So much better!!

Tonight was a lot of fun! We celebrated my Grandmas 80th birthday at my parents house with all my aunts and uncles and cousins!! For those of you who know the Love Family--- that is a lot of people!!! Anyway, it is so much fun to get together with them--- it is just an awesome family and I am VERY lucky to be a part of it. Anyway, I was talking to some cousins, and they had read my last post and were asking how things were going, and I just told them that seriously, the day after I wrote that post, my 2 older girls were vcry nice and let me sleep in. And, getting that extra sleep really made the most massive difference and I feel so much better!! Ever since that day, life has become manageable! It is amazing what sleep can do for you!!!

I also haven't said much about it, because I haven't wanted people to feel bad or sorry for me, but I experienced something following delivery that has made me thankful! I wrote about how frustrated I was that I wasn't having the baby yet, and how my water broke and that was how I went into labor. Well, throughout the whole process, I didn't really experience contractions--- which was odd because with the other 2 I had massive contractions. Anyway, the delivery was a little difficult because she was posterior, but it all went well and we got her here! But afterwards, the nurses kept coming in and checking on me and acted like something wasn't right. I was bleeding a lot more that I should be, and started passing clots. They told me it was nothing to worry about. Then they started me on fluids and petocin to have contractions AFTER I had delivered. I had 4 bags of it following the birth to help with the bleeding. Well, it went all day and all night. I was in a lot of pain, and no one was telling me what was going on. Finally, a nurse came in to talk to me and told me that my platelets were low when I went in to deliver and they kept dropping, meaning my blood was not clotting. That is why they had to give me the medicines to contract. Well, finally it was under control and they kept me on the meds. Finally, that night, my doctor came in to talk to me and she explained the situation thoroughly. She told me they didn't know what had caused the problem, because my blood pressure was normal. But I was losing too much blood. Fortunately the meds had worked and I was finally at a normal loss. She then went on to say that in the olden days before medication this was the number one reason that they lost women in child birth. Can you imagine? I am so thankful that I live in a day when there are medications available and that I was taken care of. And after that-- with the exception of one more trip to the ER and more meds--- I have been fine. I have had AMAZING ward members take their time to come help me clean my house and cook meals. After all of that, my levels are completely normal, my iron is normal, and everything is fine. I feel great. There may be some people that may not have the same beliefs as me that read this, but I am very thankful that everything has worked out and I am doing well. I strongly feel that a lot of it had to do with Priesthood blessings, and I am thankful for a husband, dad, and father-in-law that were able to perform them for me. I know I am truly blessed!!!