my love of chocolate!