Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Noah Rylan
June 19, 2011
5:00 pm - The doctor thought the baby was getting too big, so we went to the hospital on Sunday night, Father's day, to be induced. I was already 2cm and 60% so the balloon part didn't take too long, then we tried to get some sleep. (yeah right...who gets sleep on a L&D bed?)
side note - Even though an induction was not my first choice, I also did not want the baby to be too big to deliver. It ended up working out great to plan for Caden so we didn't have to call one of our friends in the middle of the night and drop him off. My parents came over to take care of him while we were in the hospital.
June 20, 2011
4:00 am - I get placed back on the monitors and an IV is started
4:30 am - Pitocin is started
8:30 am - I am having contractions but they don't hurt, they feel the same as what I had been having off and on all week just starting to get a little more consistent. I make Jimmy go get something to eat for breakfast. I am starving but not allowed to have anything. I didn't know how long this was going to take so I didn't want him to be starving too.
9:30 am - Nurse let me have a break from the monitors so that I could get up and walk around. We walked around the small U-shaped hallway for a little while (my backside was very grateful for the break).
10:15ish am - Dr came in to break my water
11:15 am - Baby's heart rate is dropping so the nurse is getting me to lay in different positions to help the baby. Contractions are definitely stronger now and uncomfortable. We are able to stabilize the baby's heart rate.
11:25 am - Nurse checks to see where I am at and finds me at 5 almost 6cm. Yay! I can get an epidural!
11:45 am - Anesthesiologist gets there and starts talking about all the risks involved and asking health questions while he is getting set up. Do you think they realize that we are in so much pain that we are not comprehending anything they are saying? That's why the nurse has us sign the paper when we first get there. At one point, he asked me a question two or three times and I wasn't answering so finally Jimmy told him I was in the middle of a contraction. He finally gets the catheter in and starts giving me medicine.
12:05 pm - Still feeling contractions but not nearly as bad as before. I tell the nurse I am feeling pressure so she checks me. I am 7cm.
12:10 pm - I tell the nurse I am feeling even more pressure than I was a few minutes ago. She checks me again and I am 10cm and ready to have a baby. She has me do a practice push but as soon as I start to push she tells me to stop because the baby's head is right there and that he has a lot of hair. She goes to call the Dr and tells me not to push.
12:20 pm - Dr gets there and 3 pushes later Noah is born at 12:24pm! Dr is amazed to see that he had a knot in his umbilical cord. It obviously did not affect him at all because when Jimmy came back with him from the nursery after being weighed and measured, he told me he was 10lbs. 3oz. and 22 1/2 in. long!
Noah was born with a head full of dark hair and very long nails. He had some bruising so he looked a little purple and swollen but that went away within a couple days.
5:00 pm - The doctor thought the baby was getting too big, so we went to the hospital on Sunday night, Father's day, to be induced. I was already 2cm and 60% so the balloon part didn't take too long, then we tried to get some sleep. (yeah right...who gets sleep on a L&D bed?)
side note - Even though an induction was not my first choice, I also did not want the baby to be too big to deliver. It ended up working out great to plan for Caden so we didn't have to call one of our friends in the middle of the night and drop him off. My parents came over to take care of him while we were in the hospital.
June 20, 2011
4:00 am - I get placed back on the monitors and an IV is started
4:30 am - Pitocin is started
8:30 am - I am having contractions but they don't hurt, they feel the same as what I had been having off and on all week just starting to get a little more consistent. I make Jimmy go get something to eat for breakfast. I am starving but not allowed to have anything. I didn't know how long this was going to take so I didn't want him to be starving too.
9:30 am - Nurse let me have a break from the monitors so that I could get up and walk around. We walked around the small U-shaped hallway for a little while (my backside was very grateful for the break).
10:15ish am - Dr came in to break my water
11:15 am - Baby's heart rate is dropping so the nurse is getting me to lay in different positions to help the baby. Contractions are definitely stronger now and uncomfortable. We are able to stabilize the baby's heart rate.
11:25 am - Nurse checks to see where I am at and finds me at 5 almost 6cm. Yay! I can get an epidural!
11:45 am - Anesthesiologist gets there and starts talking about all the risks involved and asking health questions while he is getting set up. Do you think they realize that we are in so much pain that we are not comprehending anything they are saying? That's why the nurse has us sign the paper when we first get there. At one point, he asked me a question two or three times and I wasn't answering so finally Jimmy told him I was in the middle of a contraction. He finally gets the catheter in and starts giving me medicine.
12:05 pm - Still feeling contractions but not nearly as bad as before. I tell the nurse I am feeling pressure so she checks me. I am 7cm.
12:10 pm - I tell the nurse I am feeling even more pressure than I was a few minutes ago. She checks me again and I am 10cm and ready to have a baby. She has me do a practice push but as soon as I start to push she tells me to stop because the baby's head is right there and that he has a lot of hair. She goes to call the Dr and tells me not to push.
12:20 pm - Dr gets there and 3 pushes later Noah is born at 12:24pm! Dr is amazed to see that he had a knot in his umbilical cord. It obviously did not affect him at all because when Jimmy came back with him from the nursery after being weighed and measured, he told me he was 10lbs. 3oz. and 22 1/2 in. long!
Noah was born with a head full of dark hair and very long nails. He had some bruising so he looked a little purple and swollen but that went away within a couple days.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Caden
A few notes to remember about you and who you are before your baby brother becomes apart of our family.
* You are 2 years and 7 months old, about 30 lbs. and about 38 in. tall
* Books are one of your favorite things. We always read a couple before nap and bed time but often times we read through out the day as well. Sometimes you sit in your room quietly for quite awhile and read them to yourself.
* Your memory amazes me! I don't have to read some of your books because you can read them to me, almost word for word. You will also randomly tell us about something we did months ago
* You LOVE to sing. You sing all the time, but especially when we are eating. (which makes it difficult to teach you not to talk with food in your mouth!)
* When sleeping, you have to have all of your stuffed animals on your bed with you
* You love animals and you love to know what noise the animal makes. Not so interested in bugs however. You say "I no like bugs" and we stomp on the ants outside.
* You love to play with cars, trucks, tractors, trains, tools, animals...
* You know your colors, shapes and ABC's. You are doing really good at being able to recognize some of your letters and you can almost count to 20 (you skip 14 and forget to say 20)
* Playing in water is so much fun, whether it's in the bath, sprinkler, water table, slip n slide or pool. You are not afraid of getting water in your face.
* You are not a daredevil. A lot of times we have to make you do something the first time even if you don't want to, but after you do it once or twice, you usually love it.
* Watching TV is limited but some of your favorites are Dora, Diego, Wild Kratts, Mickey Mouse, SuperWhy and Dinosaur Train. Cars and The Lion King are your favorite movies.
* You love to snuggle with Mama after you get up from your nap
* You love to play tackle with Daddy
* Whenever we play hide and seek, you have to use the flashlight, even if its the middle of the day
* You still suck on your fingers but we are working on trying to stop that
* You like to help clean...you love to use the broom and when we are dusting you get a wipe and clean a little bit everywhere (toys, couch, wall, tv stand...)
* Whenever someone asks you what your name is, you say Caden Jordan
* You love your friends and going to church
This is only a small list of some of the things I thought of right now. You are such a sweet boy and I know you are going to be the best big brother. Daddy and I love you so much and are so thankful that God gave you to us.
* You are 2 years and 7 months old, about 30 lbs. and about 38 in. tall
* Books are one of your favorite things. We always read a couple before nap and bed time but often times we read through out the day as well. Sometimes you sit in your room quietly for quite awhile and read them to yourself.
* Your memory amazes me! I don't have to read some of your books because you can read them to me, almost word for word. You will also randomly tell us about something we did months ago
* You LOVE to sing. You sing all the time, but especially when we are eating. (which makes it difficult to teach you not to talk with food in your mouth!)
* When sleeping, you have to have all of your stuffed animals on your bed with you
* You love animals and you love to know what noise the animal makes. Not so interested in bugs however. You say "I no like bugs" and we stomp on the ants outside.
* You love to play with cars, trucks, tractors, trains, tools, animals...
* You know your colors, shapes and ABC's. You are doing really good at being able to recognize some of your letters and you can almost count to 20 (you skip 14 and forget to say 20)
* Playing in water is so much fun, whether it's in the bath, sprinkler, water table, slip n slide or pool. You are not afraid of getting water in your face.
* You are not a daredevil. A lot of times we have to make you do something the first time even if you don't want to, but after you do it once or twice, you usually love it.
* Watching TV is limited but some of your favorites are Dora, Diego, Wild Kratts, Mickey Mouse, SuperWhy and Dinosaur Train. Cars and The Lion King are your favorite movies.
* You love to snuggle with Mama after you get up from your nap
* You love to play tackle with Daddy
* Whenever we play hide and seek, you have to use the flashlight, even if its the middle of the day
* You still suck on your fingers but we are working on trying to stop that
* You like to help clean...you love to use the broom and when we are dusting you get a wipe and clean a little bit everywhere (toys, couch, wall, tv stand...)
* Whenever someone asks you what your name is, you say Caden Jordan
* You love your friends and going to church
This is only a small list of some of the things I thought of right now. You are such a sweet boy and I know you are going to be the best big brother. Daddy and I love you so much and are so thankful that God gave you to us.
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