A week old. This is what I get for saying "Look at mommy, Adelle!"
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Pictures!
For your viewing pleasure: random pictures of my daughter!
Brand new, just 2 minutes old
About a day old; still my favorite picture!
A week old. This is what I get for saying "Look at mommy, Adelle!"
Pretty sure I've been replaced, but I'm OK with that fact.
A week old. This is what I get for saying "Look at mommy, Adelle!"
Monday, November 21, 2011
Adelle's Birth Story
So people have asked, and now that I'm home and having a remotely lucid moment, I'm going to post quickly about my experience last week with having the baby.
Monday Morning: We went to OSU for my scheduled nonstress test/amniotic fluid check. It's a pretty standard thing they do when you're a week overdue just to make sure that all of baby's life support systems are still functioning. The fluid level was great, and my blood pressure wasn't misbehaving too much. The baby, however, was being a bit uncooperative. They had to buzz her to get the kind of reaction they wanted, and with her being overdue they decided to admit me and do an induction THAT DAY. Did I mention that the appointment was at 8am, so I had a small breakfast around 6:30am and had not been prepared for a stay in the hospital?
Fast forward. My cervix wasn't where they wanted it to be, so they started me on the first round of drugs around Noon when I was only about 60% effaced. I stalled out eventually at around 80% effaced.
12:33am Tuesday: As the nurse was coming in to check me out and start the pitocin, my water broke. WEIRDEST FEELING EVER. I was snoozing a bit, and I remember thinking I heard voices as I was waking up, feeling a weird pop, and saying "I just felt a weird thing and now I'm wet. I think my water broke." Sure enough, it had. Start pitocin!
2:00am: The contractions were coming fast and furious and making my hips feel like they were ripping apart, so I got an epidural. It worked perfectly and I was able to get some sleep. The contractions kept coming about 2-3 minutes apart, but I barely felt them so I didn't care.
Here's where the fun starts. Around 6:30am, they stopped the pitocin because baby's heart rate wasn't optimal. Once she stabilized (before noon) they restarted it to see if we couldn't get me the rest of the way into active labor.
It didn't work. By 2pm, it looked like a C-Section was going to be our only option. They gave me another hour to try to progress and NOTHING. Stalled out at 5cm. Seriously, who the hell stalls out at 5cm?! Apparently I do! It was decided to go ahead and go with the c-section. I cried because that's not what I had wanted, but you do what you've gotta do.
At 4:28pm on November 15, 2011, Adelle Emoline joined us out here in the real world.
It took 3 people to get her out of my pelvis. Turns out labor had stalled because, as the surgeon said, "There was no way this kid was coming vaginally."
They joked that I had birthed a toddler. It was only a half-joke.
9 pounds, 14 ounces, 21.8 inches long.
Yeah. That's huge. At least we know I can grow 'em :-D
Now we're having fun trying to figure out how to be parents to a newborn when mommy isn't allowed to lift her own kid. 10lb weight limit thanks to the c-section and I have a 10lb kid. oy.
So, there you have it. Now that she's outside, all of the pains and problems I had at the end of the pregnancy are obviously explained.
Now, we have what seems to be colic already. Her checkup is tomorrow morning, so I'm hoping they can point us in a better direction. For now, I'm going to go nap since Nate can't handle being up all night with a screaming baby.
Monday Morning: We went to OSU for my scheduled nonstress test/amniotic fluid check. It's a pretty standard thing they do when you're a week overdue just to make sure that all of baby's life support systems are still functioning. The fluid level was great, and my blood pressure wasn't misbehaving too much. The baby, however, was being a bit uncooperative. They had to buzz her to get the kind of reaction they wanted, and with her being overdue they decided to admit me and do an induction THAT DAY. Did I mention that the appointment was at 8am, so I had a small breakfast around 6:30am and had not been prepared for a stay in the hospital?
Fast forward. My cervix wasn't where they wanted it to be, so they started me on the first round of drugs around Noon when I was only about 60% effaced. I stalled out eventually at around 80% effaced.
12:33am Tuesday: As the nurse was coming in to check me out and start the pitocin, my water broke. WEIRDEST FEELING EVER. I was snoozing a bit, and I remember thinking I heard voices as I was waking up, feeling a weird pop, and saying "I just felt a weird thing and now I'm wet. I think my water broke." Sure enough, it had. Start pitocin!
2:00am: The contractions were coming fast and furious and making my hips feel like they were ripping apart, so I got an epidural. It worked perfectly and I was able to get some sleep. The contractions kept coming about 2-3 minutes apart, but I barely felt them so I didn't care.
Here's where the fun starts. Around 6:30am, they stopped the pitocin because baby's heart rate wasn't optimal. Once she stabilized (before noon) they restarted it to see if we couldn't get me the rest of the way into active labor.
It didn't work. By 2pm, it looked like a C-Section was going to be our only option. They gave me another hour to try to progress and NOTHING. Stalled out at 5cm. Seriously, who the hell stalls out at 5cm?! Apparently I do! It was decided to go ahead and go with the c-section. I cried because that's not what I had wanted, but you do what you've gotta do.
At 4:28pm on November 15, 2011, Adelle Emoline joined us out here in the real world.
It took 3 people to get her out of my pelvis. Turns out labor had stalled because, as the surgeon said, "There was no way this kid was coming vaginally."
They joked that I had birthed a toddler. It was only a half-joke.
9 pounds, 14 ounces, 21.8 inches long.
Yeah. That's huge. At least we know I can grow 'em :-D
Now we're having fun trying to figure out how to be parents to a newborn when mommy isn't allowed to lift her own kid. 10lb weight limit thanks to the c-section and I have a 10lb kid. oy.
So, there you have it. Now that she's outside, all of the pains and problems I had at the end of the pregnancy are obviously explained.
Now, we have what seems to be colic already. Her checkup is tomorrow morning, so I'm hoping they can point us in a better direction. For now, I'm going to go nap since Nate can't handle being up all night with a screaming baby.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Update!
So it seems like this little one has decided to treat me like a majority of first time moms and show up late.
She's just like her father already!
So here's the rundown from the doctor this morning. For those of you keeping track, I've had prodromal labor issues for the last month or so and even the doc was convinced I'd have this baby by her due date. Due date was November 7.
My blood pressure has been running a bit high for me. If we're talking textbook, things are still within acceptable ranges, but it's high based on my medical history so they kept me a little longer and monitored me for a while just to be safe. There are no proteins and very minor swelling, so they don't believe it's late onset pre-eclampsia, but if anything goes sideways I'm to get my butt up to L&D.
My due date was changed halfway through this pregnancy due to how fast things were growing, measuring, etc. Since then, we've measured right on track for the EDD of November 7. We're now measuring a bit ahead. Baby is positioned well, and my fundal height is actually measuring big. They did some basic external exams, and all seems well with the little one. Yaay!
We have an end date in sight if she doesn't join us of her own accord.
The rundown:
Monday: go to OSU L&D for an ultrasound, nonstress test, BP monitoring..pretty much the whole battery of tests they do on anyone a week after their due date just to make sure things really are just fine.
Tuesday: Back to the OB to go over test results, monitor my BP some more, that sort of thing.
Friday: Induction. Yup. If she doesn't join us on her own, they are inducing me Friday evening. They wanted to do it a little closer to my due date, but since there is no medical emergency I got the first non-emergency time slot available. I have it scheduled for 6pm Friday, so theoretically next weekend there will be a baby in our family!
I'm hoping she joins us before then, but it wouldn't be the first time a woman has had to be induced because baby was just too darned comfortable :-D
It's crazy knowing that one way or another this baby will be showing up soon. So, let's all just hope that she joins us on her own so we can avoid the induction. I don't want to be stuck on those monitors more than necessary!
She's just like her father already!
So here's the rundown from the doctor this morning. For those of you keeping track, I've had prodromal labor issues for the last month or so and even the doc was convinced I'd have this baby by her due date. Due date was November 7.
My blood pressure has been running a bit high for me. If we're talking textbook, things are still within acceptable ranges, but it's high based on my medical history so they kept me a little longer and monitored me for a while just to be safe. There are no proteins and very minor swelling, so they don't believe it's late onset pre-eclampsia, but if anything goes sideways I'm to get my butt up to L&D.
My due date was changed halfway through this pregnancy due to how fast things were growing, measuring, etc. Since then, we've measured right on track for the EDD of November 7. We're now measuring a bit ahead. Baby is positioned well, and my fundal height is actually measuring big. They did some basic external exams, and all seems well with the little one. Yaay!
We have an end date in sight if she doesn't join us of her own accord.
The rundown:
Monday: go to OSU L&D for an ultrasound, nonstress test, BP monitoring..pretty much the whole battery of tests they do on anyone a week after their due date just to make sure things really are just fine.
Tuesday: Back to the OB to go over test results, monitor my BP some more, that sort of thing.
Friday: Induction. Yup. If she doesn't join us on her own, they are inducing me Friday evening. They wanted to do it a little closer to my due date, but since there is no medical emergency I got the first non-emergency time slot available. I have it scheduled for 6pm Friday, so theoretically next weekend there will be a baby in our family!
I'm hoping she joins us before then, but it wouldn't be the first time a woman has had to be induced because baby was just too darned comfortable :-D
It's crazy knowing that one way or another this baby will be showing up soon. So, let's all just hope that she joins us on her own so we can avoid the induction. I don't want to be stuck on those monitors more than necessary!
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