An Experience to Rememeber!

Alayna's labor was...well...the most interesting of the three! The title sums it up best!! I think every labor is an experience that isalways going to be rememberedno matter what...but theres some that are just so out of the ordinary or interesting that just fits even more. So here's the story. Once we got to the hospital I was dialated 5cm and cervix still very stretchy. They didn't give me the patoson right away for two reasons. One they were busy and two they wanted to see where it would go on its own...to cut it short my labor pretty much stopped at 5cm. So 6:15pm rolls around and they decide to start me on the patoson to get it started. It took them 45 minutes to get the IV in. They'd get it in my vein and then the needle would puncture the side wall...they also said I had rolly veins...so they get it in...they get it started..they take my blood pressure in my arm they weren't able to get it in but had punctured my vein in two places. Where they poked it created a real nice bump in my arm when they took my blood pressure...so from there on out they took my blood pressure from my leg lol...to be honest that was the first I had heard of that. The contraction didn't really get started till 9pm...they didn't get really pain full and working till 9:30pm...10:30pm rolls around. My doctor checked my cervix and I was 7cm dialated. So he popped my water. Needless to say the pain just went from Ouch!!! to OUCH!!!! So we let them know I wanted the pain meds that were a step down from an epidural...but couldn't tell you the name of it if my life depended on it. While we're waiting the contractions are coming and so was this overwhelming feeling that I needed to push. I told Mitchell and his usual guy response "Well...Don't!" Yeah as if I can control that... but I figure okay I'll try...next contraction...feelings stronger and I can't stop it lol. So I tell him during it..."Get the nurse!" So he calls her in...she checks...still 7cm...and the pain guy shows up. They got me into position on my side for him to give it to me...contraction comes...my body is pushing HARD! So I scream I've gotta push...nurse checks...runs to the call button to get the doctor "in here now!" My doctor had enough time to run from the desk...get his gown and gloves on..turn around and catch Alayna! We didn't even have time to move me onto my back!! I delivered her laying on my side. Mitchell and the nurse had to hold my leg up to let Alayna out the rest of the way. She was born at 10:59pm. She was 8 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches long. Here's our new little blessing! Luckily you can't see it in the pictures but since she came out so fast...She has a bruised little face.
I read to the girls Welcome to My World something or other...not sure of the title but its written by Brooke Sheild...very cute book.
Our first family shot after she was born.

Her first ride in her car seat.
The girls and I were waiting in the Lobby while Mitchell was pulling the car around. Well there it is!! Can you believe it!?! Alayna's here!!

Shock!!

I am labeling this post shock because I am currently still inshock. I am about to be running around the house getting things together for the girls and the toiletries in my labor bag! We went in for mydoctors appointment and while he was measuring Alayna I was having a contraction. All I knew was that he was hurting me when he was pushing on my stomach. He checked me to see if my water is leaking and with that contraction he started to get concerned. I am dialated 3-4cm and my cervix is stretchy. What concerns him is me having the baby at home.
Heres the reasons why:
1.) I had a strong contraction and barely felt it.
2.) My cervix is changing with them
3.) Mitchell had to literally talk me into going into the Hospital with Hannah and I was 6cm dialted.
4.) My labors are fast.
5.) Last night I kept waking up inpain but just rolling over and ignoring it.
6.) The worry of my water leaking.
So our Doctor is letting the hospital know we are coming and its looking like we'll have the baby soon! Like I said Iw as expecting to go to this appointment and come home and finish off my day. So wow!! Pray for us!!!

Update

My OB appointment was yesterday morning. Alayna is doing good. She was very active during the visit and her heart beat was at 150. There are times I swear our little stinker is literally trying to pull her way out and oh man it hurts. Her measurements are right on and the doctor said everything was looking good. He didn't check my cervix..he would have if I was curious. Lets face it..I am curious but not curious enough to voluntarily go through that. So naturally I said "I don't care...I'm curious but if I don't have to I'd rather not." So that's where it was left. My contractions are still hanging around. This morning I had a really strong one that led me to laying on the floor of my kitchen...now I've been having small ones here and there. Mainly just lots of pressure on my nerves.
Good news is that Mitchell took care of some of the things in the Nursery the night I posted the last update. He put the crib together and got the shelf in the closet fixed. I find myself sitting in the glider looking at the crib. I've been finding that very relaxing. Well I'm going to try to work on some laundry before I take the nap with the girls. That way I can feel like I accomplished something today.

Nursery!!!

Alayna's room is slowly but surely coming together!! Its been bugging me for sometime now that her room isn't done. I'm 36 weeks tomorrow and with both my previous pregnancy their rooms were done at this point. A lot of what needed to be done is on Mitchell's shoulders because I don't know how to hang curtain rods, fix shelves, let alone change the crib from being a toddler bed back into a crib. Plus we didn't have her bedding set. Last night Mitchell surprised me with one of the bedding sets I had been looking at earlier in the day and the stuff to fix the shelf in the closet!!! Now the shelf isn't fixed but I got right too making sure her crib set was washed, ironed, and on her crib!! Plus I moved the glider where I want it to be. We had it in front of the dresser to block Hannah from getting into the drawers and dumping the clothes out.

As you can see the crib still hasn't been put back together!!

See its slowly coming together!!! Still got quite a bit of work to do but yay!!!!

CO Trip

Our trip to Colorado was a blast! The girls didn't even want to leave...in fact when we were getting ready to leave here KalieAnn couldn't wait to get in the car and go see Grandma and Grandpa. We woke up at 5 am to leave...I headed downstairs expecting it to be a cranky morning...opened the door preparing myself to hear the whines...and to my surprise I hear KalieAnn "We go see Grandpa now?" It took me a second to register..cause well lets face it that's too early for your mind to be functioning properly anyway...at least for me. I look over at Hannah and she's sitting up looking at me waiting for the answer. I just said "yeah" and next thing I know my ears are filled with giggles and "Yays!!" So we fed them, got dressed and hopped in the car. While we were there the Girls had a blast playing, helping out around the ranch where they could, and just overall enjoying their time with their Grandparents. Now me being me..this should be no surprise for anyone that knows me...I took like 400 pictures. So when I had the chance this weekend I made some collage pictures for this blog.

Here is a group picture of everyone!!! From Left to right..Grandma Stevens, Mitchell, KalieAnn, Me, Hannah, Mataya, Mom and Dad!

Now here is a collage of the tree Mitchell cut down by their drive way. There was a big branch that leads over the driveway and it had a dangerous looking crack. Mitchell was concerned of it one time cracking and falling into the drive way. So he cut the tree down...it was dead. His Dad got done telling me later that sometimes when they cut the dead trees down, leave the stump there and the roots are healthy enough it'll grow back. Showed me some examples of it before.
Mitchell and the girls in the truck getting ready to drop the branches off up in the pasture.

This collage is of Mitchell painting the grainer thing. It was silver and got really hot out there in the summer days. So his Mom and Dad have been wanting to paint it white for sometime. Painting it white helps keep it about 20-30 degrees cooler. He learned that over a propane tank that they had that got over heated. People came out and painted it white. ...I learned a lot on this trip lol!!
Here is something else I learned about! Every year his Mom and Dad will go out and buy vegetables to can. We happened to be out there during that time. Mitchell bought us a box of Green Beans to do. So I sat there snapping green beans thinking about how nice it is to be able to just go in and buy it from the store. In reality I think I was just bored so the city girl in me came out. Mitchell snapped most...if not 99 percent of them. KalieAnn enjoyed helping him out. I got up and helped Mom can pickles! I learned that pickles are cucumbers!! And yes I really didn't know that! Mitchell and Mom also made tomato sauce and home made V8 Juice for Dad.
They also peeled, cut, cooked, preserved, and froze a bunch of carrots! I tell you what this was definitely a learning experience for me! Mataya helped with cutting and packaging part. Mitchell and Mataya still have that sibling war fair going on...mainly because my husband loves to be a brat! When he'd get done cutting the carrots he'd try to throw them in the bucket full of water just right to try to splash Mataya. It was very amusing to watch.

Here is a little collage of the girls. My favorite pictures of them.
We also enjoyed a Rockies Game with them. It was the first Rockies game that Mitchell attended that they've won. My Mom sent me a cute text that we should send Mitchell to the parking lot to achieve victory...I told we might have to...turns out we didn't. They won 8-2.

Our girls playing on Grandma and Grandpa's bike. I'm thinking its a Grandparent thing to have one of those bikes. My Dad's parents have always had one and in fact still do. James and I used to play on it.

Our Final Picture!! Mitchell and I when I turned 34 weeks. So a week and a day ago. This was taken just after Mitchell pretended to throw me in the stalk tank.

Now For a doctors update. I had my OB Appointment this morning. We rescheduled it because we ended up staying a couple more days. I have gained a whole pound. So my total pregnancy weight gain is 15 lbs. Which he said was still a bit low but doing well given the issues I had at the beginning of the pregnancy. The baby's heart beat has slowed down a little to 130 but still good. My tummy measurements were right on track. My body has also slowly started its dilating process. He said I'm shaped like a cone right now...its open enough in the front for him to get one finger in but closed where the baby is. He just wants me to take it easy. He said that this is normal for women that have had more than one kid but I am still two weeks till being considered full term. So if I start having more contractions he wants me to come in. Well that includes this update. I need to go and work on some laundry and dinner!! You know the exciting details in life!!!