Guess She's a Billy Idol fan - Day 1

Day 1 - That was the longest 24 hours of my life to date, but at the same time it also seemed to fly by. I threw up what I was allowed to eat, and experienced some insane pain, but finally got an epidural and was able to sleep for 2 hours before the birth.

She was born 'sunny side up', which evidently just means stronger pains for mommy. I had pain even through my epidural, and the nurses turned it down AFTER I complained! The anesthesiologist was upset with them and turned it back up, and remedied them "she veddy tall ledy". The nurses later apologized, and subsequently forgot to turn it off after the birth!

Mike was awesome through it all. He helped the nurses and was involved with everything, never leaving baby's side. He and the nurse gave the baby her first bath, and was even adventurous enough to attempt using my digital camera to capture a few first photographs. He's a great Dad.

My parents came in for a visit and brought me some breakfast - which I scarffed, and shortly after we were moved to the recovery wing a quarter mile wheel chair ride away.