Nate was born on Monday April 28th at 10:44am,
7 pounds 4 ounces and 18.7 inches long.He was an emergency C-section and we had one planned for April 30th but my water broke at 7am Monday morning April 28th, 2 day early and I went into labor (ok I know... 3 hours of labor doesn't count ;p)
Here are a few shots...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Did my Water just Break???
April 28th 2008
My best friend Clare called from Bangkok Thailand at 7am Monday morning so I jumped out of bed to get the phone. Well I always have to pee when I get up (I know TMI)so i did my thing and went back to bed and I had the sensation I pee'd a little so back out of bed all the way back to the loo and every time I went to get up I had to pee AGAIN! Soooo I finally get off the can and not even 10 ft out the bathroom door, “GOOSH” oh yeah baby that’s right (just like in the movies) so back to the loo again, thinking I just pissed myself, hee hee hee. So I asked Clare and we come to the conclusion that my water has broken =D WOO HOO BABY! I call Pete at work and tell him to get his ass home and get me to the hospital.
I quickly run around the house leaking like a sieve packing my bag, that’s right it’s not packed unless you count the boxes of bon bon's, granola bars and gummies, HA HA HA, no really that’s all I packed. I had a few Snickers’ bars too but I ate them already, lol.
Now why is it I can’t remember phone numbers that I have dialled then a million times??? I try calling my brother Todd and his wife Ann but my nephew Greg tells me that she’s at the cabin at Mnt. Baker, I try to call but I can’t get through, of all times to have this happen =( so Pete calls Todd and get him to get a hold of Ann for us.
Pete comes home and we are in disbelieve but we head off to the hospital and arrive at 8:26 am.
Now keep in mind Peanut is breeched so his butt is where his head is suppose to be and the baby’s head works like a cork (in normal situations) to stop the leaking of amniotic fluid (hence why I got that TV GOOSH) I swear this child has Pete’s ass cause if Peanut had my ass like mine it so would have worked like a plug, ROFLMAO.
To our surprise Dr. Rosengarten my Doc pulls back the curtain, "What's going on?" He was at the hospital doing a speech and they let him know I came in so he came by to check in on me and to introduce me to Dr. Dena Bloomenthal, the OBGYN/surgeon on his team that would be doing my C-Section. She is about 5-6 month pregnant. She is super nice and funny.
All of the nurses that where assigned to us names all stated with a “J”, Julianna, Judith, Julie, Joni, the list goes on… ha ha ha too funny.
Every time I laughed I leaked, and Pete got that on film for me =) NICE!!! The best is when they went to take me to the OR for the emergency C-section and 20 ft away from the bed I stop dead in my tracks and all I can say is “Oops sorry” hee hee hee, as I look down and have this nice puddle on the floor between my legs. Oh I know they have seen it all, what a little amniotic fluid, LOL.
In the OR they thought it was my second child because I was so calm for an emergency C-Section, that’s only because I had researched it, had a month to mentally prepare and watched a C-Section operation so I had a good idea of what to expect.
The epidural/spinal needle hurt but once it was in I was numb from the pits down in about 5 mins. Now that’s a weird feeling!
So there I lay on the OR table as all the Doctors and nurses come in and introduce them self’s to me. OK, how many people are in here??? The OBGYN/surgeon Dr. Dena Bloomenthal, Dr Lee the anaesthesiologist, Dr. Peacock the pediatrician and all these other Doctor's and nurses with names that all start with "J"! And finally at last my beloved husband arrives in his scrubs, he looked so official.
I was a little shaky and thought it was my nerves but apparently it was the drugs that cause that, kind of nasty cause you can’t control it.
Pete is standing by filming away and he looks over the screen they have draped up so we DON’T see what is going on. I’m in total shock! I can’t believe he looked, GROSS! SO of course I ask him… “Did you see anything?” he replies back with a “not yet”.
They tell us we are about 10 mins away and I’m really getting excited and so is Pete, he keeps looking over the screen and freaking me out. I tell him to stop but he doesn’t listen.
He says he can see the incision and just the thought freaks me out and I can’t believe he’s looking and NO ONE is saying anything.
He looks again and then he sits down, I say "You saw something didn't you?" He shakes his head and raises his brows and says he just needs to catch his breath… he looks pale, OK GREY is more like it and the next thing I know he’s looking at me and his eyes start to roll back into his head and his face slowly falls towards me. Peter, Peter… ah guys my husband just passed out. And then I hear the clung as he drops the brand new video camera =( OH NO!!!
Dr Peacock and Dr Lee grab him and lie him down on the floor and elevate his legs and he comes to in a few seconds. One of the nurses comes over with apple juice and cold compresses as Pete tries to get up she takes a firm voice with him and tells him to sit down as they already have one patient, ha ha ha. Dr Deanna said “Did he look?” and I tell her he did and she says “Get’s them every time. Dr. Peacock grabbed the camera and tells me not to worry that he’d get it all on film. Pete is now sitting beside me all clammy and pale but he’s OK. As we sit waiting we here Dr Deanna announces “IT”S A BOY” followed by the cry of our baby, that was the greatest sound I had heard! =D
They bring Peanut around for a quick glimpse and whisk him away to get checked out. A few minutes later we meet our son. We are in disbelieve that this tiny little bundle of life is ours. He has the chubbiest cheeks that are soooo cute.
OH yeah the best part, that night when Pete came back to the hospital he told me that the video camera was rolling the whole time when he passed out, ROFLMAO! Now that is even better. i can't wait to YouTube that! hee hee hee. Pete said the last time he looked over was when they pulled me open! YIKES! No wonder he passed out, lol.
They take us all to the recovery room and we have the first attempt at breast feeding and Peanut latched on like a piranha! Well he has no issues there, he is a breast man, hee hee hee. I tell Pete to go start making the phone calls!
After an hour plus and both baby and my vitals are good they take us to our room.
Pete and I had a couple our hours before the family showed up and Pete got to do his first diaper change and attempt the swaddling, lol. Now that was fun for me to watch.
I could start to move my legs a few hours later but it was so weird to attempt moving them, have the sensation that they are moving and to see moving move!
What a day! And so worth it =)
My best friend Clare called from Bangkok Thailand at 7am Monday morning so I jumped out of bed to get the phone. Well I always have to pee when I get up (I know TMI)so i did my thing and went back to bed and I had the sensation I pee'd a little so back out of bed all the way back to the loo and every time I went to get up I had to pee AGAIN! Soooo I finally get off the can and not even 10 ft out the bathroom door, “GOOSH” oh yeah baby that’s right (just like in the movies) so back to the loo again, thinking I just pissed myself, hee hee hee. So I asked Clare and we come to the conclusion that my water has broken =D WOO HOO BABY! I call Pete at work and tell him to get his ass home and get me to the hospital.
I quickly run around the house leaking like a sieve packing my bag, that’s right it’s not packed unless you count the boxes of bon bon's, granola bars and gummies, HA HA HA, no really that’s all I packed. I had a few Snickers’ bars too but I ate them already, lol.
Now why is it I can’t remember phone numbers that I have dialled then a million times??? I try calling my brother Todd and his wife Ann but my nephew Greg tells me that she’s at the cabin at Mnt. Baker, I try to call but I can’t get through, of all times to have this happen =( so Pete calls Todd and get him to get a hold of Ann for us.
Pete comes home and we are in disbelieve but we head off to the hospital and arrive at 8:26 am.
Now keep in mind Peanut is breeched so his butt is where his head is suppose to be and the baby’s head works like a cork (in normal situations) to stop the leaking of amniotic fluid (hence why I got that TV GOOSH) I swear this child has Pete’s ass cause if Peanut had my ass like mine it so would have worked like a plug, ROFLMAO.
To our surprise Dr. Rosengarten my Doc pulls back the curtain, "What's going on?" He was at the hospital doing a speech and they let him know I came in so he came by to check in on me and to introduce me to Dr. Dena Bloomenthal, the OBGYN/surgeon on his team that would be doing my C-Section. She is about 5-6 month pregnant. She is super nice and funny.
All of the nurses that where assigned to us names all stated with a “J”, Julianna, Judith, Julie, Joni, the list goes on… ha ha ha too funny.
Every time I laughed I leaked, and Pete got that on film for me =) NICE!!! The best is when they went to take me to the OR for the emergency C-section and 20 ft away from the bed I stop dead in my tracks and all I can say is “Oops sorry” hee hee hee, as I look down and have this nice puddle on the floor between my legs. Oh I know they have seen it all, what a little amniotic fluid, LOL.
In the OR they thought it was my second child because I was so calm for an emergency C-Section, that’s only because I had researched it, had a month to mentally prepare and watched a C-Section operation so I had a good idea of what to expect.
The epidural/spinal needle hurt but once it was in I was numb from the pits down in about 5 mins. Now that’s a weird feeling!
So there I lay on the OR table as all the Doctors and nurses come in and introduce them self’s to me. OK, how many people are in here??? The OBGYN/surgeon Dr. Dena Bloomenthal, Dr Lee the anaesthesiologist, Dr. Peacock the pediatrician and all these other Doctor's and nurses with names that all start with "J"! And finally at last my beloved husband arrives in his scrubs, he looked so official.
I was a little shaky and thought it was my nerves but apparently it was the drugs that cause that, kind of nasty cause you can’t control it.
Pete is standing by filming away and he looks over the screen they have draped up so we DON’T see what is going on. I’m in total shock! I can’t believe he looked, GROSS! SO of course I ask him… “Did you see anything?” he replies back with a “not yet”.
They tell us we are about 10 mins away and I’m really getting excited and so is Pete, he keeps looking over the screen and freaking me out. I tell him to stop but he doesn’t listen.
He says he can see the incision and just the thought freaks me out and I can’t believe he’s looking and NO ONE is saying anything.
He looks again and then he sits down, I say "You saw something didn't you?" He shakes his head and raises his brows and says he just needs to catch his breath… he looks pale, OK GREY is more like it and the next thing I know he’s looking at me and his eyes start to roll back into his head and his face slowly falls towards me. Peter, Peter… ah guys my husband just passed out. And then I hear the clung as he drops the brand new video camera =( OH NO!!!
Dr Peacock and Dr Lee grab him and lie him down on the floor and elevate his legs and he comes to in a few seconds. One of the nurses comes over with apple juice and cold compresses as Pete tries to get up she takes a firm voice with him and tells him to sit down as they already have one patient, ha ha ha. Dr Deanna said “Did he look?” and I tell her he did and she says “Get’s them every time. Dr. Peacock grabbed the camera and tells me not to worry that he’d get it all on film. Pete is now sitting beside me all clammy and pale but he’s OK. As we sit waiting we here Dr Deanna announces “IT”S A BOY” followed by the cry of our baby, that was the greatest sound I had heard! =D
They bring Peanut around for a quick glimpse and whisk him away to get checked out. A few minutes later we meet our son. We are in disbelieve that this tiny little bundle of life is ours. He has the chubbiest cheeks that are soooo cute.
OH yeah the best part, that night when Pete came back to the hospital he told me that the video camera was rolling the whole time when he passed out, ROFLMAO! Now that is even better. i can't wait to YouTube that! hee hee hee. Pete said the last time he looked over was when they pulled me open! YIKES! No wonder he passed out, lol.
They take us all to the recovery room and we have the first attempt at breast feeding and Peanut latched on like a piranha! Well he has no issues there, he is a breast man, hee hee hee. I tell Pete to go start making the phone calls!
After an hour plus and both baby and my vitals are good they take us to our room.
Pete and I had a couple our hours before the family showed up and Pete got to do his first diaper change and attempt the swaddling, lol. Now that was fun for me to watch.
I could start to move my legs a few hours later but it was so weird to attempt moving them, have the sensation that they are moving and to see moving move!
What a day! And so worth it =)
Sunday, April 27, 2008
39 Weeks!
So as of April 26th I'm officially 39 weeks! The last few weeks have flown by and I'm so thankful to be off work and off my feet and the feel somewhat normal, as normal as swollen feet can feel, ROFL... and I can only wear runners as nothing else fits, hee hee hee.
So this Wednesday April 30th at 11 AM I have the C-Section and Peanut will be here. Pete and I are getting so excited and a little anxious. I can't wait to meet our baby. What will it look like??? Doc told me it will have a perfect head cause it's frank breeched but it's poor little legs with be in a pike position so the feet will be up by Peanut's face for the first few days, LOL. The Pediatrician checks the hips joints after the birth to ensure that the hips are ok and not dislocated, common with this position and more so in girls then boys. If any issues they put a special band on their hips/legs to help them fuse into the correct spot. Doc says I'll be in the hospital till Saturday morning and if I'm a good girl (little does he know, LOL) then I might get to go home on Friday for good behaviour, hee hee hee.
Pete and I got the crib delivered on Friday night, a gift from Reg and Chad (we can't thank you both enough, we love it), so on Saturday we built the crib, not to bad and Pete did most of the work while I sat there passing tools and screws, hee hee hee. Took just over an hour and it's beautiful, it's in Oak to match the other antique furniture we have.
So this Wednesday April 30th at 11 AM I have the C-Section and Peanut will be here. Pete and I are getting so excited and a little anxious. I can't wait to meet our baby. What will it look like??? Doc told me it will have a perfect head cause it's frank breeched but it's poor little legs with be in a pike position so the feet will be up by Peanut's face for the first few days, LOL. The Pediatrician checks the hips joints after the birth to ensure that the hips are ok and not dislocated, common with this position and more so in girls then boys. If any issues they put a special band on their hips/legs to help them fuse into the correct spot. Doc says I'll be in the hospital till Saturday morning and if I'm a good girl (little does he know, LOL) then I might get to go home on Friday for good behaviour, hee hee hee.
Pete and I got the crib delivered on Friday night, a gift from Reg and Chad (we can't thank you both enough, we love it), so on Saturday we built the crib, not to bad and Pete did most of the work while I sat there passing tools and screws, hee hee hee. Took just over an hour and it's beautiful, it's in Oak to match the other antique furniture we have.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Turning the Baby!
Well the appointment got moved from 10am to 1pm so my last chance to eat was before 5am so up at 4am to have some oatmeal as it was gonna be a long day. Oh little did I know...
Pete, Ann and I arrived at BC Women's Hospital just after 11am for the ECV (to turn the baby). Pete and I signed in and got our sexy blue hospital bands (he was officially Julie A Brown for the day, LOL). Routine just incase they have to do an emergency c-section. A nurse comes to get Pete and I and takes us to the procedure room. She asked to me change into a sexy green couture night gown (YEAH RIGHT), ha ha ha.
Pete went back to go get Ann, as we are ready to start the procedures. I first get my IV, oh that’s so much fun (and painful) but I watch the whole thing cause I’m a freak. Pete video’s it so he’s just as bad. The OB on staff comes to confirm that the baby is still a frank breech and of course Peanut is. She plays with the ultrasound and looks at the feet which Pete and Ann can see but I can’t see the screen =(
So on goes the fetal heart rate monitor and a blood pressure machine for me and shortly there after Dr. Rosengarten (my OBGYN) shows up. He goes over with me what’s going to happen and reminds me that if I tell him to stop them we are done. Everyone is in good spirits and we are chatting and laughing and cracking a few jokes.
Innocently I ask Doc if he gets to do this often and he laughs and "says often enough..." and it’s like “do you come here often?” and if he didn’t know any better he’d say I’m flirting with him, hee hee hee. Ahhh leave it to this pregnant lady to flirt ;) We all have a good laugh at my expense.
So I’m all slathered up in the ultrasound gel and Doc tilts the bed so my head is lower to let gravity help him move the baby’s bum out of my pelvis so he can rotate the baby into the correct spot. After a few attempts he’s breaking into a sweat and he’s shaking his hands out. He just cant’s seem to get Peanut out of my pelvis. I comment that I think I got the easy part and I’m giving him a work out, LOL.
Pete is standing at the foot of the bed video taping it and holding onto my ankle (just that little bit of contact with him calms me down and lets me know he’s there). Ann is over looking near by Pete and every once in a while I look over and try to smile.
I have to admit it does hurt and the only way I can explain it is like deep tissue massage times ten. I can’t believe how much pressure he is using to push the baby, Doc’s using his full weight pushing against me. The hard part was trying to breath and not hold my breath. He made a comment that it’s like pushing a car that’s not moving! He’s quick to say that I don’t weigh like a car but I get the point and we all laugh.
He decides to try one more time and he tried twice and he and the nurse said that I was doing really good. Peanut’s heart rate was strong and I was sore but after all that trying it was obvious that it was not going to happen. Peanut's butt is to far down (engaged) into my pelvis, i blame Pete as he's got the skinner ass out of the two of us, ROFLMAO! I think my Dr. was more disappointment then me (look on my face int he video may read otherwise) but hey we tried and that Doc defiantly did.
So it looks like I’m getting a C-Section after all. I’m booked for 1pm on April 30th, Pete’s mum’s birthday ;)
The nurse said that with frank breeched babies the success rate is about 5% with turning them.
They keep me in for just over an hour to make sure that the baby and I are doing fine.
Pete gets up about 40 mins later to go call him mum and as Ann and I are chatting the baby's heart rate drops from 126 to either 89 or 99 I can’t remember but I can’t see the screen but I can hear the fetal heart rate monitor. I think SHIT! Pete just left 30 seconds ago and now the nurse stands up and I’m trying to stay calm but I’m freaking out a little. She gives me the buzzer and says she’ll be right back, I think, OH SHIT! She’s going to go get the Dr. and I’m gonna have to have an emergency c-section and Pete’s not even here!!! But to my delight Peanut’s heart rate jumps back up and all is good. Ann I talked about it later and she said it freaked her out too.
Doc comes back just over an hour after the last attempt and says baby and I are doing great and to go home and rest and for Pete to take me for lunch, crap almost 12 hours without food, I’m starved.
He said there is a chance that I could go into labor after all this and he’s at the hospital for the next 12 hours so he’ll be there if I do but he looked at the contractions and they where small and I wasn’t feeling them.
Back to the Doctor’s on Monday to get a check up and unless I go into labor before April 30th that will be Peanut’s birthday =)
The next day... all in all I feel great, I do have some bruising right at the top of my bikini line from all the pushing and a little tender on my belly but other then that I’m doing great. It just feels like I did a million sit ups and every time Peanut moves I’m thankful that baby’s moving and ok but crap it hurts. I did not sleep very well last night cause every time Peanut moved it woke me up casue I’m sore.
If you would like to watch Peanut's EVC here is the link as it's not public (not everyone in the world needs to see it =) It's about 5min of video of our 2 hours before and during.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=5lCv4Qdiubs&feature=email
Pete, Ann and I arrived at BC Women's Hospital just after 11am for the ECV (to turn the baby). Pete and I signed in and got our sexy blue hospital bands (he was officially Julie A Brown for the day, LOL). Routine just incase they have to do an emergency c-section. A nurse comes to get Pete and I and takes us to the procedure room. She asked to me change into a sexy green couture night gown (YEAH RIGHT), ha ha ha.
Pete went back to go get Ann, as we are ready to start the procedures. I first get my IV, oh that’s so much fun (and painful) but I watch the whole thing cause I’m a freak. Pete video’s it so he’s just as bad. The OB on staff comes to confirm that the baby is still a frank breech and of course Peanut is. She plays with the ultrasound and looks at the feet which Pete and Ann can see but I can’t see the screen =(
So on goes the fetal heart rate monitor and a blood pressure machine for me and shortly there after Dr. Rosengarten (my OBGYN) shows up. He goes over with me what’s going to happen and reminds me that if I tell him to stop them we are done. Everyone is in good spirits and we are chatting and laughing and cracking a few jokes.
Innocently I ask Doc if he gets to do this often and he laughs and "says often enough..." and it’s like “do you come here often?” and if he didn’t know any better he’d say I’m flirting with him, hee hee hee. Ahhh leave it to this pregnant lady to flirt ;) We all have a good laugh at my expense.
So I’m all slathered up in the ultrasound gel and Doc tilts the bed so my head is lower to let gravity help him move the baby’s bum out of my pelvis so he can rotate the baby into the correct spot. After a few attempts he’s breaking into a sweat and he’s shaking his hands out. He just cant’s seem to get Peanut out of my pelvis. I comment that I think I got the easy part and I’m giving him a work out, LOL.
Pete is standing at the foot of the bed video taping it and holding onto my ankle (just that little bit of contact with him calms me down and lets me know he’s there). Ann is over looking near by Pete and every once in a while I look over and try to smile.
I have to admit it does hurt and the only way I can explain it is like deep tissue massage times ten. I can’t believe how much pressure he is using to push the baby, Doc’s using his full weight pushing against me. The hard part was trying to breath and not hold my breath. He made a comment that it’s like pushing a car that’s not moving! He’s quick to say that I don’t weigh like a car but I get the point and we all laugh.
He decides to try one more time and he tried twice and he and the nurse said that I was doing really good. Peanut’s heart rate was strong and I was sore but after all that trying it was obvious that it was not going to happen. Peanut's butt is to far down (engaged) into my pelvis, i blame Pete as he's got the skinner ass out of the two of us, ROFLMAO! I think my Dr. was more disappointment then me (look on my face int he video may read otherwise) but hey we tried and that Doc defiantly did.
So it looks like I’m getting a C-Section after all. I’m booked for 1pm on April 30th, Pete’s mum’s birthday ;)
The nurse said that with frank breeched babies the success rate is about 5% with turning them.
They keep me in for just over an hour to make sure that the baby and I are doing fine.
Pete gets up about 40 mins later to go call him mum and as Ann and I are chatting the baby's heart rate drops from 126 to either 89 or 99 I can’t remember but I can’t see the screen but I can hear the fetal heart rate monitor. I think SHIT! Pete just left 30 seconds ago and now the nurse stands up and I’m trying to stay calm but I’m freaking out a little. She gives me the buzzer and says she’ll be right back, I think, OH SHIT! She’s going to go get the Dr. and I’m gonna have to have an emergency c-section and Pete’s not even here!!! But to my delight Peanut’s heart rate jumps back up and all is good. Ann I talked about it later and she said it freaked her out too.
Doc comes back just over an hour after the last attempt and says baby and I are doing great and to go home and rest and for Pete to take me for lunch, crap almost 12 hours without food, I’m starved.
He said there is a chance that I could go into labor after all this and he’s at the hospital for the next 12 hours so he’ll be there if I do but he looked at the contractions and they where small and I wasn’t feeling them.
Back to the Doctor’s on Monday to get a check up and unless I go into labor before April 30th that will be Peanut’s birthday =)
The next day... all in all I feel great, I do have some bruising right at the top of my bikini line from all the pushing and a little tender on my belly but other then that I’m doing great. It just feels like I did a million sit ups and every time Peanut moves I’m thankful that baby’s moving and ok but crap it hurts. I did not sleep very well last night cause every time Peanut moved it woke me up casue I’m sore.
If you would like to watch Peanut's EVC here is the link as it's not public (not everyone in the world needs to see it =) It's about 5min of video of our 2 hours before and during.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=5lCv4Qdiubs&feature=email
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Surprise Baby Shower
My dear friend Connie threw Peanut and me a surprise Baby Shower. We had a great time and it was so nice to see my friends that I haven't seen in a while.
Here are a few shots from the event.
If you have trobles seeing the pictures here is a link to them all...
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Here are a few shots from the event.
If you have trobles seeing the pictures here is a link to them all...
http://picasaweb.google.com/home
Saturday, April 12, 2008
37 weeks! April 12th, 2008
Here I am at 37 weeks on my 36th Birthday! I'm now up to 147 pounds so 21 pounds that I have put on =D I might shock my Dr. and hit 25 pounds gained ;)
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Turn Baby Turn!!!
Well my OBGYM says I'm a good candidate for a procedure called External Cephalic Version (ECV), during an ECV my obstetrician will gently (yeah right!) move the baby by pressing their hands on my abdomen to turn the baby. I'm tall and skinny and the baby is thin (noodle shape) so easier to turn the baby then a chubby baby (meatball shaped), hee hee hee. Interesting to know that only 3% of babies breech! Just my luck ;)
I have watched a video of it on YouTube so at least I know what to expect.
Takes about 30 mins and I remain in the hospital (BC Women's) for 2-6 hours to ensure that the baby is doing fine. There is less then 1% risk involved and I'm not worried at all. More worried about the fact that my 200 pound Dr. has to bare down on my little body to turn the little shit! LOL. Cause the women in the video looked like it was very uncomfortable but I'm so not wanting a c-section and I know that will help me get through it. That and the fact Pete and my Sister in-law Ann will be there to help me through it. You also get it done in the hospital just in case they need to do an emergency c-section but Doc says he's only had it happen once in his whole career.
So the big day is Thursday April 17th at 10am and if for some strange reason Peanut decides to flip back into a breech position (unlikely) I have a c-section date for April 30th at 1pm.
Here is a link to the video I watch on an ECV, there is a Huggies commercial then the short video.
http://www.babycenter.com/2_lisas-birth-turning-a-breech-baby_1320895.bc
I know all of you wish us well and we very confident that Peanut will be a good baby and do as Doc wants.
I'm excited and nervous but I also have an inner calm about it, right now anyhow, wait till I'm in the hospital, ROFLMAO! I'm sure Ann will have her work cut out for her. Cause deep down inside we all know I'm a total freak, LOL!
I'll see if we can get Pete to video a little of it to put on the blog just to make you all laugh.
I have watched a video of it on YouTube so at least I know what to expect.
Takes about 30 mins and I remain in the hospital (BC Women's) for 2-6 hours to ensure that the baby is doing fine. There is less then 1% risk involved and I'm not worried at all. More worried about the fact that my 200 pound Dr. has to bare down on my little body to turn the little shit! LOL. Cause the women in the video looked like it was very uncomfortable but I'm so not wanting a c-section and I know that will help me get through it. That and the fact Pete and my Sister in-law Ann will be there to help me through it. You also get it done in the hospital just in case they need to do an emergency c-section but Doc says he's only had it happen once in his whole career.
So the big day is Thursday April 17th at 10am and if for some strange reason Peanut decides to flip back into a breech position (unlikely) I have a c-section date for April 30th at 1pm.
Here is a link to the video I watch on an ECV, there is a Huggies commercial then the short video.
http://www.babycenter.com/2_lisas-birth-turning-a-breech-baby_1320895.bc
I know all of you wish us well and we very confident that Peanut will be a good baby and do as Doc wants.
I'm excited and nervous but I also have an inner calm about it, right now anyhow, wait till I'm in the hospital, ROFLMAO! I'm sure Ann will have her work cut out for her. Cause deep down inside we all know I'm a total freak, LOL!
I'll see if we can get Pete to video a little of it to put on the blog just to make you all laugh.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Baby Shower
My Mother in-law Wanda and Sister in-law Ann threw me a baby shower for a few of my friends and family on Sunday. We had a great time and it was so nice to see everyone.
OK, the weirdest thing happened tho, they all bought my Winnie the pooh stuff??? Gesh if I didn't know any better I'd say there was a theme, BA HA HA!!!
Here are a few pictures from the party...
OK, the weirdest thing happened tho, they all bought my Winnie the pooh stuff??? Gesh if I didn't know any better I'd say there was a theme, BA HA HA!!!
Here are a few pictures from the party...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Week # 35 and what did the Dr. just say....
I'm sorry but did the Dr say "BREECHED"!!! OH HELL NO!
So there is Pete and I for a routine visit and with it being April Fool's Day praying to God the Dr is joking but he's not =( So I have to go for an ultrasound ASAP and find out what Peanut is up to. Yes Pete and I are nervous, bad enough being first time parents but now the thought of a cesarean is freaked us both out cause we really had not thought this would ever come up.
here is a little info that I found ...
By around 8 months, there's not much room in the uterus. Most babies maximize their cramped quarters by settling in head down, in what's known as a cephalic presentation. But if your baby is breech, it means he's poised to come out buttocks or feet first.
When labor begins at term, nearly 97 percent of babies are set to come out head first. Most of the rest are breech. (In rare cases, a baby will be sideways in the uterus with his shoulder or arm presenting first — this is called a transverse lie.)
So there we have it! Well Pete took the rest of the day off to be together to talk and read about our option and to mentally prepare us for a c-section if need be. I truley am blessed to have him for my partner as he is so supportive and loving.
It was a little overwhelming this morning at the Dr's office when they had me fill out all the surgery forms, even though we may not need them it was stressful non the less.
And here I was thinking the only issue was my sore feet, fat ankles and dizzy spells that have started again, *sigh.
Well off to the ultrasound at 7pm and I get my blood work back tomorrow to see what else is going on but other then being mentally drained we are doing very well. Peanut is so grounded for the rest of his life, LOL. No really I'm so gonna kick his or her ass, ;)
Ultrasound:
Well it's confirmed, Peanut is frank breeched, so bum down and legs straight up the front with his feet above his head (flexible little sucker)!
Here are a few shots that we did get.
So there is Pete and I for a routine visit and with it being April Fool's Day praying to God the Dr is joking but he's not =( So I have to go for an ultrasound ASAP and find out what Peanut is up to. Yes Pete and I are nervous, bad enough being first time parents but now the thought of a cesarean is freaked us both out cause we really had not thought this would ever come up.
here is a little info that I found ...
By around 8 months, there's not much room in the uterus. Most babies maximize their cramped quarters by settling in head down, in what's known as a cephalic presentation. But if your baby is breech, it means he's poised to come out buttocks or feet first.
When labor begins at term, nearly 97 percent of babies are set to come out head first. Most of the rest are breech. (In rare cases, a baby will be sideways in the uterus with his shoulder or arm presenting first — this is called a transverse lie.)
So there we have it! Well Pete took the rest of the day off to be together to talk and read about our option and to mentally prepare us for a c-section if need be. I truley am blessed to have him for my partner as he is so supportive and loving.
It was a little overwhelming this morning at the Dr's office when they had me fill out all the surgery forms, even though we may not need them it was stressful non the less.
And here I was thinking the only issue was my sore feet, fat ankles and dizzy spells that have started again, *sigh.
Well off to the ultrasound at 7pm and I get my blood work back tomorrow to see what else is going on but other then being mentally drained we are doing very well. Peanut is so grounded for the rest of his life, LOL. No really I'm so gonna kick his or her ass, ;)
Ultrasound:
Well it's confirmed, Peanut is frank breeched, so bum down and legs straight up the front with his feet above his head (flexible little sucker)!
Here are a few shots that we did get.
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