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Quick Update

I just wanted to do a quick update. I'll post more info about delivery, etc. once things settle a bit more. We are having our long sleepless days and nights right now, so when Sydney sleeps, we try to nap and get things around the house done, and when she's awake, we just like staring and talking to her. We are "camping out" in the den for now because I have to sleep sitting up because of my incision. So Jeremy is sleeping in here with me on an Aerobed and Sydney is in her co-sleeper. I'm still taking Percocet for pain, so I'm always a bit "drunk". Breastfeeding is very time consuming and painful, but going great overall. I never thought I would say this, but it's the most precious thing ever. The nurses told me I had really great "equipment" for it.

So, once I sober up and we get re-organized around here, I'll update. Here are some pictures of our little love monkey.








This is what we found on our driveway when we came home on Monday. Our neighbor's daughter, Carol, drew it for us. She will also be our babysitter. They are so awesome - they brought over Lasagna dinner and some yummy brownies for us Tuesday night. Thank you Tracie, Pat, and Carol!

It's a baby!!

Finally after much anticipation and an emergency C-Section, we had Sydney Laine on Friday May 11, 2007 at 6:33pm. She weighed 8lbs 11oz and was 20.5 inches long. I'm still pretty out of it and on lots of pain medication, so I've just picked out a few pictures to post and I will blog more and post more pics in a couple of days once we get to go home and get settled.

And for all of those wondering...She has 2 big dimples! (but I haven't gotten good pictures of those yet).

No luck...

The hospital sent me home. Apparently they weren't concerned about the slow leak of water that I was having this morning since I haven't started having contractions. I swear my Dr. is trying to see if I can have the longest pregnancy ever! They tell you in the labor and delivery class to come to the hospital if you have any kind of leak. But today the hospital told me to come back only if it gushes or if my contractions are 5 minutes apart. I'm still 2-3 cm and I'm about 65% effaced. Oh well...

Did my water break?

Not sure. I think so...so Jeremy and I are headed to the hospital. We will keep you updated...

Never Doubt My Insanity

If you check the time of my post, you'll see that it's after 5:00am. I think a MATA bus hit me while I was sleeping, because there can be no other explaination as to why I am so sore and stiff. I woke up to go to the bathroom, and as usual about this time of the morning, I have restless legs and can not lie back down without going insane. I sometimes also get a "crawling" sensation and it feels like I have ants or small bugs on me and I itch everywhere. Then I get paranoid and make sure there aren't actual bugs in the bed. And this morning to add to all of that, I feel like I tried to pick up a car. I can barely lift my arms or move my legs and my back is totally shot. I think I was a crazy person before I got pregnant, now I'm sure I've removed all doubt. So it is true, our moms weren't always insane. There was a time when they were normal, then they got pregnant and were never the same.

Induction Date

My induction date has been set for Monday May 14 at 7:30 am.

Here are some pictures of Sydney's room.

Another Dr. Appt., Another Day...

My Dr. Appt didn't go as well as I had hoped. I'm dilated 2-3cm, and I have effaced some, but he didn't give me much hope of having the baby any time soon. He wants me to wait another week before he'll induce. I'm 40 weeks and 2 days as of today. The hospital is calling me in the morning to schedule my induction for next week, so I'll post the date as soon as I know something. Jeremy's dad (Pops) leaves for London this coming Monday, so it is really upsetting to think he might not be in town when Sydney is born. I never imagined that I would actually have to wait this long and it is becoming more mentally and physically exhausting everyday. I've still been going to work each morning, but I don't know how much longer I can keep it up. I have saved 25 of my sick/personal/vacation days in addition to my 6 weeks of maternity leave, but I had planned on taking those extra days after she was born, not before. Luckily my yearly anniversary comes up on August 28, so I'll have about 30 days that renew after that. My legs are starting to feel the strain of the extra weight and I'm afraid I'm going to get some crazy busted leg veins. My ribs/chest mucles hurt as bad as ever. Sydney is now taking up so much space I can only eat small amounts at a time, so I've lost 2 pounds since last week. I guess that could be a positive thing. My blood pressure is still excellent. So, things could be worse. I'm grateful that we're healthy and all that I can hope for at this point is that it stays that way and just keep telling myself that it will be over before I know it.

Sydney's Due Date...

Well, the day I've been looking forward to as an end to my pregnancy and the beginning of parenthood looks as though it may pass without much excitement. I went to work today, but I only worked the morning because I'm so uncomfortable sitting for long periods of time and it's just so much nicer being in my pajamas. I have a Dr. Appt. tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully there will be good news because I feel like the end will never be here. It's like I should just accept the fact that I will be pregnant FOREVER!!

Cinco de Mayo Baby???

It's Friday and I'm at home because as soon as I stepped out of my car at work this morning I felt a leak. I went in the office and I had to go directly to my boss' office to drop off his daughter's laptop that I had been working on and I got stuck talking to him for a couple of minutes and I just knew my water was going to break while I was standing there talking to him in his office. He would have died! Then, I went to the bathroom to assess the situation. I'm sure this is T.M.I. (too much information) for some of you, but my mucus plug had come out and I had a small leak. Hey, if I have to experience it, you get to read about it! I let the girls in my office know what was going on and that I was leaving. So now I'm at home because that's the last thing I want is for my water to break at work! I think I'm experiencing some very slight contractions and I'm just here waiting it out. Hopefully we'll be at the hospital soon!

Sleep? Who needs sleep?

It's 1:20 am Wednesday morning...this is how most of my nights go. It's very hard for me to sleep because of my ribs. I can't lay down all the way on my sides because of the pressure my weight puts on the ribs on the side I'm laying on, but I can't sit up straight because everything presses up into my ribs, so I have to find a sort of propped-up-on-elbows-and-pillows-position, but that's easier said than done. I've tried sleeping in chairs, but I sink too far into everything. Only straight, hard chairs are comfortable anyway, but they're not practical for sleeping. I don't want to fall out of it. Our couch isn't firm enough either, so I mostly wander around the house until I'm too sleepy to stand. Sometimes this goes on until 3:00, 4:00, or 5:00 am. I may sit down and doze for 20 minutes or so in some random place around the house (mostly on the toilet), but constant sleep is impossible. This is making it very difficult to function at work and it's making me very irritable. It's so frustrating to be so sleepy and to be so uncomfortable. At least when Sydney gets here, I'll be sleep deprived because I'm taking care of her. So today when the Dr. told me that I was still 1cm dilated and 0% effaced, I was mad. Last week, he had said he would induce me this week (I'm 39 weeks and 2 days today), but he thought I would have made some progress. He wants me to wait another week and if I have not effaced, I have the option of choosing Cervadil - a cervix softener, and induction. The drawback is that it doesn't always work and I could be in labor for many hours and end in a C-section. So hopefully she'll co-operate and come on her own this week. I'm guessing she'll pick May 5th - Cinco de Mayo. We'll see...