She's here!!!!

Our sweet baby girl is here! Aubreigh Grace arrived this past Saturday at 11:12 pm, weighing 5lbs 12 oz and 19.5 inches long. I woke up with a backache, then I got a headache and felt really crampy throughout the day. Darren insisted that I call the OB. I argued with him.....and then he threatened not to order me lunch if I didn't call. I figured this was just par for the course.

So I did. They wanted me to come in. When I got there I was contracting irregularly. I didn't feel a thing. I was dilated to 5 cm and fully effaced. They decided it was too dangerous to let me go home and decided to break my water.

Then we started the pitocin. I finally started to feel the contractions. I got the epidural...but it only worked on one side. I got through it, and then it was time to push. I pushed for an hour. It seemed like forever...but the whole episode was rather surreal. After a bit of pushing, I believe they used the vacuum to suck out the baby, and then she was born rather quickly. I must confess that I saw her being picked up by the OB and knew she was a girl!!! I was right....I definitely had a maternal instinct on that one!

It has been great being a mommy. The first night I just stared and held her all night long. I pretty much did the second night too! I couldn't bear to put her in the nursery. I have also been having a hard time just sleeping.....checking on her ever 5 minutes!

Breastfeeding has been miserable. She doesn't like to latch on. I have started pumping. I am going to try my best, but who knows what will happen. She has what is called an attached frenulum of the tongue. Basically, she can't move her tongue alot. This can be part of the problem. Some oral surgeons will just clip it. I am not going to do anything unless it will interfere with speech (which studies show is debatable). I am pumping some now...unfortunately I don't get alot....but I am trying.

The other weird thing that happened is that they sent my placenta to pathology. The OB said that he did it just because she was a little small and the placenta looked a little aged. Everything is fine with Aubreigh, but he said he just wanted to check it out. I guess I will find out those results at the exam.

I also had a grade 2 tear. That wasn't exactly pleasant, but it is starting to feel much better.

The photographer is coming tomorrow. I will also post some pics when I download them. Oh well, I better go pump a little now......

Waiting on Baby.....

We are still waiting. I am still about the same 90% effaced and 3 cm dilated per my last OB visit on Tuesday. So now I am just waiting around, obsessing and looking into every little twinge, pain, etc.

However, this morning I woke up extremely crampy. I have had cramps a few times before and they were just attributed to an irritable uterus. This feels a little worse, but we shall see. I definitely don't want to get my hopes up!

I also got back the proofs to my maternity pics. The photographer put it to music in this nice little slide show and they were so cute. I am so glad that I had them done now. At first I was skeptical...I was not really in the mood to have them done because I had just gotten back from the hospital and figured I looked a mess. Now I am soooo glad I did it because I know they will be something I will treasure forever.

So today I will be doing a baby dance hoping the little peanut will make his/her appearance soon!