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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Halloween, Ammons Birthday, and Thanksgiving!
I know I have been failing miserably, but with each child, I seem to blog a little less (ok, alot less...) Not to mention, I see so many cute blogs, and feel so incredibly uncreative and incompetent in the blogging world. So, although these posts are nothing fancy, I will try to get better so I have something to show for our memories!
Lets start with Halloween!
This year the boys were obsessed with toy story... Yeah so I had no idea how to make those woody and buzz costumes. After searching for all the different fabrics, I realized it was going to be incredibly expensive to try to make them. I found some costumes on Amazon and walmart... saved me a bunch of stress and money! But sean was going to be bullseye, I was Bo Peep and Braydon was my sheep. I LUCKED out when I found a white bear costume at DI. (what bears are white... besides polar bears... and I dont think thats what they were going for...) ANYWAYS, it worked out perfect for a lamb and was only a couple bucks. YAY. I decided to make my costume. BIGGEST headache. I didnt want to spend money on a pattern, ended up cutting it wrong, (I couldnt find my tape measure!) and spent HOURS cutting up old white sheets.... but it ended up working out ok. I was not by any means "happy" with it, but it was good enough. After all, Its for the kids anyways, right :)
Oh yeah, I made Seans mask... it was scary, hahah. It was definitely not our best year. I think our best year was last year when we were the characters of Phineas and Ferb
K, Moving on to Ammons Birthday!
Yes! He Turned 5 this year! Is that insane or what? The memories of his birth don't feel like yesterday anymore, but DEFINITELY not 5 years ago (and one month, this is a month late, coincidentally on ASHLYN'S 5th BIRTHDAY!!!) This year we went to Spaghetti Factory for his birthday. He loved his giant meatball. They give kids free meals on their birthday! And what is better than eating in a train with a bottomless cup of chocolate milk?? I dont think he could think of anything better. His party was Saturday and he had a SPIDERMAN party. He LOVED it. We had a spiderman web walk, pin the eyes on spiderman, and ULTIMATE musical chairs. We handed out trophies and medals and although it was insane and loud and slightly unorganized, I think all the kids had a good time. He got SOOO spoiled with all his gifts that 2 of his birthday gifts that came late in the mail got tucked away for Christmas. :)
Oh yeah, So Ammon and Cameron became OBSESSED with spiderman (thanks to netflix and their instant streaming) So I hit walmart that days after halloween and found some spiderman costumes for 2.50! It was awesome, but they were all in size 8 boys, so I had to take them in ALOT for them to fit the boys. October and November were very sewy, crafty months! Oh and I "made" that building.
Now to thanksgiving!
I dont have any pictures! But we had a blast going to the Schaffers for Thanksgiving. The cousins dressed up and we all had a ball eating healthy food and having a GREAT time.... OH MAN, now I want some apple pie....
Sunday, November 13, 2011
What!? Im three months old???
So yeah, this was the face he made when I told him he was three months old, as of yesterday. Ya, I pretty much made the same face too. It WAS just yesterday that I had him. I swear! Its going by way too fast. He's now 14 lbs and 25 inches long. Almost double his birthweight! He catching up quick with his brothers! Ammon turned 5 on Tuesday, I will be posting a birthday post soon!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
My Birth Story!
** I know this is a long over due post, but I DID post this on facebook the DAY after I had him so you gotta give me props for that! :)***
August 13th, 2011
So, I've been up since Wednesday morning, with a little more than 2 hours of sleep... So I'm trying my best to be coherent and retell this story right (things might be slightly out of order, but you will get the main point) :P Tuesday we had another ultrasound that showed the fluid levels were getting lower (they had dropped 2.5 points from the week before and were borderline risky. There was a pocket of fluid big enough to keep them from being completely concerned though. I was still not so happy about it. The doctor was leaving out of town this morning and wouldn't be back til Monday night, so considering how the fluid levels had dropped that last week, we knew we needed to try to have this baby come before then, so we set our "induction day" for Wednesday at 10 pm. Because I have had 2 c-sections, the hospital will not allow anything like pitocin or cervix softeners to be administered to me. But our plan was to use a foley bulb (an inflatable balloon to sit on the cervix) to help me dilate to a 4 and then break my water and hope that my body would take over from there. I was very satisfied with that considering it was an option and not just straight to a c-section. So Wednesday night they put that in and I was not expecting contractions, but I was getting lots, usually between 6-8 minutes apart, nothing too consistent, but they were pretty intense on the monitor and the foley bulb added some major pressure. At the peak of each contraction I thought I was going to have a bowel movement, it was intense, but it was really exciting. My blood pressure spiked a couple times so i realized i needed to really focus on staying relaxed and calm (thank you hypnobabies and Jamie!) I didn't want my blood pressure to become an issue in my trial for labor. So after the long night the doctor came in and checked and i was at a 4 and about 80% effaced, but since it was with the foley bulb in place it wasnt quite accurate. So after they pulled the foley bulb out I was still around a 4 but only 60 % effaced. So he gave me a chance to have a break and went and did a c-section and came back and we broke my waters... Fun times. No really, all of this looking back was painful and uncomfortable, but I wanted it so badly, I wasn't going to complain. I finally had someone willing to let me try, and REALLY try and I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity. So when he broke my water he was having a difficult time knowing if he even had because the fluids seemed to be so low ( that worried me a bit) but the baby's heart was great. They put an internal monitor on braydon to make sure we had an accurate read of his heart at all times and also to let us know that we actually broke my water. I started to feel little gushes and then during contractions I would get some too, but the fluid level was low and that worried me a bit, but they assured me everything was fine, his heart rate was great, but they also placed a tube into the uterus that they could hook a bag of fluid onto in case he ever showed signs of distress to get some more room for him in there. So then we waited... we waited and waited. The doctor encouraged nipple stimulation so we asked for a pump. That seemed to help. I continued to have contractions, but NOTHING would get into a pattern for very long. I asked if I could walk around with the internal monitor and they got me a portable thing for the monitor and we got all set up. So I got up and we started making rounds. He had actually gone up higher (he was a -2 before we used a foley bulb) and was a -3 so we were hoping that walking would bring on consistent contractions and help him descend back down. As i passed the nurses station I asked how he was and he was ok, but about 30 seconds later she said his heart rate was dropping and that he didnt like it when I was walking. So we rushed to the room and got me on my side and his heart rate bounced right back up again. So those beds there are horrible. They are impossible to sit in, let alone lay in, especially on your side when you are pregnant. They have bars that cut right into your hip. Im so glad I had my mom there, she was my momma bear fighting for me, She had asked the nurses for at least 9 pillows I swear and she didn't stop until i was able to be as comfortable as I possibly could be in that bed. Sean tried too, but I guess since hes never been in one, or in one while pregnant, or in one while contracting it was harder for him to know how to make me comfortable, but my mom knew EXACTLY what I needed, what pillows needed to be propped where and where they needed to be to help alleviate the pain in my hips and be able to handle those contractions. So we were kinda limited to the bed for a while, every time I tried to get up to get on the ball or sit up, I would end up in position that would make his heart drop. So it was hard to try to bring on contractions sitting in a bed on my side, we had to just hope they would start from the waters being broken. The doctor recommended nipple stimulation so we ordered up the pump and I pumped for several hours and they brought on great contractions. The oxytocin thats released is supposed to be the body's natural form of pitocin, so not as hard as pitocin, but enough to bring on some really good contractions naturally. I was trying to not get checked as much as possible since my water was broke and we didn't want infection so I waited til about 5:30ish to get checked by the nurse. It was disappointing cause there has been pretty much no change since the foley bulb was placed and he was still at a -3 station. We decided to use Sean instead of the pump and once that happened I started getting pretty intense contractions, the nurses were getting excited and said I was doing great. They were about 1-3 minutes a part and some were even topping the charts. I had tried to get back on the birthing ball and we found a position that he was happy with and even liked. His heart rate was doing great during each contraction and was even spiking up (a good way) instead of down, through most of them. The doctor came in and checked me around 7ish and I was still about a 4 and he was still -3. So he was going to come back at check on us around midnight So we got to WORK. We tried every position, I was on my hands and knees, I was mimicking stair climbers, we were rocking and rotating my hips, we had me squatting during contractions (OUCH! Sean had to hold me up alot while I let the weight of the belly sink down to bring Braydon down) all while we were being extremely careful to not let his heart rate drop. He seemed to be doing well and his heart rate would spike with contractions, something they like to see, mom and baby working together. They checked me around 10 and he had dropped some and the doctor became more hopeful because I slightly dilated (almost a 5) and he had dropped to a -2. I also effaced a little more, so the doctor was willing to ride it out and so was Sean and my mom. Mentally I started to prep myself for the idea of a c-section, because my odds of having one were going up. But we all continued with hope and continued doing everything we were doing and at 12 when he checked me I was still almost to a 5 and he had dropped a little more to about a -1, but still wasn't engaged. I was almost 80 % effaced. We went back to work with nipple stimulation to get hard and fast contractions but they didn't seem to be doing anything and my body definitely did not want to take over and produce the hormone on its own. We were all pretty exhausted and I was going on without any food, very little water (they said I could have sips of water and ice chips) and only spurts of little naps between contractions for over the last 25ish hours. I was falling asleep as I was on the birthing ball and after squatting during the contractions. Sean suggested I tried to rest a little bit and let up on the nipple stimulation, and sure enough my contractions slowed down to 6-7 minutes apart, but they were still very intense. My little rest seemed to last for 10 minutes and it seemed like the contractions were about 30 seconds apart and a minute long. lol but I rested for about 45 minutes (I actually fell asleep between the contractions each time, i was so exhausted) Sean was great the whole time and would tell me to breathe as the monitor picked up on a contraction, (when I was awake, normally I could tell before him,) but in my sleepy state he was able to warn me and it was SO helpful. He was the perfect coach and so was my mom. After I rested we tried to get up to walk and bounce but his heart rate started to drop again and we were having a harder time finding a position that let his heart rate recover so the nurse had me back in bed on oxygen. My contractions slowed again and 2 am came way too quickly. The doctor checked me and i had lowered the baby to a -1 but everything else had stayed the same. The doctor suggested we talk about a c-section and how we would be needing it in the next few hours. Sean and I decided that based on the babies heart rate dropping anytime we got into a sitting position, or on my back that it would probably be extremely stressful on the baby to exit out the birth canal. I knew that if the Lord wanted me to have a VBAC that he could make it work, but that my body probably would have taken over by then and we felt strongly that there was a good reason it wasn't continuing on its own. We also felt that Braydon was probably extremely exhausted from all the contractions himself. We had put extra fluid in after that first heart rate drop and i was wearing an oxygen mask and that had helped but I know he was exhausted. So at about 2:30 in the morning we decided to go ahead with the c-section and get him out. At the moment we decided to have a c-section, he still was checking me and such and I was like" Ok can you stop checking me now?!" haha we all laughed cause I had always put up with alot of checking because i hoped it would help trigger contractions and labor and embraced the pain and discomfort, in hopes of having a vaginal birth, but since that wasn't happening, I saw NO reason for any further pain. lol I was pretty disappointed that after all of that work we had to do a c-section, but I knew there was a reason my body was not progressing. I would have been more disappointed if I had made it to 9cm dilated and then had a c-section. The only reason i was even dilated to a 4 was cause of the foley bulb and then I barely kinda made it to a 5 on my own. So in 28ish hours and TONS of contractions, I had only progressed maybe 3 cms. Although I was disappointed, I was completely at peace with the decision. I felt like the best thing to do was get him out and I honestly got my try. I felt like I had 100% support from my doctor as well as from my mom and sean. So they got me prepped and ready for the c-section, Braydon Joseph Ford was born August 12th, 2011 at 2:59 am. He weighed 7 lbs 3 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. I was extremely shocked by his weight. I know he felt smaller than the boys, but I never guessed this small! I have always wanted a tiny baby because I felt like Ammon and Cameron came out being 2 months old! I'm very excited to enjoy a tiny baby, and he is very healthy too, no problems at all. We did figure out why his heart rate kept dropping. The cord was wrapped pretty tightly around his neck and all over his body and that explains why his heart rate dropped when i would sit up, or lean to a certain side, cause it was pinching of the cord. Im confident that because there wasn't much fluid in there, it would have been extremely hard for him to untangle himself, it even seemed hard for the doctor (it was a tight one) So now I know why my body didnt progress, it was just trying to protect my baby. Its moments like these where I am grateful for c-sections. I'm very satisfied with my birth experience because I know there was nothing else that I could have done different to get a successful VBAC. I know it would have been unwise to wait any longer (after the weekend) because of his fluid levels, I am confident he would have gotten more tangled by the following Tuesday in the cramped space without adequate amniotic fluid and it would have made the induction process more difficult. We all tried really hard. I really felt like everyone gave it their all, and complete support in trying. My first priority of course is a healthy baby and I wanted to make sure he was ok. I feel very blessed for my doctor and the supportive hospital staff that even kept me relaxed when the heart rate would dip, cause it made me nervous. I know other hospitals and doctors could have used that opportunity to go straight to the c-section and instead, mine told me not to worry and gave him extra fluid to take the pressure off. My mom and Sean could NOT have been more PERFECT during this time. With no sleep and lots of pain they helped me and reminded me to breathe and remember what I had learned from my hypnobabies tracks. I really think that helped alot with the pain because I was able to go completely limp and relaxed during contractions (the ones I wasn't standing or squatting through.) During the whole labor process, everyone stayed calm, relaxed, focused, and we even laughed between contractions (a couple times at the peak of a contraction and I did want to kill them for it. lol) I have never been more relaxed and confidant in my life and i think that helped alot. Each contraction, Sean reminded me that I OWNED that contraction and that I could breathe it right through it. I embraced each one, hoping that it would end with a successful VBAC, but I tried to handle it as best as possible and go to my "happy place." I cant stress enough how perfect my mom and husband were through this whole process. I am so grateful for them. They made a great team together and helped me tremendously and all three of us together were great. (there is no one in the world that gives a better foot and ankle massage than my mom by the way ) I'm really glad that we got we were all able to stay close to the spirit through the entire process and enjoy the time we spent together. And thanks to my Uncle Paul, Julie, Erin, and Kira for watching my boys and keeping them safe. I never once worried about my boys and that was a great relief for me and I was able to relax and focus on giving the labor a good try. Although I am disappointed about not ending with a vaginal birth, I am so happy, that first and foremost...
1. I have a BEAUTIFUL healthy baby to hold and to love (with a perfect shaped head, I might add :P)
2. I get 4 days at the hospital to be taken care of :) they do everything! I dont even have to get up to go potty and I can drink as MUCH as I want!
3. I NEVER have to have my cervix checked AGAIN!
4. I NEVER have to be pregnant this long again. I will go ahead and schedule at 39 weeks. That shaves off at least 10 lbs of weight I gained at the end of this pregnancy (while i stressed and waited!)
5. I will always be able to plan when my babies come. Im gonna pick my mom up from the airport and get my "haur did, and my nails done" every time.
6. and knowing that I am not going to end with a vaginal makes me happy that I will never have to deal with a foley bulb or contraction again. :) Dont get me wrong, it was worth it if it meant I would end with a vaginal birth (and if by some miracle I get a random miracle chance to have a spontaneous vbac, I would gladly welcome the pain again), but now that I know I will have the rest c-sections, Im excited to never feel the pain again.
So yeah, I am very happy. Oh and the doctor said my uterus was in GREAT shape (I knew it had to be buff from all the practice) He said it was very thick still and that I definitely had 4 or 5 babies left to birth in there. So thats very encouraging. I just wanted to make sure I would be able to have as many babies as the lord wants and it sure looks that way. He also said there was NO thinning and no signs of a possibility of rupture (based on thickness levels and how great my scar was) He also said I had healed up SO well from my previous c-section that he almost couldn't see the scar. So that's really good in my eyes. :) So thank you all for all the love and support. I needed every bit of it. Im also going to post Sean's little version of the birth story. It might be a little better detailed in places that im not cause everything was such a blur to me. Thanks again for all the love!
"On Wednesday night at around 10:30 we showed up at the hospital and began setting Alicia up for her induction. Dr. Parker showed up around 11:30 or so and put her foley bulb in. for the next 9 hours or so Alicia constantly felt dull pressure on her cervix, as well as some pretty intense contractions. I would pull on the foley bulb to get it to stretch her cervix wider and so would the nurse. She began at 2 cm and ended at around 4 cm around 6:00 or so. After the bulb was pulled out she was effaced to about 60% and dilated to about 4 cm. the next 18 hours are somewhat of a blur. I know there was about 12 hours of little or no progress. During that 12 hours we tried to stimulate alicia’s nipples with a breast pump, but her contractions were still 5-6 minutes apart. We also attempted to walk around in the hall, but that put stress on braydon. During this 12 hour period his heart beat dropped to around 60 twice, both times due to Alicia walking around. Around 18 hours into labor Grandma said a prayer and felt inspired to check on the position of braydon. We attempted to maneuver braydon to an anterior position with warm towels on alicia’s belly. Grandma said she felt that if we would push on alicia’s hips then her birth canal may open some more and allow braydon to drop further. From around 6:00 to 12:00 the three of us worked really hard on keeping braydon’s heart beat at a good level, trying to dilate alicia’s cervix more, and helping braydon to drop lower. From 6-12 we were able to get braydon to drop from a -3 to a -1 and dilating her cervix from 4 cm to about 5 cm. She also approached 80% effacement. From 10-12 we tried to stay very close to the spirit and were able to get Alicia to have contractions 1-3 minutes apart again for two hours or so. These were big contractions too. Dr. Parker said they were just as good as another woman he was delivering and she was dilated to a 9 and was almost ready to push her baby out. This exhausted Alicia so much that at around 12:30 Alicia began to close her eyes and fall asleep between contractions. At 12:45 we decided to let her rest for 30 minutes. At 1:20 I tried to wake Alicia up but she was so tired. During her rest time her contractions naturally slowed to 6-7 minutes apart. I let her rest for another 15 minutes and then woke her up. Around 1:40 we tried to get Alicia to walk around but that put stress on Braydon. His heart beat dropped down to about 60 beats per minute. The nurse wanted us to lay Alicia on the bed to ease Braydon’s stress. That didn’t work too well so we suggested Alicia should get on her ball to stabilize Braydon’s heart beat. That worked and we were able to her contractions to about 2-3 minutes apart again. Dr. Parker came in around 2:15 or so and checked Alicia’s progress. She had not made in progress from 12-2:15 so we started discussing options. We knew that Alicia was exhausted and that Braydon was exhausted and the likelihood that her contractions would get into a solid pattern and go from a 5-10 in a couple hours and be able to push him out, all before the doctor had to leave town were slim, and that if it was meant to be it would have happened. We also felt like there was a reason his heart rate kept dropping and couldn’t help but feel like we needed to be careful and watch out for the baby. We also felt like there was a reason her body wouldn’t take over so we decided to do a c-section. They got her prepped and ready and Braydon Joseph Ford was born at 2:59 am after 28 ½ hours of trying to induce labor. He weighed 7 lbs 3 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. His apgar scores were great, hes beautiful and healthy and we couldn’t be happier." -Sean
August 13th, 2011
So, I've been up since Wednesday morning, with a little more than 2 hours of sleep... So I'm trying my best to be coherent and retell this story right (things might be slightly out of order, but you will get the main point) :P Tuesday we had another ultrasound that showed the fluid levels were getting lower (they had dropped 2.5 points from the week before and were borderline risky. There was a pocket of fluid big enough to keep them from being completely concerned though. I was still not so happy about it. The doctor was leaving out of town this morning and wouldn't be back til Monday night, so considering how the fluid levels had dropped that last week, we knew we needed to try to have this baby come before then, so we set our "induction day" for Wednesday at 10 pm. Because I have had 2 c-sections, the hospital will not allow anything like pitocin or cervix softeners to be administered to me. But our plan was to use a foley bulb (an inflatable balloon to sit on the cervix) to help me dilate to a 4 and then break my water and hope that my body would take over from there. I was very satisfied with that considering it was an option and not just straight to a c-section. So Wednesday night they put that in and I was not expecting contractions, but I was getting lots, usually between 6-8 minutes apart, nothing too consistent, but they were pretty intense on the monitor and the foley bulb added some major pressure. At the peak of each contraction I thought I was going to have a bowel movement, it was intense, but it was really exciting. My blood pressure spiked a couple times so i realized i needed to really focus on staying relaxed and calm (thank you hypnobabies and Jamie!) I didn't want my blood pressure to become an issue in my trial for labor. So after the long night the doctor came in and checked and i was at a 4 and about 80% effaced, but since it was with the foley bulb in place it wasnt quite accurate. So after they pulled the foley bulb out I was still around a 4 but only 60 % effaced. So he gave me a chance to have a break and went and did a c-section and came back and we broke my waters... Fun times. No really, all of this looking back was painful and uncomfortable, but I wanted it so badly, I wasn't going to complain. I finally had someone willing to let me try, and REALLY try and I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity. So when he broke my water he was having a difficult time knowing if he even had because the fluids seemed to be so low ( that worried me a bit) but the baby's heart was great. They put an internal monitor on braydon to make sure we had an accurate read of his heart at all times and also to let us know that we actually broke my water. I started to feel little gushes and then during contractions I would get some too, but the fluid level was low and that worried me a bit, but they assured me everything was fine, his heart rate was great, but they also placed a tube into the uterus that they could hook a bag of fluid onto in case he ever showed signs of distress to get some more room for him in there. So then we waited... we waited and waited. The doctor encouraged nipple stimulation so we asked for a pump. That seemed to help. I continued to have contractions, but NOTHING would get into a pattern for very long. I asked if I could walk around with the internal monitor and they got me a portable thing for the monitor and we got all set up. So I got up and we started making rounds. He had actually gone up higher (he was a -2 before we used a foley bulb) and was a -3 so we were hoping that walking would bring on consistent contractions and help him descend back down. As i passed the nurses station I asked how he was and he was ok, but about 30 seconds later she said his heart rate was dropping and that he didnt like it when I was walking. So we rushed to the room and got me on my side and his heart rate bounced right back up again. So those beds there are horrible. They are impossible to sit in, let alone lay in, especially on your side when you are pregnant. They have bars that cut right into your hip. Im so glad I had my mom there, she was my momma bear fighting for me, She had asked the nurses for at least 9 pillows I swear and she didn't stop until i was able to be as comfortable as I possibly could be in that bed. Sean tried too, but I guess since hes never been in one, or in one while pregnant, or in one while contracting it was harder for him to know how to make me comfortable, but my mom knew EXACTLY what I needed, what pillows needed to be propped where and where they needed to be to help alleviate the pain in my hips and be able to handle those contractions. So we were kinda limited to the bed for a while, every time I tried to get up to get on the ball or sit up, I would end up in position that would make his heart drop. So it was hard to try to bring on contractions sitting in a bed on my side, we had to just hope they would start from the waters being broken. The doctor recommended nipple stimulation so we ordered up the pump and I pumped for several hours and they brought on great contractions. The oxytocin thats released is supposed to be the body's natural form of pitocin, so not as hard as pitocin, but enough to bring on some really good contractions naturally. I was trying to not get checked as much as possible since my water was broke and we didn't want infection so I waited til about 5:30ish to get checked by the nurse. It was disappointing cause there has been pretty much no change since the foley bulb was placed and he was still at a -3 station. We decided to use Sean instead of the pump and once that happened I started getting pretty intense contractions, the nurses were getting excited and said I was doing great. They were about 1-3 minutes a part and some were even topping the charts. I had tried to get back on the birthing ball and we found a position that he was happy with and even liked. His heart rate was doing great during each contraction and was even spiking up (a good way) instead of down, through most of them. The doctor came in and checked me around 7ish and I was still about a 4 and he was still -3. So he was going to come back at check on us around midnight So we got to WORK. We tried every position, I was on my hands and knees, I was mimicking stair climbers, we were rocking and rotating my hips, we had me squatting during contractions (OUCH! Sean had to hold me up alot while I let the weight of the belly sink down to bring Braydon down) all while we were being extremely careful to not let his heart rate drop. He seemed to be doing well and his heart rate would spike with contractions, something they like to see, mom and baby working together. They checked me around 10 and he had dropped some and the doctor became more hopeful because I slightly dilated (almost a 5) and he had dropped to a -2. I also effaced a little more, so the doctor was willing to ride it out and so was Sean and my mom. Mentally I started to prep myself for the idea of a c-section, because my odds of having one were going up. But we all continued with hope and continued doing everything we were doing and at 12 when he checked me I was still almost to a 5 and he had dropped a little more to about a -1, but still wasn't engaged. I was almost 80 % effaced. We went back to work with nipple stimulation to get hard and fast contractions but they didn't seem to be doing anything and my body definitely did not want to take over and produce the hormone on its own. We were all pretty exhausted and I was going on without any food, very little water (they said I could have sips of water and ice chips) and only spurts of little naps between contractions for over the last 25ish hours. I was falling asleep as I was on the birthing ball and after squatting during the contractions. Sean suggested I tried to rest a little bit and let up on the nipple stimulation, and sure enough my contractions slowed down to 6-7 minutes apart, but they were still very intense. My little rest seemed to last for 10 minutes and it seemed like the contractions were about 30 seconds apart and a minute long. lol but I rested for about 45 minutes (I actually fell asleep between the contractions each time, i was so exhausted) Sean was great the whole time and would tell me to breathe as the monitor picked up on a contraction, (when I was awake, normally I could tell before him,) but in my sleepy state he was able to warn me and it was SO helpful. He was the perfect coach and so was my mom. After I rested we tried to get up to walk and bounce but his heart rate started to drop again and we were having a harder time finding a position that let his heart rate recover so the nurse had me back in bed on oxygen. My contractions slowed again and 2 am came way too quickly. The doctor checked me and i had lowered the baby to a -1 but everything else had stayed the same. The doctor suggested we talk about a c-section and how we would be needing it in the next few hours. Sean and I decided that based on the babies heart rate dropping anytime we got into a sitting position, or on my back that it would probably be extremely stressful on the baby to exit out the birth canal. I knew that if the Lord wanted me to have a VBAC that he could make it work, but that my body probably would have taken over by then and we felt strongly that there was a good reason it wasn't continuing on its own. We also felt that Braydon was probably extremely exhausted from all the contractions himself. We had put extra fluid in after that first heart rate drop and i was wearing an oxygen mask and that had helped but I know he was exhausted. So at about 2:30 in the morning we decided to go ahead with the c-section and get him out. At the moment we decided to have a c-section, he still was checking me and such and I was like" Ok can you stop checking me now?!" haha we all laughed cause I had always put up with alot of checking because i hoped it would help trigger contractions and labor and embraced the pain and discomfort, in hopes of having a vaginal birth, but since that wasn't happening, I saw NO reason for any further pain. lol I was pretty disappointed that after all of that work we had to do a c-section, but I knew there was a reason my body was not progressing. I would have been more disappointed if I had made it to 9cm dilated and then had a c-section. The only reason i was even dilated to a 4 was cause of the foley bulb and then I barely kinda made it to a 5 on my own. So in 28ish hours and TONS of contractions, I had only progressed maybe 3 cms. Although I was disappointed, I was completely at peace with the decision. I felt like the best thing to do was get him out and I honestly got my try. I felt like I had 100% support from my doctor as well as from my mom and sean. So they got me prepped and ready for the c-section, Braydon Joseph Ford was born August 12th, 2011 at 2:59 am. He weighed 7 lbs 3 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. I was extremely shocked by his weight. I know he felt smaller than the boys, but I never guessed this small! I have always wanted a tiny baby because I felt like Ammon and Cameron came out being 2 months old! I'm very excited to enjoy a tiny baby, and he is very healthy too, no problems at all. We did figure out why his heart rate kept dropping. The cord was wrapped pretty tightly around his neck and all over his body and that explains why his heart rate dropped when i would sit up, or lean to a certain side, cause it was pinching of the cord. Im confident that because there wasn't much fluid in there, it would have been extremely hard for him to untangle himself, it even seemed hard for the doctor (it was a tight one) So now I know why my body didnt progress, it was just trying to protect my baby. Its moments like these where I am grateful for c-sections. I'm very satisfied with my birth experience because I know there was nothing else that I could have done different to get a successful VBAC. I know it would have been unwise to wait any longer (after the weekend) because of his fluid levels, I am confident he would have gotten more tangled by the following Tuesday in the cramped space without adequate amniotic fluid and it would have made the induction process more difficult. We all tried really hard. I really felt like everyone gave it their all, and complete support in trying. My first priority of course is a healthy baby and I wanted to make sure he was ok. I feel very blessed for my doctor and the supportive hospital staff that even kept me relaxed when the heart rate would dip, cause it made me nervous. I know other hospitals and doctors could have used that opportunity to go straight to the c-section and instead, mine told me not to worry and gave him extra fluid to take the pressure off. My mom and Sean could NOT have been more PERFECT during this time. With no sleep and lots of pain they helped me and reminded me to breathe and remember what I had learned from my hypnobabies tracks. I really think that helped alot with the pain because I was able to go completely limp and relaxed during contractions (the ones I wasn't standing or squatting through.) During the whole labor process, everyone stayed calm, relaxed, focused, and we even laughed between contractions (a couple times at the peak of a contraction and I did want to kill them for it. lol) I have never been more relaxed and confidant in my life and i think that helped alot. Each contraction, Sean reminded me that I OWNED that contraction and that I could breathe it right through it. I embraced each one, hoping that it would end with a successful VBAC, but I tried to handle it as best as possible and go to my "happy place." I cant stress enough how perfect my mom and husband were through this whole process. I am so grateful for them. They made a great team together and helped me tremendously and all three of us together were great. (there is no one in the world that gives a better foot and ankle massage than my mom by the way ) I'm really glad that we got we were all able to stay close to the spirit through the entire process and enjoy the time we spent together. And thanks to my Uncle Paul, Julie, Erin, and Kira for watching my boys and keeping them safe. I never once worried about my boys and that was a great relief for me and I was able to relax and focus on giving the labor a good try. Although I am disappointed about not ending with a vaginal birth, I am so happy, that first and foremost...
1. I have a BEAUTIFUL healthy baby to hold and to love (with a perfect shaped head, I might add :P)
2. I get 4 days at the hospital to be taken care of :) they do everything! I dont even have to get up to go potty and I can drink as MUCH as I want!
3. I NEVER have to have my cervix checked AGAIN!
4. I NEVER have to be pregnant this long again. I will go ahead and schedule at 39 weeks. That shaves off at least 10 lbs of weight I gained at the end of this pregnancy (while i stressed and waited!)
5. I will always be able to plan when my babies come. Im gonna pick my mom up from the airport and get my "haur did, and my nails done" every time.
6. and knowing that I am not going to end with a vaginal makes me happy that I will never have to deal with a foley bulb or contraction again. :) Dont get me wrong, it was worth it if it meant I would end with a vaginal birth (and if by some miracle I get a random miracle chance to have a spontaneous vbac, I would gladly welcome the pain again), but now that I know I will have the rest c-sections, Im excited to never feel the pain again.
So yeah, I am very happy. Oh and the doctor said my uterus was in GREAT shape (I knew it had to be buff from all the practice) He said it was very thick still and that I definitely had 4 or 5 babies left to birth in there. So thats very encouraging. I just wanted to make sure I would be able to have as many babies as the lord wants and it sure looks that way. He also said there was NO thinning and no signs of a possibility of rupture (based on thickness levels and how great my scar was) He also said I had healed up SO well from my previous c-section that he almost couldn't see the scar. So that's really good in my eyes. :) So thank you all for all the love and support. I needed every bit of it. Im also going to post Sean's little version of the birth story. It might be a little better detailed in places that im not cause everything was such a blur to me. Thanks again for all the love!
"On Wednesday night at around 10:30 we showed up at the hospital and began setting Alicia up for her induction. Dr. Parker showed up around 11:30 or so and put her foley bulb in. for the next 9 hours or so Alicia constantly felt dull pressure on her cervix, as well as some pretty intense contractions. I would pull on the foley bulb to get it to stretch her cervix wider and so would the nurse. She began at 2 cm and ended at around 4 cm around 6:00 or so. After the bulb was pulled out she was effaced to about 60% and dilated to about 4 cm. the next 18 hours are somewhat of a blur. I know there was about 12 hours of little or no progress. During that 12 hours we tried to stimulate alicia’s nipples with a breast pump, but her contractions were still 5-6 minutes apart. We also attempted to walk around in the hall, but that put stress on braydon. During this 12 hour period his heart beat dropped to around 60 twice, both times due to Alicia walking around. Around 18 hours into labor Grandma said a prayer and felt inspired to check on the position of braydon. We attempted to maneuver braydon to an anterior position with warm towels on alicia’s belly. Grandma said she felt that if we would push on alicia’s hips then her birth canal may open some more and allow braydon to drop further. From around 6:00 to 12:00 the three of us worked really hard on keeping braydon’s heart beat at a good level, trying to dilate alicia’s cervix more, and helping braydon to drop lower. From 6-12 we were able to get braydon to drop from a -3 to a -1 and dilating her cervix from 4 cm to about 5 cm. She also approached 80% effacement. From 10-12 we tried to stay very close to the spirit and were able to get Alicia to have contractions 1-3 minutes apart again for two hours or so. These were big contractions too. Dr. Parker said they were just as good as another woman he was delivering and she was dilated to a 9 and was almost ready to push her baby out. This exhausted Alicia so much that at around 12:30 Alicia began to close her eyes and fall asleep between contractions. At 12:45 we decided to let her rest for 30 minutes. At 1:20 I tried to wake Alicia up but she was so tired. During her rest time her contractions naturally slowed to 6-7 minutes apart. I let her rest for another 15 minutes and then woke her up. Around 1:40 we tried to get Alicia to walk around but that put stress on Braydon. His heart beat dropped down to about 60 beats per minute. The nurse wanted us to lay Alicia on the bed to ease Braydon’s stress. That didn’t work too well so we suggested Alicia should get on her ball to stabilize Braydon’s heart beat. That worked and we were able to her contractions to about 2-3 minutes apart again. Dr. Parker came in around 2:15 or so and checked Alicia’s progress. She had not made in progress from 12-2:15 so we started discussing options. We knew that Alicia was exhausted and that Braydon was exhausted and the likelihood that her contractions would get into a solid pattern and go from a 5-10 in a couple hours and be able to push him out, all before the doctor had to leave town were slim, and that if it was meant to be it would have happened. We also felt like there was a reason his heart rate kept dropping and couldn’t help but feel like we needed to be careful and watch out for the baby. We also felt like there was a reason her body wouldn’t take over so we decided to do a c-section. They got her prepped and ready and Braydon Joseph Ford was born at 2:59 am after 28 ½ hours of trying to induce labor. He weighed 7 lbs 3 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. His apgar scores were great, hes beautiful and healthy and we couldn’t be happier." -Sean
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
My " To Do" List
So I'm feeling super overwhelmed with all that i have to do before the baby gets here. I feel like I've done some of these things like 10 times already- But things just keep getting messy! Like the dishes! One day they are done and the sink is beautiful and empty and then ALL of a sudden, there is a HUGE mound. I don't understand HOW that happens! its crazy how housework just SNEAKS up on you! haha
Ok so on my to do list includes:
PS. I can cross off the repairman! that just got done! and our TV is currently being fixed. and considering the situation, the repair place actually lent us a loner TV until ours is fixed. YAY we are no longer TV-less. :)
Ok so on my to do list includes:
- Finish packing hospital bag (because its never REALLY finished, cause you need those things like toothbrushes and hair stuff while your waiting for the baby to come)
- clean garage. ( I know I cant do this by myself, but I still need to work on some stuff and its driving me nuts!)
- Clean out car (Ive done this about 4 times in the last month and it looks like it hasnt been cleaned in a YEAR! We cant bring a new baby home in a dirty car!!)
- Clean my room and bathroom- AGAIN- again, one of those things that sneek up on you. Im talking full on scrubbing scum off... Again!
- clean boys room- again. I just cleaned and organized it. It looks like it hasnt been cleaned in a year
- Clean upstairs bathroom- Again, this is gross, I dont know how it happens so fast.
- Clean the guest room. Considering no one is in there right now, I have no idea how it got messy. I cleaned it after Theresa left and all of a sudden its a mess.
- Clean downstairs bathroom.- Im talking floor mopping, sink scrubbing, toilet cleansing type of clean. It needs it bad... Again. i just deep cleaned it on saturday...
- Do all laundry... yeah, you know your laundry is bad when your 4 year old walks into the laundry room and says, MOM the laundry is as BIG as a TREE! :( this not only requires washing the enormous mound, but REMEMBERING to put it in the dryer (something that is REALLY hard for me these days, and I end up with sour clothes that need to be washed...again) and then folding and hanging it all up and then running all over the house to put the things in the right place... I miss the days when I got to clean a house with a whole slew of siblings... at least I wasnt alone in cleaning an entire house! :P
- Wash the walls- in the entire house. I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but i have slowly been chipping away at this and it still needs it badly, I think every wall in my house has handprints all over it...
- organize plastic cupboard- everytime I open it, things fall out at me
- organize pots and pan cupboard- same with this cupboard. It tries to attack me
- Organize all cupboards- how will anyone know where anything is when they are watching my kids, if I dont even know! lol
- vacuum entire house- especially the stairs...
- Go to bank- Pay rent- (I forgot yesterday lol)
- remember to charge phones to use as intercoms
- Record me singing baby mine, so cameron can go to sleep while Im gone... (lately he will only go to sleep to me singing... too cute)
- pack coldsore medicine so there is no repeat of Camerons birth (I got so stressed out that I broke out into 4 coldores and couldnt kiss cameron for a long time!! sooo sad. Thank goodness for ACYLOVIR!
- Get TV fixed... YUP that got added yesterday
- Have the repairman come and fix everything broken in the house...
- Then there is the list of 20 more things that need to get done that are little, but annoying like, remember to bring cell phone charger- and headphones (so I can listen to hypno babies) and dont forget a spare outfit for me to wear out of the hospital, and dont forget the laptop and charger, oh and dont forget to dye your hair... oh and get milk, and fruit, and other basics, so my kids have something to eat while Im at the hospital... hahahah oh yeah, dont forget to call and arrange THIS and dont forget to call and make sure someone can do THAT.. Just a bunch of those types of things.
PS. I can cross off the repairman! that just got done! and our TV is currently being fixed. and considering the situation, the repair place actually lent us a loner TV until ours is fixed. YAY we are no longer TV-less. :)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Baby Update :)
So today we went in for an ultrasound to see how big the baby is measuring. I had been so confused cause I feel like he is smaller than Ammon and Cameron, but sometimes I felt like he is just EVERYWHERE. But the doc wanted to get an idea too. So we went in today and hes measuring about 7lbs 6 ounces, and I know its just an estimate and it can be off a bit but it got me really excited. Ammon was 8 lbs 13 ounces when he was born and Cameron was 9lbs 1 ounce. I think he might be long, they couldn't tell me how long he was but that would explain why he feels like hes everywhere. hahah Anyways, its all very encouraging because a baby too big is not exactly ideal for a VBAC. I'm sure its possible, but the least roadblocks the better. But yeah so far there has been alot of progress and all my ducks are lining up in a row. Slow and steady progress. The baby continues to descend into my pelvis, my cervix is thinning and I'm dilated to a little more than a 1. So I'm very excited. I feel like its just enough progress to keep me hopeful for a VBAC, but not too much to the point where I am stressed about going into labor at any second. My mom flies in on Friday and it would be ideal if I went into labor then because Sean wouldn't have to miss TOO much work. I'm going to get my membranes stripped at my apt on Friday as well. Of course if he decided to come earlier, I would be thrilled and relieved. I just hope he can come on his own. My doctor has really been amazing. He is so supportive. I feel like instead of fighting against him (like my last doctor) that he is on the front lines fighting for me and rooting for me. At my last appointment we talked about possible inductions. Because I'm a VBAC, the hospital wont allow me to use pitocin or cervadil or anything like that, BUT before we schedule a C-section, he said we could use a Foley bulb (a balloon to stretch the cervix out), and then break my waters and hope it would put me into labor. If those things don't get labor jump started, we would continue to monitor the baby's heartbeat and fluid levels and then proceed with a c-section. I'm hoping that it doesn't come to that, but its nice to know we don't have to go straight to a c-section. I'm thinking that this would probably go down on the 11th or 12th. I have a feeling about this weekend though. I'm hoping my body will be able to relax once my mom gets here and that we can focus on getting the baby out. I've been listening to some hypno-babies tracks, I wasn't able to get the full course, but using a couple tracks to help me relax and visualize a successful VBAC has really helped I think. I'm hoping that any little bit will help with getting me to have a VBAC and have a smoother birth. Anyways, just wanted to update you all and let you know how things were going! I will keep you all posted!
Friday, June 24, 2011
I thought so...
So I went in for my 34 week appointment and he is measuring right on track (according to the tape measure) I will probably get an ultrasound with a more accurate estimate of his size around my 37th week. But like I thought yesterday, the doctor confirmed today that he is securely head down! I don't know why I am so excited about that, but the doctor said that it was a good sign. :) I knew I felt him moving around and flopping yesterday. I dont remember Ammon and Cameron moving head down this soon. I guess the reason Im so excited is cause we are trying for a VBAC again this time around. I have a really supportive doctor that were seeing and he is willing to try to give me a fair shot at this. He is like 80 years old and has delivered about a million babies and I trust him completely. Ever since the release of the new guidelines last July it gave me more hope for this next pregnancy.
http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Citation/2010/08000/Practice_Bulletin_No__115__Vaginal_Birth_After.40.aspx
We have alot of rules to abide by to try to stay on the safe side. But our best chance for a VBAC is if he comes on his own. So I guess thats why im so excited. He seems to be just as excited to come out as i am to meet him. :) So heres hoping that all goes well and that he comes on his own!
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has clarified and expanded its support for a trial of labor and vaginal delivery after previous cesarean delivery.
- The updated guidelines state that vaginal delivery after C-section is safe for most women with two previous low transverse uterine scars, twin deliveries, and unknown uterine scars may be appropriate candidates for a trial of labor.
http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Citation/2010/08000/Practice_Bulletin_No__115__Vaginal_Birth_After.40.aspx
We have alot of rules to abide by to try to stay on the safe side. But our best chance for a VBAC is if he comes on his own. So I guess thats why im so excited. He seems to be just as excited to come out as i am to meet him. :) So heres hoping that all goes well and that he comes on his own!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
34 weeks!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Is it windy enough?
This was taken on Monday, it was by far the yuckiest day I've ever seen in provo. It was so windy it made the sky look like... I don't even know... just disgusting. But later that night it cleared up to blue skies after the wind died down, but when I walked outside I thought it was twister weather or something... seriously grossed me out when I realized it was dirt. I'm so glad its been beautiful and blue since then!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Blogger on my phone!
So I found this android app for blogger and I think its gonna help me be more consistent in blogging. :P I can be doing almost anything and blog at the same time! So cool, right? For example, I'm laying in the boys bed right now, putting them to sleep.... and blogging! Haha this is gonna be fun!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
31 weeks and counting!
So, I was 31 weeks on Tuesday. This pregnancy is flying by so fast. I think it has something to do with the other two boys im chasing after. My hips started acting up again right after finals got over and since then, its been very spotty. It really depends on how much I over do it. I have been a lot more nimble this pregnancy. It's way more easy for me to jump up and move around than previous pregnancies, but alas, the worst is still yet to come. It seems like I've hit the first trimester again with how tired I am. I try to stay busy and active with housework. Something I hardly ever did with both Ammon and Cameron's pregnancy. I was very sedentary with them, but having two boys already, there is NO way I could even lead a sedentary lifestyle. Yesterday I made them smoothies and of course Cameron shoved his hand in and splashed it all out of the cup, all over him, the chair, the floor (carpet), it seemed to literally have a 6 foot radius of mess, he was covered head to toe and I just thought, Man this stinks... cause I HAVE to clean this up. There is NO one else to do it. Sean was not home. And even though it hurts to get on the floor sometimes, it just has to get done, cause what am I gonna do? Ask Ammon to clean it up? HA. I also have a set of stairs in my place and I think I want to die every time I go up and down, its a combination of my hips hurting and then having a HUGE belly on the front of me that makes me want to fall forward that makes those stairs not the most exciting part of my day. :P Sean and I both finished Winter semester and taking a break for spring and summer. Sean will be going in the fall but because I will have just had this baby I will be taking a break. Sean is taking his LSAT prep course this summer and taking the Exam this fall. We are crossing our fingers that he does well so we will have a lot of options as to where we can go. Sean will be graduating this fall. I can't believe it will finally be happening. I know we will have at least 3 years of Law School after that, but its definitely a major milestone, even if its barely the midpoint of our schooling. I'm so excited for him! We went and visited my parents in California when school got out. We had a lot of fun and it went by way too fast! Theresa comes to visit at the end of this month and I am SO excited. Then she goes home for a couple weeks and my mom comes back, then the whole family comes for education week. I'm SO excited for this summer. We have already gone to seven peaks once... that was an adventure. I took the boys alone, which is how its pretty much gonna be for the majority of the summer, and it was... interesting... They are alive, so it was a successful trip :P, but wow it was exhausting. I can't wait for the days when Sean doesn't have to work and we can go as a family. Anyways, Cameron just dumped his cereal all over the floor and artistically applied some to his face and hair. Ammon just threw a paper plane on a picture and is trying to climb on the entertainment center to get to it, so I better go lasso these boys before the house falls apart! But seriously, these are the times that I love, and I know these are the moments that I will miss when they are over. The messy house, the mounds of laundry, the dirty faces that smile at me, life is not perfect and out of a magazine, but thats what MAKES it perfect. Nothing can compare to the way Cameron wraps his arms around my neck every night and plays with my hair when i tuck him in, or how Ammon notices I'm in pain and helps to push me up the stairs before we go to bed at night (guiding me with his hand on my back). I love my boys and i love that they keep me busy. I will post pictures as soon as I can! LATERS!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Help with a miracle!
My cousin needs help and we are trying to get the word out!
My cousin WAS planning on going to her London Study abroad program, but after a few strokes of bad luck and plan A and B falling through, She is stuck in a HORRIBLE situation! She is scheduled to fly out for her program on the 26th of April, BUT she is still 3,200 dollars short. She needs that BEFORE she can leave. They dont accept payment plans. AND if she doesnt get it in, she will LOSE everything she has already put into it (a couple thousand dollars) She had been planning on Stafford loans and that fell through, and So did the private loan. She is a HARDWORKING girl. She has been working as an early morning custodian WHILE going to school and keeping up with her theater program and all her dance classes. She GRADUATED Highschool WITH an associates degree and has been going to BYU for the last couple years, she is a VERY acomplished young lady and deserves this more than ANYONE I know! This has ALWAYS been her dream and now it is slowly getting out of reach. PLEASE help her! She has a DONATE button through PAYPAL on her BLOG! Please send this link to Anyone you know that might donate. 1$ 2$ 10$ 50$ 100$ or 1000$ ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED! She is really freaking out at this point, as she has less than two weeks to have it in! We have got to find a way to help her! THANKS EVERYONE! here is the link to her blog where the BUTTON TO DONATE IS! www.katieloveslondon.blogspot.com THANK YOU!!!
We are hoping and praying for a miracle!!! If you could forward this post as an email to all your friends that would be greatly appreciated!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
My cousin WAS planning on going to her London Study abroad program, but after a few strokes of bad luck and plan A and B falling through, She is stuck in a HORRIBLE situation! She is scheduled to fly out for her program on the 26th of April, BUT she is still 3,200 dollars short. She needs that BEFORE she can leave. They dont accept payment plans. AND if she doesnt get it in, she will LOSE everything she has already put into it (a couple thousand dollars) She had been planning on Stafford loans and that fell through, and So did the private loan. She is a HARDWORKING girl. She has been working as an early morning custodian WHILE going to school and keeping up with her theater program and all her dance classes. She GRADUATED Highschool WITH an associates degree and has been going to BYU for the last couple years, she is a VERY acomplished young lady and deserves this more than ANYONE I know! This has ALWAYS been her dream and now it is slowly getting out of reach. PLEASE help her! She has a DONATE button through PAYPAL on her BLOG! Please send this link to Anyone you know that might donate. 1$ 2$ 10$ 50$ 100$ or 1000$ ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED! She is really freaking out at this point, as she has less than two weeks to have it in! We have got to find a way to help her! THANKS EVERYONE! here is the link to her blog where the BUTTON TO DONATE IS! www.katieloveslondon.blogspot.com THANK YOU!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Happy Birthday Cameron! I cant believe You are TWO!
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Time is flying!!!
Sean and I finished another semester in December, and I am getting SO trunky! Sean will graduate in December of this year, but I will be graduating sometime in 2012. The reason I'M so trunky is cause I will be taking a break from school in the fall when the baby comes and I and So excited for summer break. Im sure I will be just as excited to start back up in the winter, but I am SO burnt out. I've been pretty much going non-stop since last jan and i ready for some serious break-time. not really a break cause everyone knows that being a mom full time is no piece of cake, but it will be a serious change of gears and thats exactly what I need. Im now almost 15 weeks. Feeling pretty huge some days and some days im feeling like you cant even tell im pregnant. My uterus is alot higher than is supposed to be and I found out why at my last ultrasound, I have a fibroid under it. (so when I thought I had twins, I wasnt imagining my uterus being bigger, it was kinda, its propped up a bit) So I feel like im showing alot sometimes. Any-hoo. I made it out last semester with a B average, so I am THRILLED about that. Not mostly A's like usual but it was definitely alot harder. Sean actually did pretty good. He got mostly As and a couple Bs.
OH YEAH! WE MOVED!
Pictures of our new place will hopefully be taken soon. we are still unpacking a couple boxes and organizing. its been crazy moving in the middle of the semester and such short notice (like 5 days notice)
long story short, Great, huge place. perfect for our family. Great deal. Had to act fast!
SO in love with it!
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