Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
One week old
AnnaBeth is one week old today. She's had a lot happen this week and wanted to share her favorite moments.
On Saturday, she got to meet her Aunt Geli. Geli had never seen such a small baby before so this day was just as exciting for her as it was for AnnaBeth.
On Tuesday, her Nana and Papa got back from Mexico and came to see her on their way home from the airport. Here she's telling her Nana just how much she loves her.
Not only did she get to meet her Nana and Papa on Tuesday, she also got to meet her cousins Emma and Hailey. For a good portion of my pregnancy, if you asked Emma where AnnaBeth was, she would come over, lift my shirt and point to my belly. So you can imagine how thrilled she was to finally see AnnaBeth in person. She immediately came over to lovingly touch her face and give her kisses.
And today she tested out the driver's seat in her daddy's Boxster Spec race car. Daddy almost has it finished and we're going to see him drive it for the first time on the track this coming Saturday. She wanted to make sure it was all good to go before the first track event.
On Saturday, she got to meet her Aunt Geli. Geli had never seen such a small baby before so this day was just as exciting for her as it was for AnnaBeth.
On Tuesday, her Nana and Papa got back from Mexico and came to see her on their way home from the airport. Here she's telling her Nana just how much she loves her.
Not only did she get to meet her Nana and Papa on Tuesday, she also got to meet her cousins Emma and Hailey. For a good portion of my pregnancy, if you asked Emma where AnnaBeth was, she would come over, lift my shirt and point to my belly. So you can imagine how thrilled she was to finally see AnnaBeth in person. She immediately came over to lovingly touch her face and give her kisses.
And today she tested out the driver's seat in her daddy's Boxster Spec race car. Daddy almost has it finished and we're going to see him drive it for the first time on the track this coming Saturday. She wanted to make sure it was all good to go before the first track event. And last but not least, she got to hear her very own song that Nana and Papa wrote for her. You see, her Papa has called her Turtle (or TAB...Turtle AnnaBeth) since my 8 week ultrasound. Tia YaYa had someone at work make two little turtles, one for her and one to keep at Nana and Papa's house. So on Tuesday, Nana and Papa sang her the Tabby the Turtle song. Even Emma knows many of the words and will soon be singing it to AnnaBeth herself.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A good little sleeper
I know that babies don't smile because they find something amusing for a few months and that early smilings are just a coincidence. However, I still love it when AnnaBeth smiles at us! The first time she did it was right after we got home from the hospital and I was getting ready to change her diaper. I gave her a little kiss by her mouth and she smiled! This picture was taken on Sunday while she was hanging out in her bassinet. 
AnnaBeth not only sleeps well but she enjoys a good snuggle session. And one of her favorite ways to snuggle is on her daddy's chest (she will soon learn that her Papa's chest is also a really good place for this). You can see how much she enjoys snuggling in this picture =)
AnnaBeth not only sleeps well but she enjoys a good snuggle session. And one of her favorite ways to snuggle is on her daddy's chest (she will soon learn that her Papa's chest is also a really good place for this). You can see how much she enjoys snuggling in this picture =)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
AnnaBeth is here!!!
That's right folks! AnnaBeth has finally entered the world! As you know, the plan was to have a foley catheter help dilate my cervix and then check into the hospital at 10pm on Wednesday night. That's what we did and when we got there we were told that nothing was really going to happen until 4am when they would hook me up to pitocin to get contractions started. I'd been having some early contractions but nothing major and the catheter hadn't fallen out yet. The hospital let me eat and Kent and I tried to rest and pass the time. Lemme tell ya, hours and hours of Nick at Nite is NOT that entertaining. At about 2am they started my IV of fluids. Around 3:30am the catheter still hadn't fallen out and I was getting hungry again so I had one more meal.
Around 4:30am the pitocin was started. I didn't really noticed contractions but was going to the bathroom A LOT. Around 8am, Dr. Hunt came in to check on me. I had just been in the bathroom and had to go really, really bad but couldn't. Turns out, the catheter had half fallen out and that's why I couldn't pee. Dr. Hunt removed and said I was at 5cm and she broke my water. After that I decided to sit in the rocking chair and use the bed to prop up my legs. Once I did that, the contractions were more noticeable. They were getting progressively worse but rocking seemed to help me get through them.
Sometime after 9 I started getting some pretty bad contractions one right after the other. After crying through about 6 of them I finally decided to get the epidural. I was almost to 8cm which was a lot farther along than I thought I'd get before asking for drugs. The anesthesiologist came in and I had about 3 more really bad contractions before he was able to get everything in. It wasn't long before I started feeling the effects. By now it was just after 10 so Kent and I tried to get some rest while I dilated to 10cm.
Within a couple of hours I was at 10cm and at a plus one. They had me sit up in bed to help bring AnnaBeth the rest of the way down so I could start pushing. At about 245pm it was time to push! However, I was SOOO numb from the drugs, that I couldn't feel anything...even my stomach was numb! Dr. Hunt came in and had me push and even though I was doing it the right way, she had my epidural turned off. It took probably an hour or so for it to wear off enough where I started to feel major cramping and lots of pressure from her head. About an hour or so after that Dr. Hunt came back and I was really hurting!!
By now I was doing my best to get a deep breath for each push but since I was now crying, it was getting more difficult to accomplish that. It finally got to the point where I felt like I could do was push because the pain and pressure was too much to handle. And finally all of that hard work paid off and AnnaBeth's head was out! A push later I got her shoulders out and that's when Dr. Hunt told me reach down and finish delivering my baby, who by the way, was already SCREAMING!! Dr. Hunt helped pull her up a little bit and I grabbed her underneath her arms and pulled her the rest of the way out and up onto my belly. She was so beautiful and as Kent pointed out later, very clean! No blood on her at all! Kent cut her cord and Dr. Hunt started sewing me up. I asked her how bad it was and she said I had 2nd degree tears (no episiotomy) and had a small tear up near where pee comes out but she didn't have to stitch it.
While I was getting stitched Kent went over to where she was getting cleaned up, weighed, and measured. She was 7 lbs 11.6 oz and 20 inches! She got all wrapped up and then brought her over to me. She had her eyes open and was so alert!! Kent got my parents out of the waiting room and they came in to see us. Mom and Dad were so happy! At some point she got her first Hepatitis B shot and her first full bath, although I don't remember exactly when...it's all such a blur!
At 6:15 she was acting hungry so a nurse showed me how to get her to latch on. She did it correctly right away and nursed for half an hour! We took lots of pictures during our couple of days at the hospital and even had the professional pictures done today before we left. Nursing has been going well and she's been a perfect baby!! Enjoy the picture slideshows that I put together of our pictures plus the hospital ones =) Each one has a song to it so to avoid musical confusion, you'll have to just view them in original view on the slide website.
http://www.slide.com/r/_j88pU4q4z8M38QAum7nFc0-EcsbsP2U?previous_view=lt_embedded_url
http://www.slide.com/r/_pWhgCQe5z-Rm2rPz1NithOHNeEBZ0zo?previous_view=lt_embedded_url
Around 4:30am the pitocin was started. I didn't really noticed contractions but was going to the bathroom A LOT. Around 8am, Dr. Hunt came in to check on me. I had just been in the bathroom and had to go really, really bad but couldn't. Turns out, the catheter had half fallen out and that's why I couldn't pee. Dr. Hunt removed and said I was at 5cm and she broke my water. After that I decided to sit in the rocking chair and use the bed to prop up my legs. Once I did that, the contractions were more noticeable. They were getting progressively worse but rocking seemed to help me get through them.
Sometime after 9 I started getting some pretty bad contractions one right after the other. After crying through about 6 of them I finally decided to get the epidural. I was almost to 8cm which was a lot farther along than I thought I'd get before asking for drugs. The anesthesiologist came in and I had about 3 more really bad contractions before he was able to get everything in. It wasn't long before I started feeling the effects. By now it was just after 10 so Kent and I tried to get some rest while I dilated to 10cm.
Within a couple of hours I was at 10cm and at a plus one. They had me sit up in bed to help bring AnnaBeth the rest of the way down so I could start pushing. At about 245pm it was time to push! However, I was SOOO numb from the drugs, that I couldn't feel anything...even my stomach was numb! Dr. Hunt came in and had me push and even though I was doing it the right way, she had my epidural turned off. It took probably an hour or so for it to wear off enough where I started to feel major cramping and lots of pressure from her head. About an hour or so after that Dr. Hunt came back and I was really hurting!!
By now I was doing my best to get a deep breath for each push but since I was now crying, it was getting more difficult to accomplish that. It finally got to the point where I felt like I could do was push because the pain and pressure was too much to handle. And finally all of that hard work paid off and AnnaBeth's head was out! A push later I got her shoulders out and that's when Dr. Hunt told me reach down and finish delivering my baby, who by the way, was already SCREAMING!! Dr. Hunt helped pull her up a little bit and I grabbed her underneath her arms and pulled her the rest of the way out and up onto my belly. She was so beautiful and as Kent pointed out later, very clean! No blood on her at all! Kent cut her cord and Dr. Hunt started sewing me up. I asked her how bad it was and she said I had 2nd degree tears (no episiotomy) and had a small tear up near where pee comes out but she didn't have to stitch it.
While I was getting stitched Kent went over to where she was getting cleaned up, weighed, and measured. She was 7 lbs 11.6 oz and 20 inches! She got all wrapped up and then brought her over to me. She had her eyes open and was so alert!! Kent got my parents out of the waiting room and they came in to see us. Mom and Dad were so happy! At some point she got her first Hepatitis B shot and her first full bath, although I don't remember exactly when...it's all such a blur!
At 6:15 she was acting hungry so a nurse showed me how to get her to latch on. She did it correctly right away and nursed for half an hour! We took lots of pictures during our couple of days at the hospital and even had the professional pictures done today before we left. Nursing has been going well and she's been a perfect baby!! Enjoy the picture slideshows that I put together of our pictures plus the hospital ones =) Each one has a song to it so to avoid musical confusion, you'll have to just view them in original view on the slide website.
http://www.slide.com/r/_j88pU4q4z8M38QAum7nFc0-EcsbsP2U?previous_view=lt_embedded_url
http://www.slide.com/r/_pWhgCQe5z-Rm2rPz1NithOHNeEBZ0zo?previous_view=lt_embedded_url
Monday, March 16, 2009
Doctor update
I had my appointment this morning and I'm 70% effaced but still only 1cm dilated. We even walked a total of 6 miles yesterday and it didn't help me dilate at all! My dr also said that AnnaBeth's head is a lot lower than last Thursday. We told her we had decided we wanted to schedule an induction (we're emotionally ready but I'm near tears every time I have to roll over at night--the pain in my hips is nearly unbearable now). She said for me, based on my effacement/dilation progress, the best thing to do is have a catheter balloon thing inserted into my cervix and then when I check into the hospital, they will hook up some tensioner thing and basically it will mechanically stretch/dilate my cervix. This is explains it better http://pregnancy.about.com/od/induction/f/foleycatheter.htm. Then at some point in the night, they'll start pitocin. I have to go on Wednesday at 11am to have the balloon inserted and we're scheduled to check in at the hospital at 10pm. She also stripped my membranes today and ever since I've had lots of menstrual like cramping (I'm starting to feel it in my lower back now too).It doesn't seem to be going away so I'm really hoping that this is early labor!! Whether I'm in early labor now or we end up getting induced, AnnaBeth should arrive sometime on Thursday at the latest!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
One stubborn baby...or is it my body...or both?
We had another appointment today and I didn't really have much progress from last week. My dr said that I was 1cm but my cervix is still tight and only a little thinner than last week. She said that AnnaBeth's head is also a little lower than last week but she still hasn't fully dropped. I asked if she thought I would go into labor on my own and she said "yeah but not before next week." Then she asked if we wanted to schedule an induction today for either Monday or Tuesday (she wont induce before 39 weeks which for me is this Saturday but she also doesn't do weekend inductions). We weren't really sure so she said to come back on Monday and she'd check me again and if we wanted, we could schedule an induction at that time. So that's what we're going to do. It's exciting to think that sometime next week we will be having our baby! We could get scheduled as early as Monday night or as late as Friday, it just depends on what the hospital's schedule is like as far as inductions/c-sections. Until then though, I'll keep walking so hopefully my body will dilate some more so I don't need to rely as much on the meds to get me to 10cm.
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