one is aiden - one is adam
the doggies are very protective!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
first bath...
Aiden's first bath was on March 21st - at 2 weeks old.... he didn't really care for it
screaming bloody murder!
screaming bloody murder!
finally content - swaddled and getting fed!
Monday, March 29, 2010
aiden's first walk! *updated!*
i wish i was able to update more... maybe as aiden continues to get older and allows me to put him down for his naps i'll be able to do more. so here are pictures from our first walk - on march 18th
i have a really cute picture of aiden after the walk... but for some reason it isn't uploading - i'll try to get it up later!
i have a really cute picture of aiden after the walk... but for some reason it isn't uploading - i'll try to get it up later!
YAY! it finally let me post the picture!
Monday, March 15, 2010
aiden's birth story and more
yes it is time for an update - and now since aiden is actually sleeping somewhere OTHER than mine or adam's arms - i can do it!
some info may be TMI - i apologize in advance :)
so friday, march 5th adam and i left the house around 5:30pm and went to eat dinner at IHOP (i really couldn't eat much - even though i knew i needed to - i was too nervous!) and then we went to the hospital to be induced. so i got checked in and relaxed in the labor/delivery/recovery room (LDR) they gave me some stuff to thin my cervix - which would also help start my contractions. after 3 hours i would get another dose - as long as i wasn't contracting too bad and then around 6am they were going to start the pitocin. well i was contracting too much (although i couldn't feel it) so they just went ahead and gave me the pitocin around 5am... and eventually i was finally able to feel the contractions - i got my epidural (which i was terrified to get) but it really wasn't bad at all! and then i was good to go! sometime around 5:00pm (i think) i really felt like i needed to push - so my nurse had me do a couple of practice pushes to see how it would go and thought that we might be able to get somewhere... so dr. pickens came in and check me out and said lets start pushing....
this is when things started to get difficult - i did a lot of pushing and aiden was getting his head into the right position - but then turned a little too far - his head was too big - eventually i think i had all the LDR nurses in my room trying to help me push him out. i pushed for an hour and dr. pickens came back to try to help and aiden's head just wasn't positioned right... then he gave me the news - i was gonna have to have a c-section because there was no way that his head was coming out... so i got all set up and headed to the operating room... and i was terrified! but knew that this was the best for both of us.
it was FREEZING in there! they had country music playing which was actually kind of nice - and well - at 6:45pm on saturday, march 6th aiden stiles turner was born... the funny thing - when he was born rodney atkins song "watching you" was playing! very appropriate! his cry was the most beautiful sound! once he was crying adam looked up - a little too early. (haha - sorry baby) the c-section really wasn't as bad as i was worried about - and it was nice change after all of that pushing!
adam got to go watch them clean him up and swaddle him and then he brought him over to me and i got to give him kisses and just look at him - he was beautiful!
so i had to go back to my LDR room and aiden had to go to the nursery to get all cleaned up and all the other things they needed to do. adam went back into the nursery for a little and then came back and ran out to mcdonalds to get me something to eat - it had been about 24 hours since i had anything to eat (except for ice chips!)
after about an hour i got to go to my postpartum room - and aiden was waiting for me! he had to feed right away because his blood sugar was low and they didn't want to just give him sugar water. adam, aiden and i all stayed in the same room and it was nice!
we had to stay at the hospital until tuesday - we both had some great nurses and all and all i had a good experience.
we did have to go back to the hospital wednesday, thursday and friday to check his bilirubin levels. he needs to be below a 10 and he got up to a 15.5 and on friday he finally went down to at 13.8. friday we also had his first pediatrician appointment and everything looked good and we go back this friday.
breast feeding is going okay - and that's all i have to say about that...
sometimes i just can't believe that i had a little boy - that he's my son and i'm now a mom - it kinda seems surreal.
some info may be TMI - i apologize in advance :)
so friday, march 5th adam and i left the house around 5:30pm and went to eat dinner at IHOP (i really couldn't eat much - even though i knew i needed to - i was too nervous!) and then we went to the hospital to be induced. so i got checked in and relaxed in the labor/delivery/recovery room (LDR) they gave me some stuff to thin my cervix - which would also help start my contractions. after 3 hours i would get another dose - as long as i wasn't contracting too bad and then around 6am they were going to start the pitocin. well i was contracting too much (although i couldn't feel it) so they just went ahead and gave me the pitocin around 5am... and eventually i was finally able to feel the contractions - i got my epidural (which i was terrified to get) but it really wasn't bad at all! and then i was good to go! sometime around 5:00pm (i think) i really felt like i needed to push - so my nurse had me do a couple of practice pushes to see how it would go and thought that we might be able to get somewhere... so dr. pickens came in and check me out and said lets start pushing....
this is when things started to get difficult - i did a lot of pushing and aiden was getting his head into the right position - but then turned a little too far - his head was too big - eventually i think i had all the LDR nurses in my room trying to help me push him out. i pushed for an hour and dr. pickens came back to try to help and aiden's head just wasn't positioned right... then he gave me the news - i was gonna have to have a c-section because there was no way that his head was coming out... so i got all set up and headed to the operating room... and i was terrified! but knew that this was the best for both of us.
it was FREEZING in there! they had country music playing which was actually kind of nice - and well - at 6:45pm on saturday, march 6th aiden stiles turner was born... the funny thing - when he was born rodney atkins song "watching you" was playing! very appropriate! his cry was the most beautiful sound! once he was crying adam looked up - a little too early. (haha - sorry baby) the c-section really wasn't as bad as i was worried about - and it was nice change after all of that pushing!
adam got to go watch them clean him up and swaddle him and then he brought him over to me and i got to give him kisses and just look at him - he was beautiful!
so i had to go back to my LDR room and aiden had to go to the nursery to get all cleaned up and all the other things they needed to do. adam went back into the nursery for a little and then came back and ran out to mcdonalds to get me something to eat - it had been about 24 hours since i had anything to eat (except for ice chips!)
after about an hour i got to go to my postpartum room - and aiden was waiting for me! he had to feed right away because his blood sugar was low and they didn't want to just give him sugar water. adam, aiden and i all stayed in the same room and it was nice!
we had to stay at the hospital until tuesday - we both had some great nurses and all and all i had a good experience.
we did have to go back to the hospital wednesday, thursday and friday to check his bilirubin levels. he needs to be below a 10 and he got up to a 15.5 and on friday he finally went down to at 13.8. friday we also had his first pediatrician appointment and everything looked good and we go back this friday.
breast feeding is going okay - and that's all i have to say about that...
sometimes i just can't believe that i had a little boy - that he's my son and i'm now a mom - it kinda seems surreal.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
40 week doctors appointment!
so i spent all weekend trying to bring on labor on my own - did a lot of unpacking, bouncing on my yoga ball, ate labor cookies and other spicy food, etc. - nothing happened! so on monday night adam and i went out to eat at provino's and i had their eggplant parmesan - also said to bring on labor within 48 hours.
we had our 40 week appt. today - i'm only dilated a little more than a centimeter!! so basically NO PROGRESS! we also had a growth ultrasound... aiden looks great! but he's big... according to the ultrasound he is weighing in at around 9lbs 1oz - although the tech said that what she measures is usually bigger - so her guess is that he's about 8.5lbs.
dr. pickens walked in and said "are you sure you don't want to induce?" i told him that - yeah, we are leaning that way! he says - well i'm on call friday! so we scheduled my induction for friday night - we go to the hospital at 8pm! i really don't know how i'm gonna make it through these next few days... at least i have work on wednesday and thursday - but i'm sure friday is going to drag! what am i supposed to do for those 12+ hours!?!?
we had our 40 week appt. today - i'm only dilated a little more than a centimeter!! so basically NO PROGRESS! we also had a growth ultrasound... aiden looks great! but he's big... according to the ultrasound he is weighing in at around 9lbs 1oz - although the tech said that what she measures is usually bigger - so her guess is that he's about 8.5lbs.
dr. pickens walked in and said "are you sure you don't want to induce?" i told him that - yeah, we are leaning that way! he says - well i'm on call friday! so we scheduled my induction for friday night - we go to the hospital at 8pm! i really don't know how i'm gonna make it through these next few days... at least i have work on wednesday and thursday - but i'm sure friday is going to drag! what am i supposed to do for those 12+ hours!?!?
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