Sad :(

Does nobody blog any more?? I kinda miss it!

Baby Addylin Jolene

Well, I've been gone for awhile but the boys are actually playing together and Addy is sleeping. So, I thought I would let you know how everything is.

I ended up starting labor around 9pm Sat the 1st. My contractions weren't horrible yet but they were about 5 min apart all night long. By Sunday morning I was exhausted and decided we should head to the hospital. We got there around 10. My contractions finally started getting a little harder but after a few hours they slowed to about 7 min apart. By 2 in the afternoon I was so exhausted and the contractions were very painful, so they decided to give me a shot of morphine to help with the pain and hopefully let me rest.

The nurse said it would take about 10-15 min to kick in. But I immediately started feeling warm and my hands were getting tingly. I told the nurse I thought I was hyperventilating but I thought that was odd since I wasn't breathing hard. She observed me for about a minute and noticed that it was just getting worse. My hands started to cramp and slowly the cramping spread to EVERY muscle in my body (including my uterus). She quickly realized I was having an allergic reaction to the morphine. I couldn't move and I just laid on the bed crying in pain as all my muscles were SO tight. She called for help and about 6 nurses came running in. She called for a crash cart and the Dr too. There were about 4 nurses trying to get an IV in me. My muscles were so tight and rigid though they were having a Terrible time. They started looking at my feet for good veins.

After about 10 minutes they got an IV in and started pushing in the medicine to reverse the morphine. I slowly started to relax. It was SOOOOO scary. It was starting to get hard to breath. And then the contractions felt WAY worse because my uterus had been affected too. Let me tell you it was horrible to hear my mom's voice crack and see my big tough guy husband with tears in his eyes. Everyone in the room was scared. Dan said the nurse was scared, she was fumbling around for the right needle and couldn't find it. I yelled at her to help me. I really got nervous when she started asking me if I could understand her and if I was still with her. I realized it was pretty serious then. But the reversal medicine kicked in and they gave me something else to help me relax and take the edge off the contractions.

The rest of the labor went pretty slow until about 8pm. The contractions were the real thing and I was finally dilating. By 10pm the nurse said I could have an epidural. I was so greatful for this because I was absolutely exhausted by this point. I got the epidural around 10:40pm. By 11:00 I was begging the nurse to let me push. I pushed twice and she was out at 11:23pm. She came out sideways with her shoulders up. It hurt like HELL! I screamed and cursed which I never did with the boys. And then I saw it was a girl and I couldn't believe it! She looked like an angel and everything I had went through was all worth it.

Gettin closer

Wow! Only 10 days left! I'm really hoping that if the baby isn't here by the 6th my Dr will induce me by the 7th. I'm going to ask him Thursday when I go for my appt. See, he usually does his inductions on Fridays so that would be perfect! I can't sleep much anymore. Just a little at a time. My lower back is absolutely Frickin' KILLING me! Actually my entire back is hurting. I didn't know how bad until Dan tried to rub it the other night and it hurt to even have him touch it. I know the baby WANTS out! It was literally trying to crawl out last night! Dan thought it was hillarious! It looked like I was washing a load of clothes in my stomach!

I can tell I'm starting to efface more. I'll let you all know how my appt goes Thursday!

Baby or man?

Aren't men the BIGGEST babies when they are sick?!?!? Dan hardly EVER gets sick, let alone sick enough to miss work, but when he does OMG! I want to shoot him. He is the BIGGEST baby! And he says I complain about being pregnant! UGH! Okay, just sayin...

Bummer!

I had my Dr. Appt today. This was the first appt that I was checked at. Dan was with me. He wasn't much fun though. He came home early from work cause he doesn't feel good. UGH, more on that later!

Anyway, I'm only dilated to a 2. He said I'm still pretty thick (that means not much effacement done) and the baby is still sitting pretty high. He could barley touch the head. Trust me, doesn't feel good to have him reach way up there when you've just fallen flat on your ass the night before. GEEZE! I'm SOOOO sore! My hoo hah feels like I've been riding a horse for a week straight while having rock grind on my pelvis the whole time.

So, it doesn't look like this baby will be coming early. I knew better!

Not soon enough!

Last night was rough! I had so much pain and pressure I thought I was gonna die! I didn't get much sleep and now I'm exhausted! I'm anxious for my Dr. appt tomorrow to see if I'm dilated and effaced. I'm so ready to have this baby!

By the way, WHERE IS EVERYONE????

Soon?

Well, I was thinking last night that this could be it. But it wasn't. I was having contractions from about 4pm until...all night long. But they never did too much more that annoy me. They were a little painful but I knew they weren't the real thing. I was really hoping that they would turn into more. Kinda. I mean, I'm done with being pregnant but I'm also not sure if I'm ready for this. I still have things to get!