As many of you know, Caelan Dean made his grand entrance into this world on Friday January 16th at 3:16pm! He is doing fantastic and we are so blessed to have such a precious addition to our family!!
So anyways, for those that are interested, here is the story of how it all happened!
Thursday 1/15:
Spent the day much the same as any other day. Wondering when he would finally come and agonizing over the delay in "action." They only difference was that for once I seriously had NOTHING on Thursday. No contractions, no pains, nada!
That night I went to bed and can only say that I just felt "off". I was slightly nauseous and just didn't quite feel right.
At 12:30am I woke up and had to go to the bathroom. When I walked to the bathroom there was a "trickle" down my leg. I definitely thought it was weird but went back to bed. I figured, if it was my water leaking then I would start contracting. But after an hour of nothing, I fell asleep again.
At 3:30am I woke up again to go to the bathroom. I had a weird cramp in my side when I got up and this time there were 3-4 "trickles" as I walked to the bathroom. I turned on the light and there was some blood mixed in...that was when I knew it was the real deal.
Nick and I arrived at the hospital at 4:00am because I was Strep B positive and needed to be put on antibiotics. So they hooked me up to the IV and the wait began. Five hours passed of absolutely nothing. I had minor contractions about every half hour and literally felt completely fine. That is when they decided to start the pitocyn.
They started the IV at 9:00am and told me I should start feeling more steady contractions in about an hour. Well an hour and a half passed and nothing was happening. So they up'ed my dose.
At 11:00am the nurse came by and said that if I was ready, the Dr. doing the epidurals was going to be on the floor and I could get mine at that time. So, at 11:30am the Dr. came in to do my epidural and just as he was about to start my water broke and I went from no labor to active labor in a minute. My contractions were strong and about 2 minutes apart.
From there, things went very fast...and I mean very fast. I was fully dilated by 2:30pm and pushing by 2:45pm. Then at 3:16pm Caelan Dean made his grand entrance!!
He weighed in at 8lbs 10oz and 21.5 inches long! And is doing really really well!!
Check out our site for pics!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
And the days continue...
Apparently my uterus is way too comfortable, because this kid just does not want to come out.
And for all those in a similar situation or soon-to-be...one bit of advice:
ALL THOSE STUPID "REMEDIES" FOR SPEEDING UP AND ENCOURAGING LABOR DO NOT WORK!
So don't waste your time and money!
Here's hoping he comes within the week!
And for all those in a similar situation or soon-to-be...one bit of advice:
ALL THOSE STUPID "REMEDIES" FOR SPEEDING UP AND ENCOURAGING LABOR DO NOT WORK!
So don't waste your time and money!
Here's hoping he comes within the week!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Supposedly 9 more days?!?!
Ok so the most frustrating part of pregnancy has to be the last two weeks. You are uncomfortable and swear every day has to be "THE DAY" only for the day to pass and for you to wake up the next morning feeling exactly the same as the day before.
Now I admit with Amelia I was continually hoping that she would go early, only she didn't and arrived a lovely 5 days late. With Caelan, I told myself, there is no way this kid is coming early and had resigned to the fact that he would either go right to his due date or be late like his sister. The latter I am dreading, especially since from what we can tell he is not a small kid!
The cruelty of this pregnancy is that I have had some serious bouts of nice hard contractions and pre-labor signs for a week now. In fact, last night my contractions were getting stronger and about 5 minutes apart! We called my midwife and she said to come on in! At last, this baby was looking to be on his way!
WRONG! After 4 hours of what looked like some good early labor, I remained 2 cm dilated and in an even crueler twist of the fates, my contractions slowed to 16 minutes apart and eventually stopped! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!
So the wait continues...and continues...and continues...
Anyone want to venture some guesses on when this kid will come? I am officially opening another pool just to keep myself occupied. So place your bets...when will this baby grace us with his presence?!?
Now I admit with Amelia I was continually hoping that she would go early, only she didn't and arrived a lovely 5 days late. With Caelan, I told myself, there is no way this kid is coming early and had resigned to the fact that he would either go right to his due date or be late like his sister. The latter I am dreading, especially since from what we can tell he is not a small kid!
The cruelty of this pregnancy is that I have had some serious bouts of nice hard contractions and pre-labor signs for a week now. In fact, last night my contractions were getting stronger and about 5 minutes apart! We called my midwife and she said to come on in! At last, this baby was looking to be on his way!
WRONG! After 4 hours of what looked like some good early labor, I remained 2 cm dilated and in an even crueler twist of the fates, my contractions slowed to 16 minutes apart and eventually stopped! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!
So the wait continues...and continues...and continues...
Anyone want to venture some guesses on when this kid will come? I am officially opening another pool just to keep myself occupied. So place your bets...when will this baby grace us with his presence?!?
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