Sayda Elizabeth is here!!!

So just a few short (we'll-skip-the-gory) details. So on Thursday, December 9th, we went int0the hospital, scheduled to be induced at 6am. When we heard of the two doctors that were on call for the day, there was one we're were hoping for, over the other. One of them was the man who delivered Ethan, (and we're weren't thrilled with him) and the other was a doctor that I loved! We shortly later found out that he called in sick, and that the doc coming into to take his place was Dr. Warner, another one who I LOVE! She was SO great!!! (we just feel bad that we prayed he wouldnt be there... cuz of course we never wanted him to get sick!)

The pitocin was started at around 7:45. I'm now a little upset with myself for anticipating a short delivery. I was hoping for around 3 hours, and by the time we got to 4 and half hours, I was mad at myself. But, nonetheless, she came just under 6 hours later, at 1:30pm.

I only pushed twice!!! The doctor was so impressed, she suggested (jokingly) that I consider becoming a surrogate, haha! Once again, I didnt tear at all!!! So delivery did go pretty smoothly, but it was afterwards that I had some problems. I had been passing a decent amount of clots, so they had to first take care of that, and then they also had to cath me to relieve some of that jazz as well. I had LOTS of pain afterwards, and then I was even having some chest pain. It was strange, and I even lost my breath once, where I had almost a panic attack, but I was alright, that didnt happen again. The chest pains would come with each contraction. It was weird. They finally gave me this medicine in my IV to take care of it. It made me SO loopy! The room was spinning for like an hour! It was nuts!

Again, Jacob & my mom were both a tremendous help!!! There were some interesting things we tried this time for comfort. One of them being where I was on the bed, on my knees, and leaned over onto mom & jake, who were also leaning down on the bed. It was almost humorous. Also, I asked for the mirror to be put up during delivery (like I did with both other kids), but I forgot to look at it even once!

When the "big kids" came to visit her later that night, at first, they just stared (not in fear at all, just amazement I think). It was sweet! Then right away, Ethan wanted to hold her! That surprised me. But of course after about 20 seconds, he said "all done." hehehe. Diella was very excited about meeting her new sister, but also surprisingly, at first she did not want to hold Sayda. A little while later, I told her that Sayda was waking up & opening her eyes.... and THEN Diella was ready to hold her. So for some reason, that changed things for her, and when she held her, she fell in Love!

We had a few visitors. The first night, Kayla Edwards came! And then later, Pastor Jack & Pam came too! The following day, Joel & Nichole came to visit! When we brought her home, we had a few more visitors. Courtney, Jon Hamilton, Ryan Abbot, and Jen young & her kids! Oh and also Denny & Lynn stopped by!

Well, we were thrilled of course to have our second little girl! She was born at 7 lbs. 15oz. and she was 21.5" long!!! We're home now, and she is doing so well! She woke up twice last night to eat, 2am, and 6:30am, not bad! She's just so beautiful & we're really enjoying her!

Hospital Visit

So on Wednesday, Ethan got sick with a yukky stomach bug, throwing up a little, and diareah. He seemed to get a little better, then worse, then better.... I was at Chi Alpha the next night (due in 4 days), feeling totally fine, and then it hit me like a wall! I had major stomach pain, went home, and puked my royal guts out... and then the diareah came too. This pain was severe, crying out, doubled over kind of pain. So I was trying to stay hydrated with ice chips... just kept throwing up over & over, til I was empty! No fluids left in me at all! So I ended up going to the ER, they sent me to labor & delivery, not to have the baby, but to monitor the baby while they treated me. They said that a few other pregnant women had also come in with the same GI bug. Thing is, it causes contractions... not labor, but contractions... and CAN throw you into labor... so that it was safer for me, being later in term, than to come in like 6 months pregnant. So there I was, in the hospital bed, with an IV, and getting blood work taken, trying to sleep (it was 2am when we went in), and having contractions, but not labor. It was NOT fun. Plus, since I was dehydrated, they had a hard time getting a vein for IV, ouch! ... I also had to take 2 giant potassium pills. Good thing was, I got the IVs, got replenished, got some medicine, and the contractions stopped... so I left there feeling quite well! .... of course then I went home to Jake and both kids, who had also gotten the bug... so I spent the day taking care of them, hehe. What an experience!

Full Term

So today I'm 38 weeks and 2 days. Three weeks ago the doctor said I was 1.5 cm dilated, and today I went in for another appointment, and.... no change. I'm not too surprised though. This happened with both other kids. Today he said he's pretty sure he'll see me back in a week... which is fine, I mean, I'm not anticipating going early... plus, I'll for sure have a December baby like I wanted!

I wanted to write a little about some things I've been going through this pregnancy, a bit different from my others. Well, this was pretty common at this stage with my other two as well, but I'm to the point where I dont sleep all too well at night. Its mostly just being uncomfortable, but I've also had tummy pains... almost like to where the baby feels like its trying to crawl UP and out my neck! It gets up SO high, even to like an inch below my sternum. It hurts!

I've also been having a few random episodes of different kinds. Like a few weeks ago, after I sang worship in Chi Alpha, I sat down in my seat when we were finished, and I got really dizzy, and pretty hot, and a little blurred vision. It was strange because it wasnt UNTIL I sat down that I felt it. I just sat a bared it for a few minutes, then went to drink some water, and was better, but that was a bit strange.

Then last night, another random episode. About an hour after I fell asleep at night, I woke up, sat straight up in bed and Could. NOT. Breathe! I couldnt get breath at all, I was gasping, it was very strange! Jake woke up and asked if I was ok, I just shrugged. He asked what was happening & why, I just shrugged, as I continued to inhale air at all! I finally, slowly caught my breath, and even fell back to sleep rather quickly! But there was yet another Weird random episode of some kind.

I dont remember feeling this miserable with the other two. I feel like with my other ones, I "rocked it" up until the day I delivered. But this time, I'm just getting my butt kicked. There are plenty of times where I feel great, and my energy is up, but I just often feel like doing NOTHING but sitting. Either way, we'll go one or two more weeks, and baby will be here! Thats no time at all! I'm pretty cranky most days, but still very excited! We got the crib up & most of the baby things out... so we're ready to meet our THIRD little angel!

35 weeks

Two blogs in two days! How bout that! This is 35 week sonogram! Cute baby!

I went to a regular scheduled appointment today.... for Strep B test. So we did that, and then she measured the belly (it was a new doc, and I really like her!), and she said that I was measuring a tad small, and asked if I usually measured small, and I said no. She said that its probably just the position of the baby, but that she wanted me to get a sonogram just to check. She also asked, "do you want me to check your cervix, or leave ya alone?" I said, "nah, 5 more weeks to go." But then we chatted a bit, and I got curious, so I told her to go ahead and check. She said I was 1.5 cm! I asked if that was normal this early, she said yes and who knows- I could be 4 cm tomorrow!?!?! (of course not that that was the way it was looking like it was gonna be, but just that it was possible).... I was 1 cm with both Diella & Ethan, each 2 weeks before they came.... but I thought, 'hm, I wonder if I was even longer than that, we just never checked before two weeks? ...So then I also asked her if its common this early? She said, "oh yea, I had a lady the other day on like her 4th or 5th kid, and she was 6 cm for like a month before her baby came! So I'm really still not anticipating to go early, but it does just make me more in the mindset of how soon its coming up! New baby arrival is coming soon! Oh so anyway, the sonogram was good! Baby is normal, a little over 5 lbs. She said not too big and not too small, yay! All is well!

5 weeks to go!

The top picture is my belly, 2 weeks ago, at 33 weeks. The second pic is 2 weeks before that, 31 weeks.

So my belly has been relatively small thusfar during this pregnancy. I am now 35 weeks along, and I'm starting to get comments like, "when are you due? Tomorrow?" sigh* so, yea.

I have been having LOTS of fatigue. Needing naps, daily. But I'm getting through just fine!

This baby has spent alot of time in my ribs, thank you.

I've also felt lots and LOTS of movement WAY down low. I dont remember feeling baby this low, this often, with either of the other kids.

So I blogged about the nerve thing, where my legs have been giving me some trouble. Yea, that hasnt stopped. Its actually gotten much more frequent. Yay. I'll have episodes where one leg will go numb for a minute. Or I'll get shooting pains down through my legs, only for a moment, but ouchie!

Well, we're preparing the kids to soon start to share a room, so that they get used to it before the baby comes. Diella is finally getting excited about meeting her new little sibling! Before it was more that she was just indifferent... but now, she'll TELL me she's excited, and she'll talk to the baby in my belly, etc. Its so great!

We've very excited to meet our number three!

30 week Sonogram!

I've never seen sono pictures this clear before! (sorry, they're just webcam pix taken of the sonograms, not scanned) And usually the baby has their hands over the face! Look how great these are!!! I think the nose looks big, hehe, uh oh! But everyone says lots of babies look like that in sono picture & dont come out that way, hehe. But look at the one picture, even with the eyes open!!! Cool!!! They said the baby is 3 lbs. 4 oz. now :)

Number Three!

well let's see, this pregnancy hasnt been too bad. I'm almost 30 weeks. Due Dec. 6th! This sonogram was 20 wks.

I was pretty nauseous in the beginning, only sick a few times. I did have a long period where I was beyond exhausted & tired. I also had a bad stage of frequent migraines, yuk! Ended up going to the chiropractor alot. The doc told me I was having musculo-skeletal issues. Then about a week ago, I got some major leg pains, felt like growing pains. It didnt go away for 4-5 hours, so I finally called the doc. They told me to go ahead to the ER to make sure it wasnt a blood clot. Well it wasnt! They later told me that just with each pregnancy, you have less support all around, so things arent as strong, and can sit lower & affect nerves. So now that I ruled out blood clot, just to bear it. But all is well now, no problems as of now!

I have had VERY strong feelings that we're having another girl! Lots of reasons, mostly silly, and of course I havent left out the option that its another boy, cuz who knows... but I'm putting my money on girl! Silly things like, how much I crave sweets, and that this baby sits up in my ribs like Diella did, etc.

The names we've picked out are Sayda Elizabeth and Silas Christopher! And every appointment so far, the docs say baby is healthy all around!

we're very excited! and we're getting Diella used to the idea of lots of newness too. Like sharing a room with Ethan, etc. I sorta already feel like I've been pregnant forever, but I'm feelin good now!