Annabelle is 22.12 lbs and 29.75 inches long
At birth she was 9lbs 9 ounces and 20 inches long.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Happy 1st Birthday!
To my beautiful girl on your first birthday,
Mommy and daddy could have never dreamed of having a baby like you. You are the greatest thing we could have ever asked for in life. You are sweet, silly, stubborn, funny, lovable, and just have such a great personality. I don't think we would have had a better baby if we were able to pick each gene/trait that went into you - you are the best of each of us. You are so full of personality, you just light up my day each and every day. Daddy smiles at the thought of seeing you even before he gets into the front door, I can see him through the window :) You try and run away now and hide when you hear him jingle at the door knob. Its such a fun game for you to see your daddy. When I pick you up at the sitters you just smile at me and say "hey" as you wave to me. Sometimes you even whine because you want me to hurry and pick you up so you can hug me. Then you want to go back to the sitter to give her a bye bye hug. I adore you and your little face more than you will ever know. You are pleased with almost everything, except when it comes to riding in the car. You used to love that so much but momma spoiled you by feeding you as daddy drove. Now you always want momma to feed you in the car until you fall asleep. Momma gives in and I nurse you as we go. Luckily we have tinted windows :) You are just the light of everyone's life. You are full of joy and happiness. It is hard to find the words to describe how much that we love you but I hope that you always know that you are loved and that we would do anything for you. There are a lot of other people who love you very much as well and would do anything for you. You are not only special to momma and daddy but to many many people. You are now a year old, you barely resemble the baby we brought home. You are able to do so many things and you reached so many milestones so quickly. You still don't want to walk and I believe it is because you are so spoiled and stubborn. You can do it because you can stand on your own and you have tried to take off on a couple of occassions. You will walk soon enough and then momma will be wishing you were still a crawler. You love to chase after the cats now even more than you did before. You are able to imitate momma and daddy when we say different words now. You are so very precious and worth all the wait in the world. It is hard to remember what our life was like before you were born. We thought it was exciting then but we had no idea how much better it would be once you were here. We love you so much!
--MOMMA!
Mommy and daddy could have never dreamed of having a baby like you. You are the greatest thing we could have ever asked for in life. You are sweet, silly, stubborn, funny, lovable, and just have such a great personality. I don't think we would have had a better baby if we were able to pick each gene/trait that went into you - you are the best of each of us. You are so full of personality, you just light up my day each and every day. Daddy smiles at the thought of seeing you even before he gets into the front door, I can see him through the window :) You try and run away now and hide when you hear him jingle at the door knob. Its such a fun game for you to see your daddy. When I pick you up at the sitters you just smile at me and say "hey" as you wave to me. Sometimes you even whine because you want me to hurry and pick you up so you can hug me. Then you want to go back to the sitter to give her a bye bye hug. I adore you and your little face more than you will ever know. You are pleased with almost everything, except when it comes to riding in the car. You used to love that so much but momma spoiled you by feeding you as daddy drove. Now you always want momma to feed you in the car until you fall asleep. Momma gives in and I nurse you as we go. Luckily we have tinted windows :) You are just the light of everyone's life. You are full of joy and happiness. It is hard to find the words to describe how much that we love you but I hope that you always know that you are loved and that we would do anything for you. There are a lot of other people who love you very much as well and would do anything for you. You are not only special to momma and daddy but to many many people. You are now a year old, you barely resemble the baby we brought home. You are able to do so many things and you reached so many milestones so quickly. You still don't want to walk and I believe it is because you are so spoiled and stubborn. You can do it because you can stand on your own and you have tried to take off on a couple of occassions. You will walk soon enough and then momma will be wishing you were still a crawler. You love to chase after the cats now even more than you did before. You are able to imitate momma and daddy when we say different words now. You are so very precious and worth all the wait in the world. It is hard to remember what our life was like before you were born. We thought it was exciting then but we had no idea how much better it would be once you were here. We love you so much!
--MOMMA!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Memories of a pregnancy and child birth
A year ago today Jason and I were spending our last day as just the two of us. That night I was going to be induced. Annabelle was measuring big at 9lbs 9 ounces and at 41 weeks by our last ultrasound. The doctor said she would be a big baby just not that big. The doctor knew that I really wanted to try and have as natural of a birth as I could. She knew I was worried about having to have a c-section since I was being induced. The beginning of my pregnancy had been pretty rough, I was sick for almost 5 months. Not just morning sick but sick for the entire day. I lost more weight in my first trimester than I gained in my second. I was always some shade of green during that time. We had been trying for a baby for almost two years, I had been diagnosed with PCOS and was told I wouldn't get pregnant without the help of fertility drugs. I did not ovulate, my period was very irregular. My doctor had told me to give it three more months, due to my age she didn't want to immediately give me the fertility drugs. I was feeling pretty down at the end of those three months, I had my appointment for fertility drugs made. I got really sick at the end of my three months and thought maybe I was pregnant. I went to the Instant Care, took a blood test and it came back negative, I just had a virus. I felt really down, I don't really remember that week because of the phenegrin. On April 15th, one week exactly before my appointment I still hadn't had a period, it had been over 2 months so I just took a hpt. To my shock it was positive. I will never again have the feeling I did that night, it was such a mixture of shock, relief, happiness and joy. I took a few more tests and they were all positive. The doctor couldn't believe it, they were all really happy as well.
I complained a little (some people say I complained a lot) about my sickness. I was so grateful to finally be pregnant I tried to really enjoy it and I did. I would get sick every so often all the way through my pregnancy but nothing major. I did swell more than normal but overall I had a wonderful experience. There was nothing better than feeling that baby moving around inside and letting Jason feel her too. She really didn't like him, she would kick him very hard in the back sometimes.
The night I was induced was actually my mom's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY MOM). I had originally been scheduled for induction on 12/9. The baby would have had the same birthday as mom but my doctor knew my desire to not have a c-section and thought that one extra day may have been all I needed to have her come on her own time. I had been dilated for about a month or so and had made pretty good progress. I wouldn't say that I was ready for my pregnancy to be over, but I was ready to meet my baby. We checked in at 7 and they started the pitocin. It seemed to be a mild dose, never really kicked in very hard on me. The only thing aside from the sickness that had made me uncomfortable was all the peeing. I have a high bed and it was a little rough for me to get out of it with my big belly. I didn't sleep well the last few days of pregnancy and the hospital stay was no different. The next day I had progressed to 5 cms on the pitocin and felt a little bit of labor pains but nothing major. The doctor had to break my water (I really really hated the leaking afterwards) and when she felt for the baby's position Annabelle had went back up the birth canal. She was higher than she had been the week before, how I don't know. An option at that point was the epidural. I had went into this without a desire for that epidural, I for one thing was afraid of the needle (it is very large, Jason got freaked out by it in our birth class, haha) and another I didn't want mom to out do me. She hadn't received any medications with either my sister or I. I was also afraid of losing feeling in my body. I was told there was a chance that the epidural would relax me and she possibly could slide down. I said okay, turns out the epidural was nothing. BUT the BEST part was the catheder! I loved that thing, I felt such relieve after I received it. Turns out I didn't lose feeling, and Annabelle didn't lower back down. The doctor came in at 3:15 and told me that we could keep going or we could do a c-section. I cried a little, but like she told me I could push all night and wear myself out and then need an emergency c-section or I could just do one then. She told me that my mom could go back with Jason and I as well. That made me feel better about it. I didn't wanna chance anything so I just agreed to it. I was also ready to see my baby so less than 15 mins later Annabelle was born. She weighed exactly 9lbs 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. My c-section and recovery was an absolutely BREEZE. I could have walked into the surgery room if I had had too. I didn't lose all my feeling which I loved. I did need staples (17), stitches wouldn't work, she was too big so they had to cut me a little more. I would have been able to leave the hospital that next day if they would have let me. I felt so good. Annabelle was such a great breast feeder that a year later we are still going strong. I had such a wonderful experience and am so grateful for it!
I complained a little (some people say I complained a lot) about my sickness. I was so grateful to finally be pregnant I tried to really enjoy it and I did. I would get sick every so often all the way through my pregnancy but nothing major. I did swell more than normal but overall I had a wonderful experience. There was nothing better than feeling that baby moving around inside and letting Jason feel her too. She really didn't like him, she would kick him very hard in the back sometimes.
The night I was induced was actually my mom's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY MOM). I had originally been scheduled for induction on 12/9. The baby would have had the same birthday as mom but my doctor knew my desire to not have a c-section and thought that one extra day may have been all I needed to have her come on her own time. I had been dilated for about a month or so and had made pretty good progress. I wouldn't say that I was ready for my pregnancy to be over, but I was ready to meet my baby. We checked in at 7 and they started the pitocin. It seemed to be a mild dose, never really kicked in very hard on me. The only thing aside from the sickness that had made me uncomfortable was all the peeing. I have a high bed and it was a little rough for me to get out of it with my big belly. I didn't sleep well the last few days of pregnancy and the hospital stay was no different. The next day I had progressed to 5 cms on the pitocin and felt a little bit of labor pains but nothing major. The doctor had to break my water (I really really hated the leaking afterwards) and when she felt for the baby's position Annabelle had went back up the birth canal. She was higher than she had been the week before, how I don't know. An option at that point was the epidural. I had went into this without a desire for that epidural, I for one thing was afraid of the needle (it is very large, Jason got freaked out by it in our birth class, haha) and another I didn't want mom to out do me. She hadn't received any medications with either my sister or I. I was also afraid of losing feeling in my body. I was told there was a chance that the epidural would relax me and she possibly could slide down. I said okay, turns out the epidural was nothing. BUT the BEST part was the catheder! I loved that thing, I felt such relieve after I received it. Turns out I didn't lose feeling, and Annabelle didn't lower back down. The doctor came in at 3:15 and told me that we could keep going or we could do a c-section. I cried a little, but like she told me I could push all night and wear myself out and then need an emergency c-section or I could just do one then. She told me that my mom could go back with Jason and I as well. That made me feel better about it. I didn't wanna chance anything so I just agreed to it. I was also ready to see my baby so less than 15 mins later Annabelle was born. She weighed exactly 9lbs 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. My c-section and recovery was an absolutely BREEZE. I could have walked into the surgery room if I had had too. I didn't lose all my feeling which I loved. I did need staples (17), stitches wouldn't work, she was too big so they had to cut me a little more. I would have been able to leave the hospital that next day if they would have let me. I felt so good. Annabelle was such a great breast feeder that a year later we are still going strong. I had such a wonderful experience and am so grateful for it!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
50 & 51 Weeks!
My baby turns 1 next Friday, it makes me so sad! Before I know it she will be a teenager, they really do grow too fast. We still aren't walking, hoping to be in th next month or so. She just doesn't show any interest in it at this poing. Stubborn like her granny I guess but who would wanna walk when you can get carried all day. I think the days of being able to hold her are over and have been for some time now. She is very content playing in the floor, especially if there are books to read. I love my baby very much.
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