I have become that person.... the one who NEVER updates their blog! Sorry, no excuses other than I haven't made the time!
We are all doing well. Adelaide (or Laidey as we have been referring to her) is doing a wonderful job of fitting into our family. She seems very content. Although there are times where she is like "ok seriously you need to give me your undivided attention!" The problem that arises is, at that exact time 3 other kids seem to think that they also need my undivided attention. I am sure that they are getting very tired of hearing can you wait a minute, I am feeding Adeliade. Then there comes mommy brain where what they wanted me to do while I was feeding Laidey, by the time I get around to being done, I have COMPLETELY forgotten what they asked for help with! This too shall pass. I am reminded that it will not always be this demanding. Then you hear "enjoy them while they are young" DUH!, they grow up so fast. I understand that sometimes I just lose focus. I try to not let myself get aggitated. I am so thankful that for two days in a row there is some relief! I am also thankful that my mom has been arranging her schedule to come and help in the mornings on days when Stu is at work. Mostly she keeps the kids entertained while I work on things around the house. I hate for Stewy to have to come home to a house that looks like world war 3 has hit it!
The kids are all very attentive to Laidey, Abe probably the most. ALthough I didn't realize it till just recently. He is the first one to run to her if she is crying. Which means that you have to be right on his heels to intercept his attempt to calm her. I am thinking that being slapped on the head is not very calming, he is just doing his best!!!
Stewy and I are looking forward to heading to the lectures in February I conned ( actually there was no conning or begging!) aarcola into watching the 3 oldest for us. I am really looking forward to a few days of study and time with my husband!
I am excited for this new year. We are not planning on any '09 babies. This is really going to throw off our rhythem of a baby a year but I think that I will be ok with it! Hope everyone is happy and healthy and feeling very blessed in this new year! Love ya
So glad you all are doing well! I was just thinking about you yesterday. We'd like to bring you all lunch one day if that's ok. Mon, Tues, Weds are best for us. Let me know what you think.
Oh come on Amanda..can't you feed Adelaide, play Candyland and read a book all at the same time! You're SuperMama! Really though...I'm with you...sometimes they all NEED Mommy at the same time. Mine are a bit older, so I couldn't imagine 4 kids needing me between the ages of 3 and 1 month. Isn't it wonderful though! It's tough but we love being Mommy! Have a fantastic time with your babies!
So after my appointment on tuesday Liza confirmed that this stubborn little punk is still breech! It's ok, I am coming to terms with the fact that there is a reason that it hasn't turned. Something in there is preventing it from being in the position that it needs to be in for a vaginal delivery. We are going to attempt another version on wednesday the 10th. After that we will discuss our options. I am excited that this will all be over soon.
I woke up this morning so sore that I really had to get up the gumption to get out of bed. Thankfully Stewy had already been up with the kids for a couple of hours. Charlotte scared the snot out of me at like 6:45. She came up to my side of the bed and said "HEY MOMMA, I"M SICK" in a very loud very awake voice! Momma sat straight up and Poppa said I'll get up, I've been up with them once already! Thanks Poppa!!!!, I rolled over and went back to sleep! It was really nice!
I am so excited that Niols and the kids are coming up for a visit on Monday! I can't wait, it will be so much fun!! My kids miss her kids, I know they will be super excited to see them. CAN"T WAIT! Have a great weekend
I had a huge (grapefruit size) cyst that was preventing Hailey from being head down, but that wasn't discovered until they delivered her. They took care of it during the c-section. Had I not had the c-section my Dr said they probably wouldn't have known about it and had it ruptured I would have had a whole other fleet of problems. So it was worth it in the end I guess.
So glad you are doing well, well as well as can be expected after being gutted like a fish :o) The offer still stands if you need help once Stu goes back to work. I'm in Lancaster Mon, Tues, Wed. Love ya!
From my view point, it wasn't the "gutted" part as much as the pulling open. I don't know if words can explain, but it ranks up there with a few other procedures I don't really need to watch again. Seeing the insides, that's just neat to me. But some of these other procedures just get that "oh, THAT'S gonna hurt" sick feeling in my gut. Much love to you mothers!
Ok for those of you who talk to me on a regular basis, you know I have been "in my hole" lately. This tends to happen at the end of my pregnancies. I have been better the past couple of days but a big part of things lately is that for some reason this baby does not want to turn! I have been told that babies can and will turn right up and until the last minute, why a procrastinator??? Let's just turn now and get it over with!
I went last tuesday for my regular visit with my midwife. She confirmed that the baby was indeed still breech. That was ok, it just meant that I had to go for the version that was scheduled on wednesday. (that is where two very strong people lay on you and try to get the baby to turn by manipulating your baby from the outside.) I went to the hospital thinking that this was going to be a quick in and out thing. My midwife said it should only take them about 15 minutes to get the baby to turn. She also thought that since my uterus is so "used" that it wouldn't be any problem to get the baby to turn. I went to the hospital and they admitted me and started my IV and took blood, two things I should've expected but wasn't thinking about. They had the anesthesiologist come in and go thru routine questions with me just in case I would need to have a emergency c-section done. She looked at me and asked if I wanted an epidural for the version. I was all, "no I think I will be fine" as I was looking around for someone other than the lady who passes out drugs like candy for some reason to re consider. The anesthesiologist looked at me like I had six heads. Still no one said "maybe you should think about the epidural" I assured her I would be fine and sent her on her way. The Dr. came in to do the version. Since I see a midwife I very rarely ever even talk to a Dr. from my practice. My midwife assured me that I would like Dr. Moulton. I did, she was very nice and funny. ( I am big on people with a sense of humor!) She told me they would try 3 times to get the baby to flip. OK here we go............ OH MY WORD!!!!!! It hurt so bad, I thought I can do this it is almost over, I was getting lots of encouragement from everyone in the room. The stopped, ok, lets see if the baby moved, NOT AN INCH!!! That little punk didn't budge! Ok we gotta go again. At this point I was thinking can I get that epidural now?? Nope, too late for that, hold on here they go!!!.... this time around the tears started flowing, the pain was so uncomfortable, I was trying to breathe through things and focus on something else but when you have two women trying to turn all your internal organs upside down from the outside there wasn't a whole lot else I could focus on. 2nd attempt was over, still no budging, this isn't looking good, 3rd try more tears and more pain, now the tears were more from knowing they were going to tell me that I was going to (as Angel would put it, "gut me like a fish", to get this baby out! Last try was over and she looked at me and said, sorry, it didn't work, we'll schedule you for a c-section in a couple of weeks! Now the water works really started. I was sobbing, uncontrolably. I do not want to have a c-section!
That was wednesday, we have been doing absolutely everything that we can think of to get this baby to turn. The moment of truth is tomorrow. My appointment is in the afternoon and I hope that Liza has some good news for me! This breech baby thing is not fun! I guess that's what we get for having so many kids (UST)!!!!
Tonight my hubby made me a wonderful dinner all my favorite comfort foods! To keep my spirits up, he sure knows how to keep a girl happy!!! I already ate all my truffles (they were so YUMMY!!!)
Thank you for your patience with me and I know the moral of the story is no matter what happens we get a wonderful blessing in the end! I'll keep you posted!
I've been thinking about this...I don't think they even offered me an epidural. Tell me about not expecting the outcome! I went for a version and ended up with a baby! All I took to the hospital with me was my purse and my mom b/c I was so sure she would flip and we would be going home. Jokes was on me I guess :o) Still praying she flips on her own. Are you spending every possible minute laying on your left side? That's the big my Dr told me to do to try to get her to flip. Hug!!!
I love you and that baby....nicoles gonna have to fight me for that baby..i do believe its mine :) heheh I'm ready and if stewy needs me to step in for him in the operating room its not a problem.. im a pro at it :) hehehe
So that means that if I go into labor on my due date (which I won't) than I have less than 4 weeks to go! WOO HOO! I am trying very hard to not focus on that date and just go with the flow. I already talked with my midwife about not checking me as far as thinning and dilating are concerned. Usually they check at 36-37 weeks which would be starting this week. The thing is I ALWAYS dilate early. THen I walk around for four weeks going "is this it? Is it time?" It gets really old and I don't want to put myself thru that this time around.
I am in the stage that stewy likes to refer to as the momma cat stage. WHere I just need to get in my box that is tucked under the stairs and hiss and spit at people as they walk by! I will have to say I have felt that way a lot lately.
I did not want to come out of my hole at all yesturday but I managed. After morning services we headed to mom and dad's. November is full of birthdays for our family so we had a combo birhtday dinner. It was nice and I am glad we went but I was happy to get home.
I am super excited that the wonderful Wall family is up for a visit. I am thankful that they have been able to visit about once a month. We will get to see them in december too cause kinzi is going to stay with us from my due date till when the baby makes its' grand entrance! That will be awesome and a HUGE help! Thanks in advance to Toni Nicole for lending your wonderful daughter to me!
Alright I hope that everything is going well for everyone this week! Thanksgiving is just around the corner and then onto CHRISTMAS!!!! YEAH! Love you all
So, who all has b-days in Nov for your family and what days? My family has a lot of February and a lot of November. Just curious if there is some overlap.
Thanks for the wonderful title but you can icksney on the Toni Nicole and just use Nicole!! I mean really!! haha Love ya lots. Be good and don't hiss at me tomorrow.
We should be able to work something out in the spring (for goats).
My Brother's mother-in-law is Nov6, I'm the 12th, My cousin Leigh is the 21st, and Rosemary is the 30th. I think our February is a little more packed like your November (^_^)
What kind of goats are you looking for? We have a nubian bred to a nubian. Hopefully she will have 2 does. I want one from her, but she may have more, and of course, several boers. The first ones are due in March. The following year we should have saanen kids.
I was 37 wks 2 days. Just to prepare you...the baby flipping part isn't all that bad, it's the rubbing and pressure on your skin that is uncomfortable. I'll be praying hard that he/she flips or they can get him/her to flip with the version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Hug!!!!! We'll be in OH Mon-Wed next week, please let me know if you need anything...I MEAN IT!!! 740-304-1290
Oh Amanda I'm soooo sorry! I didn't have an epidural and it was super uncomfortable. But I thought the worst part was the rubbing and pushing on my skin, burnt pretty bad. I had a spinal for the c-section. Not as bad as getting an epidural, I didn't think anyways. In case you have to have the c-section (but I'm praying the baby flips)...Once the spinal wears off use your pain pump and whatever pain meds they offer you. If they don't offer, then ASK! Don't let your pain get ahead of you...in other words don't think you'll be ok if you skip taking the meds, you'll pay for it later. And it takes a while to catch back up with your pain. I didn't want to take a bunch of drugs and nurse but I'm no super woman, and they assured me Hailey would be fine. A few times I skipped taking them (the nurse offered and I said "I feel ok right now"). Well right now comes and goes quickly! And once you go home you'll need help...plan on not being able to go up and down steps or pick up your current babies for atleast 4 wks. I over did it more then took it easy and it took my incision FOREVER to heal. Hailey is 4 months and it was just about a month ago that I could wear my regular pants without feeling like it was going to bust open. My mom stayed with us for 4 wks :o) Hugs and love!!!!!
