Pregnancy 2010 - August

Angela, hopefully your swelling will go down on its own, with my first son the swelling got so bad I didn't have ankles and could barely walk. Unfortunately for me the swelling didn't go away until my son was 2 weeks old, I hope your doctors has some advice for you and I know it can be super painful

Congratulation sherijimenez!

Angela- I hope your swelling goes down and you aren't in any pain. Congratulations on passing your certification test, its always nice to accomplish something and then move on.

Sorry I have been MIA lately lots of stuff I had on my to do list kept me away. Today I have a 3D ultrasound and I am hoping to find out what baby is, I already had an anatomy scan and all went well. My logging has been non existent and I need to get back to it, had a lot of eating out dates and I think this little one is interested in packing it in now. Will weigh in on Wednesday and deal with the damage then, Have a great week everyone and I will keep you posted on baby.

Hi Everyone! It's been about 2 weeks since I logged in because as you know - my little bundle of joy came 2.5 weeks early!!

We are doing great! She is as healthy as can be and she likes to sleep! :flowerforyou:

As you all know, I went to the doctor on the 10th and they scheduled me for an ultrasound because my belly was measuring big. So after work I went to get my hair cut and highlighted. I had a standing joke with everyone saying that I needed to get my hair done and then she can come anytime after that. I pulled out of the salon at 6:45 and stopped by our best friend's new house they just closed on that afternoon at around 7:30. (it's 2 blocks from our house). I literally was there for about 5-6 mins, was up stairs in her walk in closet and then it happened.....

A big gush of fluid (not messy and thankfully I was wearing pants). I stopped for a second and thought, well maybe I peed myself. Took 2 more steps and realized it was not stopping. So being funny, I asked my best friend if she had a bathroom upstairs with toilet paper. She asked "Why?"...my answer " I think my water just broke!" So as I'm trying to figure out what was happening, she's screaming through the bathroom door..."does it smell, what color is it, is it stopping"...all I could do was laugh. My best friend has 2 kids of her own, so she came to me with a diaper and said "I know you're going to think I'm crazy, but put this on". she was right....boy did that help!

So I drove home, still laughing at the situation. My hubby was on the phone when I got home and I must have given him a look. I told him he needed to get off the phone. He hung up 2 seconds later and then I told him that my water broke. He thought I was joking....I told him to feel my crotch. LOL. So in like 30 seconds, my bag, robe, pillow and such were at the front door. He was freaking out....I had to reel him back in and calm him down. He was so cute I called to on call doctor and we left for the hospital about an hour later. I was in no pain and really calm.

Got to the hospital, got checked in (about 9pm). I was having contractions, but not feeling them. The doc came in and I was dilated to a 3. My full water was not completely broken, so the doc broke it for me. They moved me to my birthing suite and we met our nurse....she was an angel! My hubby is quite the chit chatter, so she realized that and gave him an entire packet of paper to keep his mind busy. It was cute. She talked with us for about an hour and a half. I got to a 4 without any pain meds. Then I got some type of pain meds through my IV bag (about 1am). That lasted for about an hour and a half and I started to feel the contractions again...and they were pretty intense. So about 3:30 am I got an epidural, I was at a 6 almost 7. Let me tell you I was SO sacred of getting one. But at that point you could have put an epidural in my skull and would not have cared. :laugh: It felt like a bee sting....no joke. It was easy peasy!

So the epidural got me to a 10 in about an hour. I started to feel them pretty strongly again. I thought the epidural was supposed to help with the pushing pain - not in my case. I felt like I felt everything! I started to push at 5 am and I pushed for about an hour and a half. The pain was intense! My hubby was being so supportive, but I was in my own zone. My favorite words were "shhh" and "don't touch me". In order to concentrate and get through the pain I needed quite time. LOL So I must have pushed about 15 times (in sets of 3) and out she came. Towards the end I felt her head and everything...hurt, but it was so cool!

Alexis Marie was born at 6:31 am 6lbs 15 oz 19 3/4 inches long on August 11th.

She came out and they put her on my belly and it was love at first sight. She had my dimples and the sweetest lips ever. I was crying, my nurse crying, my hubby was crying. It was a beautiful moment.

Hubby cut the cord and then she got a bath. I got stitched up. I didn't tear that much and not in your typical place, but I tore more internally. They cleaned me up - what a process! And I was all set.

I was not in any pain afterwards....just the typical bleeding and such. We stayed in the hospital for 2 days, just to get rest and relax.

At home it's fun! She's a solid sleeper and eater. I had one bad day with breast feeding. The day my milk came in was a bad one. My boobs were huge and she wouldn't latch on. I was an wreck. I felt like for a week, if a pen dropped I would cry! :sad:

I'm good now and we are on a pretty good schedule! I'm enjoying my time off and just loving the heck out of her.

I weighed myself the Monday after we got home and lost 16 lbs from just delivering her. I'm down another 2 lbs so I have 8 more to go. YEAH!:happy:

Hope everyone else is doing great!! I haven't had much time to follow since she came!

Here's a link to my facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073641&id=1443997793&l=9ecfde0fc4

YAY! Congrats ShoppingQueen! The pictures are beautiful and you look great! Thanks for sharing your story, funny that it happened in your friend's new house. Glad to hear you all are doing well. :flowerforyou:

Shoppingqueen she is so beautiful. I know how you feel about being scared of the epidural all you can think about are the scary stories, but when I had my first all I wanted while they were doing it was a cheese burger.

Thanks for sharing your story it has been 7 years since my last birth and I am already having anxiety, you make it sound so great and you look really awesome for just having a baby. Very inspiring.

congratulations shoppingqeen, thank you for sharing your story. It's amazing how calm you were with this being your first pregnancy. I would have called from the friend's house and asked my hubby to rush over. I'm glad everything went well. She's really beautiful, great pics!

Wow Shopping Queen love the story! It is that story you will tell your daughter when she gets older, lol. I drove myself to the hospital with my last labor and the parked and walked up, seemed calming to me. Your daughter is absolutely precious, enjoy every moment you get with her, even when youre dead tired and she is nursing for what seems like forever. My babies are 6, 3 and now I'm expecting #3, it is hard when you realize how quickly time flies.

Breastfeeding can be difficult--but it is doable. Just remember a warm shower and a cup can be your friend, especially in the beginning!

Good tip reminder.... A warm shower helped me when I breastfed...