This Time....

This time one month ago I was in labor with my precious little pumpkin Aubriella. Below is her birth story. Sorry so long.

I got induced at 39 weeks. On Saturday October 1, 2011 I went to labor and delivery at 5am. I got checked in, registered, put in a room, and got all ready to go. I was hooked up to monitors and the IV started. At 5:30am they started the pitocin. The plan was to start at the lowest dose and up it by 2 every 20 to 30 minutes and to check my cervix every 4 hours if not sooner. When I arrived I was 1 cm dilated, and 80% effaced.


Little by little my contractions started and I dilated to 3 cm. Since I wasn’t progressing as quickly and smoothly as they had hoped, and I was to the limit on the external monitoring of the pitocin at 3pm the Dr. came in and broke my water. Along with breaking my water I had to have internal monitoring. A half an hour later my contractions became really strong and the back labor started. I couldn’t deal with the back pain so we started the epidural and the catheter.

My contractions were not regular. They varied from either being too close together and strong enough, or strong enough but to far apart. They kept monitoring this and switching the pitocin up and down for hours while I still kept dilating. By 8pm I was getting tired and moody. I kicked everyone out of the room expect my husband. I kept trying to sleep in little naps as they kept monitoring me.

At 11:30 I was given an antibiotic since my water had been broken for 8 hours. I was almost 10 centimeters at this time also. The nurse called the Dr. to let him know. He said to call him again when I was fully dilated that he wasn’t too far away. By 1 am the Dr. had came into see how things were doing. He checked me and gave the nurses the ok for me to start pushing. When I started to push I was feeling the pain again. The anesthesiologist was called back in to give me some more meds. After pushing for close to an hour and a half the doctor brought out the vacuum. He tried the vacuum and ended up using the forceps also to get Aubriella out. She was born at 3:10am weighing 6lb 8 oz, 19 inches long.

She was put on my chest for a few minutes then taken away to be cleaned up, examined, etc. David did cut her umbilical cord. He tried to keep the scissors but the nurse took them from him. I was freezing and starting to shake and was also getting sick. I had 3rd degree tares, which took the Dr. 45 minutes to sew me up.

David was amazing in the hospital taking care of me and Aubriella. I had lost a lot of blood so I wasn’t aloud out of bed without help. I was allowed to hold Aubriella but wasn’t allowed to carry her or take her out of the crib by myself. Also with the tears and hemorrhoids I had to have help in the bathroom also.

Since being home I ripped part of my incision and still have to be careful with what I do.

Rough Week

Oh the joys of being pregnant with hypermesis. After a long weekend, this week so far has been pretty rough on me. Monday I had sore legs and feet from doing to much on Sunday. Tuesday I was just lazy. Today I am back at getting sick and just sleeping all day trying to keep food and water down so I don't end back up in the hospital.
I'll post later on my weekend adventures. For now I'll leave you with a picture of my lazy house cat. He decided to climb up the sleves in the basement and lay on top of the air conditioning ducting.

Bleeding= Hospital

Just a heads up this post is a little graphic in contest relating to my pregnancy. It may be to much for some.


Last Thursday was one of those days when my pregnancy wasn't going as well as hoped. I woke up at 4 am to get ready to go to work. I went pee like normal and looked at the toilet paper and there was blood. I started crying and flipping out but still went to work. I tried calling the dr but his phone wasn't working. I called and woke my mom up to see what I should do. I ended up calling the hospital I plan on delivering at and talking to a nurse up in Labor and Delivery. After following her instructions my husband ended up taking mem to the hospital about an hour later.
Once in the hospital my bleeding had stopped (thank god) but they still did blood work and hooked me up to the monitors. While hooked up to the monitors they determined I was having contractions, I just wasn't feeling them. They were able to get ahold of my dr and he prescribed me a shot to stop the contractions. Since my blood work and urine look normal and the bleeding stopped, and the contractions stopped with the meds they released me. I have no restrictions just to see if I feel any contractions and call the dr if I have more than 4 in an hour.
This is just one of my 9 trips to Labor and Delivery since being pregnant. Fingers Crossed I won't have any
more visits until its time to go into labor.

28 Weeks

28 weeks and 2 days. To say the least I haven't had the easiest textbook pregnancy. Things have been very hectic and chaotic in my life. Unfortunately my blog has been one of the many things that has suffered because of this. I'm back to give it a try and hopefully keep it going again.

Pregnancy Highlights:



How Far Along Are You: 28weeks and 2 days

Size of Baby: Eggplant 13.6 to 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.2lbs
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 1 pound below starting weight as of last Thursday.
Maternity Clothes: Yes and No. Still wearing mostly normal shirts, they are starting to get to short now. My comfy pants and shorts still fit. I have a pair of jean pants and shorts I can wear with my belly band still. I ended up buying yoga pants that I wear most of the time. I'm not ready to actually wear maternity pants just yet.

Gender: It's a Girl

Movement: All the time. She is a fish and always swimming around in my belly.
Sleep: Besides having to get up at least 2 times a night to go pee, good.
Cravings: Nothing really.

Symptoms: I'm still dealing with nausea and vomiting. Also some lower back pain at time, and cramping. And a few contractions.
Best Moment (s) this week: This is a good thing and a bad thing. When I was in the hospital last Thursday and as soon as they hooked me up to the monitors and hearing her heartbeat. It was a relief that she was ok.

17 weeks

I am a few days late on this. I was 17 weeks on Saturday. It was a crazy hectic weekend I didn't have time to get on the computer also didn't get to take a photo.

Pregnancy Highlights:


How Far Along Are You: 17weeks

Size of Baby: Onion 5 inches long

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I am still down 6 lbs. but haven't lost any more weight in 3 weeks but also haven't gained any more.

Maternity Clothes: Yes and No. Still wearing my normal shirts. My comfy pants and shorts still fit. I have one pair of jeans I still fit in and a pair a work pants that were big to begin with. My other pants I have been wearing the belly band with for a few weeks now. I bought some maternity shirts the other day while they were on sale.

Gender: We find out May 18, only 16 more days

Movement: Haven't felt as much movement this week.

Sleep: Been pretty good this week.

Cravings: Right now I want egg salad. Who wants to make me some.

Symptoms: Nausea, round ligament pain, breast tenderness, heart burn, and this week has started dry eyes.

Best Moment (s) this week: its been 3 weeks since Ive been n the hospital. I'm not getting sick as much but still nauseated.
 

16 weeks

Taken at work at 15 weeks and 5 days.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along Are You: 16 weeks
Size of Baby: Avoacado 4.6 inches long and 3.5 oz.  
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Since being pregnant I had lost atleast 10 pounds. I have gained back about 3 of that.
Maternity Clothes: Yes and No. Still wearing my normal shirts. My comfy pants and shorts still fit. I have one pair of jeans I still fit in and a pair a work pants that were big to begin with. My other pants I have been wearing the belly band with for a few weeks now.
Gender: We find out May 18
Movement: I feel the baby move at night when I'm laying on my left side. The baby doesn't like me on my left side, most of the time.
Sleep: I have good nights and bad nights.
Cravings: This week I started craving salads. Also lemonade
Symptoms: I'm still dealing with nausea and round ligament pain. Some heart burn started today.
Best Moment (s) this week: The guys started the race car today. I was standing outside the garage so I didn't have the smell the fumes but was still there for "adult" supervision. I could feel the baby doing summer salts and flips.

RLP

Oh the fun of being pregnant. Your going to be hearing that a lot out of me. Yesterday started a new side effect of being in my second trimester, Round Ligament Pain. Oh boy it is not fun. For those of you that don't know what it is, I didn't know what it was until someone told me about it :

Round ligament pain generally refers to a brief, sharp, stabbing pain or a longer-lasting dull ache that pregnant women commonly feel in the lower abdomen or groin, starting in the second trimester.

You may feel round ligament pain as a short jabbing sensation if you suddenly change position, such as when you're getting out of bed or out of a chair or when you cough, roll over in bed, or get out of the bathtub. You may feel it as a dull ache after a particularly active day — when you've been walking a lot or doing some other physical activity.
The round ligaments surround your uterus in your pelvis. As your uterus grows during pregnancy, the ligaments stretch and thicken to accommodate and support it. These changes can occasionally cause pain on one or both sides of your abdomen.
(taken from Babycenter.com )

All I wanna do is lay in bed and not move. Both sides hurt, one more than the other. My body pillow and I are becoming very good friends. Unfortunately that means that Dave gets less room in bed. I am hoping this symptom doesn't last to long, but I guess in a sense I would rather have this than the morning sickness caused by my hypermesis I am still dealing with.

You may feel the pain starting from deep inside your groin, moving upward and outward on either side to the top of your hips. The pain is internal, but if you were to trace it on your skin, it would follow the bikini line on a very high-cut bathing suit.

Guess What

I gave my husband a surprise for our 9 year dating anniversary, which was Febuary 12, 2011. I know I am a little late at posting this. Things have been crazy the past few months, and I am ready to get back into the blogging world.
Anyways. We went out to a late breakfast early lunch at IHOP. I gave him this box and this present.

We're Expecting

I had found out 3 days before when I took a test at work. I was sick at the time and taking otc meds so I ended up going to the doctor the next day to make sure the test was right and to get pills for being sick. I decided to wait and surprise him for our anniversary.

We are both so excited. We had actually stopped ttc for a little bit. I stopped charting thinking the stress of trying and my horrible work hours were possibly causing our infertility. I am a prime example of when you stop trying it happens.

Dave and I both had ants in our pants and wanted to tell everyone right then. I convienced him to wait until Valentines Day, which was only 2 days away anyways. We got both sets of parents cards that said "Happy Valentines Day Grandma and Grandpa". I also got my sister one that said "Happy Valentines Day to the World Greatest Aunt". They all both the hint and are so excited for us.

My due date is October 8, 2011. I am currently 15 weeks and 3 days. Here is my latest belly picture. I notice that I am gaining weight in the belly since my pants are not fitting very well. I have been wearing a belly band.

There has been so much that has happened this year and so much with my pregnancy I could be here for days telling you all about it. I won't scare you away with a horribly long post today, more will be to come.



P.S. I will be in the process of updating my blog info in the next couple of days to get rid of all broken links.