Me & my boyfriend Shawn have a beautiful 3 month old daughter named Kayleigh. She was born on March 12, 2008 & 9:26 pm. She weighed in at 6 lbs 4 oz & was 19 3/4 inches long. We would like to start trying for another baby in October. We really want a boy next, but we wouldn't mind another girl either. Our name for a girl that we picked out is Alexys Hope. We haven't chosen a name for a boy yet.

BIRTH STORY FOR KAYLEIGH MARIE

Ok, I woke up Wednesday morning at about 5:30 with VERY bad gas like pains. So I went to use the restroom & when I wiped, I saw some blood on the toilet paper. I KNEW this was it. My contractions were about 4-5 minutes apart so I woke up my mom to get me to labor & delivery. As soon as we got there, they hooked me up to all the monitors & checked to see if I was dilated. While they were checking me, my water partially broke. I was 3-4 cm & my cervix was almost completely gone. I was in some pain so they let me get in the tub just to ease off some of the pressure. After that, I got back into bed & between then & when I hit 7 cm I was in a lot of pain. Nothing that I couldn't really handle, but I could NOT get comfortable so they finally gave me a epidural at 7 cm. I felt SO much better after. I couldn't feel my contractions at all, not even the pressure from them. So I slept a little & when I woke back up, they checked me again & I was 9 cm except my whole water hadn't broken so they broke the rest. It took me a while to get from 9 cm to 10 cm but I did it! After 16 hours of labor, I was ready to push. But I could feel everything because my epidural had wore off when I hit 9 cm. I pushed for an hour & my body hurt, I kept saying I couldn't do it. They had to give me a episiotomy which I didn't feel at all & the baby was out. She was born at 9:26 pm Wednesday March 12, 2008 & was 6 lbs 4 oz & 19 3/4 inches long. I cannot even explain what it feels like to be a mommy for the first time. All I can say is that it is an amazing feeling & of all the pain I went through, I would do it all over again! It's well worth it, trust me! :)

April 4, 2008

So, my babygirl is almost a month old & I can't believe it! Since birth she has gained 12 ounces. So she now weighs exactly 7 pounds. She goes on May 15th to have her first shots done. I just love being a mommy. Me & Shawn would definitely like to have another child or two. But not until Kayleigh is 4 or 5 maybe. We will see! :)

May 1, 2008

Well, Kayleigh now has a new doctor because her other one was not calling me back about things & just seemed not to care about anything. She was not keeping up with things & every single time we had a doctor appointment for Kayleigh, we end up waiting for 1-2 hours & that was getting a little ridiculous. She had a doctor appointment today & now weighs 9 lbs 5 oz which is good. I can't believe that she is almost 8 weeks. She is growing way too fast. I remember when she fit into her preemie clothes & I looked at the clothes the other day & can't believe she was able to fit into them lol. Will update at her next appointment when she gets her first shots.