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Since the weather was so nice, we decided that we wanted to go for as many walks as possible. It was good to get Amaya some fresh air as well. It's been really nice that Leos has paternity leave. In the Czech Republic, fathers get 2 weeks paid leave. This really helped me out a lot in order to get used to having Amaya at home and having life completely change at home.
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Leos's parents came to visit us so they could meet Amaya. They brought us a beautiful cake for Amaya. After their visit they went with Leos to meet up with my parents and have lunch. Since Amaya is still quite young, I didn't feel comfortable taking her to a restaurant and decided to stay home.
After being home for a few days, I needed to get outside. We wanted to have a nice long walk, so we decided to go to Stromovka park. The weather was really nice and it was great to get some fresh air. Amaya didn't last the entire walk, she got hungry and I needed to feed her. It was so strange to have to feed her in public on our first outing. Luckily, the park is HUGE and there weren't that many people where I decided to feed her. There were only a few trees left that still had blossoms, so I had to make sure I took some photos with her and the trees. It was a great day!
I was told by my doctor that I would need to come in on the 14th of April to most likely be induced into labor. Mentally I was ready and had all my stuff packed for the hospital. When I came in to do a check up with the doctor, she told me that I needed to have the Foley balloon placed inside me. After I had that done, they put me in a room. I was very lucky to have a room by myself and a more updated private bathroom. The room was so nice and I can't believe that I was able to just have it all by myself and did not have to pay for it. On the first day things were moving very slow. Nothing was happening, so Leos was able to go home at night. The next day was VERY hard. I went through a lot of pain and nothing was happening. There were three really nice nurses, but unfortunately on the shift where I had the most pain, there was a very rude nurse on duty. She didn't make things pleasant at all. My water broke and the liquid stayed in me for over 13 hours. That is probably why I developed an infection. I wanted to give birth naturally, but that didn't happen in the end. I was given extra hormones to hopefully get things going, but it didn't help. It got to the point where the doctor finally said I needed a C-section. I got the epidural, then anesthesia to knock me out and finally Amaya was born on April 16th at 14:01. The process from when I had the balloon inserted in me and when she was finally born was around 52 hours. Then Amaya needed oxygen, so she was placed in the ICU (intensive care unit). Leos saw her more than I did on the first day. I only got to visit her in the ICU and had to stay in my room, which was on a different floor. Four days after she was born, I moved to the ICU floor and finally got to be in the same room as her. I stayed another two nights in the ICU room because Amaya was still getting antibiotics. I was starting to go crazy from staying in the same building for so long, so one of the doctors told me that I could go out with Leos for lunch. It was so nice to finally be away from the hospital and back into the real world. We went to SAPA and picked up pho. It was so crowded because it was Easter Sunday and everyone had the day off. After we picked up the pho, we ate it just outside of the hospital. It was so nice eating different food. I had just eaten the hospital food and I was getting quite sick of it. The only good thing about just eating the hospital food is that I was able to lose 12 kilograms in 10 days! Amaya lost a bit of weight after being born and one doctor almost didn't want us to leave. Luckily, there was a really nice nurse who could see that I really wanted to leave so she told me not to worry. After 8.5 days, I was FINALLY able to leave the hospital with Amaya.
