Labor from Hell and the last 3 weeks

I'm a brand new mommy, having given birth on February 3rd to a beautiful baby girl. I wish I had kept better tabs on my pregnancy but I guess it was already overwhelming on its own. I learned I was pregnant on May 27th, 2009. I already figured I was but had to take the test to know for sure. I took 7 because I really just didn't believe it. We started out at UM for the doctor but ended up transferring to St. Joe's after being told over and over to take Tylenol for every pain I was feeling. I had a UTI and was told to drink cranberry juice and sleep. That was the end of it. We had a much better experience at St. Joe's. The nurses were great and always made me feel better about things I was unsure about. At 20 weeks I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. I was on insulin through the rest of the pregnancy, with it increasing pretty much at every visit. I was at the doctor every week until week 32, when I was there twice a week until she was delivered. We had several times when we thought we were going into labor but nothing.

At 39 weeks and 5 days I was induced. I went into the hospital experiencing contractions but nothing that was going to make her arrive. I was given pitocin at 9am, and an epidural at around noon. My water was broken shortly there after. At 8pm I was finally 10 cm and was told I was going to push. I pushed for an hour and half. She wasn't coming. At 9:30pm my epidural stopped working, the anesthesiologist shot 4 more vials of pain reliever into my IV. They didn't work. I experienced natural labor for almost an hour before the doctor decided to prep me for a c-section. I don't remember much other than screaming and signing a paper to consent to a c-section. I was moved into the OR where I was given a spinal, which numbed me from the waste down. I don't remember anything other than being told to push, which I did 4 times and she was out. 10:40 pm she made her arrival.

In the weeks after things have been good. She was eating quite frequently and was just getting on a regular feed schedule. Today, she was throwing up her formula, at this writing she is on pedialyte until we see the pediatrician in the morning. Hopefully it's nothing major. Otherwise, she is such a good baby, she loves her baths and sleeps after eating, and we are just loving her.