Friday, August 31, 2007
The Poopie Patrol :)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
My little big boy :)
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Beatrice Rae DeMarr
We've been home a week and a day now, and are finally starting to get into the groove of feeding/sleeping schedules... Everyone is adjusting very well. Amazingly Beatrice is only waking up once or twice a night! M
Well, she really took her time getting here - She was 3 days overdue. I had a Dr's apt that day, and she stripped my membranes for the 3rd time and said that she wouldn't let me go more than a week overdue... I had a few contractions after the dr's apt, but they felt like the Braxton Hicks ones still... when I went to sleep that night I was having contractions, but I wasn't convinced they were the real thing... they were waking me up for quite a while, but I thought that I better wait until they were pretty painful.... so around 4am I had a pretty painful one that woke me up, I thought I'd better start timing them - they were 5 mins apart, so I thought I would hurry up and take a shower, which then they were coming about every 3 mins... I think we got to the hospital around 5am and they finally got around to checking me after about 45 mins and I was a little over 4cm dilated. It wasn't too long after that when it got to the point where I just couldn't handle the pain any longer - I needed pain medication right away. Strangely, they said that they could only give me the epidural and they were flying someone in - I'm guessing they were flying them in from Duluth, and I just thought there's no way I can wait that long! I knew from last time that they have shots they can give you... and I asked if there was anything they could give me temporarily, and the nurses said there wasn't... before that they had said that I needed to be dilated at least to a 5 before they could give me anything... so I was just praying that I was at least a 5. When the Dr got there she told them to go ahead and give me the shot - thank god! ;) They were just being stingy with it... Anyway, then she checked me a little after 7am and said that I was 9cm dilated! I think everyone was shocked! It was too late for a epidural, which after finding out how close I was, I wasn't upset about it at all. Too funny that Beatrice drug her feet all along and then all of a sudden decided she was in a big hurry! :) A few minutes later I said I had to push and the Dr said go right ahead because you're ready! That was at 7:20am - and she was born at 7:30! It amazed everyone that it was so quick. Before the Dr checked and said I was at a 9, I was telling Mike to remind me that I didn't want to do this again :) and I was really expecting it to drag on for hours and hours... but after the Dr checked and I was so close I told him I would definitely do it again! When I reached my pain tolerance limit with Duncan, I was still at least 10 hours away from delivery... I expected that this time it would go faster, but I never expected it to go that fast... I feel so lucky and blessed! For both the short labor and delivery and for the beautiful baby girl that we produced :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
NEW BABY!!!
Monday, August 13, 2007
Still Cooking ;)
I have a drs apt today at 4:30, so I guess we will see what happens then...
Saturday, August 11, 2007
It's the end of the day on my due date and No Baby yet :)
Well, anyway... just wanted to give an update... I'm just getting resigned for having to wait and wait and wait ;)
Friday, August 10, 2007
Ugh! ;)
Everyone is getting anxious. All I can say is that for sure it will be within the next 2 weeks, since they don't really let you go beyond that... and she will have to come out sometime! She can't stay in there forever! ;)
I'm trying to keep myself occupied... which is increasingly difficult, especially since I should really be resting up for the big day - saving my energy... it's a lot harder to just sit around waiting for it to happen. Oh well ;) I will keep everyone posted.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Still Waiting!!
Anyway, just wanted to give everyone an update. Hopefully you will all be getting a call with some news soon!!! :)
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Famous Dave's Pic! and Lake Superior
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Monday, August 6, 2007
Still not yet... for all those who are wondering ;)
Jamie brought Mom up on Friday, so things should go pretty smooth when it happens. I don't have to worry about being home alone w/the kids and going into labor. So, I'm feeling much better about that part. I'm just so ready to bring this little baby home! :)
Just wanted to let you all know we're still waiting :)
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The countdown continues....
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