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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Miss Z's First Month

February 17, 2012

Miss Z and I over a month ago and now I have a 1 month old baby.  I can't believe that a month has already gone by.  We love being parents!  Miss Z is very content and happy baby.  Miss Z loves to cuddle, hum, grunt, and now starting to squeal, she also loves lots and lots of kisses.  Miss Z is now staying awake a lot longer and we have fun playing starring contests with her.  Miss Z is a binky baby who loves loves to be swaddled and break her arms free.  Miss Z likes to suck on her fingers and her favorite finger to suck on is her middle finger.

February 20, 2012


March 17, 2012

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Little Miss Z's Birth Story

We found out on July 7, 2011 that we were pregnant and we were so excited.  We waited 37 weeks to meet little miss Z.  But not without some bumps along the way.  We had tons of doctors appointments we saw you in an ultrasound 5 plus times.  Every time we got to see you was wonderful.  We had some hospital visits once when mom caught a viral infection and had to go get fluids pumped back in.  That was wonderful because we got to listen to your heart beat for an hour.  We also got to hear you thump the monitors with your little feet.  We than had Non-stress tests with you the last couple of weeks you were in mommy.  Mommy went with Grandma M to a Non-stress test the week before you were born and they were worried about your little heart beat.  So they admitted me to the hospital for a 24 hours of monitoring your heart beat.  Mommy got worried and stayed an extra day because I didn't want to go home and have something go wrong.  Mommy and Daddy prayed that you would be healthy if they needed to deliver you early.  Mommy got a strong feeling while she was praying that everything was going to be okay.  Mommy got the steroid shots to help your lungs develop faster if in case they induced me at 36 weeks.  We went to Grandma M and Papa's house for the week before you were born.  We had doctor appointments every day.  Every other day we got to listen to your heart beat and the last Perinatologist than we saw called Dr. W and told him bring this little girl into the world on Monday February 20 and do no amino test.
Monday morning at 6am Hubby and I woke up to get ready by 7:00am to be at the Hospital.  We got to the hospital parking lot at 7 and we made it up to labor and delivery before 7:05am.  We asked for room number 4 because this room is the room that has so many windows to look out and it is very bright and that is the room we wanted to welcome our little girl into the world.  Mom got her IV and everything else hooked up to her before 7:30am.  Dr. W came in at 7:40 and by 7:45 my bag of waters had been broken.  Miss Z didn't like it at all her little heart beat went high.  But hey mine would to if all of sudden all the liquid I had been in for 37 weeks was all of a sudden draining out.  Miss Z got probed in the head with the monitors so that I wouldn't have to have the ones on the belly.  I asked for the epidural as soon as I could get it.  Aunt L was the first one to show up she brought mommy and daddy a goody bag of treats.  Grandma M was the next one to show up.  Than a couple of minutes later the nice guy who takes away all the pain showed up to give me an epidural.  By 9:00am we were rolling on with labor.  Than mommy's best friend J showed up to take pictures of this very memorable day.  We had a wonderful morning full of talking and laughter.  I would look at the monitor when I was having a contraction and say Mommy it really hurts, or that was a big one.  We joked about how the monitors in your head were anchoring you down because you loved to be head up in mommy and if you were to go head up we would just start pulling on the monitors.  By 12:30ish mom was dilated to a 5 so everything starts going faster after getting to a 5.  At 1:30pm the nurse came in to check me I was dilated to an 8.  By the time she got back down to the desk I called her back in to the room I was feeling pressure.  My mom and sister had me call her back because I wasn't sure if that was the right pressure I should be feeling.  The nurse checked me again at 1:40 had me do a practice push.  Than she said stop I have ears.  Miss Z was already to come.  They went to call Dr. W and he said he was 15 minutes away.  (later he told me that he was debating about going to the staff meeting at the other office so he went because he thought he had time)  I had to hold you in until Dr. W got there he showed up at 2:05 he was going to come over and talk to me when the all the nurses told him we don't have time you need to gown up and put on your gloves.  (all the nurses were in the room because I picked their biggest room and they were being trained on the new warming device plus they all knew my story of my little Angel L).  My sister L had asked if she could help deliver her niece hubby told her that she could so she went and asked Dr. W if she could help he said gown up and you can stand right here and help clean her off.  I was than able to push I felt the need to push and my nurse had wanted me to take a couple of deep breaths I had other plans I wanted to push.  Before I knew it my nurse was laughing hysterically she couldn't breath she was bending over with so much laughter.  Finally she got it together and at 2:09 Miss Z had entered this world it took a total of 3 pushes to bring you into this world.  Miss Z weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and was 17 1/2 inches long.  Less than a minute later we heard your cry and than everyone started to cry.  I couldn't wait to see you and have you in my arms.  You were and are beautiful.  You were put on my skin and you put your little legs up stuck your butt up and looked like a little frog.  You looked up at me and my heart melted. All the nurses in the room were crying Grandma M was doing her little jig.  Grandma W was out in the hallway and said it was wonderful to hear your cry.  J had taken pictures of you entering this world and captured the special moment.
I can't believe that Miss Z is now 16 days old and is healthy.  We love her so much and are grateful to have her in our family.

to read my best friend J's blog about little Miss Z entering the world go here

Friday, February 24, 2012

miss z

our bundle of joy is here!!!

miss z entered the world on 2/20/2012 at 2:09pm weighing in at 5 pounds 3 ounces and 17 1/2 inches long.  she is truly a blessing and we love her so much.

i will get back and write her birth story soon.

Friday, February 17, 2012

wiggling

October 12, 2010

I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO MEET THIS LITTLE GIRL!

2 MORE DAYS!!!
28 week ultrasound

Thursday, February 16, 2012

3 Day Weekend!!!

2.20.2012

What are you doing on Presidents Day?
 US...  were going to be having a baby girl!!!

That is the BIG DAY!!!  We found out today that after all my doctors appointments that I have had this week that the Perinatologist recommended to our doctor that I should be induced on Monday with no amino test done and to just get this baby here.  I really liked the Perinatologist we saw yesterday she kept on saying just because we don't know what happened with the first one I would want my baby as soon as I could.  When I told her I got the steroid shots over the weekend she said well lets not do the amino test than and just bring this baby here.  I wish I knew her at the beginning of this pregnancy I think I would of just stuck with her as my main Perinatologist.

Well I have been going in for NST every other day and to my regular doctor every other day.  So I have heard her little heartbeat every single day and I love it.  There is so much comfort in just hearing her heartbeat I can fall asleep listening to the constant beating of her heart.  I am almost dilated to a 3 so my doctor says this labor should be fast.  My family is saying it will only last for 4 hours.  I hope so. 

I have loved being pregnant with her even if she was a little stinker a couple times towards the end.  I have loved being able to bond with her before she is even in my arms.  I love that I already know some of her personality traits.  I have loved feeling her move inside of me even when she would go head down than back to being transverse or head up...  I think she just loves hearing my heartbeat.

Somethings that I'm hoping that she has I want her to have red hair like her daddy.  I know she is going to be daddy's little girl because she wiggles a lot when she hears his voice and when were hooked up to the monitors her little heartbeat goes up when he talks.  I'm hoping that she is at least 6 pounds.  I have been feasting on food like crazy.  So hopefully she has been gaining.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

My Friday Update

On Friday my mom and I went to the Perinatologist for the NST.  My hubby had some volunteer work at school the same time as the appointment.  I was all hooked up listening to her heartbeat when they came in and told me I had to go for another test using an ultrasound.  They needed to see her diaphragm move consistently for 30 also other little movement that test for muscle tones.  Miss Z passed all 8 but they wanted me to check into the hospital because of my history for a 24 hour time period.  Friday they had me get the steroid shot in my bum to help her lungs develop faster if they were going to have to induce me.  We were still talking about me getting induced on Saturday morning.  But Saturday morning came and went and when the afternoon showed up after my very painful shot they had decided that little Miss Z was healthy and was doing everything she needed to do.  Plus she is NO LONGER HEAD DOWN meaning they would have to give me a c-section.  NO THANK YOU.  (I think the reason why she is head down is because they were playing cat and mouse with that monitor and that she has enough wiggle room she went back to being sideways.  She better go head down or I'm going to give her a new name.

My emotional health I have been a basket case.  I'm not trying to worry about something going wrong which I don't think there will be anything go wrong.  I know that my Heavenly Father and my little angel are watching over us.  Our plan is for me to stay in the hospital for the next week until I can get induced and be monitored twice each day more if I'm stressing about not feeling her move.  I can't wait to meet this little girl and hold her.

So all I'm really asking for is prayers of comfort and help with my emotional strength.  My mind keeps going back to her older sister.  Which I miss daily and even more now that she would have been a big sister to a stubborn little girl. 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

doctor visit update

I got to hear her little heartbeat!!! I'm also already dilated to a 2 holy cow!  We also set up for me to be induced 2/22/12 I'm pretty sure that will be her birthday!  But if not we will love to have her here on 2/23.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Nerves

I have another doctors appointment tomorrow... and guess what my anxiety levels are up.  I am know back to worrying about this little one every single day like at the beginning of my pregnancy.  My stress of not hearing a heart beat at a doctors appointment scares me.  When the doctor pulls out the Doppler for the heart beat my body goes into a panic mode until I hear the heart beat.  It scares me more now than in the middle of the 2nd trimester.

I'm afraid to get myself all excited about our little girl joining the world... because I miss her older sister so much.  I have to have faith that everything is going to work out for the best.

I know that when I hear the first cry I will be one relieved mommy and I will be able to hold my little girl in my arms and dream of her future.

I will update about how the doctors appointment goes.  It is crazy to think that we are 2 weeks away from meeting her.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Sneak Peak

We have a sneak peak at the walls of her room!  We moved into our house at the end of January and now we are on a time crunch to get everything done before she comes.  This week hubby worked hard on painting her room when he wasn't at school.  I love how the colors turned out.  I love gray it is one of my favorite colors.  I love how the pink makes it look girly.  I was just going to do gray at first but than we decided to add a color from her bedding to the walls.  I'm so glad that we did.  We have got the crib together and now it is just the finishing touches of putting things away and I finding things to decorate the walls with.

On Friday we had another non-stress test she passed it off perfectly within a half hour!  The perinatologist called her an Amazing baby!  This makes this mama proud.  We got to see a sneak peak of her also.  I mean literally a sneak peak she had her hands up covering her face when they were checking my fluid and to see where they would put the heart monitor.  She has FINALLY decided to put her head down!  I have her back up in my ribs on my left side and her little bum is on the right side of my ribs.

We have also decided on a name before Christmas and I thought I would let you know she is little miss Z.  That is how I will be referring to her on this blog.

!!!17 more days!!!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Quote

!!!22 more days!!!

Friday, January 27, 2012

34 weeks!!!

!!!!!!!!3 MORE WEEKS!!!!!

Today we had our last ultrasound of little miss before she comes.  I got to see her little nose and her tummy, kidneys, stomach, bladder, and her heart all working.  I got to listen to her practice breathing.  As I laid down on the table watching the screen I thought about the first time I got to see her.  Before we even knew she was a girl.  Before she was a little peanut and the doctors just saw the flicker of a heartbeat.  While hubby and I just sat there watching cells multiply to create a little baby.  It was miracle to see her as a little perfect diamond circle.  It is crazy to think that in a couple of weeks I will be holding her in my arms in love all over again with another beautiful spirit from our loving Heavenly Father who has given me another chance to be a mommy to one of His children.  So the first ultrasound we got to watch the miracle of life happen with this ultrasound we got to watch a little girl flinch away from the ultrasound thing.  Her stats from this ultrasound are:
  • she is in 25 percentile of her gestational age.  She is 31 weeks big instead of 33 weeks and 6 days.  But that is okay they only start to worry when babies are measuring above 90% or less than 10% so she is just a little peanut.  (that could be why I hardly look pregnant)
  • she is 4 pounds 3 ounces.
  • she passed the non-stress test (NST) it was perfect she did everything they needed her to do.
  • her heart is beating and looks perfect.
  • she is a little feisty one when she wants to be.
  • and the best for last her head is still up yep that is right she is to comfortable living up near my ribs and listening to my heartbeat.
I want to share what a Non-Stress Test (NST) is like.  They hook you up to the heart monitor and the contraction monitors.  They listen to the babies heartbeat for an hour to see how well the heart does while being active.  Little miss was asleep so they used this little machine that just makes a buzzing noise and vibrates just a little bit.  They put it up by her head and pressed the button it lasted for maybe two seconds and wow did she go crazy it seemed like she was about to burst out my stomach.  But she did wake up her heartbeat was being a constant 125 because she was sleeping but as soon as she got the little buzz it went up to 154.  After that she was trying to hide from the monitors so I had to hold the heart monitor over her so that we could listen to her little heart beating.

Another big exciting thing about this appointment today was being able to set up the amino test.  It is a test to see if the lungs are fully developed.  The date is set February 21 and if her lungs are developed I will be induced.  If her lungs are not they will send me home and have me come back February 22 in the morning to be induced.
Question time how does that work only a couple of more hours to give her a chance for her lungs to develop.  Well babies develop so quickly that just a couple hours more of me carrying her she will develop.  This test could also break my water and if it does the only thing that they worry about but not really is that they will have to have her on a ventilator for just a couple of hours until her lungs develop.

Hubby and I have also moved into the house that we found last October this past weekend.  So these next three weeks are going to fly by.  Between me nesting, doctors visits, cleaning house, and unpacking boxes we will be busy.

I just can't believe that in three weeks my pregnancy will be over and there will be a new little girl in this world!

Friday, January 13, 2012

update

I learned something new this week.  I was online reading support groups for people who have still born babies.  I kept on seeing "my rainbow baby..." and was very confused when I was reading it.  I did a little investigating on the internet.  I learned that a rainbow baby is for the pregnancy after having a still born. I'm happy to say this put a smile on my face not just a little one but a big one.  Our family when we see a rainbow we are reminded of our little angel.  I'm so happy that our little girl is the rainbow baby for her big sister.  It is a comfort that the term Rainbow is used for the baby after the loss.

I'm so excited to meet our little rainbow baby and have her as the reminder of her big sister.

We went to the doctor on Wednesday the heartbeat was 145 perfect and she is currently making her way down by making a pit stop... she is laying horizontally and trying to break free through my sides with all of her kicking.  In 2 weeks we will be going for our 34 week ultrasound and the first non-stress test and setting up the appointment to check her lungs to see if they are done or not.  If they are done they will induce me that day if not they will just wait one more day and than induce me.  I can't believe it time sure is starting to slow down and speed up right now.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Fortunes

Hubby and I play a game when we go to Panda Express for dinner.  We ask each other what our fortune  cookie is going to be about.

Last night I asked him what my fortune was going to be?  Hubby said about the baby...

this is the fortune...


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

6 weeks...

Crazy to think that in 6 weeks I will no longer be pregnant and instead have a baby.  I was thinking of my journey and how I still have anxiety, yes I'm still having anxiety.  My little girls sleeping patterns are just like mine.  She is awake during most of the night in fact she is kicking me right now.  She is asleep during the morning when I'm asleep with a few kicks every once in awhile.  But than her longest sleeping stretch to me is 3-7pm.  I don't feel any little movements or kicks.  I know she is sleeping she will wiggle if I drink something but I don't feel her kick and I feel her kick enough until 10pm when she goes back to a nap and than she wakes up again at 11:30 and stays active all night.  I love her moving it makes me smile every time I feel a little movement.

Our journey for babies by the end of this one has given me 80 weeks.  That is a total of 2 normal pregnancies.  But the 80 weeks is actually THREE babies.
The first time we found out we were pregnant was in July of 2009 and I was 5 weeks along when I had the miscarriage.
The second time we found out we were pregnant was in January of 2010 and my heart broke at 38 weeks when I delivered our still born daughter.
The third time we found out we were pregnant was on July 7, 2011 and with this pregnancy.  I'm being closely monitored by my doctor and the perinatologist.  Which gives me the biggest comfort.  Our next appointment with the perinatologist is on January 27 and we will have another ultrasound and start the non-stress tests.  We will also be setting up the date for when this little girl will join the world.

Everyday that I'm pregnant is a great blessing... I know I said I wanted to keep a week to week update with this pregnancy and document how I was feeling and I have not really done that but instead I have been enjoying every minute of being another mommy to another baby.  So far in the third trimester I have had heartburn galore.  Tums are my best friend I have a bottle I just carry around.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The New Year!

I had an exciting weekend starting on Friday.  I woke up at 10:00am after working all night to watch a Bowl game with my hubby and friends.  I wasn't feeling all that great... I thought I had morning sickness.  I threw up (sorry for that little detail) and at first I thought it was just my stomach just hurting... but than my back started to hurt.  I waited a couple of seconds and the pain went away.  I was going to go join my husband when I felt the tightening happen all again.  I was thinking oh this is just a braxton hicks contraction nothing to worry about.  It wasn't until feeling it for the third time I started to worry.  I called my sister to ask her the pregnancy question of which one I was having... She just told me to call the doctor.  I set up an appointment with the doctor.  I than went to sit out on the couch grabbed a glass full of water so I could drink some water and than go lay down.  When I took a swallow of the water I had to run to the bathroom.  My friend came with me to the doctors so that hubby could continue watching the football game.  We got to the doctors we went and sat in the little room for not even 5 minutes and the doctor was there to check me out.  I had got a viral infection which was playing with all my insides and starting the contractions because I was becoming dehydrated.  I called the hubby because I was being sent to the Labor/Delivery at the hospital to get the monitors hooked up to my belly and to get IV fluid.  Hubby came and got me and we walked into the room that my husband pointed out is where we found out the news of our daughter being a still born.  He asked if I wanted to be moved I said no, I can't be afraid of just a little room.  I got on the bed and than the nurse came into the room to do the routine reading of questions and me answering.  Than the monitors were placed on my belly and for a full hour I got to hear my little girls heartbeat while my hubby watched the rest of the football game.  We laughed the first time we heard the thunk over the heart monitor and than a couple more she was going to town trying to kick it off.  I wasn't registering has having any contractions because my uterus is still small.  The nurse didn't say that I couldn't be having them she said I probably was because dehydration brings contractions on.  They sent me home and had me rest.  I rested over this weekend taking everything easy.  I went to work the next night and I was still having little contractions off and on.  I haven't felt one for the last couple of days.


But in less than 7 weeks we will have our little girl with us and I can't wait to kiss those cheeks.  Also we bought her coming home outfit yesterday and it is so cute!
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