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November 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
Marcy just let out a really big fart, and apparently Adrian was impressed because he smiled really big and clapped his hands.
Babies are funny.
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November 18th, 2009
12:25 am
Marcy is an amazing baby. I bonded with her instantly. I don't want to put her down.
She has a perfect latch, my nipples aren't even sore. She has had plenty of wet and dirty diapers, so I know she is getting enough. My milk came in a couple hours ago.
Adrian is not a fan. He is fine with her as long as she lays in her basinette, but as soon as someone picks her up he cries and reaches for whoever it is that is holding her. He is very jealous.
( more pictures )
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November 16th, 2009
10:16 am
Marcy Ann Holland
Born November 16th, 2009 at 1:39 AM
8 pounds 11 ounces, 20 inches long
It started yesterday at about 9 AM. I noticed the contractions I was having had gotten much stronger and more regular. I went to the bathroom and noticed a little bit of bloody show. I continued doing all the things I would normally do (lately that hasn't been much) and around noon I went to my husband's grandparents' house to eat lunch (same as every Sunday).
While I was there I started timing my contractions and they were coming about every 5 minutes. They were much stronger than the conractions I had been having all week and they were very easy to time. That is when I started believing that I was truly in labor and not just having another false alarm.
Around 2:00 we left and dropped Adrian off at my grandparents' house so we could head to the hospital. At this point my contractions were still about 5 minutes apart, but I could no longer walk or talk through them.
When I got to the hospital they checked my cervix and hooked me up to the contraction monitor. It was picking up strong, regular contractions, but I was still only dilated to 2. That was frustrating because I was at about 2 when my doctor checked my cervix on Wednesday.
They gave me a pill that was supposed to reduce the contractions if they were false labor but not affect them if it was real labor and told me to walk up and down the halls. (I have no idea what the pill was called).
I walked for a couple hours and my contractions continued getting stronger. It got to the point when I was stopping more than I was walking, so I went back to my room and rocked in the rocking chair. After about 30 minutes they checked my cervix again and I was dilated to 3 so they went ahead and admitted me. At this point my contractions were about every 4 minutes and very strong. I sat up because it hurt really bad to lay down in any position.
After a couple hours the pain was unbearable no matter what position I was in. They checked my cervix and I was dilated to 4, so they called the anaesthesiologist so I could get an epidural.
When he got there he was able to get it in on the first try. That was surprising for me, because when my first was born it took 5 tries before it finally went in.
It took a while for the epidural to take effect, and during the time when I was waiting for it to start working I had to lay flat on my back so it would be able to take effect. Laying on my back hurt so bad, and during this time my contractions started pretty much coming one on top of another.
At first the epidural was only working on my right side and I could still feel everything on my left side. It is a really weird feeling when you can only feel half your uterus contract.
About 30 minutes after I got the epidural when it still wasn't working on my left side they checked my cervix and found that I was dilated to 6. They decided that the epidural probably wasn't working right because I was progressing so fast (2 cm in about an hour). They had me to lay on my left side and put some more numbing stuff through the epidural. After a few minutes it was working all over so I was able to sit up.
They broke my water and there was a small amount of meconium. They decided not to worry about it because it was such a small amount and my daughter's heart rate had stayed steady.
About an hour later they checked me and I was dilated to 8. Around this time my mom got to the hospital. My dad, stepmom, and husband had been here all along.
About 2 hours after that I started feeling a slight urge to push, so I called for the nurse and she checked me and I was fully dilated. My dad left the room during this time, but my mom, stepmom, and husband stayed.
At this point one nurse went to call the midwife, and a couple others started getting the bed ready and briging everything into the room that would be needed for the birth.
The nurses instructed me to start pushing while waiting for the midwife. They removed all the monitors except for the fetal heart monitor and told me to just push when I felt the urge. They used oils and perineal massage to try to prevent me from tearing as bad as I did last time. When Adrian was born I had a 4th degree tear, and I really did not want to repeat the experience.
After about 15 minutes of pushing with just the nurses and my family present, the midwife came into the room. The baby was nearly out, and she instructed me to stop pushing and let her come slowly. After a couple contractions her head was out, I gave one good push and the rest of her came out. She pretty much wiggled out on her own.
I had a second degree tear right along my old scar, but it could have been so much worse.
They had to take her across the room to suction out her nose and mouth because of the meconium, so it was a few minutes before I got to hold her.
After I was all stitched up, my family that was in the waiting room came in to see her for a few minutes, and then she nursed for the first time. She latches much better than her brother did, so I'm hoping this continues to go smoothly. The nurses have been very helpful, and I am going to meet the lactation consultant tomorrow.
Now the part I'm sure everyone was waiting for, the pictures! I don't have very many because my mom took most of the pictures and I don't have the ones she took yet.
( pictures )
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November 15th, 2009
09:16 pm
I just thought I would keep everyone updated. I am in labor right now, I was admitted to the hospital a few hours ago. I'm still only dilated to about 4, but she still should be out pretty soon. If not tonight, definitely tomorrow.
It turns out I don't need to be induced after all, the baby has other plans.
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09:25 am
My contractions have gotten a lot harder the past couple hours and I just had my bloody show. I may not have to be induced tomorrow after all.
Even if I am, I should be progressed enough going in that it goes smoothly.
Maybe the threat of eviction was enough to make her decide to come out on her own terms.
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04:59 am
Adrian is going to love this picture when he is older.
He has been walking for about a week now, and he finally got another tooth. I thought he was going to be toothless forever, he didn't get any at all until he was 10 months old, and now he is 13 months old and he still only has three. It doesn't stop him from eating everything he sees though.
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November 14th, 2009
07:08 am
I just thought I would make a new post with a list of my reasons for inducing.
I have a lot of small reasons for being induced, most of them look silly alone, and I wouldn't induce if it was just one of these reasons, but added together I think they are worth it.
1) My baby has been measuring very large all along and I am unsure of my dates, so I think my due date might be wrong.
2) It is easier to find someone to watch my son if I am able to tell them what days I'm going to need them.
3) It is getting very hard for me to take care of my son, I can't lift or carry him because of my back and hip pain and all I ever want to do is sleep.
4) The contractions I've been having since Sunday have rendered me almost completely useless and completely broken my spirit. Laugh if you want, but I'm a wimp. They have been irregular and strong and no more than 10 minutes apart for days now and I can't take it anymore. At least when I'm in real labor they will give me drugs if I want them.
5) This way I can be sure it is my doctor that delivers, and not the doctor I don't know or the doctor I don't like. The practice I go to has 3 doctors and 3 midwives, and whichever doctor or midwife is on call is the one who delivers. I really don't like one of the doctors, and I have never met the other (I like all three midwives). My doctor is on call Monday and Tuesday, and if for some reason this baby decides to hang on until Wednesday one of the midwives goes on call then. With by terrible birth experience before, I don't want to risk having this baby delivered by someone I don't know or someone I don't like.
6) I really want this baby out before Thanksgiving so I don't have to worry about either going into labor on Thanksgiving, or having everyone treat me like my water is going to break all over the floor at any minute and demanding to know why I'm still pregnant. My family is annoying that way.
7) Right now my husband is unemployed, but he is looking for a job. I know the chances of him actually finding one in the next couple weeks are slim, but I really want him to be able to be there for the birth and be able to help me at home for at least a week afterwards. If he has a new job he probably won't be able to do that.
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03:01 am
I'm being induced Monday evening at 4:30. Originally it was set to 6:00, but they called me and rescheduled because when they rechecked my chart they saw that I have asthma, so my doctor wants to be there himself to put the cervadil in instead of just having the nurses do it. Something about cervadil has been known to cause asthma attacks, but it didn't give me one last time and my asthma has gotten much better since I've been pregnant, so I'm not worried.
Last Monday when I had my false alarm I was barely dilated one centimeter when I left the hospital. Wednesday when my doctor checked me I was dilated to 2. So my contractions have been doing some work. I have been having contractions since Sunday night, so I will be glad to get this over with. I hope to be at 3 or more when I go in Monday, if I am there is a chance they will skip the cervadil.
This weekend I'm trying to get all the work I can done around the house and get my freezer stocked so I won't have to worry about cooking the first few days I'm home.
My plans for Monday are to spend the morning playing with my son and getting him ready to spend the night with my grandma. I also plan to take a nice long bath, and eat a good dinner before I have to go in and let them starve me.
My mom is going to keep my son for the evening, then drop him off with my grandma near bedtime in case she has to come to the hospital in the middle of the night.
I have told my family not to bother coming until Tuesday morning unless I call them. (I plan to call when they start the pitocin, unless it is really late/early in which case I will call when I am dilated to 7) Last time I was induced I had 10+ people camped out in the waiting room for three whole days, because I was still completely closed when I was induced and it took 24 hours of cervadil before anything really happened. I kept telling them to go home but they wouldn't listen. It was the first grandkid on both sides (well, my mom and my husband's family. It was my dad's second grandkid because he considers my stepsister one of his kids and she has a daughter 6 months older than my son), so nobody wanted to miss it.
I would just not tell anybody until I was really close (like 7cm or more) but I had to arrange for someone to take care of my son, and my husband has family members that work in the hospital, so everyone would find out anyway, and then they would just feel hurt that I told other people without telling them.
I plan to have my husband and my mom in the room when I give birth, because I want my husband to be there, and I want my mom to take pictures and video. I may also let my sisters in, because one of them has been begging to watch and I can't see any reason why not. Last time I gave birth I didn't care who was looking by that point.
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November 9th, 2009
10:16 pm
False alarm I guess.
I finally went to the hospital and they monitored my contractions for about 2 hours. They were strong, but they weren't staying regular, and there was very little change in my cervix so they sent me home.
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12:08 pm
I've been having contractions since about 7 this morning. Right now they are about 5 minutes apart and a minute long.
I've tried taking a bath, moving around, and laying down. They keep going no matter what I'm doing. I hope this is the real thing.
I'm not heading to the hospital yet because they are only unbearable if I lay down. (Even if I lay on my side).
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November 3rd, 2009
12:49 am
I had an ultrasound a few days ago because my fundal height had been measuring very large. They wanted to check my baby and the fluid to see what the reason was.
My fluid is completely normal, but the baby is measuring very large. Every time they did a measurement it would show the estimated due date based on that measurement, and it kept showing me days in late October. Her estimated weight last Wednesday was 7 pounds and 14 ounces. Fundal height has been measuring a month ahead at my past few appointments. I was 36 weeks and 4 days when the ultrasound was done. I am currently 37 weeks and 3 days.
I don't have gestational diabetes or anything like that, I guess I just make giant babies. I'm hoping they just got my due date wrong and she is completely normal sized and plans to come out soon. They got a couple pretty good 3D pictures of her face and she already looks chubby.
I know ultrasound measurements can be off, but between the ultrasound measurement and the fundal height I'm pretty sure she is much larger than average.
( Here are a some pictures, one of her face, and two of my belly. )
I think I have more than my fair share of stretch marks. I hope I didn't alarm anyone with those.
The purple in the background of the pictures is the baby's room. I still need to get a few things done in there.
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October 30th, 2009
October 29th, 2009
03:33 am
Black cat + black desk chair + dark room = me sitting on a cat, jumping up in surprise, and promptly sliding and falling on my ass.
I think I pulled a muscle in my back.
The cat is also less than pleased.
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October 25th, 2009
07:56 pm
Apparently diapers are an excellent place to store uneaten cheerios.
I went out to my mom's house for a little while last thursday. Adrian got to carve a pumpkin and play in the leaves. I got some pretty good pictures.
He didn't quite understand, he kept trying to put the guts back in the pumpkin instead of taking them out. He was also more interested in my mom's cat than he was in the pumpkin.
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October 24th, 2009
06:06 am
I think Facebook is mocking me. It keeps giving me ads for birth control.
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01:50 am
I can't wait for this to be over. I'm 36 weeks now, and Marcy has been down low since 27 weeks. I've never even felt her in my ribs and I am a very short person and she is measuring big.
My pelvis feels like is is being pulled apart. I can't lift just one leg to do anything (putting on pants and socks has become a challenge). My bed is up high and I'm having a hard time climbing into it, and I have to get up several times at night to pee. There is nowhere else I can sleep.
If I stand up for more than 5 minutes at a time my lower back starts to ache really bad, and I feel like something is pulling down on my lower belly.
My vision is really blurry and I keep seeing black spots, but my blood pressure has always been normal so my OB isn't concerned. I have also been really light headed the past few days.
Every night for the past week or so I've been having contractionsfor a couple hours, about 5 minutes apart. Bad enough to be incredibly uncomfortable, but probably not bad enough to actually be doing anything other than annoy me.
I can't sleep at night between being unable to get comfortable, having to get up every hour or two, and my husband snoring.
I am so swollen I can barely recognise my own face, and my legs itch because the skin is pulled tight. I can't get my ring on, either.
I just want to get this baby out and never get pregnant again. If I ever say I want another baby, refer me back to this entry.
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12:58 am
Adrian is spending the night with my dad tonight, and my cat keeps sulking and trying to get me to follow him to Adrian's room. It is like he is demanding to know what I have done with the baby. It is pretty funny.
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October 13th, 2009
01:56 pm
Adrian got his first haircut yesterday. He really did not want to cooperate. He kept trying to turn around to see who was messing with his hair. He just had a little cut off the back to get rid of the baby mullet he was starting to develop. He also had some professional pictures taken, but I won't get those for a couple more weeks.
Yesterday was his birthday, but his party isn't until next week (My living room is way too tiny for a party, and the room I rented wasn't available this week). After his pictures and his hair cut we went over to my dad's house because dad had a cake for Adrian.
Apparently Adrian really likes cake, he demolished that little cake and had to take a bath afterwards before we could even go home.
I have some pictures of his first haircut and before and after shots of his cake behind the cut.
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October 12th, 2009
02:20 am
Adrian is officially one year old! He is asleep right now, but once he gets up I'll post some birthday pictures.
In other news, my husband fell asleep on the couch watching TV, and I am considering leaving him there so I can go to sleep without having to hear him snore. Does that make me a bad person?
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October 10th, 2009
02:48 am
I think my due date might be wrong.
I've been going over papers from so far during this pregnancy, and I found one that has my due date, as well as the date of when my last missed period would have been (I couldn't remember, so they did the dating by ultrasound).
A due date of November 21st puts my last missed period February 22nd. That is impossible since I got my first positive test in early March. I also remember being glad my period was over on Valentines day.
I'm pretty sure I'm actually due about a week sooner than my due date says. I'm going to let my doctor keep thinking I'm due on the 21st though, It will probably help me avoid induction.
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