Overdue update ! Birth Story !

Well I that I havent updated since October.. alot has happened since then. Sydney was transverse and finally turned at my 36th week. She was born at 39 weeks ( 38 weeks actually ) on December 29th 2007. So here is the birth story that I typed up after she was born:

 Sydney arrived on saturday morning Decmber 29th at 7:51 am, after a 3 hour labor ! She weighed 7lbs 1.8oz.. she is absolutley perfect ! She didnt poop at all during her first day so she developed pretty bad jauncice and had to stay an extra day and now she is home on the billi blanket and has to wear it all day til wednesday.

Here is my birth story finally:Ok well as you know I thought I had been leaking fluid on thursday and my nitrazine test turned out to be positive but my ferning ws negative so they sent me home. On friday we went to walmart did lots of walking and ate at rocky rococo's pizza and I was sarting to feel crampy by the time we got home but nothing unusual. So we went to bed and at 4am i was awoken with contractions coming every 4-5 minutes but werent really too painfull so i thought it was just another night of false labor like I had last week with my contractions lasting all night at 5 minutes apart. So I sent a message to my husband at work and told him I was having contractions but didnt know if they were real or not, but within a few minutes they were starting to get more painfull and coming 2 minutes apart but the pain was still bearable ( this is why i thought it wasnt real !) So then I told my husband that they were coming every 2minutes nad he decided to come home. and byt hat time I was still laying in bed so I got up and timed some contractions on the contraction Master and sat on my yoga ball during contractions and then they were coming every 1-2 minutes. My husband saw me and said we need to leave now ! He even called the hospital on the way home from work ! but I seriously still wasnt convinced ! Good thing he was ! we got our things and our son ready and we were out the door by 5:30 am. On the way to the hospital my contrations were getting stronger and closer so my husband put the hazzard lights on, the roads had snow on them so we couldnt drive very fast. We had my mother in law meet us at the hospital to take my son and we called my mom and told her to start coming ( she lives 3 hours away ) So we got up to our room and she checked me and I was already 6cm ! I seriously thought I would still be 2 ! So thats when I texted Heather. We were very suprised that it has gone this fast and my contractions werent even *that* painful ( compared to my last birth anyway ) So They monitored me for about an hour and the dr. came in and checked me and I was 8cm  and her head was very low! 2 very painful contractions later I felt major pressure and could feel her head coming down and said I needed to push ! So she checked me and said oh your ready to go ! So 3 strong pushed later she was born with the cord wrapped around her whole body and was crying before they even cut it ! The dr was suprised that her heart rate  never dropped... So she did very well ! She was 7lbs 1.8 oz and 20 in long, she just looked so tiny and precious  When they put her onmy chest crying I just rubbed her cheek and she stopped crying and just layed there looking around with her eyes wide open... and then my Placenta came out inside out which she said was starnge, they called it a turdunken placenta.. but nothing was wrong with it, just that it came out funny. Sydney started nursing right away and nursed for 2 hours ! We called everyone and they were shocked that she was already here ! after 3 hours of labor ! I didnt tear, she said I had 1 tiny little scrape that would heal fine on it's own. I really feel great, I am not sore down there at all ! I definatley dont feel like I just gave birth ! but what does hurt like heck are these after birth cramps ! Wow they really are more painfull with your second child. Everything else is going really good, oh and her apgars were 10/10.. and breastfeeding is going amazing, I was little sore at first but now I dont feel anypain and my milk has come in. She has been eating every 2-3 hours. When were in the hospital she was up every hour so I didnt get much sleep. and man that hospital stay was just torture ! The first night my mom took my son to stay with her in her hotel room and he would not go to sleep for her, he just wanted me. it was really hard because this was the first night he has ever spent away from us in 2 years ! So that night I slept about 3 hours, and I just wanted to kill this one nurse because I had finally gotten Sydney to sleep after 3 hours So i went to the bathroom and when I came out she had Sydney awake. and of course Sydney was crying adn she wouldnt giver her to me. So she's like " do you want me to take little tyme to the nursrey and rock her ?"   I said NO I want her with me AT ALL TIMES !! and she wouldnt even give her to me. So I got her back and she went to sleep. Stupid nurse, and she kept calling her little Tyke.. um she has a name lady ! So that day we were supposed to be going home but Sydney hadnt pooped yet and the dr. said she could develope jaundice because of it and she wanted to watch her for another day. I was so upset because I hated it there, I missed my son and he had no where to stay that night so he had to stay at the hospital with us, and he hated it there ! So needless to say that night was totally miserable  Blake was the ONLY one who slept, my husband slept on the floor on pillows and blake slept in the bed with me becasue he wouldnt sleep with my husband... So I just sat there in that horrible hard uncomfortable bed and fed Sydney every hour.. I got NO sleep that night at all !! So While we were in the hospital I got a total of 3 hours in 48 hours.. I am still exaughsted from it.... but I cant complain when I have such a beautiful baby girl  My son just loves her, he goes up to her and rubs her head or her hands and he likes to touch her hair and he is always saying I wanna see baby ! lol So everything is going great, she is pooping alot now so all that jaundice is getting flushed. she has been on the bili blanket since we've been home and has her blood test again today so hopefully her levels have dropped.... Sorry so long and I am sure there are plent of typos in here, my head is very groggy right now ! As you can imagine  Congrats to all the new mommies ! Oh I forgot to mention that after she was born I asked If my water had broken cos she never broke it and I never felt it break and she said I must have had a tear   If you remember I was just in the hospital thursday because I thought I had a leak but she said I didnt and sent me home, so I was right...

Come on now...

I am feeling soooo uncomfortable, my back is killing and no matter what I do nothing helps :( It hurts to sit it hurts to stand it just hurts to do everything. and I feel so fat and ugly ugh....and I am only going to get bigger :( which is it totally going to be worth it. but it is just rough while I am waiting. I am hopeing that she will come like 2 weeks early ( then she will still be full term ) but then that is Blakes birthday and then christmas and everything will be chaotic, but oh well when she gets here she gets here. I am just getting really impatient and did I mention uncomfortable ?

26 weeks

Well 26 weeks today and starting to get pretty uncomfortable. But other than that everything is pretty good. I feel like I always bite peoples head off, lol..I hate feeling so snappy. 98 more days to go !! So exciting, i cant believe I have come so far, I hate living in this small apartment. I want my kids to have their own room with painted walls and all that. We found a house for rent so we are going to check that out next week. It's 4 bedrooms and they also want to sell it so we may be interested in buying it also, Plus it is close to the schools. So my fingers are crossed for that :) My friends baby that is 11 months old just got diagnosed with Luekemia last night and my heart really breaks for her. That is any parent nightmare and I just pray to god that he pulls through fine. So if you could say a prayer for him that would be nice :) Well I guess that it till next time...

Dr. appointment - 24 weeks

I had a dr appointment today and every thing looked good with the baby her heart beat was 140-150 bpm so it was perfect.... my blood pressure was perfect, and at my next appt. in 4 weeks I have my diabetic screen which I am sure I will pass because I have been eating pretty healthy. I gained 9 lbs in the past 8 weeks so I am up to the weight I was at the beginning of my pregnancy, I was so sick that i lost weight, So I am at 0 weight gain for the pregnancy. My goal is 1 lbs per week and I will come out pretty good in weight.. Our goal was to only gain 15- 20lbs with this pregnancy since I gained a whopping 50lbs when I was pregnant with Blake and I was heavier at the start of this pregnancy than I was with him, So it is looking good so far, I am proud of myself for sticking with my goal :) Just now it will be even harder to keep it up these last few months.
We went to walmart last night and they already had christmas stuff put out !! It just got me really excited because I am due only a week and a half after christmas so it really hit me that it isnt that far off !! I have nothing ready, I barley have any cloths for her.. but that will change soon since my family loves to shop and my baby shower is in october :) These last few months will really fly, this month ( 2 weeks ) is our 2 year wedding anniversary, and then next month is my baby shower and then halloween which Blake will go trick or treating for the first time ! Then it is thanksgiving, then Blakes 2nd birthday, then christmas, then Baby !! busy busy busy ! will not have any money left by the time new years comes ! But I am really excited, we really cant wait for her to come. I dont think Blake will pay much attention to her once she comes since he is always so busy with his own toys all the time, I think he will care more once she can actually play with him..... but I will sign off for now, blake is busy watching Barney and playing with his trucks so i better get some things done :)

Nesting

I feel like I am nesting ! It is crazy I am only 23 weeks and feel like I need to get everything done like she is coming tomorrow or something, haha... This is my favorite time of the year and it is so beautifull outside so maybe that is why, I just wish we were in our own house instead of this little apartment. but oh well, we will probably be stuck here for awhile longer anyway so may as well get settled in for the long haul. We are going to ask our landlord if we can paint, which I am sure we will be able to because last year we a painted a bedroom and she didnt care.. So anyway, I wish I could be nesting all the time ! :)

23 weeks pregnant and intro :)

I am 23 weeks and 4 days pregnant today and I am due on January 4th 2008. This is my first post on here so I will bring you up to date. I found out I was pregnant on April 30th 2007 and couldnt be more excited ! We have a 20 month old son named Blake and he will be 2 years old when this baby is born. We found out on August 25th 2007 that we are having a Baby girl !! So we are super excited about that. We are keeping her name a secret form everyone until she is born :) If you dont know me my name is Shannon and my husband's name is Adam. We met in 2003 at the labor day fair in my little town, I was 15 and he was 19. We made a connection right away and have been best friends, and in love, ever since. Of course we have had the ups and downs through the years as most couples do but we are stronger than ever now :) I got pregnant with my son Blake when I was 17 years old and a junior in highschool, and despite what people think I dont regret it at all. I know that my soul purpose in life was to be a mother and I am doing what God has planned for me and I wouldnt have it any other way. My son and my husband are my life and so will this little on ewhen she gets here :) We plan on having more kids and have always wanted a big famliy, but at the moment am feeling quite complete with a son and a daughter on the way :) ( + 2 dogs ) We live in a small apartment in a small rural town in Wisconsin. We hope to be into a house very soon and hopefully before this baby comes. So far this pregnancy has been pretty good aside from the extreme morning sickness in the beginning :) She kicks like crazy in there and Adam felt her for the first time the other day :) I have an anterior placenta ( a front placenta ) with this pregnancy so it has taken longer to feel all the movements like I did with my son, but it has really caught up and is awsome right now :) This is the first of many posts onthis blog, I plan to keep up with this reglaurly.