Monday, December 5, 2011
Chris' 8 pointer
Chris went out deer hunting the first weekend of opener. This was the only day he'd be able to go out so he wasn't expecting much. 45 minutes later....he got an 8 point buck. Yay Chris!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from our little caterpillar!
We of course didn't do much this year since Aubrey is still little. We just dressed her up and my friend and her daughter came over, then we went to Spicer to my mom's for a little while and then went to Atwater to John & Carla's. We still got too much candy though =)
3 months old!
Aubrey is three months old! She is getting so big and strong and she is so much fun! This month she likes:
*Mommy
*Daddy
*Kicking her legs
*Giggles
*Big smiles when she sees someone she knows
*Mirrors - I love bringing her into the bathroom with me. She sees herself in the mirror and gets a big grin on her face.
*She is close to rolling from her back to her belly. She just needs to figure out how to move one arm and she will be good to go!
* I am thinking she will be big enough for her exercauser in the next month. I put her in it last weekend and she is still a little wobbly and her legs don't reach the bottom, even though we have that tray the highest it will go. I wonder if her legs would fall asleep if I propped her up with blankets. She seems to really like it.
I washed all the 3-6 month clothes last weekend and moved them up to her room. All her 3-6 month clothes took 5 loads to wash. Yowsers. There is no clothing shortage for this kid!
*Mommy
*Daddy
*Kicking her legs
*Giggles
*Big smiles when she sees someone she knows
*Mirrors - I love bringing her into the bathroom with me. She sees herself in the mirror and gets a big grin on her face.
*She is close to rolling from her back to her belly. She just needs to figure out how to move one arm and she will be good to go!
* I am thinking she will be big enough for her exercauser in the next month. I put her in it last weekend and she is still a little wobbly and her legs don't reach the bottom, even though we have that tray the highest it will go. I wonder if her legs would fall asleep if I propped her up with blankets. She seems to really like it.
I washed all the 3-6 month clothes last weekend and moved them up to her room. All her 3-6 month clothes took 5 loads to wash. Yowsers. There is no clothing shortage for this kid!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Rhode Get Together
My brother DJ, Aunt Traci & Aubrey
Uncle Greg, Cousin Amy, Cousin Melanie, Aunt Marilyne & Cousin Kayla
Grandma Bonnie lived right across the street from the park we were at in Clara City. I have so many memories of these monkey bars. I clearly remember one of my cousins (I think either Sarah or Amy) falling off the top chin first. Try getting an adult inside that thing to help a kid.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Baby Shower
Aubrey and I had a shower at my friend Heather's house on Saturday, October 8. It was lots of fun - good food, good people and lots of good gifts. Aubrey is going to be one well-dressed little girl. I find myself changing her more than once a day so she has a chance to wear all her cute outfits =)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Mama's Back to Work
I went back to work full-time on Tuesday, Oct. 4. I pretty much cried the whole morning at home getting ready. I was fine when I dropped her off, basically because I didn't want Jayme our daycare mom to think I was crazy. I wrote her a one-page note on what Aubrey does during the day, how often she eats, etc. I wanted to write it down because I figured I would lose it when I dropped her off. I cried the whole way to work and burst into tears when I walked into the office. But, after a few hours it got easier. It was nice to just be me for a while and not only Aubrey's mom.
Most people find it easier as the days go on at work, but not me. I am very jealous of Jayme as I want to be the one taking care of Aubrey. It just isn't fair that moms have to work these days just to make ends meet. Plus, I have to go back to Cashwise on a very part-time basis also. After family health insurance and the daycare expense comes out of my check, I don't have much left over. Like I said, not fair.
On the bright side, Aubrey does very well at daycare. It is a small home-based daycare and there are only 6 kids. 3 of them are girls, all 2 years old and born within 5 weeks of each other. They are little mamas to Aubrey so I know she is very much loved! It's funny because just last Tuesday Jayme was saying that Aubrey is such an awesome baby. Then on Wednesday she said Aubrey screamed for 5 hours that day....well, if she's gonna be crabby i'm glad it's at daycare and not when she's home with me =)
Most people find it easier as the days go on at work, but not me. I am very jealous of Jayme as I want to be the one taking care of Aubrey. It just isn't fair that moms have to work these days just to make ends meet. Plus, I have to go back to Cashwise on a very part-time basis also. After family health insurance and the daycare expense comes out of my check, I don't have much left over. Like I said, not fair.
On the bright side, Aubrey does very well at daycare. It is a small home-based daycare and there are only 6 kids. 3 of them are girls, all 2 years old and born within 5 weeks of each other. They are little mamas to Aubrey so I know she is very much loved! It's funny because just last Tuesday Jayme was saying that Aubrey is such an awesome baby. Then on Wednesday she said Aubrey screamed for 5 hours that day....well, if she's gonna be crabby i'm glad it's at daycare and not when she's home with me =)
Monday, October 3, 2011
2 month Dr. Appt
Last Tuesday Aubrey had her two month well-baby check. Everything is looking good and she is a healthy baby! She weighs a whopping 9 lbs 15 oz. I wish I could remember how tall they said she was....I think they said 22 inches. She had the standard vaccinations. Not easy for mama to watch but I had no choice but to suck it up because I had to help hold her down. One of the vaccines was for rotovirus, which they recommend since she will be going to daycare. A side effect of that vaccine is runny diapers. Yeah no kidding. The first couple days she had at least two blow-outs a day that required outfit changes for both of us! I even had to scrub the recliner clean once. Ish. They said to expect the runny diapers for possible two weeks.
Aubrey is doing all the normal things for a 2 month old....rocking from her back to her side and her side to her back - if she could just figure out to move her arm she would be on her belly in no time!; drooling - time for the bib!; socially smiling; starting to giggle; soothing herself with her fist / thumb; holding eye contact; studying faces; and tracking moving people.
She is getting so fun! I wish maternity leave could start now instead of coming to an end =(
Aubrey is doing all the normal things for a 2 month old....rocking from her back to her side and her side to her back - if she could just figure out to move her arm she would be on her belly in no time!; drooling - time for the bib!; socially smiling; starting to giggle; soothing herself with her fist / thumb; holding eye contact; studying faces; and tracking moving people.
She is getting so fun! I wish maternity leave could start now instead of coming to an end =(
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Getting so big
Look at how much Aubrey has grown since the day we brought her home. She takes up almost her entire tub now!
2 months old!
Aubrey is 2 months old! This month she loves:
Mommy
Daddy
Smiling
Starting to giggle (especially in her sleep!)
Studying faces
Tooting
Music
New, dry diapers
Looking in the mirror
She is starting to enjoy bathtime more - yay!
She still HATES tummy time though
Visiting Great Grampa Gort
Last week I took Aubrey to the nursing home to visit my Grampa. He said she' beautiful =)
Moving Aubrey to her crib
Friday night I decided we better move Aubrey from her bassinet in our room to her crib in her room. I go back to work next week and need to try to get more sleep at night. Her little squirms and squeaks were keeping me awake. On that note, there were so many people who told me not to use a bassinet. I am so glad I didn't listen! One of the smartest things I did and will for sure do it with the next baby!
I told Chris that we needed to move her and he told me "Yeah right, you'll never handle not having her in our room". Well....by the looks of the picture he was wrong! In his defense, I spent the night on her floor the next night but he has no picture as blackmail!
I told Chris that we needed to move her and he told me "Yeah right, you'll never handle not having her in our room". Well....by the looks of the picture he was wrong! In his defense, I spent the night on her floor the next night but he has no picture as blackmail!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
One Month Old....
Aubrey is one month old! Here are some things she loves:
- Snuggles
- Mommy
- Daddy
- Cuddles with her Grammas
- Her Woombie (Mommy loves that she loves this too!)
- Making faces
- Holding Mommy's finger when eating
- Scratching Mommy's face
- Tooting
Family pics
Here are some pics we had taken when Aubrey was three weeks old. I am so glad we did this and think they turned out awesome!
Another new job for Chris!
Chris recently started a new job with the Renville County Sheriff's Office. He decided to leave Wright County after Renville offered to activate his police officer license and put him out on patrol after being trained in the jail. It was a no-brainer decision, as pretty much no one is hiring police officers these days and you have to have your license activated within three years of passing your POST test otherwise you have to take it over. Also, his commute was over an hour one way and gas prices were killing us. Not to mention I wanted him closer to home. Wright County was very understanding and the Sheriff even sent him a note and told him to think of them for future employment.
Go get 'em Daddy!!!
Go get 'em Daddy!!!
1st Doctor Appointment
Aubrey had her first doctor appointment when she was one week old. Our doctor wanted to make sure she didn't have jaundice and wanted to check out her hips. After she was born she had to have an ultrasound done to make sure she didn't have hip dysplasia, which apparently is pretty common in babies who were breech. Her hips turned out just fine! Her weight at this check-up was 6lbs 2 oz, not quite up to her birth weight yet but working on it!
Not cut out for childbirth.....
Since the last post was getting so long I decided to write a different post about our hospital stay.
First of all, any person who tells me that having a c-section is the easy way to have a baby, will probably get drop kicked. Sure, the surgery itself isn't so bad. But, the emotional and physical recovery afterwards is definitely no fun.
I remember the day after Aubrey was born I had to get up to shower. But I really couldn't move. I never realized you use your abdominal muscles for pretty much everything. When someone cuts into those muscles, life isn't too easy for a while afterwards. And, apparently there's a way to get out of bed that makes things easier. Not one nurse bothered to tell me this until Aubrey was 3 days old. I guess there was a book in my room from the hospital that tells you how to take care of your baby and yourself. Didn't know that either until a few days later when I noticed it in the corner of my hospital room. Ugh.
The day after she was born I had company. Lots of it. I had to get up to go to the bathroom and the nurse was helping me get up. I started to feel faint and turned as white as a ghost. So, they kicked everyone out (it was Chris' mom and Grandma and I felt so bad) and I took a nice long nap.
Later that same day I was alone in my room. My room was right next to the waiting room. There was a family waiting for a baby to be born and it was getting close. The mom was starting to push. I remember hearing everyone get so excited for this baby coming and they were running down the hallway cheering. I immediately started crying. I didn't get to experience any of that. I didn't get to push my baby out and have her placed on my chest. I didn't get to hold my baby for over an hour after she was born. My doctor, who I absolutely love, didn't get to deliver my baby since I had a c-section. I was so sad because I went through an entire pregnancy with a wonderful doctor and the doctor who delivered Aubrey had no bedside manner and was just plain old. He delivered one of my brothers for crying out out....time to retire!
I was running a fever and my blood pressure was high almost the entire time I was in the hospital. On that Thursday, the doctor came in and told me my hemoglobin was low. Normal is about 12, and I think he said mine was 9. If it didn't get better by Friday, I couldn't go home. Good Lord. The next day there was no change so not only could I not go home, I had to have a blood transfusion. Double Ugh. Then a couple hours later the nurse told us that even though I wasn't being discharged Aubrey was because she was healthy. She wanted us to know that most insurances won't pay for babies staying in the hospital if they are healthy, even though the mom is not. So, we had no choice but to keep Aubrey in our room that night and take care of her ourselves. That was fine, but Aubrey literally hadn't eaten because I had no milk yet and nursing wasn't going so well. So she screamed that night. For hours. I finally gave in and gave her a little formula just to get her to sleep.
Nursing did not go as planned. My milk never did come in and I tried everything. Aubrey had an appointment when she was a week old so I asked my doctor about it. He said it was probably because of the stress on my body with the c-section, fever, high blood pressure and blood transfusion. He said I could keep trying but if it hadn't come in after a week it probably wouldn't. He reassured me that Aubrey would be fine. He even said is oldest child was a formula baby and she is probably the smartest of the three. That made me feel better. Formula feeding it is then. At least I didn't have to deal with the drying up part!
When Aubrey was two weeks old, I sneezed and felt a pop. Later I noticed my incision from the c-section was open a bit and starting to bleed a little. Called the OB doctor (the one I don't care for) and he said as long as I wasn't running a fever it was fine. So I left it. The next day it was literally dripping blood and was open even more. I called the doctor again and he told me to come in. He looked at it for about 10 seconds and said it was normal and sent me on my way. Wonder how much he charged for that appointment. Jeez.
A week later, I noticed there was flesh or something coming out of the incision area. I called the OB doctor again but luckily he wasn't there. The on-call doctor agreed to see me so I went in. He was so nice. He said this was normal - not common- but nothing to worry about. He did do a culture of it and put me on antibiotics just in case. He said it could leak/bleed for a few more weeks. To this day (Aubrey is almost 6 weeks old) the incision is still open and leaking. I have been living in yoga pants because any pressure on that area makes it leak more and it ruins my clothes. I am so sick of feeling like a slob!
So, there's the story of our hospital stay in a nutshell. I am slowly forgetting just how horrible I felt afterwards. Guess it really is true that eventually you forget everything and that is when you want another baby =)
First of all, any person who tells me that having a c-section is the easy way to have a baby, will probably get drop kicked. Sure, the surgery itself isn't so bad. But, the emotional and physical recovery afterwards is definitely no fun.
I remember the day after Aubrey was born I had to get up to shower. But I really couldn't move. I never realized you use your abdominal muscles for pretty much everything. When someone cuts into those muscles, life isn't too easy for a while afterwards. And, apparently there's a way to get out of bed that makes things easier. Not one nurse bothered to tell me this until Aubrey was 3 days old. I guess there was a book in my room from the hospital that tells you how to take care of your baby and yourself. Didn't know that either until a few days later when I noticed it in the corner of my hospital room. Ugh.
The day after she was born I had company. Lots of it. I had to get up to go to the bathroom and the nurse was helping me get up. I started to feel faint and turned as white as a ghost. So, they kicked everyone out (it was Chris' mom and Grandma and I felt so bad) and I took a nice long nap.
Later that same day I was alone in my room. My room was right next to the waiting room. There was a family waiting for a baby to be born and it was getting close. The mom was starting to push. I remember hearing everyone get so excited for this baby coming and they were running down the hallway cheering. I immediately started crying. I didn't get to experience any of that. I didn't get to push my baby out and have her placed on my chest. I didn't get to hold my baby for over an hour after she was born. My doctor, who I absolutely love, didn't get to deliver my baby since I had a c-section. I was so sad because I went through an entire pregnancy with a wonderful doctor and the doctor who delivered Aubrey had no bedside manner and was just plain old. He delivered one of my brothers for crying out out....time to retire!
I was running a fever and my blood pressure was high almost the entire time I was in the hospital. On that Thursday, the doctor came in and told me my hemoglobin was low. Normal is about 12, and I think he said mine was 9. If it didn't get better by Friday, I couldn't go home. Good Lord. The next day there was no change so not only could I not go home, I had to have a blood transfusion. Double Ugh. Then a couple hours later the nurse told us that even though I wasn't being discharged Aubrey was because she was healthy. She wanted us to know that most insurances won't pay for babies staying in the hospital if they are healthy, even though the mom is not. So, we had no choice but to keep Aubrey in our room that night and take care of her ourselves. That was fine, but Aubrey literally hadn't eaten because I had no milk yet and nursing wasn't going so well. So she screamed that night. For hours. I finally gave in and gave her a little formula just to get her to sleep.
Nursing did not go as planned. My milk never did come in and I tried everything. Aubrey had an appointment when she was a week old so I asked my doctor about it. He said it was probably because of the stress on my body with the c-section, fever, high blood pressure and blood transfusion. He said I could keep trying but if it hadn't come in after a week it probably wouldn't. He reassured me that Aubrey would be fine. He even said is oldest child was a formula baby and she is probably the smartest of the three. That made me feel better. Formula feeding it is then. At least I didn't have to deal with the drying up part!
When Aubrey was two weeks old, I sneezed and felt a pop. Later I noticed my incision from the c-section was open a bit and starting to bleed a little. Called the OB doctor (the one I don't care for) and he said as long as I wasn't running a fever it was fine. So I left it. The next day it was literally dripping blood and was open even more. I called the doctor again and he told me to come in. He looked at it for about 10 seconds and said it was normal and sent me on my way. Wonder how much he charged for that appointment. Jeez.
A week later, I noticed there was flesh or something coming out of the incision area. I called the OB doctor again but luckily he wasn't there. The on-call doctor agreed to see me so I went in. He was so nice. He said this was normal - not common- but nothing to worry about. He did do a culture of it and put me on antibiotics just in case. He said it could leak/bleed for a few more weeks. To this day (Aubrey is almost 6 weeks old) the incision is still open and leaking. I have been living in yoga pants because any pressure on that area makes it leak more and it ruins my clothes. I am so sick of feeling like a slob!
So, there's the story of our hospital stay in a nutshell. I am slowly forgetting just how horrible I felt afterwards. Guess it really is true that eventually you forget everything and that is when you want another baby =)
Friday, September 2, 2011
It's a GIRL!!!
Chris and I are so excited to welcome Aubrey Christine to our lives! She was born 7/26/11 at 8:31 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 20 inches long...just a little peanut! I know this post is sooo late, but her birth story is a long one and quite honestly I haven't had alot of time in the past month! I've been too busy cuddling with my little girl. Here goes...
On 7/26 I woke up with a killer migraine so I called in sick to work that day. I dealt with a lot of headaches throughout my pregnancy. Some people puke, I had headaches. Headaches that made me puke. Ish.
I had a doctor's appointment anyway that morning, so off we went. At my appointment, everything looked good. Baby was head down, I was dilated to 4 cm and was 80% effaced. He said I would probably go into labor within the next couple days. I told him about my headache and since my blood pressure was a little high, he decided to send us to the hospital for non-stress tests. Great. Off to the triage room we went for monitoring and fluids and the Tylenol III and Zofran that came in handy quite a few times throughout this pregnancy. My doctor came up to the hospital during his lunch break and said I was looking good and ready to go home. I sent Chris to work....(remember he worked in Wright County at the time, over an hour drive away) and went home to sleep the afternoon away.
At about 5:00, I got up to go to the bathroom. I felt a pop. Hmmm. At the time I was peeing, so I really wasn't sure if that was my water breaking or what. It wasn't a huge gush or anything like that. And then....a huge contraction. I went and sat in the recliner for a little bit and then had another contraction. I decided I better call my mom to come into town to stay with me and keep me company until it was time to go to the hospital. Of course the one day my mom doesn't come stay with me (she had been staying with us while Chris was working since he was far away) I go into labor. Then, I called my friend Heather to ask her what it was like when your water breaks. Had a couple contractions on the phone with her. I remember thinking the whole time that these seemed stronger than I thought they would be. At first they were 12 minutes apart, then 8 minutes, then 5 minutes. Oh boy. I called Chris' work and told him he should probably come home. But I told him to take his time, drive slow. We had plenty of time of course, this was our first baby! I'm glad he didn't listen =)
My mom showed up and we started timing the contractions. All I remember is that I couldn't time them. They were too close together and hurt way too much. At one point I was doubled over our steps in pain. I thought I was being a wuss...but now I know why. Things were moving along way too fast! We decided we better get to the hospital so off we went. We got to the hospital at about 6:30.
We got to the hospital and up to OB we went. But, there were no rooms ready for me. Turns out Aubrey was the 8th baby born that day. So I had to wait in the waiting room....seriously! They then got me into the triage room and one of the nurses decided to check me. Then she said she would be right back. She had to go find another nurse to check me. What the heck? She couldn't figure it out on her own? The second nurse came in and checked me. The first nurse said all she felt was labia. Good thing I wasn't paying that much attention....I figured she was talking about me, but she was talking about Aubrey! Chris and I did not find out the sex of the baby ahead of time and she just gave it away! Again, good thing I didn't catch on....she would have gotten a stern talking to. Turns out, Aubrey was breech and probably had been the entire time. AND, I was also already dilated to between 7-8 cm. Holy crap, no WONDER I was in so much pain! So, I had to have an emergency c-section and they had to get her out fast.
At that point I freaked. Chris wasn't there yet and the stupid nurse told me he probably wouldn't make it on time. Not a good thing to tell a first-time mom who just wanted her husband to be there. My mom called him to tell him to hurry and luckily he was already in Kandiyohi. She must have also called my dad and Heather because they both showed up. I also remember seeing Eric (Chris' brother) and Chris' mom. It's all such a blur. To this day I don't remember how I got into my hospital gown or who even took care of all that stuff. I was crying because I was sooo scared and wow I was in so much pain. Kudos to the women who don't get epidurals. I was dying for one but couldn't get one until we got to the operating room.
Chris finally arrived at about 7:30. Thank God! After that, I don't remember alot, just waiting and waiting because I had to have an ultrasound to confirm that Aubrey was breech. Yep, she still was.
Finally, it was time! I remember my mom telling me she loved me and remember seeing Heather as I was being wheeled to the operating room. Not sure what they did with Chris, but they were going to get him after they prepped me for surgery.
Got to the operating room and finally the epidural. Not fun getting one of those in the middle of a contraction, but I didn't care. After that I was good to go. Didn't feel any pain so it was all good =)
Chris came in and it was time to meet our baby! The c-section itself is not so bad, there's lots of tugging and pulling but not alot of pain. Didn't take too long and one of the doctor's said "It's a girl!" WHAT?? I honestly didn't have much of a reaction because I was SO shocked. We decided to keep everyone in suspense and have them wait until I was all done in surgery before Chris told them what our little bundle was. I think they were dying out there =)
After a while it was time to go to my own room. Everyone was waiting and Chris introduced everyone to our Aubrey!
Finally it was my turn to hold my baby! There's so many things that totally suck about having a c-section and one of them is that everyone else holds your baby before you! I was dying to have her in my arms.
I will have another post about our actual hospital stay (because that is an entire story in itself) but for now here are some pictures of Miss Aubrey after she was born. We are so blessed and she is a beauty!
On 7/26 I woke up with a killer migraine so I called in sick to work that day. I dealt with a lot of headaches throughout my pregnancy. Some people puke, I had headaches. Headaches that made me puke. Ish.
I had a doctor's appointment anyway that morning, so off we went. At my appointment, everything looked good. Baby was head down, I was dilated to 4 cm and was 80% effaced. He said I would probably go into labor within the next couple days. I told him about my headache and since my blood pressure was a little high, he decided to send us to the hospital for non-stress tests. Great. Off to the triage room we went for monitoring and fluids and the Tylenol III and Zofran that came in handy quite a few times throughout this pregnancy. My doctor came up to the hospital during his lunch break and said I was looking good and ready to go home. I sent Chris to work....(remember he worked in Wright County at the time, over an hour drive away) and went home to sleep the afternoon away.
At about 5:00, I got up to go to the bathroom. I felt a pop. Hmmm. At the time I was peeing, so I really wasn't sure if that was my water breaking or what. It wasn't a huge gush or anything like that. And then....a huge contraction. I went and sat in the recliner for a little bit and then had another contraction. I decided I better call my mom to come into town to stay with me and keep me company until it was time to go to the hospital. Of course the one day my mom doesn't come stay with me (she had been staying with us while Chris was working since he was far away) I go into labor. Then, I called my friend Heather to ask her what it was like when your water breaks. Had a couple contractions on the phone with her. I remember thinking the whole time that these seemed stronger than I thought they would be. At first they were 12 minutes apart, then 8 minutes, then 5 minutes. Oh boy. I called Chris' work and told him he should probably come home. But I told him to take his time, drive slow. We had plenty of time of course, this was our first baby! I'm glad he didn't listen =)
My mom showed up and we started timing the contractions. All I remember is that I couldn't time them. They were too close together and hurt way too much. At one point I was doubled over our steps in pain. I thought I was being a wuss...but now I know why. Things were moving along way too fast! We decided we better get to the hospital so off we went. We got to the hospital at about 6:30.
We got to the hospital and up to OB we went. But, there were no rooms ready for me. Turns out Aubrey was the 8th baby born that day. So I had to wait in the waiting room....seriously! They then got me into the triage room and one of the nurses decided to check me. Then she said she would be right back. She had to go find another nurse to check me. What the heck? She couldn't figure it out on her own? The second nurse came in and checked me. The first nurse said all she felt was labia. Good thing I wasn't paying that much attention....I figured she was talking about me, but she was talking about Aubrey! Chris and I did not find out the sex of the baby ahead of time and she just gave it away! Again, good thing I didn't catch on....she would have gotten a stern talking to. Turns out, Aubrey was breech and probably had been the entire time. AND, I was also already dilated to between 7-8 cm. Holy crap, no WONDER I was in so much pain! So, I had to have an emergency c-section and they had to get her out fast.
At that point I freaked. Chris wasn't there yet and the stupid nurse told me he probably wouldn't make it on time. Not a good thing to tell a first-time mom who just wanted her husband to be there. My mom called him to tell him to hurry and luckily he was already in Kandiyohi. She must have also called my dad and Heather because they both showed up. I also remember seeing Eric (Chris' brother) and Chris' mom. It's all such a blur. To this day I don't remember how I got into my hospital gown or who even took care of all that stuff. I was crying because I was sooo scared and wow I was in so much pain. Kudos to the women who don't get epidurals. I was dying for one but couldn't get one until we got to the operating room.
Chris finally arrived at about 7:30. Thank God! After that, I don't remember alot, just waiting and waiting because I had to have an ultrasound to confirm that Aubrey was breech. Yep, she still was.
Finally, it was time! I remember my mom telling me she loved me and remember seeing Heather as I was being wheeled to the operating room. Not sure what they did with Chris, but they were going to get him after they prepped me for surgery.
Got to the operating room and finally the epidural. Not fun getting one of those in the middle of a contraction, but I didn't care. After that I was good to go. Didn't feel any pain so it was all good =)
Chris came in and it was time to meet our baby! The c-section itself is not so bad, there's lots of tugging and pulling but not alot of pain. Didn't take too long and one of the doctor's said "It's a girl!" WHAT?? I honestly didn't have much of a reaction because I was SO shocked. We decided to keep everyone in suspense and have them wait until I was all done in surgery before Chris told them what our little bundle was. I think they were dying out there =)
After a while it was time to go to my own room. Everyone was waiting and Chris introduced everyone to our Aubrey!
Finally it was my turn to hold my baby! There's so many things that totally suck about having a c-section and one of them is that everyone else holds your baby before you! I was dying to have her in my arms.
I will have another post about our actual hospital stay (because that is an entire story in itself) but for now here are some pictures of Miss Aubrey after she was born. We are so blessed and she is a beauty!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Things I learned while being pregnant....
1. I hate throwing up. HATE it. And I had it pretty easy in that department. Maybe threw up 6 or 7 times. But I cried each time.
2. Zofran is a miracle drug.
3. The sight and smell of raw meat is nasty.
3. Pregnancy dreams are insane. Since you can't control what you dream all the dreams I had about ex-boyfriends are completely allowable....sorry Chris!
4. Everyone treats you differently. I learned to enjoy it, but not until the end. Independant me didn't like all the fuss and attention but towards the end I appreciated it, mainly because I just could not do what I used to do.
5. You learn who your friends are. I won't elaborate.
6. I didn't realize my feet would grow 2 whole sizes. Ish. I have yet to try on my pre-preggo shoes. I'm hoping I don't have to go shoe shopping. I am not a "shoe" girl. Would much rather spend the money on new clothes.
7. I waited and waited to start nesting, just knowing it would eventually hit me and my house would be immaculate. Never happened. Didn't feel the urge to clean one bit and even if I did, I probably would have just sat my butt on the couch and watched the Kardashians, waiting for the urge to pass.
8. It took me a couple months to figure out my baby was hiccuping inside me. I just figured he/she had really good rhythm. Duh mommy.
9. I could sleep for 2 days and still be tired.
10. My husband is simply amazing.
2. Zofran is a miracle drug.
3. The sight and smell of raw meat is nasty.
3. Pregnancy dreams are insane. Since you can't control what you dream all the dreams I had about ex-boyfriends are completely allowable....sorry Chris!
4. Everyone treats you differently. I learned to enjoy it, but not until the end. Independant me didn't like all the fuss and attention but towards the end I appreciated it, mainly because I just could not do what I used to do.
5. You learn who your friends are. I won't elaborate.
6. I didn't realize my feet would grow 2 whole sizes. Ish. I have yet to try on my pre-preggo shoes. I'm hoping I don't have to go shoe shopping. I am not a "shoe" girl. Would much rather spend the money on new clothes.
7. I waited and waited to start nesting, just knowing it would eventually hit me and my house would be immaculate. Never happened. Didn't feel the urge to clean one bit and even if I did, I probably would have just sat my butt on the couch and watched the Kardashians, waiting for the urge to pass.
8. It took me a couple months to figure out my baby was hiccuping inside me. I just figured he/she had really good rhythm. Duh mommy.
9. I could sleep for 2 days and still be tired.
10. My husband is simply amazing.
39 weeks
Swollen feet
This is what I was dealing with during the end of my pregnancy....I didn't even remember what it was like to have normal feet. And yes, it did hurt. It felt like the backs of my feet were going to split wide open, kind of like a big blister. And that was just my feet. I was swollen everywhere. Even my knees hurt.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
38 week checkup
On Thursday I had my 38 week checkup. I am 3 cm dilated. My blood pressure was a little elevated (130/82) so he told me to come in on Tuesday so he could watch it a little closer. Baby's heartbeat was 135. Nothing too crazy to report; my feet & legs are still swollen and I am having some contractions and back pain. I am just laying low in the house during this fantastic hot weather we are having.
My mom has been hanging out this weekend since Chris is working. She seems more worried than I am that I'm going to go into labor when Chris is gone =)
My mom has been hanging out this weekend since Chris is working. She seems more worried than I am that I'm going to go into labor when Chris is gone =)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Weekly checkups....
I am now at the point where I go to the doctor every week. At my 36 week appt when he checked me he said he didn't expect to feel much of anything, I suppose since this is my first pregnancy. He started checking me and said "Oh...." When he was finished he said not to be surprised if baby comes early. Chris and I just looked at each other like "Holy crap!" I guess I really have to do this! Well of course nothing happened and back to the doctor I go the next week.
At my 37 week appt. last week the heartbeat was about 140, I was about 70% effaced and between 1 & 2 cm dilated. Not sure if that is much progress, but still nothing has happened.
I think he jinxed me when he said to not be surprised if I go early. I'll still be pregnant in August...just watch!
At my 37 week appt. last week the heartbeat was about 140, I was about 70% effaced and between 1 & 2 cm dilated. Not sure if that is much progress, but still nothing has happened.
I think he jinxed me when he said to not be surprised if I go early. I'll still be pregnant in August...just watch!
A Quick Trip to OB
A couple weeks ago (the weekend before the 4th) I had to take a little trip up to OB to get monitored. Here's how it went:
That Saturday night I did not sleep at all. Tossed and turned all night. I finally fell asleep at about 4:00 a.m. but woke up at 5:00 a.m. with THE WORST headache of my life. I am not joking. It was horrible. It really freaked me out so I got online and googled "sudden headache pregnant". Bad idea. Google should be blocked from all pregnant people. Well one of the websites said if you could feel your pulse in your head (which I could) you should go get checked out because it could be your blood pressure. Now, my blood pressure has been on the low side my entire pregnancy, but because of my huge cankles and all my swelling everyone seems so worried about it. Everyone but me and my doctor....it's normal summer swelling people! Anywho, of course now it's always in the back of my mind, so I called the ER. Some snot answered the phone and proceeded to tell me they could not give medical advice over the phone. Um....excuse me, did I not just call a HOSPITAL?? I could tell she just wanted to get rid of me. So I hung up and called my mom at 6:00 a.m. just bawling. She told me to just go get checked out. I knew she would say that. Then, Chris gets on the phone and calls ER and talks to the same chick. But this time he magically gets transferred up to OB. Stupid receptionist. I told her I was pregnant...why couldn't she have done that in the first place?
Anywho, I talked to an OB nurse and she said I could come get checked out, even if it was just for peace of mind. So, off we went. But since it was 6:00 in the morning, we had to go through the ER entrance. Ugh.
So we get there, and there's the chick who answered the phone. And she's just as pregnant as I am. She took one look at me and Chris and got outta there. Yeah good idea. If looks coulda killed...she'd be dead. Then we had to check in. Let me just say a couple weeks before this I filled out all my pre-registration forms for the hospital so they had all my information, but failed to enter it into their system yet. So there I am sitting in the ER crying and this 104 year old lady is asking me all the questions that are on the registration form that I already completed. Twice. I finally couldn't take it anymore and looked up at Chris and he just took over. Thank God.
An OB nurse came down to get us and we were quickly up in OB in a room. Next thing I knew I was strapped to a bed with a fetal and contraction monitor hooked up to me. The minute I heard baby's heartbeat I had instant tears in my eyes. I knew baby was okay because I could feel him/her moving, but hearing that heartbeat just about did me in.
I had a great nurse that morning but they are short staffed up there so she had to leave two times to deliver babies. Well, I started feeling like I was going to get sick. Thankfully the nurse was in the room at the time because I was strapped to the bed and couldn't get to the bathroom. And there was no bucket in my room so the nurse went running for one. She made it back just in time. First time I ever puked in front of Chris....and I do have to say he handled it well.
The nurse had to leave again so they just had me lie there so I could be monitored for a while. Everything was fine; no high blood pressure, no contractions, nothing. They called my doctor and he prescribed some Zofran (anti-nausea pill) and a Vicodin. The nurse came in and gave it to me and sent us home. Bad idea. The elevator ride down to the main floor just about did me in. It was way too fast and I literally went running to the bathroom after getting off. I made it to the bathroom, but that was it. Puke everywhere. I tried cleaning up the best I could but said screw it and we just went home. So, needless to say the Vicodin and Zofran didn't even get into my system. Ugh.
We got home and I laid on the couch for about an hour. Then I remembered that back in January my doctor prescribed Tylenol III and Zofran back when I was having bad headaches then. So I took one of each and Chris went to the store to get caffeine and peppermint oil. I googled home remedies for migraines when we got home and found that peppermint oil works. Oh my gosh. Within 10 minutes of rubbing that oil on my temples my headache was gone. Thank God!
That Saturday night I did not sleep at all. Tossed and turned all night. I finally fell asleep at about 4:00 a.m. but woke up at 5:00 a.m. with THE WORST headache of my life. I am not joking. It was horrible. It really freaked me out so I got online and googled "sudden headache pregnant". Bad idea. Google should be blocked from all pregnant people. Well one of the websites said if you could feel your pulse in your head (which I could) you should go get checked out because it could be your blood pressure. Now, my blood pressure has been on the low side my entire pregnancy, but because of my huge cankles and all my swelling everyone seems so worried about it. Everyone but me and my doctor....it's normal summer swelling people! Anywho, of course now it's always in the back of my mind, so I called the ER. Some snot answered the phone and proceeded to tell me they could not give medical advice over the phone. Um....excuse me, did I not just call a HOSPITAL?? I could tell she just wanted to get rid of me. So I hung up and called my mom at 6:00 a.m. just bawling. She told me to just go get checked out. I knew she would say that. Then, Chris gets on the phone and calls ER and talks to the same chick. But this time he magically gets transferred up to OB. Stupid receptionist. I told her I was pregnant...why couldn't she have done that in the first place?
Anywho, I talked to an OB nurse and she said I could come get checked out, even if it was just for peace of mind. So, off we went. But since it was 6:00 in the morning, we had to go through the ER entrance. Ugh.
So we get there, and there's the chick who answered the phone. And she's just as pregnant as I am. She took one look at me and Chris and got outta there. Yeah good idea. If looks coulda killed...she'd be dead. Then we had to check in. Let me just say a couple weeks before this I filled out all my pre-registration forms for the hospital so they had all my information, but failed to enter it into their system yet. So there I am sitting in the ER crying and this 104 year old lady is asking me all the questions that are on the registration form that I already completed. Twice. I finally couldn't take it anymore and looked up at Chris and he just took over. Thank God.
An OB nurse came down to get us and we were quickly up in OB in a room. Next thing I knew I was strapped to a bed with a fetal and contraction monitor hooked up to me. The minute I heard baby's heartbeat I had instant tears in my eyes. I knew baby was okay because I could feel him/her moving, but hearing that heartbeat just about did me in.
I had a great nurse that morning but they are short staffed up there so she had to leave two times to deliver babies. Well, I started feeling like I was going to get sick. Thankfully the nurse was in the room at the time because I was strapped to the bed and couldn't get to the bathroom. And there was no bucket in my room so the nurse went running for one. She made it back just in time. First time I ever puked in front of Chris....and I do have to say he handled it well.
The nurse had to leave again so they just had me lie there so I could be monitored for a while. Everything was fine; no high blood pressure, no contractions, nothing. They called my doctor and he prescribed some Zofran (anti-nausea pill) and a Vicodin. The nurse came in and gave it to me and sent us home. Bad idea. The elevator ride down to the main floor just about did me in. It was way too fast and I literally went running to the bathroom after getting off. I made it to the bathroom, but that was it. Puke everywhere. I tried cleaning up the best I could but said screw it and we just went home. So, needless to say the Vicodin and Zofran didn't even get into my system. Ugh.
We got home and I laid on the couch for about an hour. Then I remembered that back in January my doctor prescribed Tylenol III and Zofran back when I was having bad headaches then. So I took one of each and Chris went to the store to get caffeine and peppermint oil. I googled home remedies for migraines when we got home and found that peppermint oil works. Oh my gosh. Within 10 minutes of rubbing that oil on my temples my headache was gone. Thank God!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Photos from Carlson Studio
We had maternity pics taken at Carlson Studio in Spicer last Saturday....here are a few of them =)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
32 weeks
We are going to get professional maternity pics taken on Saturday and if I don't get one decent picture I will be ticked. I'm gonna blame my pissiness tonight on the 100 degree weather we had today....and the fact that I had to look for the remote for 45 minutes tonight after work before I could enjoy my night to myself with my feet up =)
On a more positive note, at my doctor's appointment last week everything checked out completely normal. Normal blood pressure, weight, protein and all that good stuff. Heartbeat was 150-160. I now go every 2 weeks.
Chris' new job
Chris started a full-time job at the Wright County Jail a couple weeks ago. It is a long drive (about 75 miles one way). So we are going through the gas like crazy. Not fun. But, we will make it work. He seems to really enjoy it and they really like him so far (What's not to like??) He will be working eight hour shifts, 6 days on and 3 days off. Right now he works 3 p.m. - 11 p.m. Not the idea shift, but when you're low on the totem pole you do what they say until you work your way up.
His work hours make me nervous for when baby time comes. He will either be working 3-11 or 11 p.m -7 a.m. My mom will be staying here on when Chris is working just in case I go into labor. I would freak if I was alone. I'm also nervous for after baby is here and I'm back at work. Hopefully we get into a routine that works for all of us =)
His work hours make me nervous for when baby time comes. He will either be working 3-11 or 11 p.m -7 a.m. My mom will be staying here on when Chris is working just in case I go into labor. I would freak if I was alone. I'm also nervous for after baby is here and I'm back at work. Hopefully we get into a routine that works for all of us =)
Mother's Day
Happy Anniversary!
On April 24th we celebrated our first anniversary! I suppose I should talk about how much we celebrated and how romantic it was; but to be honest we didn't do a darn thing! It was Easter so we celebrated Easter in Grove City with Chris' family. We didn't even get each other a present. The traditional gift for the first anniversary is paper. We did get each other a card....so that counts right? I have to admit I got a little mad at Chris because he didn't get me a "mushy" card. (Soooo not his thing but still). But now I laugh at it because his message was so true to how I had been acting (pregnant and MOODY). Here's a picture....it says "Happy Anniversary and hopefully 50 more. Love forever now matter how CRAPPY you get" He meant to say CRABBY. Typical Chris!
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