Charlotte's Birth Story! March 10,2010

The original due date for this little girl was the 8th of March. I had a doctor's appointment and there was no progress since the week before (2cm, 50% effaced). He told me that maybe next week, but not too much hope that she was going to come on her own. I was praying in my heart so that he would ask me if I wanted to be induced, Cameron and I had prayed and we felt that I was going to do great when induced! The doctor turned around and asked the magical question and of course I said YES!!! He called the hospital and made the appointment for Wed. March 10th at 8am! I was so happy, I could hardly wait. The day came and finally I was hooked to the IV at 9am, didn't really feel any type of pain or anything until 2 pm!!! They were intense and painful, it turned out that they were coming out of the chart and there was no break in between the contractions they were constant!!! so they got a little worried and had to turned down the pytocin. I was only 4cm dilated at that time, and 100% effaced!
By 9pm they gave me the epidural, I could hardly hold the pain anymore and my water was artificially broken at that time but only 5 cm dilated and was the water broke it shrunk to 3 1/2!!! :(... not much for the pain I was feeling. The epidural was not really doing anything, I still felt the same pain if not worse. They put more into my back but nothing, they checked me and I was 8 cm already at 11 pm, they called the doctor to come into the hospital. I was not doing good, my body completely gave up and the pain was unbearable, I was feeling pressure and I was shaking, holding really tight to the bed and almost crying. The doctor finally arrived and checked "she is ready to work". I asked if I could push b/c I thought that maybe the pain I was feeling meant the necessity to push. They calmly said yeah, go ahead and push. The doctor was just walking out of the room to get dressed for the labor I push counting in my head 1,2... I heard a yell "Stop, don't push, breath, Get doctor Johnson!" The baby was already head out!!! LOL,If I had continued pushing until at least the count of 5 she would have been out just with that first push! I kept breathing trying not to push, the doctor dressing in front of me with eyes wide open, I heard nurses saying that I knew exactly what to do! Finally they told me to push and so I did and the rest of her body was placed on top of me, she was born in less than two minutes of pushing! She was so perfect, long and not as big as I thought! 20.5 inches and 8lbs!!! Born at 11:37 pm. I have never been in so much pain in my life, the birth of Alexis and this one were obviously very different, I feel as if this one was my first labor and Alexis' was just like a baby dropped from the sky! I have to say though, that it was all worth it! I love my little girl and seeing her makes my heart beats so fast!! I love her so much, I love being a mom and believe it or not, I love delivering babies into this world. Being a mom is a blessing and it is another exciting adventure!
Also, I had postpartum Hemorrhage. I had no idea of what was happening to me. I had high temperature, all of the sudden my pulse was very quick and my blood pressure was not good either. Everything turned out fine, the next day I was recovering pretty well, even though my little baby kept eating ME all night! I tried to massage my uterus every 10 mins. and kept doing whatever I was told to do by the nurses! I am glad everything went great and I am good as new!

Almost There

Well, so the baby has turned on her own!!! she is being head down for about 2 weeks!!! and I don't think she will turn back up again since I know she is bigger and it will be difficult. I am going on Monday to be put in the NST machine so they can detect any contractions that I might be feeling, they don't want me to have the baby at home. Last pregnancy, with Alexis, I went for my 37 weeks doc's appointment and he sent me right away to the hospital at 7-8cm dilated and 100% effaced and as soon as I got to the hospital (which was 5 mins. away from my doc's office) I was ready!!! The pushing process: 20 mins!! and he was a big chubby baby (9 lbs). This time I see that they are always checking me, I can't blame them really, but the difference is that with Alexis I was having contractions since 28 weeks and I was effacing and dilating through out those weeks until I gave birth, the contractions were always painful, constant, and long so that is why I didn't know I was in labor: I was already used to them! with this one... Nothing really has happened, I am not dilating, I am not effaced so far, and very mild cramping!!! It seems that my little Charlotte is not ready to come out into the world yet but I am so ready to see her and to have her out of my body!!! Well, I have been really tired, in a lot of pain, and on top of that... trying to get everything in order in the YW so by the time I have the baby they don't freak out on what to do, the New Beginnings has to be post pone now b/c the new material hasn't arrived yet, meaning I am definitely not going to be there!!! My counselor is a little scared but I already have everything ready since last year! It is just a little stress full to think that there are so many activities coming up that need to be done and I am going to be gone for a full month!!! I am trying to keep my house as clean as I can, trying to spend time with Alexis and play as much as I can with him but his games include me chasing after him, sitting and standing up on the floor to run around, and play with balls!!! It is really hard for me to do those things but... soon, I will be able to do that without a huge belly on the way!
Also, I have been in a really bad mood, I can't stand people asking me when they seem: "the baby is still not out?" if I still have a huge belly and no baby in my arms, what do you think??? I actually responded to one sister in church like that and since then she has stopped asking me questions... felt a little bad about that but I am not missing her questions! Also, I hate when people ask me, "is it a girl or a boy?" when I have been telling them for a about 16 weeks that it is a girl! if they don't care enough to remember, why ask every single time they see me?? urgh!!! I am not patient anymore and I am glad that my YW understand that and they just kind of get away from me when they notice I am mad! and then come close to me to let me know they like being in the YW and that they love the classes and that they are going to miss me when the baby is born. They are sweet!!!
I am also, getting nervous about our moving to Utah!!! I am trying to get rid of things, organized things and make sure everything is ready, I know is early since we are moving in July but with a new baby it seems like time passes quicker without us noticing, so I want as little bit of work as possible! so far, everything is doing good, but I feel like I haven't done enough, if I work a little hard, then I am attacked with severe pelvic pain!!!
To conclude this... I will be really happy when my baby is born, I feel kind of bad about the way that I have been responding to silly questions in church and about not being able to interact as much with Alexis. Even though I just said how bad my pregnancy is going, well... is not really that bad I know that I am just naturally cranky and that every time I feel her kick I feel really happy that she is there! and I know I am going to miss that after she is born!

Just thinking...

Well, I already made up my mind about a c-section. It terrifies me the idea to be in so much pain! but I can't wait to meet my daughter. Also I know that if it is the will of my Heavenly Father to have my baby through c-section then is for a good reason! I should trust him more, I kept praying so that my baby will not be in breech position anymore but now I pray for strength either way! I will have my doctor's appointment this coming Monday and they will check for the position of the baby, so far she is still breech but you never know, she still has time to turn. As said before, however she comes, is fine because that is how the Father wanted it to be and if that is the case then I will know both feelings of delivering a baby... yeah!! more knowledge! So just pray so that I have strength and a fast recovery!!! I really can't wait to meet my daughter, it is so unbelievable that I am going to have my second child. I already know how wonderful it is to have a baby so I can't wait for that feeling again!! I can't wait to see Alexis' reaction and I can't wait to have a crazy schedule again, like there is no time there is only feeding, diaper, and sleeping hours!!! It is awesome... I wish she was to be born early, partly b/c I am huge!!! and also b/c I can't take the pain anymore... this one is being painful but she better be cute when she is born and I think I will forget everything (J/K). I love my family! I love being a wife and a mother and I think there is no greater feeling than that! :)

Me at 30 weeks

My belly: 25 weeks

I have just found a picture that I took when I was pregnant of Alexis at also 25 weeks! and I have to say that even though this belly seems big, with Alexis it was a lot bigger!!!! with this one though, I started showing a lot faster, by 2 months people at church started asking if I was pregnant b/c they could see a little bump! I am 27 1/2 weeks right now, so I am little late on posting this one, but I will try and post the 30 weeks picture the same week! I love my belly and I love my little girl already, she seems to get very excited every time she listens to Alexis' voice more than when I talk to her! so I know that she is going to be the loyal followers of my little crazy monster #1, which I believe is going to be fun b/c there is never a dull moment with my chubby!

It's a girl!!!

On Friday October 23, we found out that our baby is a girl! although; we kind of knew because there is a lady in church that she is never wrong when guessing the sexes of all the babies in our ward. She told me when I was about 6 1/2 weeks pregnant that it was going to be a girl... we are still really happy. We made a long list with about 25 names on Saturday 24 to decide the name of our girl even though we had already talked about an specific one since we were told by this sister that it was a girl. After 2 days we decided that our daughter's name is going to be Charlotte Yria, which it was the one that we talked about since the beginning. Charlotte sounds to us like this elegant, beautiful, gracious, and kind girl and Yria is my grandmother's nickname (she found out her real name when she was about 50 years old and it is horrible, Francisca) and also my mother's real name (she uses her nickname because she was always called Mineny by everyone since she was born). Yria means crystal cave and it is also the name of a princess in my country. Overall we are happy! I can't wait to meet my little girl and have her in my arms. At the same time I feel sorry for her because her brother is nuts and I fear for her sanity! LOL. Alexis kissed my belly a couple of times and he calls the belly Poo poo! not so good but it is a start! I thought he was trying to say "Panza" which is belly but then he saw a picture of a baby in a magazine I was reading and he pointed at it and said: "Poo Poo!" and he laughed really hard for few minutes, after that I was scared that he would call every baby like that at church but he luckily he only calls Charlotte, Poo Poo. It is so good to see that brother-sister relationship develop before she is even out in the cruel world with Alexis!!! I know he is going to teach her well... or at least I would like to think so. I also hope I get to love her as much as I love my little monster (Alexis) and feel, at least a little, like my Heavenly Father does; so many sons and daughters and he loves us the same. I truly love being a mother and to be trusted with these spirits so that they can come back to Him one day!

A test....

So I took the pregnancy test after 2 1/2 months of missed period! and of course is positive, I have no symptoms at all just that I am really sensitive and I cry with and for anything that I see or hear but other than that, I have nothing and that is why I still can't believe I am pregnant. I haven't gone to the doctor yet b/c I just found out so I guess I will see how far I really am once I go to the doctor!!!! Hopefully is not a false result even though I took it twice b/c I was skeptical about it. But I guess we'll see!!!! We are really excited though for a little number 2 on the way and of course Alexis is too??? well, we don't know but when he saw us hugging and kissing he started clapping and saying "so big" so I guess he feels the emotions :). We'll keep everyone posted!