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Seth Sex: boy Born: 15 December, 2000 Age: 7 years & 304 days Birthday in: 61 days Starsign: Sagittarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

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Summer Sex: girl Born: 29 October, 1998 Age: 9 years & 352 days Birthday in: 13 days Starsign: Scorpio Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

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Lily Rae Sex: girl Born: 17 February, 2008 Age: 0 years & 239 days Birthday in: 126 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 7 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (without pain relief)
Duration of labor: 24 hours
Weight @ birth: 5lb 8oz
Length @ birth: 18 1/2 inches

Lily-Rae`s birthstory

Lily Rae 5lb 8oz 18 1/2 inches tall February 17th 2008
Current mood: ecstatic


Okie dokie....so I will apologize for not being on here for 3 weeks...but I was busy havin a baby =)......YUP....she is here.....and boy oh boy has she made it known!! To answer all of your questions here is her story....

I was at work on Friday February 15th, 2008....1 day from 37 weeks prego. We had to pack and move our office and so I was there until 9 p.m. I felt awful and by the time I got home I was convinced I was coming down with the tummy flu. Mike cooked me dinner and I couldnt eat a bite. So I went straight to bed. I woke up a couple times in the middle of the night because I felt so bad. The next day I called Jacelyn and said lets go for a walk....I was very antzy for some reason. So we went to the mall. The whole time Jacelyn kept telling me she knew I was in labor. I laughed at her and said I am, just getting sick. So we went home cuz I got even yuckier feeling. When I got home my mom and Mike both thought I was in labor. I again said no way...just sick. So we go out to dinner with the kids, Jacelyn, and Richie...well...surprise...I feel sick and barely eat 2 bites. Then we get ready to leave and when I go to the bathroom my water broke (either that or I lost ALL bladder control). I went and told Mike and Jacelyn and I call the doctor. He says to go the hospital. So off we go. Jacelyn takes the kids, and Richie, Myself, and Mike head to the hospital. I told everyone I would be home soon there is no way I am in labor. We pull up to the hospital and we go in. They admit me and I go in the room and my water breaks wwwaaayyy more.....I am still scared I cant stop peeing my damn self....hahahaha!!!! I get hooked up to machines and baby is fine but I am contracting every 1-3 minutes....I knew my tummy hurt.....lol. They do a strip test and confirm it was my water that broke. I am dilted to 1 cm. Yup a whole woppin 1 cm!!!! So it is about 7:30 pm and they call the dr to say I am a keeper...then all these nurses come in and my IV and all is started. I looked at Mike (his gorgeous eyes) and it was that moment I realized I am going to have a baby...the man of my dreams and I are going to be having a princess...HOLY CRAP!!! Yup 9 months and it just hit me. I got sooo scared! So they do an ultraound for what reason I cant remember...and they show me the baby and her head and all. So now we just wait. The contractions were strong and frequent but not doing anything! In my room I had Mike, my mom, Richie, and me =) And we sat ALL night long, waiting....not really dilating and tired!! At 9 am they check me and I am only 2 cm and they think they feel a baby butt! YUP a frickin baby BUTT! SO they do an ultrasound and sure enough baby butt down!!!!! She had flipped herself in the middle of the night. So now the nurse is getting everything ready for a c-section. I started BALLING!!!!!!! I did not want a c-section. I dont do pain medication in labor because I am scared of needles. So I was horrified. So the doctor comes in to tell me my options. Keep in mind I have still been contracting every 1-3 minutes and havent slept at all. The doctor tells me he thinks he can flip the baby if I want to sign the release. So I do and he goes for it. They lay me on my back and from the outside of my body the flip the baby from a breech position to head down. Ouch...that sucked! And from the looks on my mom, Mike, and Richies faces....it didnt look much better than it felt. But it worked and she is ready to go! They then put a stomach binder around me REALLY tight so that she can not turn herself again while I finish laboring. As if the contractions werent bad enough....lol! And now I go again. The give me cervadil....which let me tell you SUCKS....and this stays in me for they say 12 hours to make me dilate since I am not. Which I lost somewhere in the hospital when I was walking...haha....eeewwww...sorry to who ever found that lying there...LMAO! Then they start me on pitocin to see if they can make the contractions stronger....YAY ME!!! So now my contractions are back to back and time keeps going by and it is time for the next nurses shift to start (7 PM!!!!!) So the nurse checks me and I am 3.5 to 4 cm. The doctor who has been waiting at the hospital all day long has to leave to go to another hospital to do a c-section and he says he will be right back for me. He says it is going to be a long time before I deliver (this is around 7:40 pm) Then the next thing I know it is 7:45 pm or so and I felt like I got hit by a train....ZERO break between contractions....and I was just rolling side to side in the bed trying to get comfortable. At that moment I lost it. For 24 hours I had been quiet and not saying anything just breathing through every contraction. Mike was very proud of me =) His mom even said she was amazed....woohoo me.....haha! But at that moment in my head I wanted to get up and go home....I was sooo done. I remember thinking that I was seriouslly going to tell them nevermind I dont want this anymore...being pregnant FOREVER sounded like a better option...lol! I didnt know what happened and why I didnt feel like I had control anymore...but in about 5 minutes I would find out. All of a sudden I remember seeing nurses running around and talking to eachother...setting up the room for delivery and I mean they were running! When they checked me this last time they said they felt the baby drop during the contraction and they needed to get ready. I think I am only still at 4 cm and so I was convinced I was dying...lol! I hope everyone remembers I wanted a pink coffin...lol! Next thing I know I looked at Mike and all I said was `baby coming!!!`. He looked at the nurses and said no really she means it....so I had a HUGE contraction and I felt the baby coming out with it. So I throw the blanket off of me reach down and I delivered my baby. As I put her on my stomach a nurse runs over and grabbed her from me. OH MY GOD!!!! That was all I could think. I just went from 4cm to a baby in a matter of minutes with 1 HUGE contraction. But it was over and she is here..I was so happy. I did it with no epidural...woohoo! So at 7:59 pm on Sunday February 17th, Lily Rae was born.

She had a little bit of a set back though. When she was born she was in respiratory distress and inhaled too much amniotic fluid...so....she had to be in the NICU for 2 weeks. It was the scariest and hardest time of mommy and daddy`s lives...but we never left her side. We spent every possible second with her and now she is home and PERFECT!!! She is such a good baby the nurses cried when she left...haha!

So to sum it up....I am the luckiest woman alive.....I have everything I could ever ask for and more....and being a momma of 3 with Mike by my side.....all I can say is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her pics are up....so go see our princess.

Thank you to all who has or will comment....love you guys! xoxo!

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