Feb 26 2008

And the fans cry for more…

Tag: Baby,Emily,Family,General,PaulPaul C. @ 2:21 pm

2:21pm

Emily is currently resting. She is dilated further – although I can’t recall if the nurse said 6 or 7cm. Think it was 6. I will have a little something for the website in the next 20 or 30 minutes.


Feb 26 2008

And she rests….

Tag: Baby,Emily,Family,General,PaulPaul C. @ 11:46 am

11:45am

So I wussed out.  The doc came in to administer the epidural and I took that as my moment to run and hide.  (I have a needle phobia…yeah I’m a wus).   Plus I wanted to get lunch because I knew that we still have four or five hours to go and I certainly wouldn’t want to get food once little Sean is here.  Emily is quite content now with her numb lower half.  We are watching the baby monitor on the console next to the bed and it spikes for a contraction…but she feels nothing.  She ate a third of a red Ice Pop and is going to try to take a nap.  I’ll probably catch up on some reading.  Got the next Harlan Coben book to keep me entertained as well as some TV shows I didn’t get to see on the tube.


Feb 26 2008

Its a waiting game.

Tag: Baby,Emily,Family,General,PaulPaul C. @ 10:27 am

10:30am

Emily is doing well still. Contractions are 1.5 – 2 minutes apart and pretty hefty. She’s bearing with them though and putting off the epidural. Water broke around 8 or 9 am (i think?) and that sped things up. She’s “relaxed” on an exercise ball for a while because the contractions seemed worse when she was laying down.
She’s pretty hungry right now and was relieved to find out she could eat 30 minutes after Sean joins us – as long as she keeps her juice down after the birth. I suggested that I could pick up some Jeff Ruby’s for her…but the nurse said we should stick to something easy like a sandwhich…shows you what I know 🙂
More later!

update: epidural is coming.  we are now 5cm. 10:45am


Feb 26 2008

We’re Here…

Tag: Baby,Emily,Family,General,PaulPaul C. @ 5:42 am

6:00am

Emily and I made it to the hospital at exactly 5am. She was admitted and we are currently residing in our temporary quarters until Sean joins us later today. Mom is doing well and we cna hear Sean’s heartbeat on the baby monitor next to Emily’s bed. The rooms here are very nice – comfy recliner for dad, plenty of pillows for mom. We have a nice large window that overlooks Cincinnati. The nursing staff is also very nice. Emily was relieved to find out she will be able to walk around and won’t be confined to her bed all day. I’ll post more later as things progress!


Feb 25 2008

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go…

Tag: Baby,GeneralEmily @ 5:58 pm

Well, the bag is packed and in the car, Megabyte is at the kennel and friends and family are calling giving well wishes for tomorrow’s big event!

Paul and I went to my last OB appointment today.  I’ve progressed some, from 2cm to almost 3cm dilated, and from 60% effaced to 80% effaced.  We are going to go ahead with the induction tomorrow morning.  We have to be there at 5am.  My doctor said “see you at 7am!” so I assume that’s when the real stuff will get underway.  Other than being a little anxious, I’m doing amazingly well.  I’ve told a couple of people, it seems as though I’m more concerned about the ‘after effects’ (healing, etc) than the labor/birth process itself.  It really helps me to know that I’m already dilated and effaced, which will hopefully make the process a little easier/shorter. *crosses fingers*

It’s hard to believe sitting here in my quiet house that these are my last few hours of silence.  Pretty soon we’ll have coos and cries and little noises all the time, and will be responsible for much more than a little puppy :-).  It’s still really surreal…I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that we’ll be holding our little boy tomorrow night!

Paul will get pictures up on here as fast as humanly possible tomorrow.  I’m sure we’ll be taking thousands!

Please pray for us, a smooth delivery, and for a healthy and happy little boy!


Feb 21 2008

Sooner than later

Tag: Baby,Emily,General,PaulEmily @ 7:13 pm

Sorry to potentially burst the bubble of those who were anxiously awaiting their ‘guess date’ for the baby calendar…

About a month ago, my doctor offered to do an early induction for me on Feb 25th or 26th. After about 1 day of thought, Paul and I decided against it, mainly because we didn’t think my body would be “ready” to go into labor and I didn’t want to deal with more hospital time and a worse birth process. Fast forward to this past Monday. My doctor again, as you may know from my post, offered the early induction. I was still hesitant about the whole thing, but he went ahead and scheduled it for the 26th with an appointment to see me on the 25th and to cancel the induction if I didn’t want it.

At this point, I’d say that Paul and I are a little over 90% for the induction. Between battling 2 sinus infections, iron deficiency and now this wonderfully super duper rash all in the last 5 weeks, (lest we forget the normal loveliness of being 9 months pregnant), I’m about to my limit with this pregnancy. Besides, because I’m already 2cm dilated and 60% effaced (maybe more by now with my continued coughing), we are thinking that my body is a lot more ready for labor than I thought I would be at this point when the induction was brought up to me a month ago.

So…barring some weird outcome from Monday’s doctor’s appointment, I think we’re going to go ahead and do the induction on Tuesday. I have already settled into the bliss of thinking that tomorrow is my last day of work for 12 weeks (YAY!) and I know that Paul is looking forward to some time away from the office as well. Not that having a newborn around is going to be a wonderful relaxing vacation, but I think we’re both just too excited to wait any longer. And besides, what difference is it going to make a few months down the road to say whether we were induced or waited it out for it to come naturally?

So…I guess that means that Colleen is the winner by default for the date game. I still don’t count it as a true win, but I’m sure she’ll be basking in the glory of her unprecedented psychic abilities come Tuesday’s arrival. 🙂

I’ll be posting after my doctor’s appointment on Monday, I’m sure, about the results and our final decision. So far, it seems as though we’ll be making the drive to the hospital at 4:20am Tuesday morning for a 5:00am appointment. Ugh.


Feb 19 2008

Why can’t I be this productive all the time?

Tag: Baby,Emily,GeneralEmily @ 10:42 pm

Nesting has become strangely interesting to me. Paul was working late tonight, so I decided to grab some Spaghetti O’s for dinner (yeah, I know, but I was tired and felt like just vegging on the couch with no effort for food). I got them out of the cabinet, opened them, put them in a bowl and hit 2.5 min on the microwave. I then proceeded to unload the dishwasher, load the dishwasher, wash all the pots and pans that had been sitting in the sink for a day or two, scrub every last ounce of dirt off the counter, pack 2 boxes of kitchen items, run around the house collecting all my baskets, emptying them and packing them into a box, then starting to pack the china from the china cabinet before realizing that my microwave was beeping that my food was done ages ago. Ha! Nesting is wonderful….yet strange…


Feb 18 2008

Update…

Tag: Baby,Emily,GeneralEmily @ 5:05 pm

Ok, another little update for everyone:

Last night I noticed a little rash around my belly button that was itching like mad. When I woke up this morning, it was all over my abdomen…what fun! I emailed my doctor and asked what to do, and he had me come in today to see him. Result: I have PUPPP (if you click the link, mine looks like the 3rd picture). Basically, it’s a non-harmful itches-like-mad rash that some women get during the last few weeks of their pregnancy. Not much you can do for it except Benadryl and Benadryl cream and trying not to itch. So far it feels very much like poison ivy all over my stomach…such a joyous thing! So, that on top of my already making-me-miserable sinus infection = a not so happy or pleasant Emily.

On a good note however, he did check me today and I’m now 60% effaced and 2 centimeters dilated! Whoa! He said that if I don’t go into labor before Monday, he wants to see me on Monday, and to consider an induction on Tuesday. So…I have a lot to think about. I’m not really super-thrilled about an induction, but with the way I’m feeling lately, It’s rather tempting. Especially if this rash is only going to get worse until I deliver.

So…some bad news, some good. More updates as things progress…


Feb 17 2008

Completely miserable

Tag: Baby,GeneralEmily @ 9:22 pm

So again, I’m sick. I caught a bad sinus cold about 3 weeks ago and suffered through it and seem to have gotten it again…well, unless I just never got rid of it. Seems to be worse this time, can’t breathe at all, coughing up a lung it seems, and constant headache. I even had a fever last night and had to call my doctor just to make sure everything was okay. I’ve been on the couch for 2 days, and luckily I have off work tomorrow as well to continue to rest. I’ve been trying to pack a little bit here and there when I get some energy.

To add to it, Little Sean continues to grow, despite the fact that I swear I have no more room for him. And everything on the internet that says that babies start to ‘slow down’ in the last few weeks is a lie! He’s busy as ever in there, doing his gymboree time and soccer playing. Even when I’m sick this kid doesn’t give me a break! 🙂

I have also started to have some stronger contractions in the last few days. Now 1-2 times a day they are actually strong enough that I have to stop what I’m doing and relax through them. Hopefully that’s a sign that things are moving along! Little Sean; however, HATES them. Every time a contraction stops, I laugh because he kicks and punches for about 30 seconds as if to say “Hey!! I’m cramped enough in here, quit smashing me!!”

I’m stuck in the middle of whether I want him to come early (I’m SO done with being pregnant – I don’t think being sick helps very much) or late (after we move) to make the move easier. At this point I’m hoping for early, but I doubt I’d be that lucky. Colleen’s guess is coming up quickly…maybe he likes his grandma and will want her to win ;-)!


Feb 12 2008

eep!

Tag: Baby,Emily,Family,Friends,General,PaulPaul C. @ 11:27 pm

So I just happened to look at our countdown timer just now, and saw that it said twenty days and some odd hours and minutes.  Wow.  It really is coming up soon.  In 20 to 27 days, I will be sitting at Christ Hospital with my notebook in my lap, trying to console my wonderful wife who is going  through labor.  I’ve watched the TV shows, the videos, talked to friends – and this is certainly why guys don’t go thru labor. Its a woman thing and we guys couldn’t deal with it.

Twenty days – I will have a son, I will be (hopefully) moved into my new house, will have family and friends all around us, and experiencing life from a whole new meaning.  I’m very much looking forward to the next 30 days, as it ought to be very interesting!!

-pc


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