My Labor Story

My due date was approaching and we started walking a lot the last week, well what we thought would be the last week of pregnancy. I didn't really want to go into labor while my mom (grandma) was out of town so we just walked a few nights during the week. I went in for my 40 week appointment after walking around the mall for 1.5 hours. When the doctor checked me and told me that there had been no progress made in the last week.... it was a bit disappointing. We looked up all the at home ideas for inducing labor. I tried eating lots of pineapple, we went out for Mexican food, kicked the soccer ball around with Nevaeh, did some more walking, tried acupressure points, before giving in and trying Castro oil on Sunday night. I drank the oil around 5:30pm before eating dinner. Went to bed about 9pm and started having contractions about 11pm. I just waited them out and all that really happened was I got cramping and had to use the bathroom. Around 3am all the cramping and contractions stopped. I went in to my appointment on Tuesday The 17th to have a NST test done. This test measures the babies heart rate and contractions.Everything was looking like little Mister was perfectly content inside my tummy. The nurse told me to hit every pot hole and speed bump on the way home and to drink lots of Raspberry leaf tea. I continued drinking the tea and even tried Castor oil on Wednesday afternoon and all it did was send me to the bathroom. I went back into the doctor on Friday for a second NST test and everything still looked good. Doctor checked me again and said that I had dilated to a 1.5 now but still hadn't effaced. We discussed the induction process and agreed that Sunday the 22nd was the day for induction. I continued to walk and drink the Raspberry tea throughout the weekend in hopes he would come on his own. But NO luck!! We checked into the hospital at 9:00pm on Sunday the 22nd. The nurse came in and checked my cervix for dilation and I was still at a 1.5, she also started me on Cytotec at 10:00pm. This medicine is supposed to help your cervix dilate. I wouldn't get checked again until 2:00am. I tried to take a nap but the nerves and excitement kept me from doing that. At 2:00am she came in and checked me and I had progressed to a 2, so she gave me another round of Cytotec and said to get some rest and wait another 4 hours. 6:00am was shift change so we got a new nurse. She checked me ans said I had made it to a 3 and that we could start on the pitocin. We started this at 6:30am and then the long slow process continued. I just wouldn't dilate. The nurse and doctor recommended that I get an epidural to help my body relax and hopefully dilate more. At about 2:00pm on Monday they checked me and said I had made it to 4cm. I finally agreed to the epidural in hopes that it would help me progress. I did not want to get an epidural from the get go but whatever was going to speed up the process I was game for. They came in around 2:30pm to do the epidural and shortly after my Doctor came in and broke my water. The waiting game continued. I was slowly progressing still and by 8:00pm I had made it to 6cm. We were all starting to have a little hope that he was on his way soon. By 10:30pm my epidural had worn off so the nurse had to refill the meds. She also checked me again and I was still at 6cm. She noticed that my cervix was starting to swell and that was a sign that things were not going well. At 10:50pm we decided that a C-Section was what needed to happen in order for this little man to come out. They brought in all of the needed dressings for both Johnny and I. They pumped me full of morphine so all of my body from the chest down was numb. They wheeled me back got me prepped and went to get Johnny. With all of the meds I had taken I was very nauseous and could hardly keep my eyes open while laying on the OR table. All that I remember was shaking really bad and the doctors telling me that I would feel a lot of pressure. Bentley Jayce was born at 11:53pm on Monday, May 23 2016. Weighing in at 9 pounds and measuring 22 inches long. Thank goodness we choose C-Section when we did because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice, and he was sunny side up. We are so blessed to have been given this little baby and are so grateful for this precious gift. We will cherish every moment we have with him.

Nursery Project

Even before I was pregnant I knew that if I had a boy I wanted a sports theme nursery. So once we found out we were gunna have a litter mister we began shopping right away. I wanted to more of a vintage type sports but that turned out to be a little more difficult than I thought.

I found the crib and dresser that I wanted right before Thanksgiving. I saw that Target was having a sale on the dresser so I bought that right away and then Target had a special that if I spent 75.00 on  Black Friday that I would get a coupon to save 20% on a future purchase. So I went ahead and made a trip to Target and got some necessity stuff so I could get the coupon. Well when it was time to use the coupon the crib that we wanted had got out of stock. Go figure. So I waited and waited and waited and it still never came back in stock. We found out through the manufacture that it was on back order until March. I decided that I would wait it out. Well then it got to be beginning of Feb and I started to freak out so I changed up what crib I wanted and we got that order (thanks to Grandma).

I changed out the knobs on the dresser so that it would match the sports theme. Our friend Reilyn made an awesome growth chart with the sports decals on it. And Johnny and Sean put up a floating shelf for accent pieces.

We set up the crib so that we could get a better idea on placement for the letters to spell out little mans name. They of course had to be hand painted first. ;)

I really wanted a glider chair but did not want to spend 600+ on one that was comfy and that matched the room so I found one on a local site and just threw a throw blanket over it for the time being and called it good.

Reilyn also helped us by hand painting each of the balls that became the side table. It turned out awesome. :) (It needs a little touch up paint still but I love it)

I got a couple of wall decorations and a cube stand to hold all of the extra stuff, and that completes the nursery.

I love it and I hope that as our little man gets older he will love it just as much.

My Pregnancy

Well I haven't blogged in awhile so I thought that I would take some time to share a little bit about how my pregnancy has been going. To be honest I can't really complain about much. In the beginning I had some issues with the rash but I think it was all from the medications I was pumping in my body. At 7 weeks I would throw up if I ate avocados or guacamole. I was super sad about this because I LOVE both. That finally went away after a few weeks thankfully. The main cravings that I had were anything and everything sweet. I really liked life saver gummies. :)  The first trimester went by super fast. I don't think I really got a bump until I was about 10 weeks, and even then I just looked like I was really bloated.

 The second trimester definitely drug out I felt like. We took a baby moon in Novemeber. We had a nice time and enjoyed the time just the two of us. Nevaeh wouldn't come because we went on a cruise and she is afraid of cruising. We think she is crazy!!  I think the only thing that I had was really really bad heartburn and super bad headaches. The weird part was is that I got heartburn when I was hungry. I got medication for the headaches and by the time I was 16 weeks I found that I was having fewer and fewer. We had our anatomy scan done on the 18th of December and brought Nevaeh and my mom. We all got to see the growing mister and Nevaeh loved that she could see her brothers hand or face on the ultrasound. She didn't really like when they did the double check on the gender. It was pretty funny.

December 26th I felt movement for the first time. I can't say if it was a kick or a punch but it was something cool for sure. By the time I was 24 weeks I was able to feel movement all the time. My new candy craving had become Mike and Ike's. Oh and Ice chips. I just couldn't get enough ice I felt like. This was a little bit concerning just because they say you crave Ice when you are anemic. But I got tested and everything was fine. The heartburn was definitely more and more. I was taking Zantac at least once a day and sometimes twice a day. Usually I would have to take it right before bed or I would be woke up by it. Not fun at all but if that's the worst I have then I am fine.

February 12th I had to go and take my one hour glucose test. I was kinda nervous about this because of all the horror stories of how horrible the drink was. Personally I didn't think it was that terrible, The worst part was having to drink it on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. I passed that with flying colors. The same day we were able to go with family to do our 3D ultrasound. It was really cool to see the facial features of our little guy. We have determined by these photos that he will look just like his daddy.

We are now in the 3rd trimester. Starting to freak out a little. We have officially started to tackle the nursery project but time is flying by for sure. We have lots of things to do before we are ready for little man to make his debut. We cant wait to meet him that's for sure.