Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The arrival
Katie Madison Andrews was born March 29th at 11:37 am. She weighed 7 lbs. and was 19.5 inches. We are so glad to have her here and finally meet her. My water broke at about 10 PM but it was only a little bit. Since I had been having contractions and pre-labor for weeks we weren't too excited and went to bed. At midnight my water really broke and we knew Katie would be joining us in the next 48 hours. We didn't realize how quickly things would start happening. Taylor and I tried to go back to sleep and within 15 minutes my contractions started about 5-6 minutes apart. We knew sleep was out of the question so we got up to finish packing for the hospital. By 3 am my contractions were 90 seconds to two minutes long and 4 minutes apart . . . and very painful. I told Taylor it was time to go to the hospital. We called both our parents on the way in. I was not very happy about all the bumping in the car. When we arrived at the hospital I was 4 cm dilated and in a lot of pain. They admitted me and gave me some Fentanol which took the edge off the pain and made me very loopy. Within an hour I was 7 cm dilated and about to enter transition. We decided to opt for the epidural at that point which was the best decision of the night! It slowed my labor down some and allowed me to rest and truly enjoy the rest of my labor. At 9:15 the nurse told us it was time to start pushing and I was shocked. I couldn't belive we were already at that point . . . I felt great with the epidural absolutely no side effects! After a little over 2 hours of pushing Katie was with us. The epidural started to wear off at the end, but at that point I knew how close we were and didn't care. I was able to watch the entire time I was pushing because the hospital brought a mirror in. The entire process was the most amazing thing we have ever been a part of. We are so blessed and thankful to have our beautiful daughter with us!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Katie's Room
Monday, March 10, 2008
An update at last!
We apologize for how long it has taken for us to update our blog. Our schedule has been really full! We are in our 35th week of pregnancy and I am getting increasingly bigger and uncomfortable. We checked into the hospital last weekend because I was having contractions every two minutes. They gave me two shots of Terbutaline which finally stopped the contractions. They told us that should stop them, but some people have to go back every other week to get another dose. . . We went back Sunday morning having contractions again. They put me on an oral dose of the Terbutaline and told me to rest a ton. This all happened the week before our CSAP testing which is a state-wide assessment and is really important. I was given a second proctor to be in my room so I could sit for the 4 assessments. Needless to say it was a tiring week. As long as I take the medicine the contractions are sporadic and don't form a regular pattern. I am hoping to continue working until spring break which starts the last full week of March. After that, I am ready for Katie to join us whenever she pleases! The baby room is almost done and the list of things to get done is getting smaller and smaller. We will try to post baby room pics in the next week or so. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
Becky and Taylor
Becky and Taylor
Baby Shower # 2
The staff at my school threw me a shower too.
The most creative gift I received was a laundry bag with a clothesline sticking out of it. As I pulled and pulled and pulled it out they had clipped tons of clothes to the line. It was really cute!
Baby Shower # 1
Just in case I ever forget that Mom is just a phone call away!
My mom had set up a whole table of decorating supplies and each time had to come up with a fashionable maternity outfit for me. Extra points were rewarded for useful accessories (like hidden straps for helping to hoist me up:) We had everything from sporty daywear to lingerie!
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