Nadias first Dr's appointment

Nadia had a good nights sleep again last night. I only hope that this keeps up! We woke up early and I fed her, then I made Jacobs lunch. I gave Nadia a bath so she would be nice and clean for her Dr's apt. I fed her again and she was ready to nap in her pack-n-play. I was able to take a shower and get ready myself. I am only 5lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight, it feels great to get to wear normal clothes! I can't believe how fast the weight is falling off, now if I can just keep it going :) I was 15lbs heavier than normal when I got pregnant. Just as I was done getting ready Jacob came home. He had to go up to N Phoenix this morning for a certification class for tankless water heaters. His work has been great about everything, and let him take time off to go to Nadias Dr apt. If he couldn't have gone my parents would've came with me. I am not supposed to lift more than 10lbs and my stitches make it troublesome to move around a lot. I'm not sure that I like the Dr, this is the bad part about living somewhere that you are not familiar with. We waited quite a while in the Dr's office and she ended up needing a diaper change, which Dad was happy to do. Nadia is doing great, she weighed in at 7lbs 3oz, only 1oz less than her birth weight. The Dr said breast fed babies can take up to two weeks to be back to their birth weight. She is 20 inches long now. The Dr said that she is very strong for her age and was impressed with her ability to hold up her neck. We took her to get her lab work done and had to make an appointment for 2 weeks. Jacob dropped us off at home and was able to hang out with us for a little bit before heading to his last job. Tonight will be laid back as usual. I have been falling asleep pretty early, which I'm bummed about, I like to be able to spend some time with Jacob when he's home. Soon we will get in a schedule though.

Daddy changing Nadia at the Dr's

On our way to the Dr.

Our first day home alone

We had to say goodbye to Jacob this morning and it was the saddest thing! We have been doing just fine all by ourselves today, but we miss Jacob :(

Nadia's first bath went well although we got one picture with our camera before we realized that it was full and we couldn't take any more. So we snapped a few with Jacobs phone. My sister Kelly sent us a package with cute pictures for Nadia room and some outfits, and another must need item, mittens! Nadia loves to scratch her face, and me when I'm trying to feed her.

Yesterday we watched football, Jacob even got to see the Bronco game online. In the afternoon my brother Fred and nephew Rick stopped by to drop off food for the week and see Nadia. Julia wasn't able to come up because she has been sick and she was very sad. She has just been so excited to see the baby, she did make us cookies though, and frosted them pink. Too cute! My parents showed up shortly after with all of the stuff to make Tacos. So the men were in the kitchen cooking while us girls rested. Later that night we watched The Amazing Race and Desperate Housewives, then went to bed. Nadia woke up but barely fussed so Jacob was able to get a good nights sleep. Tomorrow Nadia has her first Drs appointment.

Our first day home

We were released from the hospital yesterday at about 1. We loaded up the car and had our first car ride as a family. Jacob was so nervous driving with his precious baby girl on board, but we made it home just fine. I walked in to the house first to great the dogs. I have never received so much love from them! Jacob followed behind me with Nadia and the boys immediately had to check her out. Dax was very curious and had to sniff every inch of her. Howie gave her a quick check then decided he would rather ignore her LOL. Every time she crys Dax gets very concerned. We called my parents when we got home and told them we were ready for them to come up and bring food. My Mom was very excited. I fed Nadia and went to go take a nap. I slept for about an hour and my parents showed up shortly after. We got them all settled and then went to go lay down. We have had very little rest the past few days. I napped a couple hours and when I woke up dinner was almost ready. Jacob was just too tired to get up so we ate while he slept. Afterwards I got to take a shower, which felt so nice. I am very sore, especially my back, so the hot water felt great. They stuck around for another hour or so and then headed home. Just as they were leaving Jacob woke up. He ate dinner and went to watch Greys Anatomy. I was bummed I had to miss the season premiere, but more bummed when I saw that the DVR didn't record it! We laid in bed and watch t.v. instead and soon after I was asleep. Nadia did great last night. She only made a few little noises and I had to actually wake her up to feed her. Today we are feeling much better after getting some rest. I made us breakfast and we watched a movie. We plan on giving Nadia her first little bath at home so we will post pics later. She also had her first request to be seen from our neighbors. Everyone agrees, she's a pretty girl!

Nadias Birth Story

We were scheduled to be induced due to medical reasons on Tues the 23rd at 730 AM, but got a call at 630 saying there were no beds available and they would call when one was open, which could take up to 3 days. We tried to go about our day but couldn't help but hope that we would get a call. Just as we were going to bed they called and said that they had a bed available. So off to the hospital we went at 10pm, after being up since 530.

11pm, 3cm 40% effaced (seems I had lost some of my previous effacement) I was already contracting painlessly every 5 min. They started a dose of cervidil and we rested for an hour then were told to walk and hour. We did this process 3 times. By 6am I was ready to say forget it, send me home, I will go into labor on my own eventually, but I had made some improvement and they hooked me up to the pitocin, I was 4cm, 50%. Started me at 2 and bumped me up by 2 every hour. By about 1pm I was in some pain, but didn't want to do the epi yet. I was starting to dilate more, but slowly. I was also nauseated, so they suggested Stadol along with Phenegryn. Within 2 min of it being put in my IV I was VERY tired and mostly asleep, but it did not take the pain away so every time I had a contraction I felt it, but was too tired to complain. Jacob said her knew when I was contracting by the look on my face even though I was "sleeping". I woke up a couple hours later and told them I was in pain so they called for the Epidural. Went in easily and within minutes I was feeling good. The meds I were on made me very shiver so I kept trying to tell my self mind over matter, calm your body, stop the shaking, and it would work, but only for a short time. The only pain I felt was my little girl pushing hard on my ribs. I told Jacob to go get something to eat at 330 because since the Epidural was in it was getting closer to when I would deliver. Just as he left, my water broke. If I wouldn't have had a catheter in I would've thought that I just peed myself. I called my parents to tell them I was progressing nicely and they could come up to the hospital. At 6pm I was at 7cm, got another dose of my Epidural. 9pm I was complete and still numb, but I was still able to push very well according to the nurse. I did a few practice pushes and she said ok, we need to stop or you are going to push her out before the Dr can get here. So we waited, about 20min. Once the Dr came in I pushed for 5 minutes and she was out. I felt no pain except for when they were stitching me up, which was still minor.

Baby Nadia was born at 956pm, 7lbs 4oz and 19.5in. She is nursing great, we will be released on Fri. So in total it took 24hrs. We had been up nearly 48 hours and we are still working on a total of about 3 hours sleep today. We are tired! Sharing the moment of your child's birth together is the most amazing feeling in the world. As soon as she came out our eyes locked on each other then her, it really is not a feeling you can explain. Jacob was awesome during everything and is taking such great care of Nadia. He has even done all of the diaper duty so far.

12 hours in

Just after I finished writing my last blog and we were ready for bed my phone rang. It was the hospital calling us in. So we got the pups settled, grabbed our bags and left for the hospital. We got there at about 10 and were taken right up to our room. They checked me and decided that we needed to ripen my cervix before inducing. Turns out I was already having contractions every 5 min, the nurse was surprised I wasn't feeling them. Of course it seems that every night is when I would I get them so its no surprise they started when we got there. They inserted the first dose and I had to lay there for an hour, then we had to walk for 45 min. They checked me and decided that I needed another dose, after that round another dose. Needless to say by this time it was about 6 AM. They decide that I am "favorable" enough to start the pitocin and admit me. (We were unsure if they were going to let us progress with the induction.)So far the pain has not been bad, but we are still in the beginning stages even though it has been nearly 12 hours. They have upped my pitocin twice now so I'm sure soon things will start getting a little crazy. For now we are watching movies and trying to keep ourselves entertained. We are exhausted though, we have been up 28 hours already. Hopefully our baby girl will have a smooth transition into this world. I will update again when I can!

Waiting

After spending most of the night in pain with contractions that came and went I was so tired when the alarm went off. I was excited though because I thought, finally! I won't have to go through another night of erratic contractions that are just painful but getting me nowhere. 45 minutes before we were to be at the hospital I got a call. I was told that my induction was on hold because they did not have any beds available. She didn't give much more information other than that they will be going down the list by medical reasons and I had a few people ahead of me. Around noon we were going nuts and I wasn't sure if I was aloud to eat or not. I decided to call and the nurse was very nice. She said that yes I should eat and that she was hoping to be able to bring in a few people to be induced this afternoon. Well the day crept by and at 6 I decided to call again and ask if I was automatically put on the list for tomorrow or what was going to happen. I spoke to another nurse who said that there were 5 people on the list and they didn't bring anyone in today. She said they would call as soon as they had a bed, even if it was 3AM, but that she didn't anticipate anything would happen tonight. At the moment they are not out past 2-3 days so I should be called in within that time frame. This is SO frustrating! Jacob took time off work for this and has to go back on Monday. We were really looking forward to him being able to be with Nadia a few days and help get a routine down. So I guess we can only hope that a bed becomes available or she decides that she is ready to come on her own. Either way, I hope something happens soon!

The day has come

Well we are all ready to go in to be induced tomorrow morning. I went in for my last day at work and got them all caught up on what they needed to know. I was done by 1230 and met Jacob at home. We spent the day getting ready for Nadia. We did laundry, gave Dax a bath, got the house together. We are very excited and can't wait for the morning! I doubt that we will get much sleep tonight! We will be bringing the laptop with us, so we will update as soon as we can.

The end is near... or the beginning

I got a call from my Dad Monday night. Turns out he was at the hospital with my Mom. She had a Dr's apt earlier in the day for lab work and when she went in they didn't like the shape she was in. Mind you, she is supposed to be on oxygen 24hrs a day, but she tends to like to take it off more than she should. They did a few tests on her at the Drs and decided to call her an ambulance. She was admitted and they have ran tests on her the past few days, which I think have actually looked pretty good. So I have been a regular visitor at the hospital I will soon be delivering at. When ever I am walking down the halls every person I see that works there asks me if I'm doing ok, or if I need anything LOL. I am fine, although I do wish Nadia would come already! My Mom should be released tomorrow and as long as she stays on her oxygen she should be good.

I went to the Dr this morning and my NST came out fine. I then had to wait for an hour for the Dr to come in. They asked if I wanted to see a Nurse Pract. and I said I didn't care but they were scheduling my induction so I didn't know if I needed to see the Dr. She said yes, I did, so I had to wait. The Dr came in, checked me, I'm at 3cm, 70% and station -1. Which means the baby has moved lower into position, which I can tell! I feel a LOT of pressure. She said ok, get dressed and we will schedule you for the first available date to induce. I got dressed and they told me wait in the waiting room. I sat out there for about 30 min before asking them if I could just leave my phone number for them to call me, I needed to get to work. Poor Jacob kept calling and asking if I had heard from them and I didn't have any news to tell him for a few hours. Finally I called them and had to leave a message. I got a call back about 45 min later. I am set to go in Tuesday the 23rd at 7:30. They are going to break my water and see if nature takes its course from there since I am already dilated. So, at least we know that she can come earlier if she wants to but if not she will be here by Tuesday. I have been feeling very crampy and a lot of pressure so I am hoping that she is on her way out and will be here before then!

Come on baby

Not a whole lot to report for the weekend. We tried to watch a movie Friday night, but I was falling asleep so Jacob went out to the living room to finish it. He came in and tried to fall asleep but my snoring made it impossible for him. Poor guy! He decided to sleep on the couch and I have to admit I kinda liked having the bed to myself LOL. He's not allowed to make it a habit though, I like to feel him next to me at night!

Jacob was up early Saturday and we went to go pick up the Uhaul that we rented so he could go recycle all the water heaters he had on the side of the house. There were about 35 of them. We did make some money off them, but we also wasted a lot just because we weren't really sure what we were doing. Next time we will pick up at a location close to our house and drop it off at one close to the recycle place which is in downtown Phoenix. We wasted a lot of money on mileage they make you pay. Afterwards I wanted Chinese SO BAD, but I am pretty picky about it and we ended up not finding a place I thought I was going to like. So after an hour of driving and feeling like we were both going to pass out from hunger we stopped at a mexican restaurant we like. The food was good, but I think Nadia is trying to pay me back for all of that salsa. She has been kicking me like crazy and it hurts! We came home and watched Doomsday which was not so good. I also started on my routine of items I do to try to induce labor. I even added on a few and we went for a walk. The dogs were very excited, but they are out of shape! We came home and I was having contractions but nothing big. I also had a few other signs that labor may be begining but I will spare you the gross details. LOL We laid down to go to sleep and like every night the contractions started when I was just about asleep. It is so frustrating because I will be laying there and feel very crampy but if I sit up they go away. So about every 10 minutes for two hours I was having to sit up and lay back down.

Jacob was up early again this morning and went and picked breakfast up for us. I vacuumed and picked up the house then we watched Baby Momma. I was disappointed, it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I was kinda hoping it would give me some good laughs like Knocked Up, but it didn't. My parents came over at about 2 and we watched football and made food. After we ate we watched a movie and by that time it was nearly 8 and time for them to head home. As they were leaving my Dad said "Well this time next week there will be a baby!" It is kind of surreal that there will not be many more days that it is just Jacob and I, but it is so exciting to think that we will have a little girl soon. We are starting our family, I don't think anything can make you fall in love with eachother even more than you are then sharing the joy of the baby that you have created together.

Yes, I'm cranky

I woke up in a very good mood and very early. I piddled around the house until it was time for me to go to my apt. I go there and waited...... Finally they took me back for my NST. Not too shabby. They put me in a room, strapped all the gadgets on me, gave me my push button to monitor her movements and a remote for the t.v. They laid me back in the recliner and let me be. I wasn't sure how long I would be in there, I guess I should've asked. I slept SO good last night, but I was still pretty tired and actually had to kinda fight to stay awake to monitor her movements. After about 45 minutes of flipping back and forth between The View and Regis and Kelly I was bored and the monitors they had on me were so tight they were hurting. Finally my Dr came in and said I was good to go and she would send the girl in to unhook me. 30 minutes later the girl comes in and says "we are running a little behind so I figured you would be more comfy waiting in here." I said "thats fine, but can we take these off!?" 10 minutes later she came back and took me back to the room. I sat in there for 30 minutes naked from the waist down bored out of my mind. By this time I was pretty freaking irritated! Finally the Dr comes in and says they have to redo my GBS test because they ran the wrong test last time. Then she checks my cervix which really hurt this time. I am 3cm 70% effaced and very very soft. Then she tells me that we are going to go by a due date of Sept 24, not 22 like we had been (they have been going back and forth with this date for months). She asked what day I would like to be induced and then said actually lets have you come back Monday for another NST, then she says well..... lets make it Wed, then you will be 39 weeks and we can schedule your induction. Make up your freaking mind lady! I am hormonal and VERY low on patience at this moment, but I manage to keep my cool with her. Honestly I really do not see why I have to go for another NST when she was obviously fine at this one. I think its all about milking the insurance company or something. Anyway, I get up, get dressed and now I am very crampy, bleeding and POed. Great way to head off to work! Anyway, that was my adventure. I'm so tired of that Dr's office! I hope I don't make it to Wed cause I don't want to have to sit through all of that again!

I am trying to shake my bad mood, but its pretty hard. Poor Jacob is being so nice and trying to joke with me and be happy, but I'm in pain and crabby. So it will be a very mellow night for me. I tried to get Baby Momma to watch but of course they were all rented. I thought sure that would give me a good laugh.

What to do

I am so happy that I have been working to keep myself occupied because having today off was hard! This pregnancy would seriously feel like a lifetime if I didn't have work and other things to keep me busy. I was up early, again. I slept like crap last night. I am SOOO tired, but just can't sleep for anything. So I tried to find things to keep myself occupied. Somehow I managed to find more laundry to do, dishes to wash, vacuumed. Put some of Nadias clothes away. Picked up our bedroom, tried to flip our mattress, took all the trash out. I managed to stay busy for about 6 hours then I was left to the DVR and my computer. I know I should probably enjoy these last few days that I will have to myself, but I just get so bored. I am getting pretty anxious for my Dr's apt tomorrow. I hope to at least get some kind of date to look forward to. Due dates are great, but an induction date, even better. At least then I know if she doesn't come by herself she will for sure be here then. So I will update as soon as I can tomorrow!

Salsa, acupressure and other fun stuff

I have seriously been trying everything to get this baby out LOL! Spicy food sure makes her move around a lot, but I don't think its doing much else. I have felt a few twinges from the acupressure, but again nothing big. Then of course there is the other well known way of making the baby come that I know no one wants to hear about LOL. I will spare you the details, but have to share that I feel like a frickin hippo. I can't wait to get my body back! I know it will take a little while, but it will be so nice to be able to squat down and get back up, bend over, put lotion on my legs. I feel very sorry for obese people, I don't know how they do anything! I was trying to gather all the laundry and thought I was gonna topple over. Jacob has to help me out of the bathtub, and I managed to get myself stuck on the floor of the shower one night. He was hysterically laughing and ok so was I, but its embarrassing! I'm so clumsy I dropped my english muffin on the floor twice this week, of course cream cheese side down, so I had to attempt to clean it up. If there was a hidden camera in the house someone would be getting some good laughs.

I did end up having a horrible nights sleep. Between the mild contractions, stuffy nose, peeing every freaking hour, I am exhausted! Poor Jacob, I woke myself up a couple times from snoring so loud, he kindly said "sweetie, will you roll over, you are keeping me awake." I felt so bad, but I couldn't breathe. Then at about 230 I was wide awake and considered getting up but since I knew I had to go in to work I decided to just try to sleep. I ended up getting up at 6 and did the dishes, finished the laundry, made Jacobs lunch and picked up the kitchen. Jacob has a habit of eating right before bed so there is always something to clean up in the morning. It kept me moving, which is my goal lately, move around as much as I can and try to force her out!

Work wasn't very busy today either so I got to come home by 12. I was going to try to take a nap, but I'm afraid then I won't sleep tonight. At least if I have a bad night I get to sleep in tomorrow. She gave me the day off since its slow and I'm sick. I will go in Friday after my Dr apt for a few hours. I really hope that they give me some encouraging news!

Heres a picture from this morning of my tired, swollen, 38 weeks pregnant self.

Sick and bored

I thought that I was in the clear and hadn't caught Jacobs cold, but last night it started to hit me. Sore throat, sneezy, achy, headache. Man!!! I woke up this morning feeling even worse. Thankfully there wasn't a whole for me to do at work today, so I got everything done and came home a little early. Now I am sitting here miserable and bored! Nadia was moving around like a crazy woman so I attempted to record it. I attached a few videos, but they really don't do her movements justice!




Ok, I can't get the other one to upload. I'll try again later!

Nadias a big girl

I went into work this morning as usual. My Dr apt was at 3 so I left work at 2, got something to eat and drove to the Drs office. My parents met me there since Jacob had to work. We were both disappointed that he had to miss her ultrasound, but its more important that he gets to take some time off once she gets here. She is measuring big, 7lbs 11oz! Of course this is just an estimate and she can weigh as much as 2 pounds less than that in reality. I know she feels that big though! It was so cute, we could see her sucking her thumb. Her little mouth was just going to town. At first her heart rate was a little high, but she settled down some. After my ultrasound I had my apt. I saw a nurse practitioner instead of a Dr today. That was kind of a bummer because she couldn't answer a lot of the questions I had. They did find a little protein in my urine and because I have been swelling now they think I may have slight pre-eclampsia. Although my blood pressure is completely normal. So the news today was that they would not be inducing me for my GD but for pre-e. Geez! So I go in Friday for a Non Stress Test and another appointment. This time I will be seeing the same Dr as last week, so at least she may know whats going on a little more. I am 38 weeks today and they very well may induce me at 39 weeks. At least I only have to wait a few more days to know what is going on. I have never had a NST though, so I am curious as to what that entails. I was dilated to 3cm today, but still at 50% effacement. So I guess I had a little progress. With all the pains I had been feeling I thought sure that it would've changed more, oh well.

Im ready!!!

I got a bonus at work yesterday for doing such a good job. Honestly, I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. I have to admit that it is nice to get recognition. The more I think about it the more I think I will stay and work with them after Nadia comes. They treat me well, pay me well and actually appreciate me. That is pretty hard to come by. We had Oregano's for dinner last night, which is our absolute favorite! I feel bad for Jacob he has been working very late this week and is sick on top of it. Almost everyone from his work that went to the bbq got sick, I don't know how I managed not to get it, but I'm thankful!

I'm ready for Nadia to come, but I guess she is just too comfy! I have been having more and more contractions, mostly at night while trying to sleep. So I guess my body is getting ready. She is also starting to move around less, which they say is a sign that they are getting ready to come. Yesterday I was having pains all day, but they subsided by last night. Today I haven't felt anything except back pain. I'm sure that has to do with all of the crazy cleaning I have been doing though. I just felt like I HAD to get some things done around the house. Secretly I was hoping that the activity would help bring on labor. No such luck! I swept, mopped, vacuumed, did laundry, cleaned the guest room, kitchen, bathrooms, our room. The only thing I got out of it is a sore back. Jacob is at work and has called me a few times. He told me I need to just relax, I'm too pregnant to be doing all of this stuff. I do feel better that the house is clean though for when she comes. I can't stand a dirty house and I know once she comes I will have very little time to worry about it. It is so hard to keep our hardwood floors clean with all of Dax's hair and slobber. It takes over an hour to just do the floors. I miss having carpet everywhere!

I have also been trying acupressure on a few key points to try to speed things along. Of course they say that itt can help, but still won't work unless your body is ready. I keep reading about people taking castor oil to induce labor on my baby board and while it sounds a little tempting there is no way I am going there! It can have some side effects that I'm not sure I really want to deal with LOL. I have my ultrasound Monday, so maybe I will have some more info then. I don't know how I feel about being induced, I have heard bad things about pitocin. I guess we will just see what happens.....

Freakin A!!

Well to say the least my hormones have been full blown the past few days. I'm sure its just because I am SO ready to be done, at least I can hold it together at work.

Saturday I woke up very swollen. We had so much that we needed to do though. We went to Pets Mart, Babies R Us, Best Buy, Walmart, by the time we were done I was hurting. I couldn't even bend my toes they were so fat! We went home and tried to relax but I couldn't help wanting to clean and get the house ready incase Nadia decided to come early. Then we decided to go down to my parents to pick up the recliner. We had dinner while we were there and sat and talked for a few hours. We loaded up the recliner and headed back home.

Sunday we went up to N Phoenix for a bbq at a couple from Jacobs works house. It wasn't too hot that day, but it was still hard for me to sit outside the whole time. It was a pool party and I brought my suit in case I felt like going in the pool, but
I really didn't feel like it. Jacob did and of course was jumping off the roof with all the other crazy guys. We got there about 1 and stayed till 6 when everyone else started heading out. We had a good time, but I do miss getting to enjoy a few drinks!

Monday I was up early, still having a hard time sleeping. Jacob slept in late, then I decided to go lay in bed with him. We watched t.v the rest of the day and night. I was trying to keep my feet up all day since I was so swollen and by this morning they looked almost normal. I went into work and within an hour they were back to swollen. I came home and out them up again, but I think this is going to be the norm until the baby comes. Of course I have other great news. After I got out of the shower tonight I found a few stretch marks. I am SO peeved!!! I have been inspecting myself this whole time and now, I'm so close to being done and a few pop up!!! Talk about annoying!