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!

Hair cut madness!

Cameron cut Alexis' hair. My mom did it for the first months then it was my turn with scissors but it is so hard now, especially being 9 months pregnant, to cut his hair. He complains so much and throws himself on the floor screaming to stop just when he looks at the scissors. So I asked my mom to let me borrow her machine and told me to put it on 8! It is really really short now but I guess the good thing is that we don't have to do this again, at the beginning of next month!!! Cameron did awesome and Alexis too, for the most part! Good job daddy!



Here is the result! it makes him look chubbier! :)

I'm a natural

I just fixed our bathroom sink yesterday. I had to replace the trap and the other pipe that connect under the sink.
I know, I know, you're probably thinking only plumbers or well experienced fathers can do that. You probably are wondering why I would even attempt such a daring repair.
Well, I don't know how to answer that. All I know is that I felt the heavy responsibility of the call of fatherdom weighing on my shoulders and so I heroically drove all the way to the hardware store (I needed one of the employees to help me because I had no idea what size I was looking for). And then I connected a few pipes and it was done ... very anticlimactic, I know. But I do know, that this is only the beginning of replacing pipes and fixing things at home. It's all down hill from here.
But as you can all tell, I'm a natural. What could be much harder than fixing a sink drain...

While we were sleeping...

Well, this is my son on Sundays!!! poor guy, he usually is so tired that by the time we get home, he is in his trying to keep awake mode, then he crashes!!! while mommy and daddy are sleeping on their bed!!! When the three of us are home we take our nap together but it seems like Alexis knows the trick, he puts US to sleep and then he silently slips out of our bed and enjoys the house for himself, which includes water everywhere, toys, and sometimes a dirty diaper somewhere in the house! so I think he enjoys when we take a nap, I have noticed too that during the week when I am really eager for nap time he tells me to sleep and he pretends that he is going to fall sleep but then I fall asleep and he is not right next to me when I open my eyes to check on him! eventually he does come to sleep for three hours since he is a really active kid, he gets really tired by the afternoon. It is just funny how well he knows what to do when you are unsupervised!!! I still love taking pics. of him when he falls asleep somewhere in the house, it is the only moment I can take "decent" pictures of him. Every time I want to take a picture of him, he runs to me and start taking pictures himself which sometimes they don't turn out too good! But no worries about him sleeping on the floor all the time, it only happens once in a while and usually on a Sunday! :)

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!