The End of Week 3

Things are starting to get a little better.  Owen seems to be able to get slightly longer bouts of sleep in, especially overnight, which is wonderful.  However, I find that the more I sleep the more I NEED sleep, which is very bad.  I slept in bed 2 nights ago and it went well, but Mr. Cranky Pants was fussy yesterday, so I slept on the couch again last night to save Ryan from sleep deprivation.

Owen's taken to the formula pretty well.  He spits up after eating, but for the most part he was doing that with breast milk too, so no big deal there.

My co-worker asked me this past week if I was interested in any baby clothes - I said yes and we came home with 2 garbage bags full.  This means I don't have to do laundry every other day. Yay! :-)

Today marks 12 years of Ryan and I being together.  This year is much different than any other year, but it's good.  I'm just hoping he's done enough homework that we can spend as much time together as possible.  We may even order some dinner.  I -did- want sushi, but the weather is supposed to be horrible today, so it doesn't look like we'll be able to go anywhere.

Here's my Owen pic of the day, with him sleeping on me.  Too cute! :-)

The End of Week 2

It's been a fairly long 2 weeks since little Owen was born.  My c-section incision looks good and the pain is minimal.

Owen's sleeping habits are a bit challenging - he has his days and nights mixed up and whenever he falls asleep and I try to put him down so I can sleep, he wakes up and fusses.  But I'm adjusting the best I can.

After 2 weeks of constant challenges and setbacks, Ryan and I decided to put Owen on formula.  I'm not going to elaborate on the details, but he wasn't gaining weight even after his tongue tie was corrected, I literally couldn't pump anything and I was getting too mentally frustrated to keep going. I tried as hard as I could, so I'm comfortable with my decision and am much happier now.  Happy mom = happy baby.

On a side note, his umbilical cord fell off today!  He's got the cutest little belly button.  :-)

He's here!!

After a long labour, my cervix still wasn't progressing and baby wasn't moving down, so I had to have a Caesarian.

At 4:29, they delivered Owen Alexander, who weighed a whopping 9lbs 8.5oz. He's a very healthy baby - no down syndrome thank god.

He was able to breastfeed and he loves being swaddled.

He has slightly low blood sugar and he's tongue tied (the tongue web is a little tight) but they said to worry about neither.

He's so beautiful! Ryan and I are so happy and proud.

Anyway, I have to stay in the hospital until Thursday.

More posts to come later :)

Yeah...

So nothing has really gone in our favour yet. The fever has broken and the doctor informed us that there's just a wisp of my cervix left but we just found out that the baby hasn't tucked his chin down and my pelvis is narrow. So there might not be a vaginal delivery after all. Le sigh...

So glad I got the epidural when I did.

Come on baby!

Update

Almost fully dilated. On antibiotics for fever. Baby is still doing well.

Update...

Well, I was induced at 2:30pm Sunday.

My cervix was still only 2cm by 10pm at which point the doctor broke my water. I escaped the crochet hook. It only took him poking the sac with his finger a few times to rupture it. Very disgusting.

After that the contraction pain got significantly worse, and some serious back pain started happening too. I was not expecting back labour and boy does it hurt.

After a ton of those uber painful contractions, and the realization that since I'm not progressing quickly, I decided to get an epidural.

I was upset with myself at first but I've been up since 7am. I haven't eaten since before noon. I'm already tired and I couldn't imagine back labour for potentially up to another 12 hours. It was right for me and I'm ok with it.

After having it I was immediately more comfortable and now Ryan and I can both get some rest so that I can push the baby out.

By almost 12:30 I was 3cm dilated. If it takes 1hr to dilate 1/2 centimeter, that puts pushing time around 2pm or so.

Next time I post we'll have a baby!

Back in the hospital

Baby was not moving as much as normal this morning, so I called Min and am now back in the hospital.

The baby didn't move too much for the first 1/2 hour, but now he's back to normal and I look like a paranoid worrier. Oh well...

Apparently I'm at the top of the induction list today, so I'm just waiting to see the on call doctor and then hopefully my oxytocin drip gets started.

No Crystal Ball, No Guarantees

I got a call around 1:30pm. I was hoping it was the nurse at the hospital. Instead, it was Min.

I guess the nurses are saying they have no idea when I'll be able to go in, could be today, could be tomorrow.

They told her they don't have a crystal ball, which I think sounds pretty unprofessional. Especially considering I called at 7:15 this morning and they said I was good to go to come in. Who schedules this stuff anyway? Shouldn't they know that there's someone ahead of me for induction? Argh.

Min thinks it's unlikely that it'll go past tomorrow, but again, no guarantees.

On a lighter note, I've been having lower back pain, which can indicate the start of early labour...

We'll see. I seem to be pretty incapable of getting into labour myself.

So instead of going for a walk in the cold, I'm baking. Lol

More waiting now. What luck I have...

Wow...

So I'm apparently 2cm dilated now and my cervix is softer but my induction was delayed since there was someone there to be induced 1 day further along.

So now we're headed home and have to wait for the hospital to call us back in.

The on call doctor did a stretch and sweep. Man did that hurt. Bloody and sore :(

Best Case Scenario Seems Unlikely

Well it's 7:30 and no labour so I'm assuming that it won't happen by the time my assessment rolls around at 10am.

I phoned into triage and they said to still come in at 10 for the assessment which I assume means I'm good to go for induction if my body responded to the Cervidil.

So now we wait more. Ryan's packing his "daddy backpack" this morning :)

I have to admit, I'm half expecting this to end in a c-section... It's very frustrating not having any of this work out as I had hoped..oh well. Ryan and I are at least very good at adapting to new situations.