my little lady

so here it is... thursday the 17th i went to bed at about 930. tyson apparently left at about 950. i woke up at 955 thinking i was peeing my pants but there was no stopping it. it was quite funny really. so tyce came back home and we got going to stl with contractions starting. we got to the hospital and settled in to a delivery room a little after midnight and i was dilated to 3 cm (i was 2 cm 2 days earlier at the dr). they started my iv and pitocin around 140 am. the contractions were very close with the pitocin... about 2 minutes apart. at 320 am i was 4 cm and we decided to get an epidural and get some rest. 2 hours later i was 7 cm and they broke another bag of water that was sticking out in the way. 2 hours later i wascomplete and ready to go... except the dr must have decided to take a morning walk around forest park b/c we waited for an hour and half for her to come and then a completely different dr showed up. thank God I had an epidural while we waited. i pushed for about 20 minutes and out she came! the dr said i was the best first time mom pusher she has ever seen! they immediately put her on my chest and tyce and i just enjoyed some quality time with our little lady. it was a wonderful birth experience! she was born at 936 am and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz and was 19.5 in long.

being a mom is so absolutely wonderful. but it is definitely the hardest job in the world. my little lady loves to blister up my nips and make me in horrible pain... so breastfeeding has been quite a challenge but is getting better. and she was born with a sacral dimple and had to have an u/s when she was 5 days old to make sure her spine was okay and that the dimple was closed.. she is trying to give me a heart attack already! now we are into our second week and breastfeeding is getting easier and the u/s showed she is just fine. thank you, God! we are still walking zombies running on very little sleep but it is all so fun! seeing her big smiles all the time makes it worth it at 3 am!

thanks everyone for your prayers along this journey! our rainbow baby is here and she is perfect! here is hazel rose~

she is here!

a quick post for those of you that dont know.. hazel arrived friday at 930 am. i will post the full story later but my water broke at 955 pm on thursday while i was sleeping and off we went! it was a great birth and she is a healthy little gal! will post more and a pic when i get more than 2 hrs of sleep a day. xo

the latest

i had my weekly appt tuesday and im dilated to 2 cm. last week the dr said we could induce the 22nd. this week she said the 28th. after talking about it we decided we would feel better with the 22nd since they arent open the week of thanksgiving to do nonstress tests and fluid checks on the baby. we are too far to risk anything at this point and tyson just wants her here now :) so please say some prayers she comes on her own this weekend... but if not we will be having a baby tuesday (hopefully). its an odd date though... its of course the week of thanksgiving, its tysons stepmoms bday, its the date we started dating, its the date we got engaged, and its the date we found out we were pregnant for the first time. and now it could be hazel's bday! well i just wanted to update everyone. ill post a 40 week pic this weekend if im still around. but like i said, please say prayers she comes on her own soon. thanks xo

other fun pics

month 9-10

38 weeks

This weekend marks 38 weeks being pregnant. At my appt last week I was almost a 2 she said (so pretty much still 1 1/2 cm dilated) and 90% effaced which is good. I haven't done my 2 mile walks in 2 weeks. Tyson was gone so I didn't want to go into labor and then for the past week I've been sick so I've been resting any time I can. I am really hoping to feel better soon so I can start back up... but I feel like I'm running out of time. I'm sure when things are gonna happen, they will happen. Today we had our birthing and breastfeeding class. It was nice to get a tour so we know where to go. Well off to sit in front of my humidifier and watch movies all night. Hopefully when I am feeling better I will post more. Roll Tide!!

36 weeks

I am almost there! I have been having cramping and some back pain like I am starting a period on and off the past week. So I had my appointment Friday and she checked me and I am dilated 1 1/2 cm and thinned out some. She could feel her head down really low she said. Which the u/s people had already told me. So I know that could mean something or nothing at all so I am not getting my hopes up or down. But I will take it easy and not do my daily 2 mile walks while Tyson is gone in California this week. But as soon as he gets back I will be walking full speed again and helping things to hopefully continue to progress. So since that news I got notes for sub ready, got the car seat bases installed, and started packing a bag. I have a lot of meetings the next few weeks so I would be find if she decided to hang in there for 2 more weeks but I'm fine if she doesn't either. I guess they will figure things out without me at work.

This past week was our 4th anniversary! Sometimes I can't believe that I love him more each year/month/day. I didn't know it was possible! He surprised me with cooking me supper one night and got me flowers and a card. He had to work the night of our actual anni so we only saw each other for about an hour. Today we are gonna carve our pumpkin :) I love spending time with my TJ.