In other GREAT news, Emma and I are going to Mississippi!!!!!!!! Yahoo! We cannot wait! We're going the last week of March and staying with Granny and Papaw. Sucks Aaron can't go, but we are going to have so much fun!
Our 7 week old!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Terrible Blogger
Once again, I am being a terrible blogger! Good news though! Emma is doing great and still growing sooo fast! I made her two month appt. today, and it's crazy how fast time has gone. In one week and 3 days, she will be two months old ahhhH! Scary! Anyhow, last week she weighed 11lbs, so I'm anxious to see what she's weighing at the end of next week! I have officially put away all the newborn clothes and the 0-3 month sleepers because she is too long for them! She is still wearing mostly 0-3 months for now, but some of them she's starting grow out of! EEEKKK! We have a big baby on our hands for a girl! She's been in the 95th percentile for girls, but the doctor said she will start slow her growth since she is breastfed. Thank goodness, she's getting incredibly heavy to lug around in her car seat!
In other GREAT news, Emma and I are going to Mississippi!!!!!!!! Yahoo! We cannot wait! We're going the last week of March and staying with Granny and Papaw. Sucks Aaron can't go, but we are going to have so much fun!
Our 7 week old!
In other GREAT news, Emma and I are going to Mississippi!!!!!!!! Yahoo! We cannot wait! We're going the last week of March and staying with Granny and Papaw. Sucks Aaron can't go, but we are going to have so much fun!
Our 7 week old!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Growing so fast!
Yes, Emma is growing incredibly fast! It's kinda sad that she no longer fits into most of her newborn clothes, especially the one piece outfits... But she's also at this awkward stage where her 3mos clothes are still big, so I'm not wishing for her to grow up, but I do wish she could properly wear one size or the other! She's doing great though, eating well, and sleeping pretty good at night. Sleeping during the day is a whole different story though. It is 4pm, and she is sleeping for the first time since 7:30 this morning! But I am A o.k. with her sleeping at night rather than during the day!
On another note, Aaron enrolled her in Tricare today, and we found out that she has to be seen on base because we live within 30 minutes of the installation. Let me tell you that our address is 28 minutes from the clinic!!!!!! OMG. That makes me really mad because everyone talks negatively of the regular pediatrician on base. We haven't seen her yet because she's been deployed or something crazy like that, and they've had temporary people in there, who have been really nice. I'm not only mad because of the pediatrician, but I'm mad because all of the Airmen who work the appointment line and front desk are TERRIBLE at their jobs. They're just a pain to deal with. Did I mention that we are the base with the worst health care in the Air Force? UGHHHHHHHH. That is all for today!
On another note, Aaron enrolled her in Tricare today, and we found out that she has to be seen on base because we live within 30 minutes of the installation. Let me tell you that our address is 28 minutes from the clinic!!!!!! OMG. That makes me really mad because everyone talks negatively of the regular pediatrician on base. We haven't seen her yet because she's been deployed or something crazy like that, and they've had temporary people in there, who have been really nice. I'm not only mad because of the pediatrician, but I'm mad because all of the Airmen who work the appointment line and front desk are TERRIBLE at their jobs. They're just a pain to deal with. Did I mention that we are the base with the worst health care in the Air Force? UGHHHHHHHH. That is all for today!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Blogging & Motherhood
Okay, either I'm a terrible blogger or I'm being a great mother instead. I like the latter of the two, of course! I say this because I was supposed to post pictures of our princess like 2 weeks ago, and yeah, well! Being a mom is a little more time consuming than I could have imagined! But I can't complain. Overall, we are blessed with a wonderful baby! Emma sleeps VERY well at night for 2.5 week old. She's sleeping about 4 hours at a time, which is completely fine with me! She, however, doesn't sleep at all during the day, so it's hard for me to get anything done around here at all! (Hence the reason I haven't posted pictures!) We are establishing as much of a routine as we can, and things are calming down around here a lot!
Emma is doing great! We've been to the doctor twice because he was originally concerned about her weight loss, but now, she's gaining more than average! This is good news for me, since I can't really visually tell if she's getting enough to eat since I'm breastfeeding, which leads me to my health. I am actually recovering from birth very well. I'm almost back to normal from that whole escapade, besides about 7 pounds I need to lose to be back to pre pregnancy weight. (But then I want to lose about 5-10 more, just to be in really good shape!) However, breastfeeding brought on a whole new issue, mastitis, which, if you didn't know, is an infection of the breasts. Yes, no fun. I had a 103.6 fever, chills, aches, etc., and now I have to take an antibiotic four times a day! I am starting to feel better though. Fever is gone, but I'm still a little sluggish! This is all for now. Promise I'll try and update again soon!
Emma is doing great! We've been to the doctor twice because he was originally concerned about her weight loss, but now, she's gaining more than average! This is good news for me, since I can't really visually tell if she's getting enough to eat since I'm breastfeeding, which leads me to my health. I am actually recovering from birth very well. I'm almost back to normal from that whole escapade, besides about 7 pounds I need to lose to be back to pre pregnancy weight. (But then I want to lose about 5-10 more, just to be in really good shape!) However, breastfeeding brought on a whole new issue, mastitis, which, if you didn't know, is an infection of the breasts. Yes, no fun. I had a 103.6 fever, chills, aches, etc., and now I have to take an antibiotic four times a day! I am starting to feel better though. Fever is gone, but I'm still a little sluggish! This is all for now. Promise I'll try and update again soon!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
She's here!!!
Yes, that's right! Baby Emma has come! She made her debut on Monday, January 10th! Here is a little recap of our day:
As, you know already, I was induced, so we had the day planned, but not the time, so:
6:00AM: Call to Labor and Delivery. We were told beds were full, and that they would call as soon as one was available.
9:30AM: Call from Labor and Delivery for us to come in at 10AM. 10AM? Really?!?! It's a 20 minute trip, and you want me to be there in 30 minutes?! Well, not hardly, we had to stop by McDonald's on the way because I knew that there was no telling when I'd get to eat again.
10:15AM: Arrival! We checked into the room and got settled. The nurse checked me and still no progress! Only 2 cm, but I was having very irregular contractions on my own.
11:00AM: Pitocin was started (In other words, bring on the pain!)
11:30AM: My water was broken, and I can tell you, I won't be upset if I never have to go through that again.
12:30PM: After my water was broken, the contractions started coming regularly, and they HURT! I went into the whole situation saying I did NOT want IV Pain meds that I would just stick it out to 4cm until I could get the epidural. Well......
1:30PM: I had it with the contractions! I got IV Pain Meds, and was able to rest for about an hour, and then the pains were back!
2:30PM: I was in tears from pain, and thankfully my nurse was nice enough to call the anesthesiologist a little bit early since I was only about 3.5 cm! He came, and was a TOTAL JERK! But the epidural itself was not nearly as bad when you don't have to actually watch it go in. It was like a pinch. That was certainly the LEAST of my worries!
3:00PM: The epidural was kicking in ,and it was a very weird sensation to not feel my lower half, but whatever gets rid of the pain!
4:00PM: 4.5 cm dialated (slowly, but surely, I guess) At this point, I am getting RESTLESS! Oh, and hungry!
6:00PM: 6.5 cm dilated (woohoo, progress!) At this point, I was starting to feel my left side again, and the pain started to get more and more intense! They thought that maybe the epidural was slightly off center, so I was propped up on pillow, but that wasn't working, and it just kept getting WORSE! This was the most pain I've experienced EVER.
6:30PM: The nurse decides that she should check me again, and guess what?! MAJOR PROGRESS! I was 10cm, and Emma's head was already busting through! That was a very quick transformation there. This is about the time that it started to get a little CRAZY. There were people in and out, in and out, and prepping things, etc. It was also the middle of a shift change, so my nurses were changing also. At some point during this time period, apparently Emma and I both stopped breathing and our hearts stopped beating. All that I faintly remember of this was being flipped from one side to the other and back and an oxygen mask being thrown on my face. Whew! Now, that we got past that fiasco, it was time to push!
7:30PM: I started to push!
7:50PM: Dr. was called, arrived, and delivered Emma! I pushed for less than 30 minutes!
Baby Emma arrived at 7:59PM on Monday, January 10th, 2011. She weighed 8lbs 12 oz, was 20 3/4", and had dark hair and blue eyes!
Overall, I think my labor experience was not too awful. I feel blessed that I had less than 12 hours of labor for a first baby! Also, less than 30 minutes of pushing felt like a huge accomplishment! The whole fiasco about losing conciousness was very scary once I heard about it later, and Aaron was very worried during, but we all came out okay! And now we're home and figuring out life together! I will do another post tomorrow or the next day with just pictures of her! :)
As, you know already, I was induced, so we had the day planned, but not the time, so:
6:00AM: Call to Labor and Delivery. We were told beds were full, and that they would call as soon as one was available.
9:30AM: Call from Labor and Delivery for us to come in at 10AM. 10AM? Really?!?! It's a 20 minute trip, and you want me to be there in 30 minutes?! Well, not hardly, we had to stop by McDonald's on the way because I knew that there was no telling when I'd get to eat again.
10:15AM: Arrival! We checked into the room and got settled. The nurse checked me and still no progress! Only 2 cm, but I was having very irregular contractions on my own.
11:00AM: Pitocin was started (In other words, bring on the pain!)
11:30AM: My water was broken, and I can tell you, I won't be upset if I never have to go through that again.
12:30PM: After my water was broken, the contractions started coming regularly, and they HURT! I went into the whole situation saying I did NOT want IV Pain meds that I would just stick it out to 4cm until I could get the epidural. Well......
1:30PM: I had it with the contractions! I got IV Pain Meds, and was able to rest for about an hour, and then the pains were back!
2:30PM: I was in tears from pain, and thankfully my nurse was nice enough to call the anesthesiologist a little bit early since I was only about 3.5 cm! He came, and was a TOTAL JERK! But the epidural itself was not nearly as bad when you don't have to actually watch it go in. It was like a pinch. That was certainly the LEAST of my worries!
3:00PM: The epidural was kicking in ,and it was a very weird sensation to not feel my lower half, but whatever gets rid of the pain!
4:00PM: 4.5 cm dialated (slowly, but surely, I guess) At this point, I am getting RESTLESS! Oh, and hungry!
6:00PM: 6.5 cm dilated (woohoo, progress!) At this point, I was starting to feel my left side again, and the pain started to get more and more intense! They thought that maybe the epidural was slightly off center, so I was propped up on pillow, but that wasn't working, and it just kept getting WORSE! This was the most pain I've experienced EVER.
6:30PM: The nurse decides that she should check me again, and guess what?! MAJOR PROGRESS! I was 10cm, and Emma's head was already busting through! That was a very quick transformation there. This is about the time that it started to get a little CRAZY. There were people in and out, in and out, and prepping things, etc. It was also the middle of a shift change, so my nurses were changing also. At some point during this time period, apparently Emma and I both stopped breathing and our hearts stopped beating. All that I faintly remember of this was being flipped from one side to the other and back and an oxygen mask being thrown on my face. Whew! Now, that we got past that fiasco, it was time to push!
7:30PM: I started to push!
7:50PM: Dr. was called, arrived, and delivered Emma! I pushed for less than 30 minutes!
Baby Emma arrived at 7:59PM on Monday, January 10th, 2011. She weighed 8lbs 12 oz, was 20 3/4", and had dark hair and blue eyes!
Overall, I think my labor experience was not too awful. I feel blessed that I had less than 12 hours of labor for a first baby! Also, less than 30 minutes of pushing felt like a huge accomplishment! The whole fiasco about losing conciousness was very scary once I heard about it later, and Aaron was very worried during, but we all came out okay! And now we're home and figuring out life together! I will do another post tomorrow or the next day with just pictures of her! :)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Christmas :)
So, we didn't have a Christmas baby! Thank goodness, but I am ready for her to hurry up and make her appearance!! We had a pretty good Christmas here even though it definitely wasn't the same as being back home for Christmas! We are thankful that we got all the presents we asked for, except Emma of course! Here's a rundown of what each of us got.
Aaron:
-Shoes
-Pants
-Slippers
-Air Compressor & Accessories
-Sander
-Wedding band (hopefully he doesn't lose this one!)
-A book that's a field guide for new dads (which he already finished)
Me:
-Camera & Accessories
-Wii Fit Plus
-Sony eReader & a gift card for books!
So, we definitely got some good stuff! Now if Emma would just HURRY UP! We'll be complete! Here are a few pictures of the day! Enjoy the picture of the tree because it was down by 830am!
Aaron:
-Shoes
-Pants
-Slippers
-Air Compressor & Accessories
-Sander
-Wedding band (hopefully he doesn't lose this one!)
-A book that's a field guide for new dads (which he already finished)
Me:
-Camera & Accessories
-Wii Fit Plus
-Sony eReader & a gift card for books!
So, we definitely got some good stuff! Now if Emma would just HURRY UP! We'll be complete! Here are a few pictures of the day! Enjoy the picture of the tree because it was down by 830am!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
LOSING PATIENCE!
I know. I know. I shouldn't be losing patience yet, since I am still a week away from my due date, but I can't help but to wish it was over! This pregnancy business is more miserable than ever! I can't sleep. I have to pee not every hour, but every half hour. I get full after two bites of food. My back is in excruciating pain! My head hurts! The list could really keep going. I couldn't tell you if I've made any progress since last Thursday. I'm hoping to hear that good news tomorrow at my appointment. I can always hope that he says, oh we're going to just take you across the street and admit you now, right? In my dreams! What I can tell you is that I have been having some contractions, but they are very irregular. And Emma is now sitting so incredibly LOW! Sometimes I feel like I can't walk because of it! But I'm pretty sure her being lower is a good sign!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Doctor update
Went to the doctor this morning! And some progress is better than no progress I guess! According to the doctor, I am 2cm dilated and 50% effaced! Before anyone says, I know, I know, that I could be stuck at this point for weeks, but I'm staying positive!! Let's hope for some progress within the next week or so!!
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