July 11,2010

(notice the date of the post, I started this back on the 20th!)
(for my records)

Sunday morning I woke up at 3:30 AM to a painful contractions and was so thrilled I was in labor! I waited as long as possible before waking Erik, I got up about 4:30 and took a bath to relax, by 5:30 they were 6 minutes apart. I woke Erik, we turned on the tv and I sat on my yoga ball, trying to stay distracted. Didn't last long! By 6:30 I was skipping and hopping around the house, trying not to scream out in pain, I wasn't very successful... my contractions were 3 minutes apart and I was yelling "lets get going! I don't care about breakfast! Let's go! Get your things together! I need to go!"I don't like pain...

We got to the hospital at about 7:00, got set up in a room the nurse told me I was a two. A TWO! I started crying "they're going to make me leave!" luckily they didn't and the next time they checked me I was a three. By this time I was having really bad back labor and my contractions were killing me, so I asked for an epidural. They ran an IV through me, the nurse gave me some fentanyl for the back labor and within 30 minutes I had the epidural. Sweet Relief!

The on call Dr came in to break my water, but just moments before he got there it had broken on its own! Luckily after I had the epidural, it was so crazy, I thought I was wetting the bed but they assured me it was my water.An hour later I was a 4 so she gave me some pitocin to speed up the process and 2 hours later I was a seven, an hour later I was a nine! I was thrilled that the process was going so quickly. In 30 minutes I was a 10 and we started the rest and descend part of labor. By this time my back was killing me, and I was starting to feel some contractions, I had been pushing the epidural as much as I could once I started feeling again, but it wasn't helping. They had the anesthesiologist come in and he gave me a great dose of something, numbing me completely. After rest and descend I was so pumped and ready to go, they put my legs up in the stirrups which really creeped me out, but I was so ready to see my baby girl. I pushed for about 30 minutes til she was crowned then they called the Dr. (because it was a Sunday my Dr wasn't able to make it, he's a stake pres.) I sat there for 10 minutes waiting for him then it was go time! I pushed two sets and he said "ok stop I'm going to have to cut you, her heart rate dropped" Two seconds later out came baby girl. Born at 3:36 PM
It was so amazing, I couldn't believe she was actually here, she was crying so loud, they plopped her on my chest, she was so warm and smelled like a little fishy but I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She was perfect and all ours!I couldn't believe how chunky she was, 8 lbs 4 oz. 20 inches long, Erik guessed 8 lb 3 oz, so close! I was so lucky not to have felt a thing, I was so numb, I was so scared that I'd feel any kind of pain so I kept pushing that epidural, even after she was born. Then the Dr told me it was a good idea because my cuts and tears were really bad, GREAT! But boy is she worth it,We are so blessed to have her in our lives, she's amazing and we love her so much. The hospital was great, I was numb for the rest of the night and every nurse or CNA that came in said "I read your chart I feel so bad! Third degree tears, you must be hurting so bad." Luckily I wasn't hurting bad, I was numb throughout the night.I appreciated how sweet they were to me, but at the same time I was a little bothered that they told me how bad it was! I wouldn't have known any different, but I guess its better so I didn't feel like such a baby once I could finally feel and that I couldn't sit for a week!

Erik is an amazing father; if I put baby in her bouncy or swing so I can do something around the house, Erik will walk into the room "oh baby girl!" and get her out, he can't stand to have her be put down. He has been keeping the house so clean, he even lets me nurse her in the middle of the night in our room instead of going in her nursery which I really appreciate, I need all the support I can get. He will stay up with her after I nurse when she decides she wants to be awake, I've been so lucky that he's had the past two weeks of school/work off so he can stay home and take care of both of us. Monday is going to be hard when he has to go back!
Handsome proud daddy Nursing is going much smoother, it gets better and better everyday, she's such a good baby. She only cries when we're sucking out boogies or just gets a little fussy when she's hungry.

Now some darling pictures of the past couple weeks
So rolly polly, this was in the hospital but she's getting her rolls back! Today we had her weighed, she is back to birth weight!We've had lots of visitors!
Grandpa and Grandma ObergUncy Tay, Aunt Crystal and cousin HazelAunt Karli and soon to be Uncle ChanceAunt Amy, Uncle Brody cousin Bingham and Boen came up Saturday (one week old) to see us and brought us dinner!Then we went out for our first outing to Willow Park with Amy and Brody and the boys, it was SO HOT!Sunday Aunt April, Uncle Trent and cousin Hudson Ruby and Finn came and brought us dinner, we've been spoiled but it sure has helped!Finn was so much bigger than her the cute chunk! They're going to be best cousins, just 6 weeks apartGrammy and Papa Speechly.Grammy came and stayed and helped out around the house, went grocery shopping and stayed up with Violet in the early early morning when she didn't want to sleep after eating.
We really appreciate all the help!Sweet baby girl
She loved her binky the first time we gave it to her, she had quite the grip on it!On the 24th my parents came up and took us to dinner to Smokin' House BBQ, it was delicious and such a fun atmosphere with a live band which was really good. My favorite part was the fried pickles. Thanks mom and dad! It was fun to get out of the house and go out for delicious food and entertainmentI am down 23 lbs, 10 to go! I really haven't tried or been watching what I'm eating for now its enough to remember to eat every meal (crazy schedule!), I'm sure that it was a lot of water weight and I think that nursing really is just draining me but I can't complain about that!