Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
The Birth Story
Ok, I have a few minutes to update my blog finally! Currently, Josh is napping and Raleigh is napping in his swing...I know, I know, mom is supposed to rest when baby rests...but I can't help tidying things up a bit and addressing a few things that I had to neglect these past few days.
So here it goes.
It all started tuesday, when I stayed home from work because I had a headache and because they were painting the stairwell and it smelled of paint. I slept in that morning and was planning to work from home on my lap top in the afternoon. Right at noon, my plans changed...my water broke. And by 1 pm, I was already sitting in my hospital bed preparing for the short labor that I had always hoped for.
I was only dilated to about 3 cm when I first arrived, and a few hours later, I hadn't changed much. So, they started a Pitocin drip to help move along the contractions. I was doing well up until 9 pm when they upped the Pitocin because I was only about 4 cm dilated and the OB GYN on floor decided to insert an internal contractions monitor. I was starting to get tired and the contractions were so much more painful and that internal contractions monitor hurt so bad that I made the decision to get some Staydol (sp?) which was supposed to make me loopy enough so that I didn't care that my contractions hurt so much.
The Staydol worked wonders...at first...then it wore off and the nurse said that giving me more Staydol would just prolong labor because the Staydol counteracted what the Pitocin was supposed to do (Gee, I wish they had told me that when I asked for it).
So, until 2 am, I put up with the horribly painful contractions, and then when the nurse checked me and I was only between 5-6 cm dilated, I decided to get an epidural. I couldn't imagine laboring even 2 more hours with the pain that I was having and then finding out again that my cervix hadn't dilated any further.
The epidural was easy to get, and the anestesiologist was a very kind man. I was so worried that I would be too numb to feel anything after having an epidural, but it wasn't that bad.
I was able to get about an hour of sleep after I had the epidural, and finally, at 5 am, I was dilated enough to start pushing. The pushing stage of labor went so well that I had to stop pushing to wait for the doctor to get there. There is nothing harder than trying not to push when every part of my body was telling me to push.
When the doctor finally arrived in my room, I only had to push a few times and Raleigh blessed us with his presence.
He is such a beautiful boy and he shares so many characteristics with his father, it was so amazing to finally meet him.
So here it goes.
It all started tuesday, when I stayed home from work because I had a headache and because they were painting the stairwell and it smelled of paint. I slept in that morning and was planning to work from home on my lap top in the afternoon. Right at noon, my plans changed...my water broke. And by 1 pm, I was already sitting in my hospital bed preparing for the short labor that I had always hoped for.
I was only dilated to about 3 cm when I first arrived, and a few hours later, I hadn't changed much. So, they started a Pitocin drip to help move along the contractions. I was doing well up until 9 pm when they upped the Pitocin because I was only about 4 cm dilated and the OB GYN on floor decided to insert an internal contractions monitor. I was starting to get tired and the contractions were so much more painful and that internal contractions monitor hurt so bad that I made the decision to get some Staydol (sp?) which was supposed to make me loopy enough so that I didn't care that my contractions hurt so much.
The Staydol worked wonders...at first...then it wore off and the nurse said that giving me more Staydol would just prolong labor because the Staydol counteracted what the Pitocin was supposed to do (Gee, I wish they had told me that when I asked for it).
So, until 2 am, I put up with the horribly painful contractions, and then when the nurse checked me and I was only between 5-6 cm dilated, I decided to get an epidural. I couldn't imagine laboring even 2 more hours with the pain that I was having and then finding out again that my cervix hadn't dilated any further.
The epidural was easy to get, and the anestesiologist was a very kind man. I was so worried that I would be too numb to feel anything after having an epidural, but it wasn't that bad.
I was able to get about an hour of sleep after I had the epidural, and finally, at 5 am, I was dilated enough to start pushing. The pushing stage of labor went so well that I had to stop pushing to wait for the doctor to get there. There is nothing harder than trying not to push when every part of my body was telling me to push.
When the doctor finally arrived in my room, I only had to push a few times and Raleigh blessed us with his presence.
He is such a beautiful boy and he shares so many characteristics with his father, it was so amazing to finally meet him.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Meet Raleigh!!!!!
Born 11/29/06, 5:49am
7 lbs 12 oz, 19"
I'll go into more details after I master this breast feeding phenomenon and I'll tell you all about how was in labor for 18 hours but right now this is all you're going to get when I have to type with only my right hand because my left hand and arm are keeping Raleigh plastered to my left breast.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Welcome Norway and France!
I use a new tool called Google Analytics which helps me track the visitors to my site. Don't worry, I don't get your personal information. I do, however, get to see where my visitors are coming from.
And today, I noticed that I've had two new vistors. One from Paris, France, and another from Oslo, Norway!
And I just wanted to say Welcome to all of you! and feel free to post comments if you'd like.
Wow! Isn't the internet amazing?
Have a wonderful Monday!
And today, I noticed that I've had two new vistors. One from Paris, France, and another from Oslo, Norway!
And I just wanted to say Welcome to all of you! and feel free to post comments if you'd like.
Wow! Isn't the internet amazing?
Have a wonderful Monday!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Happy Birthday Mom!
Today's my mother's birthday! I was hoping to give her another grandson for a birthday present...but...he hasn't arrived yet. Posted above are two of my favorite pics of Mom and me.
Friday, however, I had certain symptoms (which I won't go into detail about) that indicate that I could go into labor any time between now and this upcoming Friday.
The ball is definitely rolling....and speaking of a ball....here is the latest belly pic.
Friday, November 24, 2006
We're playing the guessing game
Every day I wake up and wonder if today will be the day. This is the biggest guessing game that I have ever played.
I wish that if he knew when he was going to come out he'd let his mommy know a little bit ahead of time so that I could prepare better.
I'm not the type that likes to do things spontaneously. I'd prefer a plan.
I believe that I am as prepared as I can be at this point. Here's what I've done to get prepared:
- Set up Crib in room
- Washed all of his clothes, blankets, and bibs in Dreft
- Packed my bags for the hospital
- Purchased maternity bras
- Purchased cloth diapers
- Read all about breast feeding
- Read through the binder that the hospital gave me when I went in for my 10 week checkup
- Read numerous other pregnancy books
I'm just ready for him to enter our wonderful world.
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