Gil is 1 month old today! I can't believe how fast he's growing.
Random things about Gil:
- He hates having his hands restrained. No matter how tight I wrap him up he will always find a way to get his hands free. If you take too long putting his clothes on and his hands are stuck he'll freak out.
- He likes to be held on your shoulder and hear your heart beat.
- He can sleep through anything. Loud noises don't bother him at all. This is awesome!
- He gets very cranky if he gets over-tired.
I wanted to post a video of him watching his mobile but it won't work right now. I'll put it up as soon as I figure out the problem. He loves his mobile. He'll follow it around and around for a long time and never get bored. He gets so excited and flails his arms around. It's so cute.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
I figure I should probably update on Gil and me. We are both doing really well. Gil is no longer on his oxygen or monitors, which makes both of us very happy...as well as Will. I am recovery nicely from the c section. It really wasn't as bad as everyone has told me. I really only hurt for a few days, mostly because of the sutures. I do have a nice scar right now...the doctor says it should fade to white after a little while though.
Since most people want to know what happened I will tell you the labor story...
I started having contractions around 7 on the 2nd of April. My contractions started out twenty minutes apart for about an hour and then for another hour then were ten. After that they were about 5 minutes apart. We waited until 1 am to go to the hospital just to be sure, by that time they were 3-4 minutes apart. After we get checked in to the hospital they check to see how dilated I am... only 1 cm...ugh. Guess what I was when the doctor came to check on me at 7:30? Still a 1! He breaks my water hoping to move labor along, which it does for about an hour and then the contractions slow down. They decide to put me on pitocin to help the contractions get stronger, which they do. After a little while I decide to get an epideral because the pain sucks only to find out that the anesthesiologist was in the middle of surgery and wouldn't be able to come for an hour. Can I just say how hard it is to hold completely still getting and epi while you're having a really bad contraction? Poor Will was holding my hand the whole time and probably didn't enjoy it either.
This is where it gets fun. My blood pressure starts to drop which makes the baby's heart rate drop. With every contraction his heart rate would get lower, so they take me off the pitocin while they stabilize both of us....so the labor gets slowed down. They had to give me some drug that will increase my blood pressure. That was a weird feeling. So after a few hours they finally get us under control enough to start the pitocin again. By this time I am only dilated to a 3 and it's about 3 in the afternoon. By 6 I am at a 6...by 9 I was still a 6 and the baby's heart rate was still dropping with every contraction which were about a minute and a half apart. The doctor comes in and we decide to do a c section. Gil was born at 9:16.
I think Will was fascinated by the c section. He watched it the whole time and the doctors were explaining everything to him and then were showing him all my organs that he could see. He thought it was crazy that I couldn't feel a thing. It was kind of weird not being able to feel what they were doing but the whole time hearing what they were doing. The only thing I could feel was when they took Gil out.
Minutes after the c section was over I passed out (from not sleeping for two days). The doctor thought it was funny. During that time Will was off giving the baby a bath and showing my parents the baby and moving stuff to my room. After getting settled in the room we got to spend some time with Gil before sending him off to the nursery so we could get some sleep. A few hours later we were awakened by a nurse telling us they were taking him to the NICU...not a plesent way to be woken up at all. He was have trouble with his oxygen levels....then they thought he might have an infection (which he did not).
I got released from the hospital on Monday and since Gil still could not come home with us I stayed at the hospital another night on hotel stay. Luckily the next day the doctor said we could take him home, but that he'd still have to be hooked to his oxygen and monitors. Not so cool, but at least he could come home. On Thursday we went back to see the doctor and we were finally able to take him off the oxygen and monitors. Yay! Now we are both doing great!
Since most people want to know what happened I will tell you the labor story...
I started having contractions around 7 on the 2nd of April. My contractions started out twenty minutes apart for about an hour and then for another hour then were ten. After that they were about 5 minutes apart. We waited until 1 am to go to the hospital just to be sure, by that time they were 3-4 minutes apart. After we get checked in to the hospital they check to see how dilated I am... only 1 cm...ugh. Guess what I was when the doctor came to check on me at 7:30? Still a 1! He breaks my water hoping to move labor along, which it does for about an hour and then the contractions slow down. They decide to put me on pitocin to help the contractions get stronger, which they do. After a little while I decide to get an epideral because the pain sucks only to find out that the anesthesiologist was in the middle of surgery and wouldn't be able to come for an hour. Can I just say how hard it is to hold completely still getting and epi while you're having a really bad contraction? Poor Will was holding my hand the whole time and probably didn't enjoy it either.
This is where it gets fun. My blood pressure starts to drop which makes the baby's heart rate drop. With every contraction his heart rate would get lower, so they take me off the pitocin while they stabilize both of us....so the labor gets slowed down. They had to give me some drug that will increase my blood pressure. That was a weird feeling. So after a few hours they finally get us under control enough to start the pitocin again. By this time I am only dilated to a 3 and it's about 3 in the afternoon. By 6 I am at a 6...by 9 I was still a 6 and the baby's heart rate was still dropping with every contraction which were about a minute and a half apart. The doctor comes in and we decide to do a c section. Gil was born at 9:16.
I think Will was fascinated by the c section. He watched it the whole time and the doctors were explaining everything to him and then were showing him all my organs that he could see. He thought it was crazy that I couldn't feel a thing. It was kind of weird not being able to feel what they were doing but the whole time hearing what they were doing. The only thing I could feel was when they took Gil out.
Minutes after the c section was over I passed out (from not sleeping for two days). The doctor thought it was funny. During that time Will was off giving the baby a bath and showing my parents the baby and moving stuff to my room. After getting settled in the room we got to spend some time with Gil before sending him off to the nursery so we could get some sleep. A few hours later we were awakened by a nurse telling us they were taking him to the NICU...not a plesent way to be woken up at all. He was have trouble with his oxygen levels....then they thought he might have an infection (which he did not).
I got released from the hospital on Monday and since Gil still could not come home with us I stayed at the hospital another night on hotel stay. Luckily the next day the doctor said we could take him home, but that he'd still have to be hooked to his oxygen and monitors. Not so cool, but at least he could come home. On Thursday we went back to see the doctor and we were finally able to take him off the oxygen and monitors. Yay! Now we are both doing great!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
He's here!
Gil joined us on April 3rd at 9:16 pm after 26 hours of labor and a c-section. He's a cute little guy! Unfortunately he's in the NICU right now. His oxygen levels were low and now they think he could have an infection from being in me so long after my membranes ruptured. Poor thing. I'll be in the hospital until tomorrow night probably, we're not sure when Gil can come home yet. Doctor says he can probably go home with us if he keeps doing well. Cross your fingers!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
3-26-09
3-26-09
Once again nothing has changed....ugh. Silly Gil doesn't want to come out and play yet. The doctor did say that if I haven't had the baby by next Thursday he'll induce me. It's too bad that labors aren't really hereditary otherwise he'd be coming tomorrow. That would be nice! If anything happens this week I'll keep everyone updated. You may find out about the baby from facebook since my phone is dead.
Once again nothing has changed....ugh. Silly Gil doesn't want to come out and play yet. The doctor did say that if I haven't had the baby by next Thursday he'll induce me. It's too bad that labors aren't really hereditary otherwise he'd be coming tomorrow. That would be nice! If anything happens this week I'll keep everyone updated. You may find out about the baby from facebook since my phone is dead.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
03-19-09
3-19-09
On Thursday the doctor said that I have not progressed anymore...LAME! I guess he's just really comfortable in my belly and wants to stay longer. I have been having a lot of contractions every since Thursday so hopefully I won't be pregant forever.
The baby's room is almost finished! The walls are all painted and the crib is set up...now we just need to do a few more little details and his room will be all ready for him.
On Thursday the doctor said that I have not progressed anymore...LAME! I guess he's just really comfortable in my belly and wants to stay longer. I have been having a lot of contractions every since Thursday so hopefully I won't be pregant forever.
The baby's room is almost finished! The walls are all painted and the crib is set up...now we just need to do a few more little details and his room will be all ready for him.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
March
I've decided that since my sister keeps bugging me to blog more, I will update on my weekly doctors visits...since I don't think anything else of note occurs in my life at the moment.
3-12-09 - I am just over 37 weeks right now. 70% effaced but not dilated at all. Last week I not effaced or dilated at all so I think this is good progress for a week. Hopefully I'll continue to progress and not end up staying at this point for the next couple of weeks. The doctor said that my bishops score is a 5 out of 10 right now...last week I was a 2.
3-12-09 - I am just over 37 weeks right now. 70% effaced but not dilated at all. Last week I not effaced or dilated at all so I think this is good progress for a week. Hopefully I'll continue to progress and not end up staying at this point for the next couple of weeks. The doctor said that my bishops score is a 5 out of 10 right now...last week I was a 2.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Chubby Cheeks!
So I only have just under 8 weeks left until little Gil comes! Time has went by so fast. At our last doctors appointment we were able to have another ultrasound to check the position of my placenta. No more placenta previa. The doctor was actually amazed at how far it has regressed. The baby is doing great and so am I...although I feel so huge and fat these days.
So I never used to remember dreaming before I got pregnant and now I have the weirdest and most vivid dreams. One night I had a dream that my water broke and I instantly lost 10 lbs...not sure if that would actually happen...I can hope though right?
Both Will and I are taking this semester off from school to get ready for the baby and save up some money. It's been so nice having my hubby around more. I've been trying to get the room for the baby ready (we had to convert our office/junk room), so he's been a great help moving all the heavy stuff that I can't move anymore. He even found a bunch of his old toys and stuff from his childhood so he had fun reminiscing about them.
I love his cute chubby cheeks!
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