It's time
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
One Month Old
Belle is officially a month old! Can't believe it's true. No pictures because I'm still without a laptop. She went to the doctor today though...and she is 10 lbs 5 oz!!!! WOW. I knew she was getting heavy and she can only wear 0-3 mos clothing now, but I never expected her to weigh that much! They also said she measured 22 inches long. Big girl!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Belle's Birth Story
Finally getting around to typing this out...it's more for me and as a memory for Belle, but you may read if you would like!
The end of my pregnancy and the birth of our little girl should have been July 14th, 2009. I was scheduled for an induction that I didn't really think would happen on the 18th of July. The days passed slowly and I realized the morning of July 18th that I indeed was going to be induced.
Rob and Lori got to our house at 630 am to wait for Lola to wake up while Dustin and I headed to the hospital. Oh, but wait, we were LATE because Dustin really had the audacity to ask me to stop at McDonald's "on the way"...because you know McDonald's is NEVER "out of the way". After all...he wasn't sure when the next time he would be able to eat would be. My mom had followed us this whole time because she wanted to be able to arrive at the hospital when we got there. I remember pulling into McD's and her calling me on my cell phone and saying "you aren't serious?!" Yes, we were. After watching Dustin eat his McD's breakfast, we were within sight of the hospital...I was driving...and a bird flew into the windshield of the car. I knew at that moment something...would happen. I felt so bad about the bird, but chose to suck it up. I can't remember if Dustin or my mom or the nurse said that something had to die for something to be born. HA...(or I would experience a horrible birth injury and the longest 12 hours of my life after her delivery!)
I checked into the hospital without any issues. Got to my room...noticed the flat screen tv and thought who in the world could watch tv while in labor? Dr Genaris came in and told me how the induction would go...Pill in the cervix, hope for contractions and progress and pitocin would follow if none of the above happened. Induction started at exactly 730 am.
I knew the instant the contractions started, but they were very tolerable...at first. Family started arriving and my mind was off of the contractions for awhile. The Dr came back in at 1030 to check my cervix and I was at 3 cm. I had thought my water had broken, but wasn't sure. I asked him to check and sure enough it had started to, but didn't fully rupture. He ruptured it then the rest of the way. He asked me about the epidural and by that time my contractions had really started and I decided to go ahead and get the epidural before they got too bad. (the control freak in me) The epidural was in place and working before 11. At that point, I was at 5-6 cm. Very good progress, but I was still expecting to be in labor for quite awhile.
After the epidural, I felt really calm and relaxed and ready to hang with our family until it was go time. Annabelle's heartbeat started to drop and they immediately put an internal monitor on her to make sure things stayed ok. I was scared at that point for the baby, but was reassured by my family that things were ok. The internal monitor wasn't working all that well. The doctor came back in and at the time I didn't realize was checking my blood pressure. Evidently, it was extremely low and they were thinking about prepping me for a c-section (which I was very adamant about not having) The doctor told me that since it was my second baby and I was progressing that he would see what happened unless her heartbeat and my blood pressure went too low.
The next thing I remember was talking to the nurse and feeling a lot of pressure. I asked the nurse practitioner that had stopped by if that was normal. She told me it was just the contractions. I waited a little while longer and realized that she was so totally wrong. I pretty much knew that Belle was on her way then, but asked to be checked anyway. A different nurse checked me and I was 10 cm and ready to go. PS this was at around 1150 am. The doctor came in and just like the movies shouted "Is her husband somewhere?? Um...where is her husband??" Dustin had been in the hallway saying it was time. I had 3 sets of pushes. Miss Annabelle was born at 12:08 pm. Gorgeous and perfectly pink. And yes...it really was that easy...
We feel so blessed to have in our lives...she is a good baby. Sweet and cute and I SWEAR she's been smiling for real since she was two weeks old. I know I'm crazy, but even others have seen her do it. It does take some coaxing, but she definitely does. We look forward to watching her grow!
The end of my pregnancy and the birth of our little girl should have been July 14th, 2009. I was scheduled for an induction that I didn't really think would happen on the 18th of July. The days passed slowly and I realized the morning of July 18th that I indeed was going to be induced.
Rob and Lori got to our house at 630 am to wait for Lola to wake up while Dustin and I headed to the hospital. Oh, but wait, we were LATE because Dustin really had the audacity to ask me to stop at McDonald's "on the way"...because you know McDonald's is NEVER "out of the way". After all...he wasn't sure when the next time he would be able to eat would be. My mom had followed us this whole time because she wanted to be able to arrive at the hospital when we got there. I remember pulling into McD's and her calling me on my cell phone and saying "you aren't serious?!" Yes, we were. After watching Dustin eat his McD's breakfast, we were within sight of the hospital...I was driving...and a bird flew into the windshield of the car. I knew at that moment something...would happen. I felt so bad about the bird, but chose to suck it up. I can't remember if Dustin or my mom or the nurse said that something had to die for something to be born. HA...(or I would experience a horrible birth injury and the longest 12 hours of my life after her delivery!)
I checked into the hospital without any issues. Got to my room...noticed the flat screen tv and thought who in the world could watch tv while in labor? Dr Genaris came in and told me how the induction would go...Pill in the cervix, hope for contractions and progress and pitocin would follow if none of the above happened. Induction started at exactly 730 am.
I knew the instant the contractions started, but they were very tolerable...at first. Family started arriving and my mind was off of the contractions for awhile. The Dr came back in at 1030 to check my cervix and I was at 3 cm. I had thought my water had broken, but wasn't sure. I asked him to check and sure enough it had started to, but didn't fully rupture. He ruptured it then the rest of the way. He asked me about the epidural and by that time my contractions had really started and I decided to go ahead and get the epidural before they got too bad. (the control freak in me) The epidural was in place and working before 11. At that point, I was at 5-6 cm. Very good progress, but I was still expecting to be in labor for quite awhile.
After the epidural, I felt really calm and relaxed and ready to hang with our family until it was go time. Annabelle's heartbeat started to drop and they immediately put an internal monitor on her to make sure things stayed ok. I was scared at that point for the baby, but was reassured by my family that things were ok. The internal monitor wasn't working all that well. The doctor came back in and at the time I didn't realize was checking my blood pressure. Evidently, it was extremely low and they were thinking about prepping me for a c-section (which I was very adamant about not having) The doctor told me that since it was my second baby and I was progressing that he would see what happened unless her heartbeat and my blood pressure went too low.
The next thing I remember was talking to the nurse and feeling a lot of pressure. I asked the nurse practitioner that had stopped by if that was normal. She told me it was just the contractions. I waited a little while longer and realized that she was so totally wrong. I pretty much knew that Belle was on her way then, but asked to be checked anyway. A different nurse checked me and I was 10 cm and ready to go. PS this was at around 1150 am. The doctor came in and just like the movies shouted "Is her husband somewhere?? Um...where is her husband??" Dustin had been in the hallway saying it was time. I had 3 sets of pushes. Miss Annabelle was born at 12:08 pm. Gorgeous and perfectly pink. And yes...it really was that easy...
We feel so blessed to have in our lives...she is a good baby. Sweet and cute and I SWEAR she's been smiling for real since she was two weeks old. I know I'm crazy, but even others have seen her do it. It does take some coaxing, but she definitely does. We look forward to watching her grow!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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