It's A Girl!!!

Amelia Jean came into the world.  As I was being cleaned up so I could be moved to recovery, I heard the sweetest cry from Amelia as the NICU nurse was telling me that she didn't think Amelia was going to cry. Hearing those words killed me, but baby girl proved them wrong. I got to see her briefly before she was taken to get an ultrasound done to see if the doctors were wrong. Sadly, they weren't and we were only going to have a little time with her.

After getting settled into the room, they brought Amelia in and I got to hold her for the first time. Man she was beautiful. Head full of dark brown hair, gorgeous brown eyes. She looked like me. She was then passed around for the family to meet her. Our son got to meet and hold his baby sister finally. I will never forget how happy he was. Our pastor and his wife came up and got to meet her too. He said a sweet and wonderful prayer as I held her. By 1:30am, I could tell her little body was ready to go. At 1:52am the nurse confirmed that my sweet Amelia had gained her wings.

I am so glad that she got to meet my family before she went. In her very short life, all she knew was love.

Amelia Jean 10/12/17 to 10/13/17

Holy Cow, It's Go Time!!

We get to the hospital by 9:00pm. They get me hooked up to be monitored, baby still has a good heartbeat. They check to see if i'm dilated all at, and to my surprise I am full blown in labor!! All day I had been having actual contractions!!! By 10pm they started prepping me for my csection since baby is still breech. My parents got to the hospital around 10:30pm and my sister was there shortly after with our kiddo. By 10:45pm I was being taken back to the OR.

Just Can't Get Comfortable

Spent the entire day feeling what I thought were just Braxton Hicks contractions. They started shortly after taking the 6 year old to school. I went about my day as normal. Went to Starbucks, came home, napped for about 3 hours. Woke up with the contractions, but they weren't bad. The kiddo came home from school at 2:45pm and we did our normal after school things. By 5pm, the contractions were still there, but never consistent enough for me to worry about. I ordered dinner since I wasn't feeling up to cooking, the kiddo picked pizza. I ate a couple pieces and by 7pm, bed time the contractions weren't easing up. I decided that I would lay down to relax, but couldn't get comfortable. That's when I decided to call the hospital to see if I should come in to be monitored. They said yes. So hubby left work early, we took the kiddo to my sisters and then headed to the hospital.

Csection Scheduled

Well baby is still breech and we have scheduled the csection. Baby will be here the morning of October 24th! I will be 38 weeks by then. Decided not to have it at 37 weeks because that is the week of my birthday and I really didn't want to deal with losing my baby the same week as my birthday.

Weekly Appointments Suck

Well my first weekly appointment didn't go as planned. I ended up going to L&D again for fluids and to be monitored again!! Hopefully this will be my last time being monitored here.

Follow Up after L&D Visit

Well since I had the L&D visit, my OB wanted to see me the next day. We have come to find out that I will be having this baby no later than 37 weeks. So only a few short weeks left!!

First Trip to L&D

Spent the morning being monitored in L&D. Baby decided it wanted to dance, kick, and poke most of the time. Heart rate would be between 150-165 depending on the movements. We were also finally able to get the recording of the heartbeat for the lamb!! Since my BP was up at this time, my OB wanted me to start weekly appointments to monitor better so I won't end up with preeclampsia.