baby G & Family: Birth story :)

Well here we are Tuesday November 6th, 2012 (election day) ~ I am sitting at the desk with T eating her breakfast watching Dora, D& Keela passed out on the couch, Luna running around the house and... Miss Giana Jade swinging her swing sound asleep <33 I did not think these days were coming where our family had our newest addition and things were so smooth. She's here.. she's really here and I don't think I could not love her more, but I then again, I bet I will love her even more tomorrow. Ahh, mommy's love <3

Before I get into the birth story, I just want to say T has done SO well adapting to G being here, sharing with mommy & daddy. T is so in love with G it makes me tear up thinking about it. She sings to her, smooches her, begs to hold her ~ we have not had (knock on wood) one break down of jealousy or anger. T has been amazing- I was always optimistic about how she would react because her confidence in herself and her knowing she is so special to me (her "best mommy fwend" <3)

*~*~*10:09am, break time- G is hungry!*~*~*

Well here we are again- it's Wednesday afternoon - I tried to get back on here after G was done eating, but life had other plans :) - life of a busy momma <3

Anyways, the bond I see forming with T & G already melts my heart, I really can't wait to see how things are once G is a bit more mobile and able to interact with T.

Okay- birth story time!

Tuesday morning I went to my scheduled obgyn appointment and the doctor asked me how I was feeling- at that point, my feet were the size of bricks, barley fitting in my shoes, my back ached more than ever and the heart burn was at it's all time worse. He looked thru my notes and said, "after all you have been through, I would like to get things rolling for you" I feel like someone hit pause because I just sat there for a good 30 seconds staring at him.. "what did he just say?!" and then a huge smile came on my face... "tell me what I need to do/sign etc to get this ball really rolling".. after a few moments of conversation we agreed to do the Cytotec (a modern drug used in stomach ulcer treatment. The drug has been successfully proved in numerous clinical trials and now is considered to be one of the most widespread and reliable medications. Due to modern formula of Cytotec, treatment of stomach and duodenal ulcer passes successfully and softly, delivering to the patient no inconveniences) Wednesday morning at 8am. WAHOO! I went home smiling ear to ear thinking.. "oh my gosh, I'm going to have a halloween baby.. she's going to be here TOMORROW-- holy $%^&!" I went to sleep.. barely able to close my eyes because I was full of -- well Wednesday morning came, I checked in, got all hooked up to the monitors heard that wonderful heartbeat <3 and waited for the man of the hour ~ he arrived, put the cytotec in and he said "well, now the waiting game- I'll be back to check you in 2 hours"... I tried napping, watching TV, blogging even, but nothing kept my attention long enough- I was just so eager -- Lots of people have different responses to Cytotec, for me- it made me crampy like the first day of your period... those annoying pains you want to take midol/Tylenol for, but of course I couldn't. Well the hours past by dr. came back to check.. and.... no.change. WTF?! he said he'd come back in 2 more hours to check, but if no change then, i would be sent home to see if regular activity could get things going, or if maybe the cytotec would do nothing.. well I'm sure you could guess what happened.. yep your right, noon came around and he checked and NOTHING.. finger tip dilated 70% effaced.. damn damn damn! So I gathered my thoughts, clothes & hospital bag and went home :( -- but along with the things I gathered, I also brought the cramps ah!
**As a side note, I wasn't too angry to go home, it was Halloween after all and in our town trick-or-treating at the mall was that night, and I really was sad that I was going to miss T trick-or-treating -- but I didn't have to! I knew the walking may help so I was all about it.

*~*~*~*~ break time ~*~*~*~*

Friday- 11/09/12 -- did not think it would take me 3 days to type this, that's IF I finish today- haha - but all jokes aside, I need to finish so I can post about our 1st week home!!

Walking around the mall, carrying T really had things going in the cramp department. Before I left the hospital they said- cramps are a good sign, hopefully we will see you tomorrow, if not you are to check in Friday morning and we will start pitocin. -- booo! When we got home from the mall the cramps were unbearable- I tried laying down on the couch to rest since T had passed out. I laid there for 30 minutes and woke up in so much pain, I curled up into a ball and tears started to fall from eyes- *side note again I have ZERO pain tolerance.. they littlest pain really effects me = I'm a big baby.* I woke up around 6:45pm rocking back & forth trying to relax and then told D I needed to call doctor

*~*~*~*~ here we are again, another day- it's Saturday @ 1:15,both girls went down at the same time so there is no reason I can't get this done.. right?~*~*~*~*~*

I called the doctor and even just by my breathing he said, head on over they will be expecting you. At this time it was about 730pm, I hated the idea of going in and just being sent home AGAIN, I cried, like a baby, to D ~~complaining~~ saying- what if we get sent home again, I'll be so discouraged- he convinced me to go take a warm bath first and see if that helped -- I'm so glad I listened, after some fight (haha- I'm stubborn what can I say?) - I sat in the tub for about 30 minutes and felt okay- I started contracting, but the water was so soothing, I didn't want to get out, but knew I needed to. Once I got out, got dressed I decided I was going to drive myself to the hospital (crazy I know, but it's only 5 minutes down the road), just in case they did want to send me home, I didnt have to get D&T out- if they were going to keep me they could get there stuff together at their pace and be okay. I got to the hospital up to the 5th floor (maternity- gosh do I love the security they have on the maternity floor, you just feel safe when you walk thru the doors) - the nurse came out and said "ma'am, everything okay" and I said "I called a little while ago to let you know I was on my way..." all with heavy breathing, holding my back with both hands, haha I bet it was quite a sight- the nurses eyes got large and said "is your husband or boyfriend with you!?"- "no ma'am, it's just me".. apparently she's never had a mom check herself in- no bags no nothing- I literally walked in with the clothes on my back and my car keys- I was wearing a brown nursing tank-top, sweat pants & flip flops.. it was 40 degrees outside - yup. After things got situated and the initial shock of being on the maternity floor again after 2.5 years I got hooked up to the monitors, and waited for the doctor to come in. The nurse ended up checking me to see if I had any change- she said if I had shown some change I would probably be admitted -- oh those minutes of waiting felt like eternity.. and then.. "well, I would defiantly give you 2 maybe 3 cm".. AH! I screamed "REALLY!?" the nurse started laughing at my excitement- Nurse's name was Barbara, she was so sweet - middle aged kind woman, she found me to be hilarious ;) about an hour later, my mom showed up and behind her was the doctor-- "we are going to admit you, and let you get some pain medication then start the pitocin".. oh my word, G is coming, no if's, and's or buts- sh was coming... now it was all if she was going to beat the clock, was she coming on HALLOWEEN or NOVEMBER 1st?!!? At this point, I didn't care, I was just so excited for her to come- mind you the time was now 930pm. I called D to let him know and I could hear the smile on his face " really, we're going to have a baby today?!.." "yes, babe- get everything together please see you soon"- he was there bags & T in tow within 30 minutes, so proud <3 The waiting game began.. along with the contractions. I told my doctor ahead of time I want the epidural ASAP - I am not messing with all natural birth- give me the drugs! After about 3 or 4 hours after dealing with the pain I finally got the epidural and then ah HEAVEN- I played with Tia

- moments I will never forget- throughout the entire pregnancy I wanted to make sure she felt apart of the whole experience and even playing in the delivery room- cash register of course - the waiting game continued- My sister and Aunt where in the room as well keeping me company and waiting as well, but they were getting t.i.r.e.d- my poor aunt flew in the same day from Seattle so she was extremely tired and my poor sister had to go to class the next day at 8am- at about 230am I told them to go home and sleep- I didn't think she was coming anytime soon- I would try to sleep too.. that's if T decided to sleep- yup, the after trick-or-treating nap she was WIDE awake .. until 430AM!... she finally fell asleep and the doctor came in to check me- mind you I was feeling NOTHING, gosh I love the epidural - he checked.. stood up and said "okay, let's start pushing." WHAT!?!?!?! START PUSHING!?!? he said I was fully dilated and 100% effaced .. pushing. really pushing!! well after a bit of pushing, I had to stop because I COULD NOT FEEL ANYTHING, I had to actually ask for the nurse to turn down the epidural because I could not get the hang out what I needed to do because I (AGAIN) could not feel anything. After that was turned down, I got the hang of it, pushed for about 45 minutes and BAM 6:27am