Happy Birthday Will
July 12, 2011
What a crazy day that was. We dropped the girls off at my aunts house and headed to our drs. appointment at 11:30am for my ultrasound. We were so excited to see our little man again. At this point I was so ready to be done with the pregnancy and have Will in my arms. But i had NO IDEA what was about to happen. The ultrasound didn't go so well. My amniotic fluid was low and Will wasn't moving. They sent us straight to women's hospital. After getting settled in the triage room, they hooked me up to the fetal monitor and the blood pressure machine and started me on fluids. They came and took my blood and then after after the results came in the Dr and Midwife came to talk to us... NOT a good sign. I was so scared. They said that although my blood work came back good, they felt as though the baby might not be progressing well. (they never once told, after the ultrasounds we'd had over the past two weeks, how much they were projecting him to weigh.) Since i was 38 weeks they suggested that they go ahead and induce me and i was showing signs of contractions. So vic and i decided we were ready!!
It took them awhile to get me in a room, they had had a very busy day delivering babies. i think i got in a room some where around 4:30pm. they got me started on pitocin and what seemed soon after they broke my water. honestly i have no idea what time it was or how long things lasted so when i talk about time who knows if i know what i'm talking about. :)
once the pitocin started doing it's job and i was having horrible contractions i decided to have an epidural. i really didn't want this but i was total expecting to be in labor for awhile and the contractions were strong, if i remember correctly i was only dilated 3cm. (maybe this was around 9pm) so i got the epidural and felt some good relief. the Dr came in and checked me (4cm) all i could think was this is going to take FOREVER!!! so he said to get some rest. and i tried. the nurse had told me to tell her if i felt any pressure b/c sometimes with an epidural you might not feel the pressure (considering a woman next door to me had had her baby right before me with no one in the room!! CRAZY. i can't even imagine that.) So not long after i got the epidural i felt "the pressure" my nurse didn't believe me.... check me "5cm" I knew he was coming. I have had 2 other babies you know!! come on people. (all this while there was a change in nurses) oh did i mention the epidural wore off... yep sure did. OUCH but i had had both madison and emma without and epidural. so here i am telling the "new nurse" i was feeling the "pressure" and in walked the dr... Good timing. b/c a baby was about to be delivered by the nurse. the dr didn't even get finished getting dressed. haha... same thing happened when we had Emma.
there he was so little... and perfect
11:19pm
first thing he did... peed on the dr. that's my boy
after letting him lay with me for a few minutes they took him he was so tiny weighing 5lbs 6oz and long, 20inches and i thought emma was little at 6lbs 15oz. they brought him back to me and i got to start breastfeeding him... it still amazes me that they now how to do that the moment they are born.
Week 1
Will was born on tuesday and we got to go home on thursday (with a little begging). but we promised Will's dr that we would take him to the office the next day and get him weighted and check his jaundice. which we did and he weighed 4lbs 15oz (2 lbs smaller then when emma was born) and he was jaundice. so we had to come back the next day and do it again. so saturday he weighed 5lbs 1oz and the jaundice #'s were going down... yeah
he didn't fit into anything we had for him so we went and bought a few onesies and our neighbors and friends brought us a few things for him to wear. which was all still really big on him. my little peanut.
at one week old i ended up back at women's hospital...
i had started getting headaches and so i went to the drs again so they could check my bp which was still really high. they send me over to women's to run some tests to see if i was developing preeclampsia, (which apparently you can develop up to 6weeks postpartum) in the end everything was fine. all the water i gained was putting a strain on my blood vessels which was causing the high blood pressure. so they upped my bp meds (for the 3rd time) and put me on a water pill to get all the water off. (i lost 15lbs in 4 days WOW)
Will was born on tuesday and we got to go home on thursday (with a little begging). but we promised Will's dr that we would take him to the office the next day and get him weighted and check his jaundice. which we did and he weighed 4lbs 15oz (2 lbs smaller then when emma was born) and he was jaundice. so we had to come back the next day and do it again. so saturday he weighed 5lbs 1oz and the jaundice #'s were going down... yeah
he didn't fit into anything we had for him so we went and bought a few onesies and our neighbors and friends brought us a few things for him to wear. which was all still really big on him. my little peanut.
at one week old i ended up back at women's hospital...
i had started getting headaches and so i went to the drs again so they could check my bp which was still really high. they send me over to women's to run some tests to see if i was developing preeclampsia, (which apparently you can develop up to 6weeks postpartum) in the end everything was fine. all the water i gained was putting a strain on my blood vessels which was causing the high blood pressure. so they upped my bp meds (for the 3rd time) and put me on a water pill to get all the water off. (i lost 15lbs in 4 days WOW)
Week 2
Well taking that water pill also depleted my milk supply and at Will's second week check up he only weighted 5lbs 2oz. they wanted him to be back to his birth weight. so i had to start working with the lactation nurses at womens to figure out what i need to do b/c i was determined to make this right. we did have to supplement.
Week 3
i got a phone call from his pediatrician that his thyroid test that they did in the hospital came back borderline and they wanted to re-test him. are you serious? here i go worrying again...
so we had to take him and get his blood drawn only this time instead of pricking his foot they used a needle in his teeny tiny arm... all i was thinking as i saw them drawing this large vial of blood out of his arm was "stop you're going to take it all" silly i know but he was just so little.
in the end everything turned out fine. no thyroid problem to worry about!
after a CRAZY 4 weeks of visiting the lactation nurses at women's and trying all kinds of things. we finally got my milk supply up and determined that b/c he was so small he was also having a difficult time with his latch. (now at 6 wks he is thriving and his latch is so much better) i have never had this much problems breastfeeding the girls. I was visiting women's twice a week to get him weighed and he was progressing... gaining just under an ounce a day.
Week 5
at his 4 week check up (which he was really 5 weeks old) he weighed 6lbs 5oz. we were so excited. As you can see he's bald. no hair on the top of his head. the past couple of weeks had been really difficult b/c i have been unable to get him to sleep, for any amount of time, on his own. if i put him down he would wake up and start screaming until i picked him up again. and this is so difficult since i still have to take care of the girls. but we have been managing. plus he was nursing round the clock for about a week. i'm talking like every 1.5 or less hours. oh and did i mention that he HATES the carseat, yup screams any time he gets in that thing. (he's doing better with this now)
at his 4 week check up (which he was really 5 weeks old) he weighed 6lbs 5oz. we were so excited. As you can see he's bald. no hair on the top of his head. the past couple of weeks had been really difficult b/c i have been unable to get him to sleep, for any amount of time, on his own. if i put him down he would wake up and start screaming until i picked him up again. and this is so difficult since i still have to take care of the girls. but we have been managing. plus he was nursing round the clock for about a week. i'm talking like every 1.5 or less hours. oh and did i mention that he HATES the carseat, yup screams any time he gets in that thing. (he's doing better with this now)
Week 6
we have made lots of progress. he will now sleep in his swing or the seat thing that we have for about an hour a day. still doesn't allow me to get much done but that's ok we are getting there. he still really just wants to sleep close to me so that's what we do. nurse and he sleeps which i watch and attempt to play with the girls. and yes we watch a lot of movies together. but they girls are great! so glad they have each other to play with. the last couple of days have been nicer outside so we got to go for a ride in the new double stroller that was giving to us (grateful). and we were able to play in the backyard and swim in the pool. it's just been too hot since Will was born to go outside.
my favorite thing right now is when he's in a good mood and will lay on the changing table (without screaming) he will just look around and smile and coo at me. he melts my heart. they melt my heart. i never knew i could have this much love for them all. God is great and he has blessed Vic and I with an amazing family.
i've been sitting here writing this all while Will sleeps in my lap on the boppy, nursing! and as frustrating as it can be sometimes i know that one day, very soon, he will be sleeping on his on and in his own bed. so for now i will cherish this moment. my last baby.
and it really is makes me sad knowing that this part of my life (the having babies part) is over. i am entering a new stage. there certainly is a bit of morning. But... I'm so excited for the future, although scary at times... How in the world are we going to support all these kids, send them to college, pay for two weddings... really i could go on but i won't. I'm leaving it in God's hands. He will prepare the way and i am confident that he will provide for us.
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