Eden's Announcements

Although most of you will get one of these in the mail, I just couldn't resist posting it cuz I think it's just soo cute!

Birth Day (a bit lengthy)

Eden Rae Rose
Sept. 24th, 2009 3:11am
6lbs 12oz 18in

On Wednesday the 23rd I went in for a doctor's appointment and was very disappointed to find that I was only 3cm dilated and 50% effaced.  My doctor is in her last year of residency and the attending doctor would not let her start me until I was 42 weeks along, however, my blood pressure had been high for the past three weeks and it wasn't getting any better so my doctor told me she was going to talk to the attending physician and see if she could start me because of it.  She told me that since I was past my due date and my blood pressure was just high enough to be concerned about she thought it would be best to start me as soon as possible rather than wait for the baby to come and chance my blood pressure getting worse.  So she told me she was going to try and get me on the books for an induction for either Thursday or Friday, but she had to get the attending's approval and that she would call me that evening with the news.  I was totally excited about the fact that I was no longer going to be pregnant and that I would finally get this baby out of me.

After I left I doctors I went and meet Les at a house he was mowing to tell him the news.  On my way to where he was my doctor called and told me I was officially on the books for an induction that next morning.  She also told me that since I was considered high priority because of my blood pressure I would most likely be one of the first to go.  After a short celebration I told her thanks and that I would see her in the morning.  I immediately proceeded to call my family and tell them the news.  When I finally arrived to Les, he was basically the last to know...I was a wee bit excited.  After I dropped Les off a drink I headed home to get stuff packed and ready to go for the morning. 

Once I was home I started feeling some contractions, but didn't think anything of it.  Then they wouldn't go away.  I thought to myself "Of course...the day they decide to induce me is the day Eden decides to come."  I called Les and told him I didn't think we were going to make until the morning and that I had been having contractions since 3pm.  Les got home around 5pm and that's when I started timing my contractions.  They were anywhere from 2mins to 6mins apart.  I was hoping for a natural child birth and so I wanted to stay home as long as possible.  Around 8pm I called my doctor and told her that my child didn't like the idea of someone telling her when to come and that she was going to do it on her own time.  I told her I'd been having consistant contractions for the past 3 hours and asked her what she wanted me to do.  She told me that since I lived out in Herriman I should head to the hospital since I was 45mins away and she would meet me there. 

I got to the hospital around 9pm and when they shecked me and I was 6cm dilated.  The nurse told me it looked like I was having a baby tonight...hooray.  I asked to be put in a birthing room since I was attempting this all natural thing and so I was placed in a room with a birthing tub. I had also brought my exercise ball since it really helped to sit on it during contractions.  Les called the family and his parents where there lickity split!  I don't think they have ever gotten from Kamas to SLC so quickly.  Sheila sat in the room with me until I was about an 8.  My family arrived around 11:30pm and I was still an 8.  The contraction to that point weren't so bad and I was able to get through them by sitting on the exercise ball and having Les rub my back.  My water hadn't broken yet and so that helped alot with the contractions as well.  My doctor told me she wasn't going to break it until I was ready to push so that the contractions wouldn't get worse.  Once I made it to 9cm they told me I had to get in the bed and they broke my water. After that the contractions were pretty intense but I was still able to get through them.  I was a 9cm for about 2 hours.  I had just a little lip of my cervic left that wouldn't thin.  They tried to see if I could push past it but I couldn't.  Around 1:30am I closed my eyes and didn't open them for the rest of labor.  The contractions were intense and I mostly felt them in my back.  I had a hard time staying focused and thought I wouldn't be able to make it the last little bit.  Thankfully I had an awesome nurse who would talk me through each contraction and help me focus on my breathing.

The worst part of the labor was when I started feeling the need to push and my doctors told I couldn't but everytime I had a contraction I couldn't help myself and I had to push.  The doctors kept telling me to stop since I still had that little lip of my cervic that was hard and they didn't want me hurt myself or the baby.  They ended up giving me a little pitocin to try and get it to thin.  Well the pitocin seemed to work because not too long after I was completely dilated and they got me ready to push.  This is where things get a little blurry.  Mind you I hadn't opened my eyes for about an hour and so I didn't know who was in my room or what was going on.  All I was focused on was getting through each contraction. 

The whole pushing part is a complete blur.  I dont' remember much.  I just remember the nurse telling me to open my eyes and look and I wouldn't.  They had put a mirror above me but I had no intentions of seeing what was going on.  I could feel what was going on and that was enough for me.  I pushed for about an hour and they next thing I remember is my doctor telling me to open my eyes and hold my baby.  I remember looking down at this grey slimmy thing on my chest.  It was completely weird.  The nurse quickly took her and placed her in the warmer.  Eden wasn't crying and she looked grey.  I was still really out of it and didn't know what was going on.  They nurse came over and told me she was fine.  She said she swallowed a little fluid and so they called the NICU nurses to come up and help them get the fluid out.  She also told me that the cord was wrapped around her neck twice and that's why she was grey.  I just nodded okay and told Les not to leave her side.  The NICU nurses told me that they needed to take her to the NICU cuz they were having a hard time getting all the fluid out and she would cry and then hold her breath so they wanted to watch her for a bit.  They asked me if I wanted to hold her before she left but I was so out of it and couldn't stop shaking that I told him no.  The nurses wisked her away and I was left in the room surrounded by like 3 doctors fixing me up. 

Once I was all fixed up my family came in to say hi (by this time it's like 4am).  I was so exhausted and shaky they didn't stay long.  I felt really bad.  They drove an hour to SLC in the middle of the night to sit in the hallway for 3 1/2 hours and they didn't even get to see the baby since she had to go to the NICU. Then they try and come talk to me but I'm out of it and so exhausted that they leave. My family rocks and I'm glad they were there even though they only got to see the hallways of the hospital. 

After I am transfered to a Mother and Baby room I ask to go to the NICU to see my baby since I hadn't heard anything from the nurses and Les was still with her. So Les comes back to the room and he wheels me down there.  I only can stay for half an hour since they NICU is closed from 7am to 8am while they do a shift change and it's already 6:30am.  When I get there Eden has her head under this little dome thing and they tell me it's helping her dry the fluid out of her lungs.  They tell me she is breathing room air but with a little humidity to dry it out.  I ask them when she can come up to my room and they tell me they don't know cuz she is having rapid breathing.  I guess her breathing was in the 90s and they wanted it below 60.  So I stood there and talked to her and held her hand since I couldn't hold her and I told her she needed to clam down so she could come to our room.  Well, I stood there until they told me I had to leave but the whole time I was there talking to her, her breathing was below 60s.  When I had to leave I asked them to give her a binki and sure enough less than an half hour later she was up in our room.  She was just stressed out cuz she didn't know where her mom was. 

We only stayed in the hospital until Friday afternoon.  Les and I dont' have insurance so we didn't want to pay for an extended hospital stay.  Now we are up in the mountains enjoying our little girl.  Eden is a perfect baby.  She doesn't really cry.  She just fusses when she's hungry.  She's an excellent feeder.  I've had no problems getting her to eat.  She was born to suck. Everytime I look at her I can't believe she was inside me.  I feel so blessed to have such a sweet little spirit given to me and I love her to death.  It's weird to think that I'm now a mom but then again it's weird to think of life without my little Eden

1 Week Old

I can't believe it's already been a week.  Time has flown by.  I am still waiting for Les to bring up our computer so I can do some blogging but he has yet to do it.  So I borrowed my mother-in-laws laptop so I could hurry and post some pictures.  Here's what we have been doing for the past week.

Here's a picture of Eden when she was in the NICU for a couple of hours.  We were really lucky she only had to stay there for 4 hrs.  They just wanted to monitor for a bit to make sure they got all the fluid out of her lungs.  She had some rapid breathing they were concerned about but after a visit from Mom to calm her down.  She came to room less than an hour later. 

Here we are heading home from the hospital

Eden sun bathing to get rid of some jaundice...it seemed to do the trick

enjoying her first bath

enjoying some snuggle time with mom! 

I'm Still Alive

Okay I really have been meaning to post lots of stuff about my little girl but the problem is I dont have access to a computer up here in Kamas and I don't have service on my phone so I'm officially technology.  Besides not being able to feel connected to the outside world, we are loving life.  Eden is such a good baby.  She sleeps really good and is a natural with breast feeding so I'm really lucky. 

Les has promised to go get our computer from Julie's and bring it up to the cabin so that I will have something to do while Eden is sleeping during the day besides clean and watch TV. So as soon as he brings is up I will be a blogging fool. 

I know some of you have wanted to come visit and if you are willing to make the drive to Kamas I would love to have you.  Like I said, I don't have service up here so if you need to get a hold of me just give the cabin a call.  The number is 435-783-2952.

She's Here!

Well she's here.  Better late than never.  Eden Rae Rose was born Thursday, September 24th @ 3:11am.  6lbs 12oz 18inches.  She's super cute and we love her lots!  I will definately post more pictures and tell you her birth story, but here are some pics to tide you over until then.

We like her.  I think we'll keep her!

Worst Day of my Life!

Besides the fact that my child has not arrived, I just had the worst morning of my life. I woke up this morning feeling great (which puts me in a bad mood right away...) and I have been up at my in-laws cabin all weekend and so I have to pack up all our stuff and get ready to head back home.  Well, once I load up and get going I notice that I have zero gas in my car and I have no money to put any in so while I'm driving I'm trying to gauge if I can make it home with the little gas I have.  You see, my husband was suppose to put gas in my car the night before when he took it to go visit his friend who has a cabin close by but he neglected to do it...strike one. 

Then moments later my tire gauge turns on which means I need to stop and put air in my tires before I hit the freeway to avoid a flat tire or blow out.  I've been having to put air in my tire 2 or 3 times a week for some reason and every time I take it get the oil changed I tell the nice man fixing my car that my tire seems to have a leak or something cuz I'm always having to put air in.  Well, each time I tell him this he tells me he fixed the problem when I come to pick up my car but alas I continue to have to put air in my tire.  So I stop at the local gas station and put some air in my tire.  Well, as I'm pulling the hose off my tire the entire steam pops clean out of my tire and air starts rushing out.  Within moment my tire is completely flat with no way for me to put/keep air in my tire....strike two!

I get in my car (mind you I have my dog with me) and I go to call Les and lo and behold my phone is completely dead.  I just got a new phone and I don't have a car charger yet so I have no way of calling Les to tell him what happened.  Plus I'm in Kamas and there is no one I can call.  His parents, along with him are all at work in Salt Lake and my phone is dead....GREAT! strike three I've officially lost it!

So I walk into the gas station and I ask the lady at the counter if I can use a phone.  She tells me only if its a local call.  Well, who the devil am I going to call in Kamas?! and besides I don't know anyone's number cuz they are all saved on my phone...which is dead.  So I tell her what happened and she tells me there is a auto body shop down the road where someone can help me out.  I ask her how far away is it...cuz my car has a completely flat tire, I'm 10 months pregnant and I have my dog in the car.  She so kindly offers to call the guy and ask if he would come to the gas station and help me out....wow that would be great.  Thanks!

A nice man shows up to the gas station and tells me that there's nothing he can do to fix my tire and that I need to go to a tire shop and get a new steam (or whatever they are called) put into my tire.  I tell him that I don't live here and I need to get back to Salt Lake so what can I do?  He tells me he'll have to put my spare on so I can get to a tire shop....awesome thanks!  So the kind man changes my tire for me and reminds me that I can't go over 50 mph but it should be able to make it home on the spare.  I thank him a ton for helping me out and he leaves.

As I get in my car to make the LONG journey home I realize that I'm never going to make it home going 50 mph with the little gas that I have so I stop at the gas pump (where gas is like 10 cents higher than normal cuz I'm in the mountains) and put some gas on my credit card cursing my husband the whole time.  Thank heavens I have my credit card.  I finally start my journey home.  It takes me a little over 2 hours to get home since I live in freaking Herriman and I can only go 50 mph on the freeway while I get scuzed and flipped off for going so slow....

Dear Fellow Utah Drivers,
     I am in the far right lane with my hazards on for a reason!  If you weren't paying attention as you approached me to see that my hazards are on and that I'm clearly going slower than the rest of traffic and you fail to get over so you have to slow down...that is your own fault.  I don't appreciate being honked at or scuzed at because you are the idiot who wasn't paying attention. 
Sincerely,
The Over-Due Pregnant Lady

So I finally make it home and by this time I want out of the car and away from human civilization but I need to get my tire fixed cuz I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I'd rather avoid another freeway experience.  So I call the Nissian dealership where I take my car and tell them what happened.  They tell me it could either cost $5 to fix or $200 to fix depending on how the thing is broke.  I ask them if my tire is under warrantee or anything and they tell me no because I can't prove that I didn't break it myself.  FANTASTIC!  Wow I love dealing with car people.  They are always so lovely.  So now I sit here and wait for my husband to come home from work because if I go to the car place by myself and have to deal with one more person I might have a melt down and kill someone so I will let my husband do it...

I guess on the bright side, with all of this mayhem I'm pretty sure my blood pressure is just about boiling so maybe tomorrow when I go to the doctors they will induce me because it's so high...here's to hoping! 

Due Date

So it's officially my due date and I have not had a baby.  I want to cry and scream at the same time.  It's not like I'm having contractions and just not a baby...its I feel great.  I haven't had any contractions and I'm not even dilated!  Someone please kill me! What kind of sick joke is this baby trying to play on her tortured momma