Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Home Again!
I'm back home again. I got released from the hospital last Monday sent home on bed rest. Well more modified bed rest. Today has been the worst day so far. I had to take my medication 2x's in under the amount of time you are supposed to wait between doses. So I have been battling this major headache that resembles a minor migraine. I have even been nauseous a few times. Besides that things are going well. By Friday Bella was so tired of being passed around that it started to wear on her. We are trying to keep her around a little more this week. And by Monday I'm off bed rest and hopefully into labor within the week! We will see! :) That is the update! :)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
New Happenings!
Hello Everyone! I have been trying to keep everyone updated via facebook and phone calls, but most of the time it has been pretty watered down details so I thought since I have all the time in the world right now I would post an update on our blog.
It has been a long crazy week. Last Friday we went to Bear Lake for the weekend. We had a really great time like always, but by the end of Saturday I wasn't feeling so great. We had taken a couple bumpy boat rides and one really long ride in the big boat so the kids could go tubing. I had forgotten to take a drink with me and it was very hot so I'm sure I got a little dehydrated. Plus I got motion sick so I got into the water to swim which was way fun. When I went to climb in the boat though the steps that I thought were there, weren't. I guess there are no steps that get into the boats, I was thinking of the wave runner, So I had to pull myself up into the boat (with a little help from my mother in law) but when you are told no heavy lifting in pregnancy you never think about lifting yourself...at least I didn't.
So by the end of the day I was feeling pretty yucky and we drove home that night. The whole way home I was having pretty regular contractions at about 15 min apart, sometimes closer. Then the next morning I was still having them and was also starting to feel sick and overheated, so I stayed home from church. That evening I spoke with a friend who's daughter is a nurse and she told me that even if they aren't totally regular and aren't painful that since I was having them for so long and more than 6 an hour, that I needed to go into the hospital.
So we went to labor and delivery. It all started very routine with not much worries. It was more of a precautionary visit to ease our minds. But when the nurse over me checked my cervix I was dialated to a 3. You could tell that her demeanor changed a little and she was more concerned. So they hooked me up to a monitor, gave me an IV and took some tests. They also gave me some medicine, that I call speed because it makes my heart race and my body shaky. After a few hours everything was stabilized and they sent me home.
The next morning I woke up with regular contractions again. So I waited till about 1:30 and then called my doctors office to ask what to do. My doctor was/is out of town so I talked to his nurse that I'm used to dealing with and told her the story and she was very upset that I had left the hospital without steroid shots for the baby's lung development and told me to get back into the hospital right then. So we went back.
Same ordeal as the night before except even on the medicine after a couple hours my nurse checked my dilation again and I had gone from a 3 to a 4 and went from being under 40% effaced to 80%. So they came to the conclusion that I was in preterm labor. I got the first shot for the babies lungs and we spent the rest of the day in a delivery room watching things. Nothing seemed to be happening once the medicine stabilized things but they were still concerned so they moved me up to a postpartum room the next day.
That was Tuesday. Since then I have had a roller-coaster of things happen. I was given the last shot for the babies lungs tuesday So by wednesday at 4:30pm it was a lot safer to deliver the baby, so that is good!, however thursday night I was having contractions a minute and a half apart with more pain, and my nurse was saying she thought that was it! That I was having the baby! But everything continues to stay stabilized. Every time I take the medicine the contractions go back to normal and everything seems fine. I am still on bed rest at the hospital and will be until I reach 34 weeks, which is Monday! :) At that point they will decide if I can go home and be on bed rest there until 36 weeks.
Everything is so up in the air and on a day to day basis that it has been hard on us and those helping us to really be able to plan things out, but we really appreciate everyone who has chipped in to make it easier on Ryan at home. Thank you for the meals and the time watching Bella, and the phone calls and visits to me in the hospital, as I have been bored out of my mind all week! lol! We really appreciate it all!
And despite all the things that have been going on, Ryan and I are both very optimistic. We really feel like the baby will be totally fine and that even if I deliver him premature, he will thrive. So we are both calm and positive. We are just wondering how and when this is going to happen! We had an ultrasound that measured the baby at 5lbs 16oz as of tuesday so we know the baby will still be good sized! :)
Here is a maternity picture of me finally. Not the most flattering but I had to have one before he came so this will have to do for now! :)
Yesterday Bella finally started to miss me! They spent all day here at the hospital with me and then went home around 4. Bella fell asleep on the drive and when she woke up at 6 she was in the worst mood and didn't cheer up until Ryan said they could come visit me again! So they came back and we watched Barbie Rapunzel! She was so cute linking her arm in mine for like the first 20 min! They stayed till 9 and then went home. That has been my best hospital day so far, so I am looking forward to the possibility of going home on Monday. We will just have to see.
Another hard part about all of this is that my regular doctor is out of town until this coming Wednesday, so I have been speaking with a different doctor everyday about my condition. It will be nice when Dr. Terry returns! :)
oh and here's a fun picture of Bella with a goatee! When they come to visit I am allowed a 30 min wheelchair ride! Whoot! So we went to the cafeteria this one day and got ice cream! It was yummy!
Anyway I think that is everything. I'm sure I missed something but for the most part this is what is going on. I will try and keep this updated if anything crazy happens. Again thank you for all your prayers and support! We are very grateful! Hopefully the next post will be in a few weeks about our new little guy! :)
It has been a long crazy week. Last Friday we went to Bear Lake for the weekend. We had a really great time like always, but by the end of Saturday I wasn't feeling so great. We had taken a couple bumpy boat rides and one really long ride in the big boat so the kids could go tubing. I had forgotten to take a drink with me and it was very hot so I'm sure I got a little dehydrated. Plus I got motion sick so I got into the water to swim which was way fun. When I went to climb in the boat though the steps that I thought were there, weren't. I guess there are no steps that get into the boats, I was thinking of the wave runner, So I had to pull myself up into the boat (with a little help from my mother in law) but when you are told no heavy lifting in pregnancy you never think about lifting yourself...at least I didn't.
So by the end of the day I was feeling pretty yucky and we drove home that night. The whole way home I was having pretty regular contractions at about 15 min apart, sometimes closer. Then the next morning I was still having them and was also starting to feel sick and overheated, so I stayed home from church. That evening I spoke with a friend who's daughter is a nurse and she told me that even if they aren't totally regular and aren't painful that since I was having them for so long and more than 6 an hour, that I needed to go into the hospital.
So we went to labor and delivery. It all started very routine with not much worries. It was more of a precautionary visit to ease our minds. But when the nurse over me checked my cervix I was dialated to a 3. You could tell that her demeanor changed a little and she was more concerned. So they hooked me up to a monitor, gave me an IV and took some tests. They also gave me some medicine, that I call speed because it makes my heart race and my body shaky. After a few hours everything was stabilized and they sent me home.
The next morning I woke up with regular contractions again. So I waited till about 1:30 and then called my doctors office to ask what to do. My doctor was/is out of town so I talked to his nurse that I'm used to dealing with and told her the story and she was very upset that I had left the hospital without steroid shots for the baby's lung development and told me to get back into the hospital right then. So we went back.
Same ordeal as the night before except even on the medicine after a couple hours my nurse checked my dilation again and I had gone from a 3 to a 4 and went from being under 40% effaced to 80%. So they came to the conclusion that I was in preterm labor. I got the first shot for the babies lungs and we spent the rest of the day in a delivery room watching things. Nothing seemed to be happening once the medicine stabilized things but they were still concerned so they moved me up to a postpartum room the next day.
That was Tuesday. Since then I have had a roller-coaster of things happen. I was given the last shot for the babies lungs tuesday So by wednesday at 4:30pm it was a lot safer to deliver the baby, so that is good!, however thursday night I was having contractions a minute and a half apart with more pain, and my nurse was saying she thought that was it! That I was having the baby! But everything continues to stay stabilized. Every time I take the medicine the contractions go back to normal and everything seems fine. I am still on bed rest at the hospital and will be until I reach 34 weeks, which is Monday! :) At that point they will decide if I can go home and be on bed rest there until 36 weeks.
Everything is so up in the air and on a day to day basis that it has been hard on us and those helping us to really be able to plan things out, but we really appreciate everyone who has chipped in to make it easier on Ryan at home. Thank you for the meals and the time watching Bella, and the phone calls and visits to me in the hospital, as I have been bored out of my mind all week! lol! We really appreciate it all!
And despite all the things that have been going on, Ryan and I are both very optimistic. We really feel like the baby will be totally fine and that even if I deliver him premature, he will thrive. So we are both calm and positive. We are just wondering how and when this is going to happen! We had an ultrasound that measured the baby at 5lbs 16oz as of tuesday so we know the baby will still be good sized! :)
Here is a maternity picture of me finally. Not the most flattering but I had to have one before he came so this will have to do for now! :)
Yesterday Bella finally started to miss me! They spent all day here at the hospital with me and then went home around 4. Bella fell asleep on the drive and when she woke up at 6 she was in the worst mood and didn't cheer up until Ryan said they could come visit me again! So they came back and we watched Barbie Rapunzel! She was so cute linking her arm in mine for like the first 20 min! They stayed till 9 and then went home. That has been my best hospital day so far, so I am looking forward to the possibility of going home on Monday. We will just have to see.
Another hard part about all of this is that my regular doctor is out of town until this coming Wednesday, so I have been speaking with a different doctor everyday about my condition. It will be nice when Dr. Terry returns! :)
oh and here's a fun picture of Bella with a goatee! When they come to visit I am allowed a 30 min wheelchair ride! Whoot! So we went to the cafeteria this one day and got ice cream! It was yummy!
Anyway I think that is everything. I'm sure I missed something but for the most part this is what is going on. I will try and keep this updated if anything crazy happens. Again thank you for all your prayers and support! We are very grateful! Hopefully the next post will be in a few weeks about our new little guy! :)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
And we are having....(drumroll please)...
A BOY! We all knew it (except Bella, who wanted a sister, but is now okay with having a brother).
We just found out this week, and so far I have gone out and bought some boy clothes, boy crib bedding, in the process of buying a sweet sleeper recliner (we learned the first time how important comfort in one of those is!), and some bedroom accessories! I knew it was a boy so much that I already had everything planned and picked out! Now we just need to finish the basement so that we can move the toy room downstairs and put in the baby's room! :) Fun stuff!
Now I have to go and learn all things boy....plus come up with a boy name, which is HARD!
We just found out this week, and so far I have gone out and bought some boy clothes, boy crib bedding, in the process of buying a sweet sleeper recliner (we learned the first time how important comfort in one of those is!), and some bedroom accessories! I knew it was a boy so much that I already had everything planned and picked out! Now we just need to finish the basement so that we can move the toy room downstairs and put in the baby's room! :) Fun stuff!
Now I have to go and learn all things boy....plus come up with a boy name, which is HARD!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Orchard
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
I am finally loving the spring weather...
Bella was being the hugest goof today, and with the wind being as crazy as it was I was lucky to get these three cute keepers! Also Bella is sporting her cute new haircut...I didn't go too drastic on the length since I enjoy being able to put her hair up...but I was SO tempted to so more of a short bob! Maybe next time! That is a tree in our front yard behind her! I love it in the spring...hate it in the summer...plus it was planted crooked before we moved in..so it is unsavable! Also we find out in 2 weeks what gender of baby we will be having! :)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Guess What!?
Remember this little bundle of joy!?
Well we are finally getting another one! September 20th, 2010! Hooray! :)
Well we are finally getting another one! September 20th, 2010! Hooray! :)
Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas Day 2009!
So we had a really great Christmas this year! It was Ryan and my first Christmas since we got married that we have spent in our own home Christmas morning! It was just magical! :) Really we just had a really great year, and this was a great way to end it! Santa brought mom the studio lights that she has been wanting since she graduated three years ago! Dad got the new dress clothes he was wanting, but forbade any other purchases on his behalf...And Bella was just tickled at all the princess stuff she got from Santa this year! Especially her Cinderella movie she asked Santa for many times! She remembered too! Good thing he was able to find a pirated version since Cinderella isn't out again for another 5 years or so!
Anyway I didn't get any pictures of the "Santa" part. That was all video taped, pretty much the whole thing, but I got a few from the aftermath! We had a fun time this year.
I just love this girl in this coat and hat combo! So cute!
Apparently I am SO excited about these soft cushy socks I got...nevermind the new studio lights towering over my head...
I just loved this face! It's like a chubby kid cheese!
Yay! The bum gets to dress up!
Bella helping dad open his present from HER!
The occasional picture of me does get taken...keep in mind this was early Christmas morning! No time for showers, makeup and hair!
We were a little worried about how long Christmas morning would last the first time we saw her open a present this year. SLOW and teenie tiny peices at a time! However on Christmas morning it was a different story! She went to TOWN! She was just tearing through the presents! We hardly had time to process her gifts ourselves, and we were the one's who gave them!
Something that will never happen again...using moms new softbox as a tent!
This is her 'show mom' face!
Bella yelling "I a princess! I a princess!" while jumping up and down in her new nighty!
Bella and Ryan's cousin Emmy, watching The Little Mermaid, at the family dinner at his grandparents that night! I thought it was cute!
Casey looks about how we all feel right about now...
Anyway I didn't get any pictures of the "Santa" part. That was all video taped, pretty much the whole thing, but I got a few from the aftermath! We had a fun time this year.
I just love this girl in this coat and hat combo! So cute!
Apparently I am SO excited about these soft cushy socks I got...nevermind the new studio lights towering over my head...
I just loved this face! It's like a chubby kid cheese!
Yay! The bum gets to dress up!
Bella helping dad open his present from HER!
The occasional picture of me does get taken...keep in mind this was early Christmas morning! No time for showers, makeup and hair!
We were a little worried about how long Christmas morning would last the first time we saw her open a present this year. SLOW and teenie tiny peices at a time! However on Christmas morning it was a different story! She went to TOWN! She was just tearing through the presents! We hardly had time to process her gifts ourselves, and we were the one's who gave them!
Something that will never happen again...using moms new softbox as a tent!
This is her 'show mom' face!
Bella yelling "I a princess! I a princess!" while jumping up and down in her new nighty!
Bella and Ryan's cousin Emmy, watching The Little Mermaid, at the family dinner at his grandparents that night! I thought it was cute!
Casey looks about how we all feel right about now...
Monday, November 30, 2009
Bella got to sit on Santa's lap!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Bella plays in the snow with dad...
...but not with mom, because mom's a pansy and hates the snow! So mom takes pictures from the sidelines!
Bella and dad start to form a snowman, and get into a little snowball fight along the way...something I didn't capture very well...I captured it better than these pics show, but not well enough to post...
This is how Ryan looked after being hit with a snowball by Bella....I die laughing every time I see this pic!
Ryan told Bella to eat some snow and she said "it's like ice cream?"
making snow angels...
Bella's first snowman! We couldn't get eyes or a nose to go in it because the snow was so packed it was like ice!
Lost the gloves! It's all over, she is now SO done with the snow!
Bella and dad start to form a snowman, and get into a little snowball fight along the way...something I didn't capture very well...I captured it better than these pics show, but not well enough to post...
This is how Ryan looked after being hit with a snowball by Bella....I die laughing every time I see this pic!
Ryan told Bella to eat some snow and she said "it's like ice cream?"
making snow angels...
Bella's first snowman! We couldn't get eyes or a nose to go in it because the snow was so packed it was like ice!
Lost the gloves! It's all over, she is now SO done with the snow!
Bella's favorite new pastime..
This was from my 365 blog from yesterday and I thought it was so cute I had to post it!
She is constantly getting into this tree and it is driving us nuts! lol!
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