Well, tomorrow is my official due date and we are still waiting. I was at the doctor's today and I am still only 2 cm dilated and my cervix has not thinned yet:( It was kind of disappointing because I was hoping that things were progressing. She stripped my membranes again today to try and get things going...so we will see what happens. I have another appointment on Tuesday and I'm hoping we have him before then. My doctor said we will talk about being induced at the next appointment. I SO don't want to be induced!! Our little boy has been really active the last week or so, I think he wants out of there!!
I have been trying to keep myself and the girls busy, so that I don't think about still being pregnant. I have been cleaning the house like a mad women to try and get everything in order before the baby comes. We have had a few playdates this week and we went out for coffee with my dad yesterday. I'm enjoying the distractions!
Having fun at her friends birthday party at the bowling alley!!
I asked Meggie the other day when the baby was going to come out and she said "next year!!"...I was not thrilled about that!! Megan has been getting up SO early lately, no matter what time we put her bed at night. The girls usually go down between 7 and 7:30pm and Megs has been getting up before 6am!!! I am not a morning person and I find this very difficult and she has also been waking up Gabby in the process and Gabby is not a happy girl when she doesn't get enough sleep! I'm hoping we get into some kind of routine where Megs sleeps in longer and doesn't wake up Gabby and then everyone will be happy!! Maybe it's wishful thinking...
I have been getting tons of phone calls this last week from friends and family asking how things are going and if anything is happening with the baby. I am SO thankful for my friends and family...I am SO blessed!! One of my friends even had the girls over for a playdate today while I went to my doctor's appointment.
Megan and I went to her friends birthday party last Sunday at the bowling alley. Megan had never been bowling before, except with our plastic bowling pins at home. She loved it!! It was so cute to watch a bunch of 3-4 year olds bowling. After the bowling, they all got a little lunch there and of course some birthday cake!! We will definitely have to take her there again.
I thought her little feet in bowling shoes was just the cutest thing!!!
Anyways, I should get going...but please pray that our little man comes soon!!! We so want to meet him!!
Here's the story...I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday morning and my doctor stripped my membranes again(3rd time) and she was very aggressive. It was a little uncomfortable, but tolerable. I went home and was feeling a little crampy and later in the afternoon I started having contractions, but again they were not painful. I sat down to watch Oprah about 4pm and the contractions were becoming more regular and starting to be more uncomfortable. Jeff came home from work and I told him we probably shouldn't go to his parents for dinner because I was having contractions. It was Jeff's dad birthday and we were supposed to go over to their place for dinner. I called Jeff's mom and asked if maybe she could bring the dinner over to our place and then if we needed to go to the hospital she could stay with the girls. They were kind enough to do this for us! I called the hospital to ask when I should come in because I was strep B positive and needed to have IV antibiotics. The nurse said we should probably come in soon and be assessed. Mom and dad got to our place around 5ish and my contractions were quite painful by this time. We didn't even get to enjoy the yummy birthday dinner because we left for the hospital about 5:30pm.
The contractions were very painful on the way to the hospital and I really had to breath through them. We got the hospital just before 6pm and they put me directly into a birthing room. They hooked me up to the monitors and my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart. They checked me and I was 8 cm dilated!!!!! I couldn't believe it. When I went to the hospital with the girls I was only 2-3 cm dilated and I kind of expected the same thing this time. The nurses asked what I would like for pain relief and I said I wanted to go into the shower. They looked surprised by my answer! They let me go into the shower after I got my antibiotics and I was in there for about 1/2 hour and when I came out my doctor broke my water and then I was fully dilated. I pushed for about 20 minutes and he was out! He was born at 7:38pm. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 20 inches long. I couldn't believe how quick everything happened...but I was so thankful it was quick! He was perfect and they put him on my chest right away. We are so in love with him!! I only have a couple stitches because his hand was up by his face when he came out, but I am recovering very quickly! We came home on Thursday at dinner time and his sisters were SO excited to meet him!! The girls were not able to come to the hospital because it's RSV season and no children can come to the maternity ward:( I missed the girls so much!
He is breastfeeding like a champ! He latched on right away and he loves to eat!! The health nurse came yesterday to check him over and he has already surpassed his birth weight and now weighs 8 lbs 3 oz!! He's waking up twice at night, usually about 1am and 4am. We have had him in our room since we came home, but last night he was so noisy that I put him in his crib and then I slept much better.
We are adjusting fairly well to being a family of 5!! I still can't believe I have 3 kids!! Jeff has been home since we had him, but he goes back to work tomorrow. Jeff's mom is going to come over tomorrow to help me out and I'm so thankful for that! Megan and Gabby love to hold and talk to their baby brother. I love watching them with him!
This is Marty at 6 days old...Megan was holding him and talking to him and he smiled at her. I don't know if it was gas, but she would keep talking to him and he smiled over and over. So cute!!
We are SO in love with our son and I'm so thankful that he's finally here:)
