Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Going Home
We left the hosptial on Sunday afternoon and are happy to be home. Bailey is a really good baby and really only fusses if you don't swaddle her fast enough or are changing her diaper! :) Big brother Duke seems to be adjusting well. He gets really uptight when she crys and when we are talking to and comforting her. He is a little jealous but I think will be just fine!
Bailey's First Vistors
We were in the hospital Friday and Saturday night. Bailey appreciates all who came to visit her!
Aunt Melody
Aunt Karen (Hanna, hope and Judy came too but no pic :(
Andrea and Hannah
Gigi (Trev's stepmom)
The Kornhausers
Shelli and Chris
Mimi and Poppy
Fikkert Cousins
Aunt Melody
Aunt Karen (Hanna, hope and Judy came too but no pic :(
Andrea and Hannah
Gigi (Trev's stepmom)
The Kornhausers
Shelli and Chris
Birth Story of Bailey Marie Williams
I would like to share the entire birth story of my sweet little bailey girl. It may be TMI for some of you so I apologize in advance but I have dreamed of writing this story since we first found out we were pregnant.
As most of you know Trever and I had decided that we wanted to have the most natural birth as possible and took a 12 week long Bradley childbirth class. Anyway, my birth went nothing like what I expect and didn’t really follow what I thought “textbook” labor would be like. I am sure that none do!
Anyway, I was due on December 12th and always felt that Bailey would come late but Trev’s prediction of the 18th came and went my prediction of the 20th came and went Christmas Eve came and went and then Christmas Day came. We decided that we would lay low on Christmas day and not go to my sister’s house as well always do and we really weren’t in the Christmas spirit. In our minds we always thought that she would be here to spend the day with us. So, we relaxed and went on hike thinking maybe we could stir something up. I had been having menstrual type cramps for a couple of days that never really went away. About 6 p.m. I noticed that these cramps seemed to sort of be al little more painful but decided that it couldn’t be contractions because I couldn’t find a beginning and an end to them. I got out our childbirth book and it said if you think you might be in labor then change activity, eat, take a nap, go on a walk, etc. So, I decided to have some dinner. Then at 7 I told Trev that I thought that the pain of these cramps seemed a little more but that I still could not distinguish a beginning and an end to them. At 8 again, the pain seemed a little more and I told him that maybe we should try to walk. So, out we went into the dark of night. Before I was ½ way across our yard I had to stop and breath through the first thing I could find a beginning and end to and I thought ok this might be the real thing. By the time I was out of my front lawn I had to stop again. I thought man can this be real. I think this is a contraction but according to the textbook they should be sporadic and at the least 5 minutes apart and that couldn’t have been more than a minute. So, we pressed on and the rest of the walk was sort of like that. I decided to get home and sit down a bit and then if nothing changed I would call Tina, our doula, and see what she thought. I tried to watch the clock and time the contractions but I felt like the pain was just increasing and still having a hard time finding the beginning and the end. So, at almost 10 I decided to call Tina to see if this was real. While talking to her for 6 minutes I had to stop and breath through 3 contractions. She told be that this was defiantly labor but was concerned that it was late in the evening and that if I could I should lay down and try to rest between contractions and that my body would let me know if that was possible. I decided that a warm bath might help. Trev went into frenzy mode and decided that maybe he really should pack his suitcase. He came in while I was in the bath and started timing the contractions that were coming at the most 2 minutes apart and at the least 45 seconds apart and were hard and strong. I was now having to moan through them. I told him that I felt like we needed to go to the hospital and he said he thought it was to soon. They tell you that you shouldn’t go until contractions were 5 minutes apart, 1 minute in length and for 1 hour. I told him to call Tina and see what she thought we should do. We had originally planned to labor at home with her. So, he calls her and she can here me moaning in the background every minute or so and she said that she felt we should just meet at the hospital incase things are happening quickly. So, we grab all the last minute stuff and are on the road to the hospital at 11. The ride in the car was hell because there wasn’t much more that I could do other than lay on my side and grip onto the seat belt and moan. Trev being concerned would ask me every now and again if I was sure that was another contraction because it was only 1 minute since the last one. We arrive at the hospital where we are greeted by Tina and my midwife Lindsey. We quickly get to a room and Lindsey checks me and to much of my horror I am only 2 cm which is what I was on Monday in the doctors office. On top of that Lindsey says she is bringing in the sonogram machine because she isn’t sure that what she just felt was a head. So, in rolls the sonogram machine and I am thinking nothing is going like I ever thought it would. The sonogram machine confirms that it is her head but that it is likely Bailey’s face she was feeling so after they get a base line on my contractions and her heart beat then I need to try some different things to get her to turn. Soon, I am up moving around and trying all the methods that we learned in birth class. The contractions were still close together and very strong. They would come in clusters where as soon as one contraction ended another one would begin and there could be like 3 of them in a row. About every 30 minutes or so the contractions would space out and give me a small 4 minute break between them. During those times I thought I can do this but it would only last for about 2 or 3 contractions and then they would be back into there irregular pattern of either one on top of the other or maybe only 45 seconds in between. We tried everything possible to cope…the birth ball, squatting, dancing, on all fours, a bath and when they were that close together I really felt like nothing helped and with little or no break between at about 4 am I was telling them I couldn’t do it anymore. Lindsey came in and checked me and told me that I was 4 cm (actually she lied to me and I was only 3 cm but she knew I would lose it and was thinking pain meds and figured that if I decided I needed something at 4 it would be the same at 3). Anyway, they talked to me about my options for meds. I had decided a long time ago that if I couldn’t do it then I would just go straight for the epidural instead of trying narcotics that make you drunk and since it was nearing 24 hours without sleep then I felt it was my best option.
The doctor came in to do the epidural pretty quickly and soon I was comfortable and we all were able to take a nap. I knew that choosing the epidural could soon bring about other interventions but all I could do at that point was hope for the best. At 6 am she came in and checked me and I was 6 cm which was great news because I was now progressing and wasn’t going to need more drugs.
At 1:30 it was time to start pushing. We had learned in class and Lindsey explained again that we could be at this for 30 minutes or 2 hours. So the pushing began. After a little more than an hour there seemed to be little progress in pushing Bailey out. Lindsey checked again and felt that Bailey was trying to make her entrance face up instead of face down and was getting stuck up under my pubic bone. I am lucky to have the care provider that I did because many doctors would have put me into the OR and I would have been told she couldn’t come out. Lindsey said she knew she could come out but that it was going to be a lot of work and that she was going to talk to the doctor about helping out with other things as well but that if I thought that I could keep doing it on my own then I was doing fine and Bailey was doing fine well of course other than she didn’t want to actually face the world! The doctor came in at close to after 2 hours of pushing and checked me and he said that he didn’t think she was face up but was face down but was still stuck up behind the pubic bone. He then said that he could help me get her out with some forceps if I wanted but that he didn’t want me to keep pushing and exhaust myself and then want forceps and not be able to get her out because I was to exhausted and then end up with a C section. I decided I needed to dig down deep and get this baby out to avoid the section and the forceps. So, back to the pushing we went. The thing that seemed to be helping the most was pulling on a sheet made like a rope while someone on the other end pulled. My arms and probably Lindsey and the nurses arms where about to fall off. They had the mirror out and eventually I began to see her little head and felt more motivated to get her out. Finally at 4:18 pm out popped Bailey weighing 7 pounds 14 oz and also revealing why she was having such a hard time getting out. Apparently Bailey still didn’t want to be born because she had her left hand on her right cheek and her elbow sticking straight out! So instead of pushing out a little head I had to push out a whole head arm and elbow! Lindsey said she thinks that is why my labor was so intense yet it seemed to progress so slowly. I am happy with the decisions that I made in my birth. I feel that if I had continued without the epidural and Bailey would have still been in her arm up position I am not sure I would have had the energy to have pushed her out. She is the most beautiful thing in the entire world and I was so happy once she was born!
On a final note Trever was the most wonderful husband and birth coach through the whole thing. During out birth class he could hardly stand the birth videos but after 3 hours of pushing Lindsey said she thought he was going to reach down and pull out the baby and was even pushing along with me! Here are a couple of pics. The first two are pre epidural and the next is post epidural.
As most of you know Trever and I had decided that we wanted to have the most natural birth as possible and took a 12 week long Bradley childbirth class. Anyway, my birth went nothing like what I expect and didn’t really follow what I thought “textbook” labor would be like. I am sure that none do!
Anyway, I was due on December 12th and always felt that Bailey would come late but Trev’s prediction of the 18th came and went my prediction of the 20th came and went Christmas Eve came and went and then Christmas Day came. We decided that we would lay low on Christmas day and not go to my sister’s house as well always do and we really weren’t in the Christmas spirit. In our minds we always thought that she would be here to spend the day with us. So, we relaxed and went on hike thinking maybe we could stir something up. I had been having menstrual type cramps for a couple of days that never really went away. About 6 p.m. I noticed that these cramps seemed to sort of be al little more painful but decided that it couldn’t be contractions because I couldn’t find a beginning and an end to them. I got out our childbirth book and it said if you think you might be in labor then change activity, eat, take a nap, go on a walk, etc. So, I decided to have some dinner. Then at 7 I told Trev that I thought that the pain of these cramps seemed a little more but that I still could not distinguish a beginning and an end to them. At 8 again, the pain seemed a little more and I told him that maybe we should try to walk. So, out we went into the dark of night. Before I was ½ way across our yard I had to stop and breath through the first thing I could find a beginning and end to and I thought ok this might be the real thing. By the time I was out of my front lawn I had to stop again. I thought man can this be real. I think this is a contraction but according to the textbook they should be sporadic and at the least 5 minutes apart and that couldn’t have been more than a minute. So, we pressed on and the rest of the walk was sort of like that. I decided to get home and sit down a bit and then if nothing changed I would call Tina, our doula, and see what she thought. I tried to watch the clock and time the contractions but I felt like the pain was just increasing and still having a hard time finding the beginning and the end. So, at almost 10 I decided to call Tina to see if this was real. While talking to her for 6 minutes I had to stop and breath through 3 contractions. She told be that this was defiantly labor but was concerned that it was late in the evening and that if I could I should lay down and try to rest between contractions and that my body would let me know if that was possible. I decided that a warm bath might help. Trev went into frenzy mode and decided that maybe he really should pack his suitcase. He came in while I was in the bath and started timing the contractions that were coming at the most 2 minutes apart and at the least 45 seconds apart and were hard and strong. I was now having to moan through them. I told him that I felt like we needed to go to the hospital and he said he thought it was to soon. They tell you that you shouldn’t go until contractions were 5 minutes apart, 1 minute in length and for 1 hour. I told him to call Tina and see what she thought we should do. We had originally planned to labor at home with her. So, he calls her and she can here me moaning in the background every minute or so and she said that she felt we should just meet at the hospital incase things are happening quickly. So, we grab all the last minute stuff and are on the road to the hospital at 11. The ride in the car was hell because there wasn’t much more that I could do other than lay on my side and grip onto the seat belt and moan. Trev being concerned would ask me every now and again if I was sure that was another contraction because it was only 1 minute since the last one. We arrive at the hospital where we are greeted by Tina and my midwife Lindsey. We quickly get to a room and Lindsey checks me and to much of my horror I am only 2 cm which is what I was on Monday in the doctors office. On top of that Lindsey says she is bringing in the sonogram machine because she isn’t sure that what she just felt was a head. So, in rolls the sonogram machine and I am thinking nothing is going like I ever thought it would. The sonogram machine confirms that it is her head but that it is likely Bailey’s face she was feeling so after they get a base line on my contractions and her heart beat then I need to try some different things to get her to turn. Soon, I am up moving around and trying all the methods that we learned in birth class. The contractions were still close together and very strong. They would come in clusters where as soon as one contraction ended another one would begin and there could be like 3 of them in a row. About every 30 minutes or so the contractions would space out and give me a small 4 minute break between them. During those times I thought I can do this but it would only last for about 2 or 3 contractions and then they would be back into there irregular pattern of either one on top of the other or maybe only 45 seconds in between. We tried everything possible to cope…the birth ball, squatting, dancing, on all fours, a bath and when they were that close together I really felt like nothing helped and with little or no break between at about 4 am I was telling them I couldn’t do it anymore. Lindsey came in and checked me and told me that I was 4 cm (actually she lied to me and I was only 3 cm but she knew I would lose it and was thinking pain meds and figured that if I decided I needed something at 4 it would be the same at 3). Anyway, they talked to me about my options for meds. I had decided a long time ago that if I couldn’t do it then I would just go straight for the epidural instead of trying narcotics that make you drunk and since it was nearing 24 hours without sleep then I felt it was my best option.
The doctor came in to do the epidural pretty quickly and soon I was comfortable and we all were able to take a nap. I knew that choosing the epidural could soon bring about other interventions but all I could do at that point was hope for the best. At 6 am she came in and checked me and I was 6 cm which was great news because I was now progressing and wasn’t going to need more drugs.
At 1:30 it was time to start pushing. We had learned in class and Lindsey explained again that we could be at this for 30 minutes or 2 hours. So the pushing began. After a little more than an hour there seemed to be little progress in pushing Bailey out. Lindsey checked again and felt that Bailey was trying to make her entrance face up instead of face down and was getting stuck up under my pubic bone. I am lucky to have the care provider that I did because many doctors would have put me into the OR and I would have been told she couldn’t come out. Lindsey said she knew she could come out but that it was going to be a lot of work and that she was going to talk to the doctor about helping out with other things as well but that if I thought that I could keep doing it on my own then I was doing fine and Bailey was doing fine well of course other than she didn’t want to actually face the world! The doctor came in at close to after 2 hours of pushing and checked me and he said that he didn’t think she was face up but was face down but was still stuck up behind the pubic bone. He then said that he could help me get her out with some forceps if I wanted but that he didn’t want me to keep pushing and exhaust myself and then want forceps and not be able to get her out because I was to exhausted and then end up with a C section. I decided I needed to dig down deep and get this baby out to avoid the section and the forceps. So, back to the pushing we went. The thing that seemed to be helping the most was pulling on a sheet made like a rope while someone on the other end pulled. My arms and probably Lindsey and the nurses arms where about to fall off. They had the mirror out and eventually I began to see her little head and felt more motivated to get her out. Finally at 4:18 pm out popped Bailey weighing 7 pounds 14 oz and also revealing why she was having such a hard time getting out. Apparently Bailey still didn’t want to be born because she had her left hand on her right cheek and her elbow sticking straight out! So instead of pushing out a little head I had to push out a whole head arm and elbow! Lindsey said she thinks that is why my labor was so intense yet it seemed to progress so slowly. I am happy with the decisions that I made in my birth. I feel that if I had continued without the epidural and Bailey would have still been in her arm up position I am not sure I would have had the energy to have pushed her out. She is the most beautiful thing in the entire world and I was so happy once she was born!
On a final note Trever was the most wonderful husband and birth coach through the whole thing. During out birth class he could hardly stand the birth videos but after 3 hours of pushing Lindsey said she thought he was going to reach down and pull out the baby and was even pushing along with me! Here are a couple of pics. The first two are pre epidural and the next is post epidural.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Bailey Is Here!!!
Hi everyone, its Trever Here. Janet is talking to the lactation consultant right now while I type this. After being 12 days late Bailey has finally arrived and is doing great. It was no easy task for Janet but she came through with flying colors.
Her contractions really started coming strong around 10:00 pm on the 25th. By 11:00 her contractions were lasting about a minute and were a minute to a minute and half apart so she decided it was time to head to the hospital. We got there at 12:00 and she tried to labor without drugs as planned for about 4 hours, but it was nothing like she was expecting. The contractions were really strong and were just one right after another. She said one would start and by the time it almost completely faded away, the next one would start. She just didn’t have anytime to recover in between.
Around 4:00 she decided to get an epidural and it really helped with the pain. We were both able to nap a little bit. At 1:30 the next day it was time to start pushing and that was when the real work began. The baby was coming out head first like she was supposed to, but one of her arms was up by her head it was kinda causing her to bind up. Janet pushed and pushed for two and a half hours and just looked completely exhausted. The doctor started talking to her about doing a C-section or using the foresepts, but she was determined not to let that happen. She dug down deep and pushed with all her might for another half hour and Bailey finally came out.
We’re here in the postpartum room right now just relaxing and trying to get the hang of the breastfeeding. (Janet is I mean.) Bailey has been a very pleasant baby to be around. She’s just been eating, sleeping, and pooping. I guess that will be her routine for a while. Here’s a picture of our little buddle of joy. I’m sure Janet will be posting more soon.
Her contractions really started coming strong around 10:00 pm on the 25th. By 11:00 her contractions were lasting about a minute and were a minute to a minute and half apart so she decided it was time to head to the hospital. We got there at 12:00 and she tried to labor without drugs as planned for about 4 hours, but it was nothing like she was expecting. The contractions were really strong and were just one right after another. She said one would start and by the time it almost completely faded away, the next one would start. She just didn’t have anytime to recover in between.
Around 4:00 she decided to get an epidural and it really helped with the pain. We were both able to nap a little bit. At 1:30 the next day it was time to start pushing and that was when the real work began. The baby was coming out head first like she was supposed to, but one of her arms was up by her head it was kinda causing her to bind up. Janet pushed and pushed for two and a half hours and just looked completely exhausted. The doctor started talking to her about doing a C-section or using the foresepts, but she was determined not to let that happen. She dug down deep and pushed with all her might for another half hour and Bailey finally came out.
We’re here in the postpartum room right now just relaxing and trying to get the hang of the breastfeeding. (Janet is I mean.) Bailey has been a very pleasant baby to be around. She’s just been eating, sleeping, and pooping. I guess that will be her routine for a while. Here’s a picture of our little buddle of joy. I’m sure Janet will be posting more soon.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Bailey passes her first "test"
I had my doctor's appointment today and everything is still looking good. I am 2cm and 80% effaced so things are changing and as Lindsey the midwife said things are emminent. Lindsey still has her bets on Wednesday. I am still thinking she will try and make an appearance on Wednesday but really won't be here until Christmas. They sent me downstairs to the hospital observation unit for a Non Stress Test which basically they monitor the babies heart rate for 20 minutes to make sure that it doesn't drop and stays steady. Bailey passed with flying colors and kept her heartrate between 120 and 125 bmp the whole time. We also got some of the admission questions out of the way. Man if I had been in labor and they would have asked me the last time I had a bowel movement or cocaine I would have hit someone! :)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
41 weeks, waiting on Bailey and crazy Texas weather
The saying goes, "If you don't like the weather in Texas just wait a bit and it will change." Boy has that been true. Last Sunday it was near 80 and we were wishing we had shorts on a walk with my parents. Then it got really cold and iced on Tuesday and by yesterday it was near 70. Trev and I took a hike yesterday in the woods but today we had to opt for some indoor walking and entertainment. So, we headed to the Gaylord Texan Hotel. This is actually were Trev proposed about 4 1/2 years ago. Anyway, they had it all decorated for Christmas and we enjoyed walking around. Here is Bailey and I at 41 weeks and a picture of the atrium. I don't think she wants to come out to this crazy weather. I think she likes her nice even temperature womb. :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
40 weeks 2 days....Bailey still cookin'
I had my doctor's appointment today and everything is still going well and the doctor said that I will probably be pregnant after the weekend and that she would put her bets on Wednesday next week. So, Bailey may just want to be delivered by Santa I don't really know. She checked me and said I was closer to 2 cm but I think she may have been just saying that. :) I have another appointment on Monday and she said since I will be a week overdue they will send me for a Non Stress Test (NST) which monitors the baby heartbeat for like 20-30 minutes. If everything is fine then I will go another week before we start talking about induction which I really don't want. Anyway, thought I would give all you curious minds an update since everyone thinks I should have already spontaneously combusted out a baby on Sunday. :) So, place your bets people! I had always said the 20th but I think I might change my bet to the 25th and may change her name to Bailey Rudolph. :)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Room for the whole family!
We have been looking at getting me a knew car for a while now since the Jetta was getting pretty old (can't beleive I have driven that car for almost 9 years!), needed something more reliable, and of course needed something for my current baby (Duke) and new baby to both fit in. Anyway, here she is. It is a Mazada CX-9 and I like it a lot. It actually isn't brand new but is only year old. :)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ovens may very...crazy posting by 39 week prego woman
When is the last time you baked or cooked some food with a recipe? Did you seriously follow the time frame exactly? OF COURSE NOT! So, why is it that people expect me to spontaneously shoot out a baby on Sunday? :) It actually cracks me up! Anyway, Bailey is still cooking. I am still betting on the 20th and Trev bets are on the 18th. You can place bets if you like. I had a doctor's apointmnet today and everything is going well. She checked me and I am a whole whopping 1 cm dilated! Which means nothing and would have really meant nothing had it been less or more. Well ok if it had been like 5 it would have been a big deal but then I would have been in labor and we all know that isn't the case! My bp is steady and normal, I have gained 8 whopping pounds and Bailey probably weighs 7 at this point, and her heart is beating strong and healthy. So, everything is fine so there is no need to ask when I am being induced. Again ovens may vary. If your brownies aren't done after 20 minutes you don't start trying to figure out how to get them out of there sooner or turn the temp up so they will cook faster. You cook them longer people. :)
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