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My Birthstory:
She was 7 lbs 5 oz and 21 inches long @ birth. I went into labor at like 7 am on Saturday morning... well at least that's when the contractions started waking me up. They were about 12 mins apart at that point... by 9 am they were 10 mins apart consistently and getting a bit stronger... I decided I wanted to stay home as long as possible so that I wouldn't be tempted to get the epidural. By 2 pm the contractions were 5 mins apart and getting even more intense. I still waited it out, but John and I started packing the rest of the stuff for my hospital bag at this point... By 5 pm my contractions were a minute and a half to 2 minutes apart so I called the doctor. He told me to come on in to the hospital, so I got my stuff together and we left for the 45 min. drive to the hospital. The car ride was the worst part because I had this fear that I might have the baby in the car. haha. I had been calm at home (and I was calm again when I got to the hospital) but the car ride just freaked me out! haha. So... 11 hours after this all started I checked into triage at the hospital and they told me I was 4 cm dilated and my contractions were a minute and a half apart. About an hour later they took me to my LDR room where they checked me again and I was 6 cm dilated. my contractions were still about 1.5 minutes apart. At that point, my breathing started getting more and more shallow and I was getting EXTREMELY lightheaded.. I felt like I was gonna pass out in between contractions (probably because I hadn't eaten anything lately and was already SOOO TIRED!). The nurse told me I had to either get my breathing under control or I had to get an epidural. I tried for about the next 20 minutes to get my breathing under control, but at that point I was just too far gone... So... I got into bed and they gave me the epidural. I have to say, as much as I'd dreaded it and avoided it (about 12.5 hours at this point) it was like a GODSEND! I was able to relax and be sociable and concentrate on what was about to happen... However, it SERIOUSLY stalled my labor. The put me on pitocin because a few hours later I hadn't progressed at all. Around 11pm, I was still only 8 cm dilated and my epidural was starting to run out... the anesthesiologist (sp??) came to re-dose my epidural, but before he'd even gotten much in at all, I started vomitting. I spiked a fever of 101.4 and Melanie's heartrate dropped dangerously low! they rolled me on my left side to help her heartrate get back up to normal, but it took about 3 hours to get her completely stabilized. Throughout that time (and for a many hours after) I had basically NO epidural in me whatsoever... They asked me if I wanted them to come and re-dose it once her heartrate got back to normal, but I did NOT want them to do that again in case it made her heartrate drop again... (plus I really didn't wanna vomit anymore. haha). Also, at this point they had me on oxygen because something else wasn't right... I dont even know anymore because I was soooo tired and out of it. So, around 2am I was still only 8 cm dilated and they were starting to get a little concerned... They left and said they'd come back in 2 hours to check on me.
Well, about an hour later I started feeling a small urge to push... I called the nurse in, but no one came. So, I called again. Finally a girl answered the call button and said she'd send Jen (our nurse) in as soon as she could. Well, 20 minutes later still no sign of Jen... FINALLY I sent John out to look for her because I was PISSED! haha. The urge to push was getting alot stronger and I was about to kill somebody if a nurse didn't appear soon! haha. Finally, Jen walked in limping and apologized but said she'd been in the nursury checking on something and she fell. She really hurt herself and couldn't get up. The other nurses had paged her telling her to come to my room, but she couldn't move and the other nurses didnt know she hadn't already come to check on me... well, I guess Jen took some pain meds and came in to help me. At this point it was about 4 am and I had a REALLY strong urge to push... so, I started pushing and pushed for 2.5 hours. After a bit, Jen said she was a little concerned because I was pushing effectively and Melanie was getting lower and lower, but then we got to a point where it seemed that she was getting stuck on my tailbone... so she started doing some perineal stretches where as I pushed she would press her finger down really hard around Melanie's head and try and get a little extra room for her to get out... Well, it wasn't working and after 2.5 hours of pushing the dr came in to check on my progress... He watched as I pushed with a few contractions, and at that point noticed that I was leaking Maconium. He said Melanie had passed her Maconium and we needed to get her out fairly quickly before she swallowed it... He said we could continue trying to push her out vaginally and he would have to use the forceps and vacuum, but she would probably clip my tailbone (and I would have pain for basically forever) and we still might have to end up having a c-section, OR we could just go ahead and do it now... he said his recommendation was to do it now because he wanted to get her out quickly before she had a chance to swallow any maconium.. So I quickly agreed that we needed to do whatever was best for her (besides, a broken tailbone for forever doesn't really sound too appealing!). It took them about 10 minutes to get me prepped in the room and get the OR ready before they wheeled me down. They made John wait outside while they prepped me IN the OR. Finally, they asked me if I was ready and I said "where's my husband?". they said he'll be here in a minute. about 60 seconds later, John walked in and before he could even sit down next to me they started cutting me open. From the time they first made the incision to the time she was out was about 3 minutes. She didnt' cry for the first few minutes (which worried me) but they said that was good because they didnt want her to swallow any of the maconium. They rushed her over to where the NICU was waiting and they intibated her and pumped her stomach. Luckily, she hadn't swallowed any of the maconium! :-) I caught glimpses of her, but I continued to drift in and out of consciousness because of how exhausted I was. She was born at 5:57am on Sunday January 27th. I was in labor for 23 hours! :-(
It took them about 40 minutes to put me all back together (much longer than normal because they'd had to make an incision twice as long as normal since she was stuck in my birth canal and they had to back her out...). Also, she bruised my lung with her foot while she was kicking when they were trying to pull her out... Made for a fun recovery, let me tell ya! haha. I dont remember ANYTHING after they had finished sewing me back up except a few patches of conversation. I dont remember them wheeling me down to my recovery room or transferring me from the OR table back to my bed. haha can you imagine not remembering being lifted?? haha. I was basically out of it until around noon on Sunday when I finally was awake enough (and had enough strength) to hold her. John brought her to me and it was one of the best moments of my life! I was stuck in bed with a catheter for a day and a half which sucked, but there was no way in hell I could've gotten up to go to the bathroom before then! I finally was able to sit up at the edge of the bed monday afternoon. At that point the nurse realized that someone had forgotten to take my epidural needle out! haha. Nice huh? it didnt hurt anything luckily, but it could've been very bad! I finally got up and walked around Tuesday afternoon and by the time they released me wednesday night I was able to walk on my own without support from someone else, although I wasn't very steady! It took me until the following tuesday (9 days post partum) to be able to pick Melanie up on my own without someone else having to hand her to me.. Now we're both doing great and couldn't be happier!
Hey Everyone!
I've been on this site for the last few months, but somehow my page was deleted... (My old name was ImaGonnaBeAMomma.) I'm happy to be back on and excited to hear from anyone and everyone. Good luck to all the pregnant women and here's to happy, healthy babies! :-)
We have chosen our baby names! |
Melanie Morgan for a girl! |
Patrick Michael for a boy! |
It's A GIRL!!!!
(8/9/07)
(8/10/07)
Good morning!
The last few days have been pretty good! Last night I was having some cramping pain in my stomach which I know from past experience is my uterus growing. Even though it's pretty uncomfortable, I get excited when I feel it because it means within a few days my stomach will grow. Some people may laugh at the fact that I get excited by that, but since I'm nearly 5 months pregnant and I have yet to even look pregnant to most of the world, I think it's GREAT! The only problem I've had lately is trying to sleep through the night. It seems like I can only sleep for 4-5 hours before I wake up. Then it takes me about an hour to get back to sleep, and I undoubtedly wake up again around 7:30. Like clockwork. Guess my body knows it's time to get on a schedule. haha. I just wish my body would give me the next 4.5 months of freedom to sleep before I really don't have a choice. O well, it's completely worth it!
Today will be a long day for me. I'm going to the State Fair in this INSANELY hot (even for Indiana) weather. I won't be going until later, but I know it'll still be a pretty tiring day for me. But it's the State Fair.. and it's tradtion... how can you not go? :-) More updates to come.
(8/11/07)
BENCHMARK!!
Last night I felt the baby kick for the first time! It was absolutely amazing! S/he kicked SO HARD! It was definitely unmistakeable! Then, s/he continued to kick (about 4 more times) for the next half hour. Every book I've read says in the beginning you'll probably feel one kick and then not another for a few days. I guess our baby is pretty active. Now I think that's great, but we'll see how I feel in a few years. ;-)
Until last night I have not had any strong feelings one way or another about the gender of our baby. But, after s/he was kicking last night, I definitely have been feeling like it is a girl. I'm not sure why and I could be completely wrong, but I immediately imagined a girl. Either way, we don't care, but we have been leaning more toward a girl. John likes the idea of him and "his girls." :-) I think that would be pretty great also! But neither of us would lose any sleep over having a boy. Actually, we both really wanted a boy in the beginning. I'm not sure when, but somewhere along the way we changed our minds. haha. Well, busy day-back to work.
(8/12/07)
SLEEP!
Last night was amazing! I actually slept through the night and didn't wake up until 10 AM! The latest I've been able to sleep is 7:30. That's including the nights I've been awake for an hour or so in the middle of the night. I'm very excited and feel refreshed this morning. A friend of mine had her baby yesterday so I'll be going to see him today. I couldn't be more excited!
(8/22/07)
In 5 days from today, we will (hopefully) find out the gender of our baby!! We cannot be more excited! Today I have been curious about all of the "Gender Predictor" tests, so I figured I'd try them all out and post their results on our page. I'm curious to see the results, but please know I'm not running out to buy any pink or blue clothes after today's trial run tests... :-) In 5 days we'll (hopefully) know for sure! I say hopefully because it would be our luck that this baby will have his/her legs crossed and the technician wouldn't be able to tell. haha. But HOPEFULLY not! Enjoy our tests results!
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| Pregnancy Survey | |
| About You | |
| Name?: | Erica |
| Age?: | 20 |
| Height?: | 5'4" |
| Pre-pregnancy weight?: | 164 |
| About The Father | |
| Name?: | John |
| Age?: | 28 |
| Height?: | 5'9"ish |
| Are you still together?: | Forever |
| About Your Pregnancy | |
| Is this your first pregnancy?: | yep |
| When did you find out you were pregnant?: | May 18 (My dad's b-day) |
| Was it planned?: | Yes and No |
| What was your first reaction?: | We were so happy! |
| Who was with you when you found out?: | My husband |
| Who was the first person you told?: | I think we told my parents first... |
| How did your parents react?: | Mine: happy and surprised. His: SOOOO HAPPY!!! |
| How far along are you?: | 20 Weeks |
| What was your first symptom?: | MORNING SICKNESS :-( |
| What is your due date?: | January 18, 2008 |
| Do you know the sex of the baby?: | Yes!! |
| If so, what is it?: | Little Princess |
| Have you picked out names?: | Sure have |
| If so, what are they?: | Melanie Morgan |
| How much weight have you gained?: | haha (-3.5 lbs.) from starting weight. or +6.5 lbs. after dropping weight from the morning sickness :-) |
| Do you have stretch marks?: | Not yet (cross your fingers!) |
| Have you felt the baby move?: | Yes :-) |
| Have you heard the heartbeat?: | Uh huh |
| About the birth | |
| Will you keep the baby?: | Of course! |
| Home or hospital birth?: | Hospital |
| Natural or medicated birth?: | haha. We'll see how long I can hold out... |
| Who will be in the delivery room with you?: | The daddy! <3 |
| Will you breastfeed?: | Breast is best |
| Do you think you'll need a c-section?: | I hope not! Unless she keeps growing like she is... :-) |
| Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: | Most definitely- it's almost a guarantee. |
| What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: | "You're so beautiful" or "I love you" |
| Would you let someone videotape the birth?: | hmm... we'll see. Probably not. |
| Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: | SOOO EXCITED!!! it's one day of pain for an eternity of happiness! |
(9/6/07) I'll tell you what- this little girl sure knows how to get on her mama's bad side right off the bat! :-) She has been making me sooooo uncomfortable for the last few days! Yesterday she decided it would be a good idea to put her head up under my ribcage... I guess she took a good nap up under there because she felt the need to stay up all night kicking me... :-) I can't complain too much, but I definitely am NOT HAPPY about the ribcage thing. I can count on 1 hand the number of times I've been frustrated to tears during this pregnancy and yesterday was one of them... Well, hopefully soon she'll find another cozy spot and bury herself there. * * (9/11/07) Hello all! Just had to share a wonderful experience with you! Last night my pregnancy pillow arrived and I enjoyed the BEST SLEEP EVER! No joke, best sleep even pre-pregnancy.. :-) It was amazing and the pillow supports you in all the right places, but still gives you room to wiggle around. I'll paste the info below so everyone else can enjoy the best sleep also! haha. The info is: All Nighter Total Body Pregnancy Pillow by Leachco
$49.88 + tax (no shipping cost!) * Features and Specifications: This ingenious idea helps relieve insomnia due to aches, pains, stiffness or late-pregnancy discomforts: The All Nighter pillow, a candy cane-shaped body pillow that can be molded into numerous positions to support the entire body. The pillow's 3 specially designed, contoured shapes work together as a unit to give support, elevation and comfort where you need it most. Developed by a registered nurse. Distinguishing features: Long enough to support the entire body; removable, washable cover.
Shipping weight: 7.5lbs Assembled in: USA Origin of Components: USA Walmart No:002671920 * WEll, there it is... And, it's made in the US, which is just a rare treat lately. At least now you know there's no lead paint involved. haha. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Hope everyone takes my advice and purchases this pillow. It's DEFINITELY worth the $. I would've paid that $52 I spent just for the great sleep I had LAST NIGHT! haha. Have a good one! * * (9/12/07) Single best thing in the world right now: Chocolate Strawberry Milkshake. Enough said... * (10/11/07) It's been a while since I've updated. Not much to say.... I'm a week away from my third trimester and I feel great. I don't have any major complaints. Just tiredness and some of the ribcage/breathing problems. Could be way worse so I don't consider it anything worth complaining about. That's it for now I guess. :-) (1/8/08) Well, it seems like everyone but me has had their babies... :-( haha. That's not true, deklansmommy (so far as I know) still hasn't had hers, but I have to say I'm pretty bummed about the fact that I'm STILL PREGNANT! What's up with this?? lol. She's getting SOOOO big and I'm getting SOOOOOO uncomfortable! Can't she understand that she's making her mama very miserable? Come on Melanie, it's time to get out! :-) Well, hopefully the next time I update it's because I'm posting our birth story and not because I've murdered someone because I'm still pregnant and turned crazy. :-) lol. (1/16/08) Well today is the day... my official unofficial due date... I'm actually not as uncomfortable as I thought I'd be... that day ^ was the WORST, but it got much better in the days that followed... it could have been due to the fact that the temperature had been in the 20s and 30s and then jumped to 60 overnight... made me HOT and MISERABLE. lol. Anyway, as excited as I am for her to get here, I'm okay with her taking her time. I know she'll come when she's ready... At this point, I can look forward to whatever happens because I know I dont have long to wait... I'm going to the doctor in about an hour (it's 7:30 am here and I've been up already for an hour and a half because I can't ever sleep anymore...). We'll see what kind of news he'll have for me. Again though, I'm not really looking for a certain answer one way or the other... I've come to realize that she's coming when SHE'S ready and nothing anyone else can say or do will change that (except with drugs and such). As of now, I'm paitently awaiting the birth of our first baby, Melanie. Well, off to get ready I suppose. Thanks for checking up on me. I'll be sure to let you know when things start to happen!
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tandmplusbabymakes3 - Monday, 18 Feb
ya thats a geat idea i dont know what everyones sheduales is like but i can be online around noon, 2pm 7pm or midnight so i guess we will just have to figure out what times work best for everyone let me know what times work best for you. Kiss M&M for me xoxox (ps i need to see more pics)
mamaseata - Wednesday, 13 Feb
She is beautiful!!!
shygurlie1013 - Tuesday, 12 Feb
Hey Erica. How have you and your precious baby girl been doing? We're doing well over here. I just thought that I'd let you know that I finally have pictures up of him as well as a birth story under the childrens tab if you're interested. He's so cute! I can't believe how much I love him. He's perfect. :)
DeklansMommy - Monday, 11 Feb
Hey! Glad to see you've decided to be sociable again! LOL...just kidding! I know how it is just to deal with all of the changes, much less recover from a c-section. You need to post some info on Melanie's birth and her specs...I don't even know how much she weighed or how long she was! I got the brief run-down of your labor and delivery, but that's it. Oh, speaking of birth stories, I filled in a few more details and posted Gavin's birth story as a blog on my myspace page. You should check it out! The one that's on here was written up the day after he was born, so I was more or less exhausted and left some stuff out. Anyhoo, I'm glad you two are doing well. You'll have to tell me how that first week was, having John there and all! And post some pics for goodness sake! ;) I have a bunch more that I'm going to upload today or tomorrow. I've had so much going on over here...we're all doing well, the boys are great, but my dad fired Travis a week ago, and so we've been getting him filed for unemployment, working up a resume, filling out applications, etc. I'm pretty mad at my dad right now. Well, I have to run...Gavin is sleeping with Travis right now, so I'm going to try to write a few more people before he wakes up. See ya, and feel free to write on my new and improved myspace page if you want to keep things private...sometimes I feel like half the people I know on here don't come on anymore!
Tia - Monday, 11 Feb
hey i haven't been on for a while been really busy with looking after Rohan and i have some exams coming up so have been studying as well as entertaining lots and lots of visitors. Rohan was 6 weeks old yesterday and things still haven't slowed down. I wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to you and john both on the birth of Melanie. i hope you are recovering from the c-section well.
Laura14 - Sunday, 10 Feb
woooo congrats lady!!! she is stunning!!! hope you are keeping well and baby too!! xxx
tandmplusbabymakes3 - Sunday, 10 Feb
I am woth you 100% i can't wait to put up my birth story but when i find the time id rather nap LOL. I to got the epi i got one the call the walking epi. It didnt slow down my labor but the pitocin did slow down her heart rate they put me on oxygen and it was so scarey. I pushed for an hour and delivered naturally i ended up with 3 stitchs so it wasnt to bad. I know what you mean about the chat i was thinking we should try to set up a date and time for all of us to catch up i miss you all and want to hear how all the babies are doing. So how is everything with John??
tandmplusbabymakes3 - Sunday, 10 Feb
hey... i havent talked to you in ages.. i have to hear all about M&M's birth story!!! I find now that I am a Mommy I never find time for this site so I feel bad I haven't really kept with anyone. Msg me and let me know how it all went. I gave birth on Jan 31st at 9:04pm to Aurora who was 19 inchs long and weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces. I was induced and the process took 36 hours. I am soooo happy to have her here but it's wild to think it's all over.. I miss being prego. So anyways msg me and keep me updated XOXOXO
shygurlie1013 - Sunday, 10 Feb
Congratulations on your little girl! She is sooo precious! I finally had my baby on February 5th. I'm so glad that he's here! He weighed 5 lbs 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. I will post pics soon. Take care.
jekka - Sunday, 10 Feb
AHHH! CONGRATS!!
plus-size-mommy - Friday, 8 Feb
sorry it took me so long to comment back Kenadie has been keeping me pretty busy! Anyway SO GLAD MISS MELANIE IS HERE!! Im so sorry u had such a hard time! I totally didnt think u would have to have a csection. She really wanted to make sure u never forgot how hard u had to work to get here huh? Well I hope everything is going well for u! CONGRATS MAMA!
KateOhm - Thursday, 7 Feb
Congrats on Melanie finally deciding to come out! I hop you are doing well, I'm sure it's a rough time right now, but I am thinking of you and hoping for the best!
babyg - Sunday, 3 Feb
Hey Erica. Dek just updated me. Im sorry you had such a hard labor and things didnt go as planned. But all that matters is that shes here and healthy, right? Im glad youre okay, Ive been worried! Let me know when John is gone and you're feeling better so we can talk. MWAH.
romma - Sunday, 3 Feb
hey hun congrats and sorry to hear to had a rough labor, but iam glad melanie is here and she is safe despite the hardship you both endured. rest well and enjoy motherhood hun, take care and we look forward to pics of your lil princess. hugs from roman and i. xoxoxoxoxo
mamaseata - Saturday, 2 Feb
Well, I assume all the posts are true and you had baby girl!! Congrats hun!!
vdlovell - Saturday, 2 Feb
Hey, CONGRATS MOMMY! Sorry you had to have a c-section...it wasnt that bad though was it?? I didnt think it was bad at all...I would never change my mind if I could do it again. I cant wait to see pics of her!! I bet she is just beautiful!
Deklansmommy - Friday, 1 Feb
Well, as best as I can figure, you've probably had Melanie for several days now, and you're just recovering and cherishing every moment you and John and Melanie are together. And I don't blame you! But girl, as soon as he has to leave, you'd best get on here and update us all!!!! :)
mamaseata - Friday, 1 Feb
ummm okay... whats going one hun?
babyg - Wednesday, 30 Jan
Erica??? Whats the latest? I see things about labor and induction and I know nothing about this!??!?!?!
tandmplusbabymakes3 - Tuesday, 29 Jan
hey if i remember correctly today is your induction date. I wish you guys the best of luck and update me when you get the chance ;o)
plus-size-mommy - Saturday, 26 Jan
YAY! I am noesy and read ur comments lol THANK GOD I did cuz UR IN LABOR YAY!!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK MAMA!
vdlovell - Saturday, 26 Jan
YAY!! YOU ARE IN LABOR NOW...I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE!! GOOD LUCK AND HOPE ITS SHORT AND EASY!!
vdlovell - Friday, 25 Jan
DEAR MELANIE,
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY COMFY INSIDE YOUR MOMMYS TUMMY BUT I THINK IT IS TIME TO COME OUT AND FACE THIS WORLD. NOW I KNOW THAT IT IS VERY COLD OUT AND THERE IS SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND BUT YOU CANT STAY IN THERE UNTIL ITS WARM SILLY. NOW YOU HAVE TO ADDMIT THAT YOU ARE MAKING YOUR MOMMY PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE, I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND COME OUT BECAUSE YOUR MOMMY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OVER THESE LAST 9 MONTHS. OH YEAH, AND YOUR DADDY IS WAAAAY EXCITED TO SEE YOUR GORGEOUS LITTLE FACE!
LOTS OF LOVE,
VICTORIA
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