So as I said before I had had a migraine for 9 days and had gone into the hospital to be observed. For the past 9 weeks I had had issues with my blood pressure and every time I had a spike they would tell me just hold on until you can't anymore. So basically they were leaving the decision up to me. I really kind of hated that because I felt like I couldn't make that decision. If I had decided I couldn't take it any longer and something were to be wrong with Penny I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. So I kept pushing myself. By this time I was laying in the hospital incredibly sick because of the pain from the migraine. The nurse came in and after awhile told me she was going to get me some Morphine. I was excited to get some relief, and she said most women feel good enough to go home after they get some morphine. So I got the shot and I went from about a 6-7 on the pain scale to about a 3. I also got even sicker and start throwing up like crazy. The nurse was a little surprised and she later said she pretty much guessed at that point I would deliver that day. So they decided to have me go and meet with the specialist. So they wheeled me down to Dr. Schemer who by the way is an amazing doctor who always listened to me and helped me feel comfortable with the growth of my baby and everything. When I went in there he did his exam and then said, 'well we were going to talk about this tomorrow anyway but with all the symptoms you are showing and how you are feeling now I feel like you need to deliver today.' I have never wanted to thank a doctor so much. I was so scared they would just send me home and say keep going until you can't take it anymore and I felt like I was already at that point. He talked to the doctor and said I needed to deliver right away.
So the checked me to see if a VBAC was a possibility and it wasn't so a c-section was the plan. They got me all ready and it seemed to be a whirlwind of events. Oh and I forgot to mention that Nathan was taking pictures of everything for a school assignment. And when I say everything I mean everything, my throwing up, the epidural, IVs, all of the prep. He even took pictures of the surgery. We went in and when she was born she wasn't crying as much as they would like so I didn't get to see her until they had worked on her for a bit. She got an 8 and 9 on her APGAR. They brought her over and let me kiss her a few times and then they took her to the NICU. When I was in recovery the new nurse was also so sweet and she made sure that they took me through the NICU so I could see Penny. I didn't get to do that with Elenor even though I was supposed to. I got to see her and touch her and then I went down to my room. and by just after 10PM Penny was in my room with me.
My parents had brought Elenor down to see me and she was on the bed with me when they brought Penny in. She looked up at me smiling and said, 'Mom she is so cute.' I then got to hold Penny it was so amazing. That feeling I will never forget it is when everything seems right and good. I loved that I didn't' have to wait two days like with Elenor. Those two days were torture so getting to hold Penny right away was just so amazing. Then Nate held her and then we helped Elenor hold her. It was so fun getting to see that. I am so glad they have each other. I then got to have the normal experience of having the baby in the room with me. I loved every minute. I then waited until the morning of the third day and I wanted to go home. I was cleared but they weren't sure if they wanted to let Penny go. Because she was Late Preterm (Born at 36 weeks) they sometimes need a little more time. But they tested her billirubin that evening at 4 and everything looked good so they let me go. My nurse had been awesome that day too and got everything done so that if the test came back good I could leave right away since I would find out just before shift change and she wanted to help me get home. It was amazing getting to leave with my baby. Just knowing I wouldn't have to go back to the hospital the next day felt amazing. I really was just so excited.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Baby Penelope - Pregnancy
Okay so basically I haven't posted since before I found out I was expecting so here is a quick / in-depth run down of my pregnancy.
In March I had a crazy medical problem, it is called costochondritis. Basically all of the symptoms mimic a heart attack for a woman. And I thought to myself I'm not even thirty this can't be a heart attack but it was incredibly painful. So I was on meds that you shouldn't take when pregnant and since Nathan and I wanted to have our entire pregnancy in one insurance year I figured we'd have to wait until year end to try again. Little did I know Heavenly Father had different plans because about 2.5 weeks later I got incredibly sick and thought I then had the flu. It aggravated the costochondritis and I was super annoyed. Until I looked at my calendar and realized that I should take a test and yep I was pregnant! I was really excited and also nervous since everything had been so scary with Elenor's pregnancy. So I taught Elenor to say, 'I'm going to be a big sister' and texted Nate a video of her saying that to tell him about the baby. We told our families by getting a Big Sister shirt for Elenor and just taking her to Mother's Day dinner and dessert. My mom noticed right away and was really excited. Nate's family took a little longer.... in fact after being there for over an hour we were getting ready to leave so Nate pointed it out to everyone. :) The funny part was that three years earlier on Mother's Day we had announced that we were having Elenor.
Fast forward to our 20 week appt. We went in to find out if we were having a boy or girl. Nate again was positive that we wee having a girl. I thought it was a girl but I try not to get set on one or the other because I don't want to be disappointed. Elenor was there and was excited. We found out we were having a girl and Nate immediately started teaching Elenor that her name was Penelope. I was wanting to wait in case we felt that wasn't her name but once the 3 yr old knows that baby as Penelope it was a done deal. Elenor was so excited she calls her Nelope and would tell me how 'when she gets to come home she will love me' 'Nelope needs to come home in 20 minutes' 'I was a baby in your belly too and then I was born like Nelope' She loved when Penny would kick her because that's how she knew Penny liked her. It was adorable and made me even more excited. She also had me buy binkies really early in my pregnancy because she was worried we wouldn't have any for her to give Penny when she would cry. She is such a great big sister though I will post more on that later.
At 29 weeks I had a blood pressure scare. I had a mild headache and then saw floating spots, the combination of those two is usually a sign of high blood pressure. I went into the hospital in a complete panic. This was almost 3 weeks earlier than Elenor and I didn't want to have the baby yet. I went in and was observed and had lots of tests. laying down had seemed to lower my blood pressure so bed rest began. I had a headache that slowly got worse for the remainder of my pregnancy. I would go to the hospital two more times as well for spikes I couldn't control but was able to get it down each time. Though on the third time they decided to give me steroids for the baby's lungs just to be sure she would be ready if she had to come early. I felt so much relief after getting those shots. And each day I was still pregnant made me feel so much better. When I hit the day I had delivered Elenor I felt like I would be able to handle it if I had to just because I was in familiar territory.
At my appointment with the specialist the next week he was concerned about my blood pressure and told me that at my next appointment on Nov 19th that if my blood pressure had not gone down we would need to talk about delivering the baby. I was excited that he thought there was a chance I could make it that long. I continued to have issues and was put a strict bed rest. my headache got worse and worse until I started to have a major migraine that no amount of Tylenol could touch. Finally On Sunday Nov 17th I went to bed in a lot of pain and woke up in the middle of the night several times from the pain. I called the OBGYN the next morning and they could tell I was in a lot of pain so they sent me to the hospital to be observed. The rest is really the deliver story so I'll post that one seperate. :)
In March I had a crazy medical problem, it is called costochondritis. Basically all of the symptoms mimic a heart attack for a woman. And I thought to myself I'm not even thirty this can't be a heart attack but it was incredibly painful. So I was on meds that you shouldn't take when pregnant and since Nathan and I wanted to have our entire pregnancy in one insurance year I figured we'd have to wait until year end to try again. Little did I know Heavenly Father had different plans because about 2.5 weeks later I got incredibly sick and thought I then had the flu. It aggravated the costochondritis and I was super annoyed. Until I looked at my calendar and realized that I should take a test and yep I was pregnant! I was really excited and also nervous since everything had been so scary with Elenor's pregnancy. So I taught Elenor to say, 'I'm going to be a big sister' and texted Nate a video of her saying that to tell him about the baby. We told our families by getting a Big Sister shirt for Elenor and just taking her to Mother's Day dinner and dessert. My mom noticed right away and was really excited. Nate's family took a little longer.... in fact after being there for over an hour we were getting ready to leave so Nate pointed it out to everyone. :) The funny part was that three years earlier on Mother's Day we had announced that we were having Elenor.
Fast forward to our 20 week appt. We went in to find out if we were having a boy or girl. Nate again was positive that we wee having a girl. I thought it was a girl but I try not to get set on one or the other because I don't want to be disappointed. Elenor was there and was excited. We found out we were having a girl and Nate immediately started teaching Elenor that her name was Penelope. I was wanting to wait in case we felt that wasn't her name but once the 3 yr old knows that baby as Penelope it was a done deal. Elenor was so excited she calls her Nelope and would tell me how 'when she gets to come home she will love me' 'Nelope needs to come home in 20 minutes' 'I was a baby in your belly too and then I was born like Nelope' She loved when Penny would kick her because that's how she knew Penny liked her. It was adorable and made me even more excited. She also had me buy binkies really early in my pregnancy because she was worried we wouldn't have any for her to give Penny when she would cry. She is such a great big sister though I will post more on that later.
At 29 weeks I had a blood pressure scare. I had a mild headache and then saw floating spots, the combination of those two is usually a sign of high blood pressure. I went into the hospital in a complete panic. This was almost 3 weeks earlier than Elenor and I didn't want to have the baby yet. I went in and was observed and had lots of tests. laying down had seemed to lower my blood pressure so bed rest began. I had a headache that slowly got worse for the remainder of my pregnancy. I would go to the hospital two more times as well for spikes I couldn't control but was able to get it down each time. Though on the third time they decided to give me steroids for the baby's lungs just to be sure she would be ready if she had to come early. I felt so much relief after getting those shots. And each day I was still pregnant made me feel so much better. When I hit the day I had delivered Elenor I felt like I would be able to handle it if I had to just because I was in familiar territory.
At my appointment with the specialist the next week he was concerned about my blood pressure and told me that at my next appointment on Nov 19th that if my blood pressure had not gone down we would need to talk about delivering the baby. I was excited that he thought there was a chance I could make it that long. I continued to have issues and was put a strict bed rest. my headache got worse and worse until I started to have a major migraine that no amount of Tylenol could touch. Finally On Sunday Nov 17th I went to bed in a lot of pain and woke up in the middle of the night several times from the pain. I called the OBGYN the next morning and they could tell I was in a lot of pain so they sent me to the hospital to be observed. The rest is really the deliver story so I'll post that one seperate. :)
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