We had a last minute BBQ for Danes birthday! We had a blast! Thanks for all our friends you stopped by!
Emma and Sheldon! Sheldon was much bigger than Emma but she has almost caught up to him! Cute little babies!
Emma at 2 months old! she is 10lbs 10 oz and 23 inches long! She is in the 95th percent for height and 60% for weight! Below is us at Surf and swim and Baby M is just chillin in her shades!
So at 41 weeks I had not gone into labor on my own so I was admitted to the hospital to be induced. I got there at noon and by 1430 the pitocin was running. I had not had one contraction before this and felt my first one at 1500. I was doing well handling the contractions and breathing through them. At 1630 the nurse checked me and I had not dilated or thinned anymore. The pitocin was turned up and the contractions started being really hard. One contraction would end and the next would start. I was having a hard time catching my breathe and could not relax. I started getting light headed and was not handling the contractions so I asked for an epidural. I was in so much pain the nurse asked if I wanted some IV pain medication since it may take awhile to get the epidural. I said yes, and received nubain, the next thing I know I was so dizzy and lightheaded and could not hold myself up on the birthing ball I was sitting on. Dane had to hold me up then help me into bed. While getting the epidural at about 1730 I could not hold my self up and could not tell what was going on. Dane was holding all my weight with his head and holding me upright, and trying to keep me still for the anesthesiologist. I only remember bits and pieces of the next 3 hours. I remember hearing my B/P was 60/30. I was trying to wake up enough to ask for narcan, but I couldn't. I heard my Midwife say something about epi, which I did not have to have, and asking about how much medication I had and ask about the half life. She broke my water and I kinda remember her saying it was meconium stained. I remember my mom and sister coming in, but I couldn't wake up to talk to them. Danes grandma came in sometime during all this. It was awful and I just kept thinking I don't want to delivery my baby while I am this loopy and out of it. I eventually became less loopy and could at least stay awake and talk. By 2030 I was dilated to a 10 and ready to begin pushing. I started pushing at about 2040. The last couple contractions I had the babies heart rate was not returning to normal so my midwife told me I had to get her out. The last contraction I had I pushed but she was not quite fitting so I had a second degree episiotomy. I delivered my sweet my baby girl at 2111. Since she had meconium in the amniotic fluid so the plan was to deliver her and try not to make her cry until she was over by the NICU nurses and respiratory. So my midwife set her on my stomach for a couple seconds while Dane cut the cord then she went over to the NICU staff. They suctioned her a few times and could not get her sats up above 60 even with her being bagged, so they took her to the NICU for further treatment. Dane was able to go over there after a few minutes to see what was going on. They suspected a Pneumothorax (air around the lungs from a hole in the lung) and were doing chest x-rays to try and figure out what was going on. Dane was back and forth between the NICU and my room. It was quite a stressful, emotional time. At about 1230 I was able to get up and go to the NICU to see our baby. I was still a little loopy from the Nubain so I actually did not cry to much until I saw her laying in the NICU with an IV, nasal canula and monitors all hooked up. We could not hold her, but we could touch her head and her little feet. They gave her a bottle while in the NICU to see if she could handle eating and keep her sats up, which she did, but it made it a little harder to breast feed her the first time. After we went to see her they told us she was going to be able to come back to us! At 0130 I finally got to hold my baby! It was wonderful and she is so beautiful! Dane and I are totally in love with the tiny little girl! We are thankful for the wonderful staff at Ogden Regional Medical Center and our awesome midwife Kathy. They made my birthing experience wonderful even though nothing went as planned!
Holding our baby for the first time. She had to go to the NICU for about 4 hours, so we did not get to hold her until about 0130.
Wide awake after her first bath!
She likes to sleep with her arms up by her head just like her daddy!
Her first manicure!
On Easter Dane and I set up the tripod and snapped a few pictures of my ever growing belly! I think they turned out pretty good for a couple of amateurs and a tripod!
35 Weeks!!! I can't believe we get to meet our baby girl so soon! I am feeling pretty good, I am more tired and my feet and legs get so swollen I don't even recognize them, but other than that I am doing great and the baby looks great too!
We did catch a couple nice bike rides in St George between the bad weather!
We went hiking in the snow, it was still very beautiful, just a little cold!
This week was rough, I got the stomach flu.........It was awful. It took so long to recover, I don't think I am fully recovered yet, I still feel a little weak. Laurence was so sweet all day, He just laid by me the whole day, no matter where I went he just followed. I shut him out of the bathroom when I was really sick and he went crazy barking and scratching the door trying to get in to see if I was ok. After a night and day of feeling really sick I told Dane "this is taking forever to get better" he laughed and said "oh man a whole day of feeling crappy I can't even imagine..." oh ya I forgot he was miserable for over 2months, Ha Ha wrong person to complain to! On a good note Dane is completely recovered and back to his goofy self! I sure missed him and Love him so much!! 
This is me at 25 weeks, we were heading to my favorite spot with the healing waters... Crystal Springs!
This is the nursery! It's turning out very cute, I love it!!
I got a fetal heart monitor from amazon and it is amazing! I can listen to the babies heart beat when ever I want now!! I LOVE IT!!
