We got to come home yesterday. It feels so good to finally be at home. Jagger's bilirubin level started to level off, so they let us come home. We had to recheck it this morning and it has gone up, but still not in a danger zone, so we have to go back tomorrow to have it rechecked again. I am supposed to be feeding him as much as he will eat. The problem is that I have to wake him up to eat and then he falls asleep in no time. He has a few good feedings, but most of them are 10-15 minutes. My milk has finally come in, so hopefully that will help flush the bilirubin out.
Last night was not as bad as I thought it would be or like I have been told. Jagger started out in the pack-n-play sleeping, but he kept waking up every hour, so I finally just put him in bed with me and he slept until I woke him up. I have never slept so good! I feel so lucky to have such a good baby. We are not going to continue to let him sleep with us because it is not good for any of us. I don't want a 10 year sleeping with us!
We have lots of pictures that I will get on here one day!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Jagger's bilirubin level
I was discharged this morning since I have not had a fever for 48 hours, which Aaron and I were very happy about. We were glad that we would finally get to take him home to meet his brother and sisters. I was glad that I was finally going to be able to get out of the room after being stuck in it since Monday morning.
Jagger's pediatrician came in and told us that his bilirubin levels had gone up and that he would probably need to have phototherapy treatment. They drew a blood sample, poor little guy has had his little heel stuck so many times, and they came back that his levels were rising. He is now on a bili-blanket to help get his levels down and we will be staying here until he gets to go home. Hopefully we will still get to go home this evening and then go have him rechecked in the morning to make sure his levels are staying down. So we are just sitting around, once again. Hopefully we will get to go home soon.
I am recovering very well. I can get up out of bed and walk around with no trouble now and I only take motrin when I need it. I am so glad my recovery is going so well and I am getting to enjoy my little prince! He is a pro at breastfeeding. We have both gotten the hang of it. He latches on with no problems now and I have found a postion that works for both of us to nurse him. He is such a little piggy! I am so glad that everything is going so well with our little family! Hopefully the wieners will like him! Aaron tells me that I am spoiling him already because I let him sleep with me last night. He is such a little cuddle bug, I couldn't resist :)
Jagger's pediatrician came in and told us that his bilirubin levels had gone up and that he would probably need to have phototherapy treatment. They drew a blood sample, poor little guy has had his little heel stuck so many times, and they came back that his levels were rising. He is now on a bili-blanket to help get his levels down and we will be staying here until he gets to go home. Hopefully we will still get to go home this evening and then go have him rechecked in the morning to make sure his levels are staying down. So we are just sitting around, once again. Hopefully we will get to go home soon.
I am recovering very well. I can get up out of bed and walk around with no trouble now and I only take motrin when I need it. I am so glad my recovery is going so well and I am getting to enjoy my little prince! He is a pro at breastfeeding. We have both gotten the hang of it. He latches on with no problems now and I have found a postion that works for both of us to nurse him. He is such a little piggy! I am so glad that everything is going so well with our little family! Hopefully the wieners will like him! Aaron tells me that I am spoiling him already because I let him sleep with me last night. He is such a little cuddle bug, I couldn't resist :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Jagger's Birth Story
I don't think that Jagger was ever going to come on his on! Aaron and I are SO in love with him. I can't imagine my life without him in it.
As you know I was induced on Sunday 2/8. We got to the hospital around 5 am and I was admitted. They checked my cervix to see the route we would be taking to meet this little guy. I was still only 2 cm dialted, 50% effaced and -2 station, so the dr. decided that I should be started on pitocin and that rupturing my membranes would not be the best idea. So, I am started on pitocin around 6 am. They kept increasing it every 30 minutes, and after 8 hours, I had still made no progress and was really comfortable through all of the contractions, so the dr. decided to rupture my membranes to get things going. I thought I was going to have to start swimming with all of the water that gushed out! The drs. and nurses kept saying "Wow, this is alot of water"! After about a hour, the pain was getting pretty intense, so I was checked again and I was at 4 cm, 75% effaced, but still -2 station. I asked for an epidural at this point. After 2 hours the anesthesiologist finally came in, right after I was given morphine. I was in heaven then! I could not feel anything, nor do I remember much, because of the morphine. Things really started to pick up and the baby became distressed. I don't remember alot of it, which I am sorta of happy about, because I would have been freaking out even more. Every time I would have a contraction, his heart rate would drop way down. They had to place an internal monitor on him and I could only lay on my left side with oxygen. The pitocin was turned off to help him recover. I had finally made it to 10 cm, 100% effaced, but still was only at -1 station. His head would not drop into the birth canal. I started pushing around 9 pm, but by 10:30 pm, he was still really high and the dr. was afraid he would get distressed again if I kept trying to push and thought the best option was to have a c-section. I did not want to have a c-section, but I wanted what was best for him and I was already so tired and weak from vomiting and I didn't feel like I would have ever been able to push him for many more hours that were to come. So after 17 1/2 hours of labor, Jagger William was brought into this world at 11:31 pm on February 8th weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and measuring 21 inches. It was love at first sight! I have never seen a prouder daddy either!
So, he barely made it for his great-grandfather's birthday. His first name is a name that Aaron and I both feel in love with when I found it and his middle name is after my grandfather. His bilirubin levels are slightly elevated, but they are keeping a close eye on them and are not much concern at this point.
Here are a few pictures, there are many more to come!
Right after he was born
As you know I was induced on Sunday 2/8. We got to the hospital around 5 am and I was admitted. They checked my cervix to see the route we would be taking to meet this little guy. I was still only 2 cm dialted, 50% effaced and -2 station, so the dr. decided that I should be started on pitocin and that rupturing my membranes would not be the best idea. So, I am started on pitocin around 6 am. They kept increasing it every 30 minutes, and after 8 hours, I had still made no progress and was really comfortable through all of the contractions, so the dr. decided to rupture my membranes to get things going. I thought I was going to have to start swimming with all of the water that gushed out! The drs. and nurses kept saying "Wow, this is alot of water"! After about a hour, the pain was getting pretty intense, so I was checked again and I was at 4 cm, 75% effaced, but still -2 station. I asked for an epidural at this point. After 2 hours the anesthesiologist finally came in, right after I was given morphine. I was in heaven then! I could not feel anything, nor do I remember much, because of the morphine. Things really started to pick up and the baby became distressed. I don't remember alot of it, which I am sorta of happy about, because I would have been freaking out even more. Every time I would have a contraction, his heart rate would drop way down. They had to place an internal monitor on him and I could only lay on my left side with oxygen. The pitocin was turned off to help him recover. I had finally made it to 10 cm, 100% effaced, but still was only at -1 station. His head would not drop into the birth canal. I started pushing around 9 pm, but by 10:30 pm, he was still really high and the dr. was afraid he would get distressed again if I kept trying to push and thought the best option was to have a c-section. I did not want to have a c-section, but I wanted what was best for him and I was already so tired and weak from vomiting and I didn't feel like I would have ever been able to push him for many more hours that were to come. So after 17 1/2 hours of labor, Jagger William was brought into this world at 11:31 pm on February 8th weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and measuring 21 inches. It was love at first sight! I have never seen a prouder daddy either!
So, he barely made it for his great-grandfather's birthday. His first name is a name that Aaron and I both feel in love with when I found it and his middle name is after my grandfather. His bilirubin levels are slightly elevated, but they are keeping a close eye on them and are not much concern at this point.
Here are a few pictures, there are many more to come!
Right after he was born
Friday, February 6, 2009
Only 2 days left!
If you read my post yesterday, I am sorry you had to. I was just having a moment and I am doing better now :]
I can't believe that in 2 days I will FINALLY get to meet my precious baby boy. Oh, what if he is a she?! She better like blue, that is all I know! Anyway, I am beyond excited! I will finally have a complete family with the man of my dreams, what I have been looking forward to for many, many years! I actually slept pretty good last night. The baby settled in better so he was not in my ribs all night.
This week I have tried to just take it easy, without getting too bored. I have gone to eat lunch with Aaron 2 times, I made sugar cookies and frosted them with royal icing for the ladies at work, I have cleaned on a daily basis, and just hung out with my 3 babies! Yesterday, Aaron came home early from work and we played the Wii together. Even though he says I cheated, I beat him in all the games we played together, yes even golf! :)
I was thinking this morning about how much our life is about to change, just the small things. Like, when we go out for dinner now, it will be a table for 3, not 2. How crazy is that!
I am not doing much today, my mom is on her way now. I need to go get a few things that I have thought we need from Target later, but otherwise, nothing. Maybe I will take a walk around the block since it is going to be such a beautiful day.
I will try to keep this updated as much as possible after the baby is born, but I am sure it will be hard at first.
I can't believe that in 2 days I will FINALLY get to meet my precious baby boy. Oh, what if he is a she?! She better like blue, that is all I know! Anyway, I am beyond excited! I will finally have a complete family with the man of my dreams, what I have been looking forward to for many, many years! I actually slept pretty good last night. The baby settled in better so he was not in my ribs all night.
This week I have tried to just take it easy, without getting too bored. I have gone to eat lunch with Aaron 2 times, I made sugar cookies and frosted them with royal icing for the ladies at work, I have cleaned on a daily basis, and just hung out with my 3 babies! Yesterday, Aaron came home early from work and we played the Wii together. Even though he says I cheated, I beat him in all the games we played together, yes even golf! :)
I was thinking this morning about how much our life is about to change, just the small things. Like, when we go out for dinner now, it will be a table for 3, not 2. How crazy is that!
I am not doing much today, my mom is on her way now. I need to go get a few things that I have thought we need from Target later, but otherwise, nothing. Maybe I will take a walk around the block since it is going to be such a beautiful day.
I will try to keep this updated as much as possible after the baby is born, but I am sure it will be hard at first.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Eviction date is set
I went to the dr. today, instead of Thursday. I had to see a male dr., which I didn't really know about, but Aaron and I both LOVED him. He was so informative and super nice. I was not checked to see if I was dilated or effaced anymore because I really don't care to be and he said that it's not like he can predict labor by checking. He is prediciting that the baby will be 7 1/2 to 8 lbs. He said that you can go by how much I have gained and how much I weighed when I was born, which was around 7 1/2 lbs. I did gain 5 lbs. in the past week, but he said it was water weight, not all the doughnuts I ate yesterday :) So the date is set for February 8th, which would have been my grandaddy's birthday.
When I go in for the induction they will decide then how they will induce me. If I am effaced enough, they wil break my water and let nature take it's course, if not they will insert something that will soften my cervix to allow them to break my water. If breaking my water does not work, which he said only fails about 15% of the time, then I will be given pitocin IV. This is what I really hope does not happen because it causes such strong contractions. So we will see if he beats the date or if he will hang in there until Sunday. Aaron said he better not decide to come on Saturday when there is a big basketball game on!
When I go in for the induction they will decide then how they will induce me. If I am effaced enough, they wil break my water and let nature take it's course, if not they will insert something that will soften my cervix to allow them to break my water. If breaking my water does not work, which he said only fails about 15% of the time, then I will be given pitocin IV. This is what I really hope does not happen because it causes such strong contractions. So we will see if he beats the date or if he will hang in there until Sunday. Aaron said he better not decide to come on Saturday when there is a big basketball game on!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Happy due date!
I never thought I would make it to this day! I do think that he has finally dropped, because I have had alot of pelvic pressure since yesterday's walk. I am going to run some errands today and maybe walk around the mall, so maybe that will get things going even more! Last night I thought my water broke, because I felt this warm sensation all of the sudden, but I was not wet and I had just peed (in the toilet!). I don't know what that was about. I have been getting more contractions, some are even getting stronger.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Maybe getting a little closer
I am hoping what I have been feeling is a good sign! I have been nauseous since yesterday and I vomited last night. I have also been feeling alot more contractions. They are not painful and unfortunately not regular. Aaron and I went grocery shopping this morning and went for a walk outside this afternoon. Hopefully that will help! Last night I woke up every 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. Poor Aaron seemed to be awake every time I was awake also. This little boy seemed to be moving everytime I was awake also. Maybe he will make his debut in the next few days. We have our suitcase, the baby's bag, and the carseat all in the car, so all we have to do is get in the car and go.
Yesterday, Aaron and I had our last date as a married couple without children. We went to the movies and saw "Taken", which was really good, and then we went and ate at Uno's Chicago grill. We were going to finish it off with a blast from Sonic, but these people up here are so excited about the new Sonic that there was a huge line just to get in the place!
Aaron and I will be parents to a little baby boy in a week or less! What are we going to do with this little guy?!?! I don't think it has sunk in yet, for me, that I will be a mom in a matter or hours or days! I hope to be the best mother a child can want or have. He has, and always will, come before anything else in my life.
Yesterday, Aaron and I had our last date as a married couple without children. We went to the movies and saw "Taken", which was really good, and then we went and ate at Uno's Chicago grill. We were going to finish it off with a blast from Sonic, but these people up here are so excited about the new Sonic that there was a huge line just to get in the place!
Aaron and I will be parents to a little baby boy in a week or less! What are we going to do with this little guy?!?! I don't think it has sunk in yet, for me, that I will be a mom in a matter or hours or days! I hope to be the best mother a child can want or have. He has, and always will, come before anything else in my life.
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