Little miss Madelyn is now a whole two weeks old, I can't believe it was already two weeks since I had her! We are all doing well, we are slowly adjusting to our new lives. It took a couple of weeks but I can now finally say, "I got this!"
Madelyn had her two week check up on Monday. The big girl already weighs 7 pounds and 4 ounces, over a whole pound more than she was when she was born. It seems like the little porker is attached to the boob 24/7. She also grew a quarter of an inch in the last two weeks. The doctor said she looks to be in great health. I thought for sure she had some colic or reflux going on because she has had such rotten belly aches but the doctor assured me that she is fine and her screaming is normal. If this is normal I would probably kill myself if I had a baby with colic lol! I don't think I could do it. Madelyn's belly seems to be getting better, we've had fewer screaming fits, and now I got the ok to give her gripe water when she does seem to be in pain. Gripe water = little mini baby cocktail. The stuff is amazing but it makes her look like she's been boozing for days.
I'm finally feeling like I can handle my life again. It only took about two weeks, lol. I didn't realize it then but I had a serious case of the baby blues. I obviously had this overwhelming love for this beautiful baby but I also had this overwhelming feeling of "what did we do? We were not ready for this!" thankfully it was only two weeks that this lasted. I am now falling more and more in love with this baby as the days go on. You know you're at a low when you think the girls on Teen Mom handle their lives better than you, lol!
That's all for now. Baby is continuing to grow and looks more and more like her daddy every day. He doesn't see it but I do :) She definitely has his eyes, they just have to turn green to be just like his.
Later gators.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Wait Is Over!
It felt like this pregnancy was never going to end this last month, but alas, it finally has! It got to the point where the doctor told me every week, "Ok, we'll probably see you in the hospital at some point this week!" My response every week was, "Yeahhh... I'll see you next week for my appointment." I was doing everything I could to get baby out but nothing was working. I was walking up and down the road like a mad woman, doing squats every time I stood up, walking up and down the stairs a million times a day, running in the pool, husband and wife time ;).... everything, but nothing was working!
July 31st was my moms birthday and I kept joking that the baby would come on her birthday because when she was pregnant with my brother she did not want to share her day... instead she forced him to wait until August 1st to be born, lol. Well, on July 31st (Sunday) I had a horrible stomach ache in the morning but just figured it was the big breakfast I ate. We had a dinner for my mom that night; while we were there I was getting what felt like gas pains. We left my parents around 8-8:30 and by 9 I was having pretty bad pains. I thought it was nothing until the pains made me start sweating everything they came. I told Josh and his reaction was to make me start walking the stairs, lol. The contractions weren't enough proof for him, he had to make sure I was really in labor. By the time we left for the hospital at 10:30, I was having contractions every 7 minutes. We got to the hospital by 11:30 and my contractions were about every 5 minutes apart. They kept me hooked up to monitors until about 2:30 before they even admitted me to the hospital. My midwife got to the hospital around 5, I believe, and that's when she broke my water. My contractions before then had been bad but managable. Once she broke me water, that was a different story. Within minutes I felt like I had been literally ran over by a semi. They gave me some medicine that they said would take the edge off... I don't know what edge they were talking about because it certainly didn't do anything for me! I was in the worst pain of my life when finally I said I wanted an epidural. My message to all of those out there that are waiting to give birth, don't be wonder woman, get the dang thing! Within minutes I felt like a million bucks. I was able to sleep finally, after being up all night. By the time I woke up I was about 8 cm, I rested for a little longer then I started feeling some pressure and the midwife told me it was time to push! 50 minutes later beautiful little Madelyn Noelle was born.
Life with baby has definitely taken some time to adjust to. We are slowly getting the hang of things here... I finally feel like I can touch her without breaking her. She had her 1 week check up yesterday, she is already past her birth weight! She was 6 pounds 3 oz and 20 inches long at birth. When we left the hospital she was down to 5 pounds 13 oz... yesterday she was 6 pounds 8 oz! She's a little porker! The doctor said she looks great and we have nothing to worry about as of now :)
That's all for now, I hope to be able to update often but we will see how that goes.
July 31st was my moms birthday and I kept joking that the baby would come on her birthday because when she was pregnant with my brother she did not want to share her day... instead she forced him to wait until August 1st to be born, lol. Well, on July 31st (Sunday) I had a horrible stomach ache in the morning but just figured it was the big breakfast I ate. We had a dinner for my mom that night; while we were there I was getting what felt like gas pains. We left my parents around 8-8:30 and by 9 I was having pretty bad pains. I thought it was nothing until the pains made me start sweating everything they came. I told Josh and his reaction was to make me start walking the stairs, lol. The contractions weren't enough proof for him, he had to make sure I was really in labor. By the time we left for the hospital at 10:30, I was having contractions every 7 minutes. We got to the hospital by 11:30 and my contractions were about every 5 minutes apart. They kept me hooked up to monitors until about 2:30 before they even admitted me to the hospital. My midwife got to the hospital around 5, I believe, and that's when she broke my water. My contractions before then had been bad but managable. Once she broke me water, that was a different story. Within minutes I felt like I had been literally ran over by a semi. They gave me some medicine that they said would take the edge off... I don't know what edge they were talking about because it certainly didn't do anything for me! I was in the worst pain of my life when finally I said I wanted an epidural. My message to all of those out there that are waiting to give birth, don't be wonder woman, get the dang thing! Within minutes I felt like a million bucks. I was able to sleep finally, after being up all night. By the time I woke up I was about 8 cm, I rested for a little longer then I started feeling some pressure and the midwife told me it was time to push! 50 minutes later beautiful little Madelyn Noelle was born.
Life with baby has definitely taken some time to adjust to. We are slowly getting the hang of things here... I finally feel like I can touch her without breaking her. She had her 1 week check up yesterday, she is already past her birth weight! She was 6 pounds 3 oz and 20 inches long at birth. When we left the hospital she was down to 5 pounds 13 oz... yesterday she was 6 pounds 8 oz! She's a little porker! The doctor said she looks great and we have nothing to worry about as of now :)
That's all for now, I hope to be able to update often but we will see how that goes.
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