Let me start with this, looking back through my blog I have no idea how I found so much time to post right after Rylee was born. No wonder I never got anything done those first few months, wow....
Well, after a long month I'm finally going to attempt to type up Madelyn's birth story. Let me just say that this month has been an incredible and fast one. Madelyn is a GREAT baby with little fussing, except when she's hungry (or if I'm showering). I feel so incredibly blessed! Plus, Rylee loves her little sister so much, I can't wait to watch them grow together.
OK, so the morning of January the 10th I had my 39w6d OB appointment. I had already planned to ask him to break my water, however, I didn't know if I'd have to schedule something for the next week. Dr. Rapp checked me and I had progressed to a full 5cm, almost 6. He stripped my membranes and told me he expected my water to break that day. It was a cold, rainy, bad traffic kind of day, and so I talked to him about having to drive 30 minutes home to drive back if it does, etc. Then, he said well if you want to head to the hospital we can do this today... WHAT?! Man, he read my mind :) I went straight to the hospital, after some lack of direction sense on my part, and got checked in around 10:00am. The nurse broke my water at 11 and the waiting game began.
We walked the halls...interesting thing to do after having your water broke.... and I bounced and rolled on a birthing ball in our room. Dr. Rapp came and checked me at 1pm and I was at a 6 or 7, so he ran to do some errands. Around 3pm, the contractions started to get pretty intense... hello transition... I got on my hands and knees on the hospital bed and things started really progressing. The nurse came in to see how I was doing and dropped the bottom of the bed so I could be on my knees in a more comfortable way. She gave me some encouragement then left me alone- something I loved about her and my doctor.
At 4:30-ish, honestly I lost all track of time at this point, the nurse checked me and I was at an 8. I wasn't sure I could take it much longer, but luckily I had an incredibly supportive and encouraging husband and nurse who kept pushing me. Sometimes close to 6, came the time to push, and I was pretty convinced that I wouldn't be able to do it, but at 6:15 my beautiful little girl was placed on my abdomen and it was the most wonderful release I've ever felt. Yup... I gave birth to my 8lb9oz baby all naturally, almost completely intervention free, and it's the most empowering experience of my life. And yes, it hurt like no other pain I've ever felt.
Madelyn immediately wanted to nurse and did so for about 90 minutes, which was good considering I was losing a decent amount of blood and her nursing was helping to slow it down. I never once had to have a single drug during my stay. She has continued to be a breastfeeding champ.
Now a month later she is such a calm baby weighing in at 10lb12oz. We're using cloth diapers and she's already wearing 0-3mo clothes. This month has been surreal and I feel so blessed when I look around at my messy house because it means we had a fun day and my heart is full of the love from and for my 2 beautiful little girls.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
So much....
So it's obviously been forever since I've done a relevant post. Things have been crazy the past few months, and I've kind of avoided the blog because I didn't know how to write some of it.
One big thing is that I'm currently 39.5 weeks pregnant---WHAT?! My due date is just in 3 days, and I'm pretty miserable. I've been having contractions for 6+ weeks now. They had to stop my labor at 34w2d with a shot, and since then I've been having inconsistently horrible contractions. I actually spent 13 hours in L&D on December 23rd, but failed to progress even with though I had contractions the entire time so they sent me home. It's been a long hard month and a half, and I never expected to make it this far, especially since they had to stop my labor. Now we are looking at a potential induction if things done kick in on their on soon. I'm dilated 5cm and pretty thinned out, and she's really low, just not having any active labor just yet. I have hardly slept in the past few weeks, so hoping we have her soon so that we have a reason to not sleep :) Rylee is getting pretty anxious too, she tells Madelyn several times a day to get out and come play. Can't wait to see them together.
Also, Rylee turned 3 on the 27th!!! I can't believe it's been 3 years since she entered our lives. We had a minion birthday party and she is still talking about it :) She had so much fun! We had lots of friends come over, and even more couldn't make it because of the nasty bugs that are going around. We missed everyone that couldn't be here, but loved watching Rylee with the people who could make it. She has learned so much this past year, I can't even believe how much she has changed in front of us. She's already changing so much since turning 3 in my opinion, she's using bigger words, putting longer sentences together, and she still has the memory of an elephant! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us. Hopefully, we'll find a dance class to stick with, or maybe a gymnastics class. We still plan on homeschooling for preschool, but are going to tour one or two in the coming months to make sure we have considered all of our options.
And finally, on December 1st, it had been a year since we said goodbye to Preston. On his birthday, we went to church, then went out to the cemetery and spent some time there. We brought him winter/birthday flowers, and a small little elephant stuffed animal. I didn't handle it very well, and honestly didn't want to leave at all. I could've sat there crying all day. After we finally left, we went and picked out our Christmas tree just like we did last year. Paul and I had a really hard time leading up to the 1st, we laid on the couch and cried and held each other a lot. It was a lot harder than I expected it to be. I haven't been out to Floral Haven since, but want to go before we have Madelyn, so I should probably get out there soon. I miss our little man so much and the closer we get to having a new baby, the more I miss him.
But that is the last few months in a quick nutshell. We are just playing a waiting game for Madelyn at this point, and I'm pretty certain I'll be pregnant forever it feels. But we are so anxious for her to come home and join our family. It will be soon!!
One big thing is that I'm currently 39.5 weeks pregnant---WHAT?! My due date is just in 3 days, and I'm pretty miserable. I've been having contractions for 6+ weeks now. They had to stop my labor at 34w2d with a shot, and since then I've been having inconsistently horrible contractions. I actually spent 13 hours in L&D on December 23rd, but failed to progress even with though I had contractions the entire time so they sent me home. It's been a long hard month and a half, and I never expected to make it this far, especially since they had to stop my labor. Now we are looking at a potential induction if things done kick in on their on soon. I'm dilated 5cm and pretty thinned out, and she's really low, just not having any active labor just yet. I have hardly slept in the past few weeks, so hoping we have her soon so that we have a reason to not sleep :) Rylee is getting pretty anxious too, she tells Madelyn several times a day to get out and come play. Can't wait to see them together.
Also, Rylee turned 3 on the 27th!!! I can't believe it's been 3 years since she entered our lives. We had a minion birthday party and she is still talking about it :) She had so much fun! We had lots of friends come over, and even more couldn't make it because of the nasty bugs that are going around. We missed everyone that couldn't be here, but loved watching Rylee with the people who could make it. She has learned so much this past year, I can't even believe how much she has changed in front of us. She's already changing so much since turning 3 in my opinion, she's using bigger words, putting longer sentences together, and she still has the memory of an elephant! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us. Hopefully, we'll find a dance class to stick with, or maybe a gymnastics class. We still plan on homeschooling for preschool, but are going to tour one or two in the coming months to make sure we have considered all of our options.
And finally, on December 1st, it had been a year since we said goodbye to Preston. On his birthday, we went to church, then went out to the cemetery and spent some time there. We brought him winter/birthday flowers, and a small little elephant stuffed animal. I didn't handle it very well, and honestly didn't want to leave at all. I could've sat there crying all day. After we finally left, we went and picked out our Christmas tree just like we did last year. Paul and I had a really hard time leading up to the 1st, we laid on the couch and cried and held each other a lot. It was a lot harder than I expected it to be. I haven't been out to Floral Haven since, but want to go before we have Madelyn, so I should probably get out there soon. I miss our little man so much and the closer we get to having a new baby, the more I miss him.
But that is the last few months in a quick nutshell. We are just playing a waiting game for Madelyn at this point, and I'm pretty certain I'll be pregnant forever it feels. But we are so anxious for her to come home and join our family. It will be soon!!
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