No Stress equals easier Weight Loss

So this time I didn't stress too much about my weight gain like I did with Mikey.  As a result, I gained a little less (36.6 pounds) and it is coming off a little easier :)

My weight gain was exactly 35 pounds the day before I delivered but then I ate at Arctic Circle for lunch, and had pizza for dinner for 2 reasons.  The first, my brother was supposed to come home from his mission that evening and I was supposed to go out to eat at a Mexican restaurant called Tio's in Murray and secondly, I developed a cold that afternoon and my energy was zapped.  I wasn't planning to cook so Justin kindly brought home pizza since Rusty got delayed until Wednesday because of Hurricane Ingrid.  After we dropped our kids off at my in-laws for the night we stopped at Nielsen's Frozen Custard and had custard, yum!

All in all, I woke up weighing in at 176.4 when I headed to the hospital.

Now, the baby is 11 days old and this morning my weight when I jumped in the shower was 154.8, and I had already eaten breakfast and had some water to drink so likely around 154.  I have updated my ticker above to reflect my weight loss with my starting weight at 176.4 and my ending weight 139.8 which is where I started.  This means I have lost over 20 pounds and have about 15 to go :)

I am still pumping 4 times a day so that should help the weight loss but man, I am loving food right now and sugar is so delicious.  I went and bought my favorite cereal (honey bunches of oats with almonds) and I am loving my breakfast cereal with toast every morning!

Here's to a quicker weight loss than 8 months!

Welcome Baby Wesley!

Well, he made it here and we are all so happy!  Not everything has been smooth sailing (hello hormones and anxiety) but today I'm feeling pretty positive.

Last Tuesday we woke up early and headed to the hospital arriving around 6:50 AM.  They had just had 2 women come in and deliver within 10 minutes of arriving so the nurses were a little preoccupied so no one even came in our room until about 8 AM.  I got my IV, not terrible but still hurt.  Then we got started on Pitocin and the nurse left.  My doctor came in around 8:40 and broke my water but he first had to make sure the head was done and ouch, so not pleasant.....did I say ouch?

Then for the next few hours Justin and I just chilled watching Chuck although I had to pee like every 15 minutes, it was terrible.  I got up several times and I almost wanted to get my epidural so that I could get a catheter and stop going to the bathroom.

Our nurse got called into a C-section so we got a new nurse which we both liked so much more.  She was much more friendly and chatty.  I told her around 11 AM that the contractions were only every 20 minutes or so and not really doing much.  She turned up the pitocin and then I felt contractions quite strongly for the next 20 minutes or so and decided to get the epidural.  After that, I fell asleep for an hour, it was nice :)

Then the nurse checked me around 1 PM and I was at a 5 and she put in the catheter and said once my bladder was drained the baby could move down faster.  I asked her how long she thought it would be before I delivered and she said by 3 PM.  She left and around 1:15 I started shaking and was so cold.  Justin went out and got a nurse to give us a warm blanket which helped.  Then my nurse came in at 1:35 to check me because I was feeling a little uncomfortable and she said shaking was a showing signs of a transition.  She checked me and gasped saying I was a 10 and that the baby would be coming very soon.  She called my doctor and told him to run and he did run!  He came in the room, asked if there was time to change and she told him to change quickly and said she wouldn't put my legs up in the stirrups until he was ready, lol.

He came in, got everything ready and I pushed through 3 contractions and the baby was delivered in less than 10 minutes at 1:55 PM.  The nurse almost wanted me to push faster than the doctor because he was trying to help me not tear but I pushed down and I did tear.   He said it was a 2nd degree tear and I got stitches for a little while after.  He weighed 8 lb 1 oz and was 19.5 inches long, my shortest baby. 

Then we hung out in our room for a while and I had lunch and then we moved to our room.  My mom came to visit and then my dad.  Justin left before 7 to spend some time with the kids and get them to bed at his parent's house.

Anyway, that's how the day went when Wesley was born, and it was a pretty great day.

39 Weeks and Here We Go!

So last week after my doctor's appt I was really bummed and kept feeling down all day.  However as the day went on and talking to Justin and my mom and praying a lot, I felt like I should just have the baby on Tuesday the 17th which means tomorrow!  All of my confusion seemed to melt away and I felt pretty happy and peaceful Tuesday night so I'm having a baby very soon.

This morning I weighed in at 174.8 which is exactly 35 pounds gained. 

Now for the bummer news.  I planned with my doctor an induction for Tuesday because I wanted to make it to my brother's airport homecoming from his mission.  Unfortunately Hurricane Ingrid is hitting Tampico Mexico this morning which is where he is serving so his flight was canceled.  Boo.  Now he has another flight scheduled for Wednesday but I will be in the hospital so I will miss the celebration.  Oh well, at least I'll have my cute baby boy here and no more aches, pains and nausea. 

This past week the heartburn has gone crazy, the worst I've ever had and the feeling of acid in my throat was bothering me constantly.  The tums just didn't cut it this time so I tried some Prilosec OTC although the box said it can take 1-4 days to kick in.  I bought it on Friday and took one on Saturday morning and it worked that day, yay!  I took another one yesterday and I needed no tums both days.  (I admit, I took 2 in the afternoon just because I like them so much, lol!)  So far today I forgot to take it on an empty stomach this morning but I am feeling fine and will probably just survive on Tums if needed seeing as this is the last day of heartburn I should really have. 

Well, I'm off to my last doctor's appt and hopefully things are progressing and all goes well tomorrow morning.  A huge thanks to my in-laws for taking my kids tonight through Thursday :)

Oh Decisions.

Well, this was not my favorite doctor's visit.  My doctor must've been in a bad mood or something because instead of being the kind caring sensitive guy I've always known, he was fairly pushy today.

He tells me that we're all set for an induction next Tuesday, the 17th.  I look at him and tell him that I never agreed to an induction, it was rather something we had discussed in the past.  He told me that he went ahead and scheduled it just in case I did want to have my baby then.  I then tell him that yes, my brother will be home and yes, it will be before my dad gets married but then I told him that I wasn't sure going to my dad's wedding with a newborn and engorged would be better than going pregnant.  He then tells me that at least I would have some control over the situation and have my baby instead of going into labor on Friday and missing the wedding altogether.  I told him I never go early so I will probably still be pregnant.  (Of course, I really could go into labor early and miss it, hmmmm.)

Anyway, he suggested that I come in next Monday to be checked and then tell him yes or no to the Tuesday morning induction.  Then I talked to him about pumping and how much extra work it is to pump, have a newborn and attend a wedding just 4 days after having a baby.  He then tells me that if I'm going to pump, I may as well just breastfeed.  Without wanting to get into a long drawn out discussion, I simply tell him that I can control the pain better if I just pump and leave it at that. 

He then measures me and I am measuring at 36 cm and he says that's just fine since the baby is moving down at this point.  I asked him again about last week and he said I was 34 and should've been 37, so I was 3 cm below and more than 2 cm they do more testing.  Also, my blood pressure was just fine today.

He then does an internal exam and said I am dilated to a 1 and he could feel the baby was head down but ouch, this time his exam hurt.

All in all, I seriously felt like crying when I left because of his attitude today.  I get it, doctor's have bad days too but still, not my favorite doctor's visit.

I am going to pray about having my baby next Tuesday and see what the Lord says.  It would be nice to be done in just 1 week......

38 Weeks Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 174.2, up 0.2 pounds from last week.  This past week I went down to 173.4 and then back up over the weekend.  2 weeks to go and still in the 35 pound weight gain recommendation.  I will write more tomorrow when I see the doc.

Measuring Small

So, I really need to do my weekly post after I go to the doctor for the latest information.  So, this is information from last Tuesday and then I will update again Tuesday when I go in again. 

On Tuesday I measured at only 35 cm instead of 37 so the doctor did an ultrasound (not sure what I was the week before.....did I stay the same or go down?)  Fortunately the baby's heart and lungs looked good and there was plenty of fluid around the baby and the baby was moving enough to make my doctor feel things were just fine.  So, I am going in on Tuesday again at about the same time in the morning to see if the baby has grown this week.  If not, well, I suppose there will be another ultrasound to double check everything is going well again.  The baby still moves quite a bit and I can feel the baby getting hiccups at least once a day so that's good.

However, I may have gone down because the week before I had an appt after lunch when I had already had 4 cups of water and eaten lunch so I could've been bigger than normal since I usually go in in the morning and not in the afternoon.  Anyway, I have never measured small with any of my kids so that was new to me.  Also, my blood pressure was a little high (once again, I don't know how high, I didn't ask).  She did it twice and both times it was high.  I was hoping they would whisk me away to labor and delivery but no such luck, ha ha.

Anyway, I'm super curious to see what will happen this week.  Also, I have decided not to be induced.  The doctor has offered Tues the 17th after my brother comes home and before my dad's wedding, but I am realizing that I will likely be engorged and very uncomfortable and with having to pump, the wedding won't be super easy with a newborn and I'd rather just be pregnant.  Plus, I was complaining that 5 weeks seemed so far away and now 2 weeks seems so soon.  So for now, I will be okay just going into the labor the week I'm due.  I would love to know when this baby wants to come on his own :)

3 Weeks to Go!

Still closer.  This morning I weighed in at 174, up 0.2 pounds from last week.  I have however been higher than that all week long.  I guess the weight has decided to pile on these last few weeks and that's ok.  I have now gained a total of 34.2 pounds and still have 3 weeks to go so I probably won't stay under the 135 recommended weight gain but once again, oh well. 

I went to see my doc on Tuesday and he started talking induction.  He offered Monday the 16th and I told him my brother was coming home from his mission that evening.  I told him if he couldn't take me 2 weeks early I would probably opt out of induction and he said he couldn't do that.  He then suggested Tuesday after my brother comes home (the 17th) and have 5 days to recover for my dad's wedding.  Hmmmmm, a possibility but what if there are complications such as a C-section.  Not so sure about that one either. 

Anyway, we never came to a conclusion so he said he would check me this week and see if I've progressed.  Last week I was still high and tight and almost a 1 and he made a note in my chart about my situation.

The question now is should I be induced on my due date or just let this baby come when it's ready.  I'm almost thinking I should go into labor because it is exciting to see when this little guy will come on his own.  That's my latest thinking but we'll see what the doc and I decide on tomorrow.   Happy Labor Day all!

P.S.  So glad it is finally the month I am due, yay!  Now if the weather would just chill out and get out of the 90's I would be grateful, I have been SOOOO hot this week.