Trip to centennial farm in Costa Mesa

I took Brooklind to the centennial farm before in Costa Mesa at the fairgrounds. Its totally cool because it is open to the public and FREE! They have tons of different farm animals. The last time I was there with Brooklind she was not even a year old. This time she enjoyed it so much more.

We had our first family outing together going to the farm. Baylee slept the entire time of course. The had two huge oxen, goats, sheep, chickens, cows and calves, and pigs with there pig babies. There was one mommy pig who had just had her babies on September 25 so it was so fun to see the new babies.

Baylee is 1 week 3 days old

A week sure goes by fast. I can't believe Baylee is here and I am not pregnant anymore. We took her to her first appointment and she only lost a few ounces since she was born. So she was 7lbs 13oz and 20in long. She didn't get jaundce like Brooklind had, so that was a relief. She is doing well with feedings (only formula this time). Shes pooping and peeing good as well, maybe too much :)

Sleeping a lot during the day and probably getting up every 2-3hours during the night. Having a little sleep deprivation, but not too bad.

She is doing well adjusting to being outside the womb. It is just amazing how different each kid is. Her clothes are still swimming on here, which makes no sense because shes 8lbs and a good length. Shes wearing newborn size right now. Even 0-3 month stuff is too big still. She is in newborn size diapers still, but it doesn't look like that will last much longer.

 Baylee had her first bath lastnight (Wed. Oct 3) - she was fine with it when we started, but toward the end she was not liking it too much. Brooklind found it to be quite interesting and fun to watch though. We were glad to finally get to give her a bath because the rest of her umbilical cord fell off.

Baylee's Arrival and birth story

Sunday night (Sept 23) around 11:30pm I thought that my water had broken and I had a few random contractions, but nothing consistent. I called labor and delivery and told them I thought my water had broken and that at my last appointment I was already dilated and effaced. They told me if I was at least dilated to a 4 or 5cm when I came in and my water had not broken they were going to admit me. So Stephen and I took showers and packed our bags and left for Kaiser Irvine hospital.

We arrived at the hospital around 1:30am Monday morning. We obviously didn't rush to get there because we wanted showers because if I was admitted we knew we wouldn't get showers for a day or two. 

 (this picture is me in the labor and delivery observation room)

 They checked to see if my water broke with this metal device thing. AND IT HURT more than a PAP smear! They determined that my water had not broken. But the good news was that I was dilated a 5cm and 75% effaced and the baby was at 0 station now. Also once they started monitoring me and the baby I was actually having strong contractions every 5-7 minutes. Which was good because I was showing progress even though my water was not broken. I GOT TO STAY!!! They admitted me and I was sent to my regular labor and delivery room..............

At around 3am they got me hooked up to all the fun stuff, the IV (which I ALWAYS hate)! The midwife came in and broke my water. She had a hard time breaking it. She said it was a strong bag. It took her about 3 times with they device to pop it. It was very strange because after she broke it we thought my contractions would get stronger and closer together. It was the opposite they slowed down and almost stopped.

They started me than on the pitocin to get them going again. After about an hour on the pitocin I wanted my epidural!!

Got my epidural and at this point I was feeling so much pressure already within a half hour of being on it. My labor moved so fast at this point and I was already telling the nurses that I was feeling tons of pressure with the contractions. They didn't believe me, but than when the checked me I was already dilated 10cm and fully effaced and the baby was in the right station. The nurse went and asked the midwife if it was okay to start pushing. OHH YA a cool tidbit, it was the same midwife that delivered Brooklind two years ago. I was so excited because she knew my history with the bleeding/clotting like what had happened with Brooklind's delivery.

So at 10am Monday morning I started to push. I pushed for an hour and Baylee was born at 11:02am.

 Baylee Emma Erwin

Born Monday September 24, 2012 @11:02am

8lbs 4oz 19 inches

 After Baylee was born the midwife was delivering the placenta and found that there were fragments of it left inside my uterus and I kept bleeding. She called in an doctor (MD) and they brought in an ultrasound machine to see inside. They just couldn't get it all so they rushed me to the operating room (OR) to do a D&C procedure to clean everything out and to also stitch up what tore during delivery.

I was scared to death because I had never been in the OR before and I only got to see Baylee for about 5 minutes and no one could come with me in there. The anesthesiologist gave me a huge dose into my epidural of my numbing meds before I went into the OR. I was in there for about an hour and a half. I got claustrophobic when they stuck the stupid oxygen thing on me so I had them take it off. Then I got nauseous so they gave me more meds in my IV for that as well. I was so drugged up and the doctors and nurses were laughing and smiling because I would make funny and random comments. The procedure all went well and I got to meet Stephen and Baylee in recovery.

 (Pic in recovery right after the OR)

I am finally getting to hold me baby after about 2 hours. I was in recovery before going to postpartum about 2 hours. They had to do blood work to check my blood count because they were worried I might have to have a blood transfusion. Thankfully I didn't and I was okay. They gave me more hardcore pain killers in recovery so when I got to postpartum I was still drugged up.

Finally I got to go to my postpartum room....

PA (grandpa) with his grand girls. 

  

 Brooklind meeting her sister for the first time. Brooklind didn't like the hospital so much. She was also a little freaked out of me because maybe I was so drugged up.

 Our first picture as a family

 Me and my girls

Baylee with her eyes open. She has blue eyes (Brooklind had brown)

I recovered well in postpartum and was given 2 different antibiotics in my IV every 4 hours, pain killers, med to control the bleeding, and maybe some other stuff that I might be forgetting. I usually can't sleep in hospitals, but I was so wiped out from all the drugs and from the delivery that I actually slept. Well as much as I could with the thousands of interruptions from the nurses.

All my bloodwork came back normal the next morning (Tuesday) and I had had a temperature, but that went back to normal as well. They let me go home at 2pm. I couldn't wait to go home and take a shower and get in my own bed. It was a crazy day and a little traumatic. I am not sure I ever want to go through that again. I am very grateful Baylee is healthy and strong!!

Diaper baby shower

My friends from church threw me what they call a diaper shower. Basically its similar to a regular baby shower, just you more so get diapers and wipes. Since it was my second girl because we already have all the girl stuff. My mom was able to be there and a few other family and mostly friends. It was so much fun and I am surprised I made it to the shower because I thought I was going to go into labor sooner. I went into labor 3 days later........

 DIAPERS DIAPERS DIAPERS!

I did get a few cute outfits for Baylee. And Brooklind got a few little things too.

Week 36 Prego update

36 weeks

I am currently 36 weeks and am done!! This 90-100 degree weather this past week was horrible and I hope it doesn't start getting really hot again. Its killing me!

I went to the doctor on Thursday (13th) and my doctor did a pelvic exam and found that I was 3cm dilated, 75% effaced, and the babys head was already down in -1 position/station. NO wonder why my bladder was hurting so bad and that it feels like the baby is just going to fall out. Its amazing how it can just stay in there when its so low.Basically the doctor said it can happen at any day now and of course I still don't have a hospital bag packed.

Every once in awhile I will get a really bad contraction, but for the most part nothing consistent enough to go to the hospital. My friends of mine are throwing a diaper shower for me this week so I just want to make it to that and than start walking ALOT or something so I can go into labor. I will keep posting updates! Hopefully this baby wants to come soon!!!!!!

35 weeks!!! Almost there!!!

I am 35 weeks today (Saturday). Almost there!!

I have reached the "I'm DONE" stage and I am so uncomfortable. Last Sunday I thought I was going to have this baby. I started having really bad contractions that were so painful and really hard to time them apart. They seems like they were back to back. They started while in Sunday School (2nd hour at church which was like 2:30pm) and kept going and probably didnt stop until we had been home for awhile (approx 5ish).

My doctor wondered why I waited that long, but I knew that they would probably just send me home. So I drank and bunch of water and just laid down and they did stop.

I had talked to my doctor yesterday (Friday) and she thinks I will go before my due date which is what we all kind of figured, but there is no guarantee. She said I've reached the point where if I do go into full blown labor they won't stop it. As you can see I am carrying very low and pointy and sometimes it just feels like the baby is going to fall out. All my maternity clothes aren't fitting good under my belly because I am so low.

I am still not sleeping too great. Peeing so much, especially at night, acid reflux is still there, and loving my ice chips!!!!!

My next appointment is this Thursday the 13th so I will have another post probably. Thanks to everyone for all the words of encouragement through the end of this pregnancy. It really helps because I tend to get a little on the depressed side at this point.

Summer continued

I had made a bowl of chocolate pudding and it was chilling in the fridge. I wanted to eat it when it was cold. I had to go upstairs to do something and heard from wrestling around in the kitchen. ....

 I guess Brooklind couldn't wait for it to chill and wanted to eat the pudding right away. It was such a mess (all over the fridge, the drawers where her spoons are, the tile flooring and on Brooklind of course). She looks like a zombie with blood all over her.

We went to Mile Square Park because we had some leftover bread. There were soooo many ducks and geese. The geese are so mean they were about ready to bite off Brooklind's fingers a few times. She loved it!!!

Brooklind got a new dress and always has to pose for a picture when she gets something new. She looked so cute in it. 

 

The rest of this summer we have just being playing in the pool and hanging out. I am not much fun right now because I can't walk long distances and I can't run after Brooklind so its hard for us to get out. Plus we still just have the 1 car so that makes it difficult.

33 weeks prego!!

I turned 33 weeks prego on Saturday (August 25)!

I don't see my OBGYN again until September 13 to get a more in depth update on the pregnancy. I am on the home stretch as people would say right now. I am at the stage where I am just done!! Heres a list of things that i forgot about that I wish we didn't have to go through as pregos.

Things that I forgot about in this stage in a pregnancy:

• Can't sleep (belly too big and having to get up to pee every 20-30 minutes)
• sciatica pain (this time it is on both sides of my body and it hurts to get up after laying down)
• Peeing ALL the time literally!!!! (at night is the worst)
• Being pregnant in the summer (the heat is killing me and drinking more water/ice chips is making the peeing just as bad)
• Maternity clothes even start to get too small (have had to get a few more things bigger to last until the end).
• Acid reflux (Just gross and downing the tums all the time it seems)
• Belly is so large 
• sharp stabbing pain under my right boob and above ribs (from the stretching ligament pain)
• Feet hurt and swell (mainly my heals just ache)
• Depression starts to kick in a little because you are so uncomfortable and ready to have the baby

I can probably keep adding but these are the ones that come to mind lately. Well hopefully I can get through the end! I am having contractions more lately and the pressure down there is just bad sometimes. It feels like the baby has almost dropped a little bit because my acid reflux and breathing has improved a little bit. I will put another update after I see my doctor again. Oh the joys of pregnancy!!!!!

Pregnancy update

31 weeks 4 days along

I went to my doctors appointment yesterday (Monday). I am currently 31 weeks and 2 days. All my vitals were perfect (blood pressure, peeing on stick, weight, etc). I have altogether gained 19lbs since the beginning of the pregnancy. My doctors says I have 8 more pounds I can gain so gain them wisely.

As my doctor was measuring my belly she had a very concerned look on her face. I said "what?????" She said that I am 31 weeks but measuring at 32 weeks. It wasn't a bad thing just that I will be earlier than my due date.

She than goes onto to asking me questions like how much did your last weight (Brooklind was 8.75lbs and 21 inch and only a day before my due date). So my doctor knew I could have another good size baby and because I am only 5' 2" she told me that at 38 weeks she wanted to strip my membranes. She told me at the very end that she did not want me to go full term because of all this. It was happy news for me because less time being prego!!!!!!!!!!!!! So 38 weeks that would be Sept 30.

I am so excited that I basically have less than 2 months to be pregnant!!!!!! Especially with this heatwave it has NOT been fun!!!!!!!!

Big Bear Trip summer 2012

Brooklind and I got to spend a week and a half up in Big Bear Lake at my parents house. Brooklind had a blast because she got to play in their big backyard and get dirty! We got to go to the Big Bear zoo, discovery center, and play!!!! At one point during the trip I caught some sort of bug and got sick (I think it was from something I ate at this Mexican food place we went). I had the fun food poisoning symptoms....ewwww!

Toward the end of the week my hubby Stephen got to come up and we got to go to the Fun run car show that they have every year in August up there. It started to pour rain halfway through it. The weather was hot up there but not like off the mountain. We had a few thunder storms with rain so that was nice to cool it down.

 Big Bear zoo

Discovery Center in Big Bear Lake

Playing in the backyard 

Fun Run Car show in Big Bear

Prego update

24 weeks 3 days

I just keep on growing!!! Everything is about the same. No scary contractions anymore because I have learned to take it easy. Not easy to do by the way. At my appoint July 1 I was told that I had only gained 8lbs so far in the pregnancy and that was really good!!! I had to go get the glucose blood test done which was not fun. I did the 1hr one first and failed it!!! Luckily my mom was in town so she was able to watch Brooklind because I had to go take the 3hr test (drinking the nasty orange soda stuff and getting 4 blood draws all within a 3hr period). I looked like a drug addict because of all the bruising on my arms. THANKFULLY I found out the same evening that I PASSED the 3hr test. I was so relieved!! 

Also I found out I was a little anemic so I have to take iron supplements now. This has happened in all my pregnancies, so it wasn't much of a surprise.

28 weeks 1 day

 Now I am 28 weeks and in my 3rd trimester! FINALLY!!! I am on the home stretch. I am just getting so huge so fast it seems like. And it all seemed like it happened overnight. I don't have my next appointment until August 13 so I will find out more on my measurements and such. With how big I am getting its really hard sleeping now. I can never get comfortable! I am up 3-4 times a night going pee as well which isn't helping. My body is soooo sore because when I am pregnant my sciatic nerves act up big time. Its really bad on my right now, but this last week I have noticed it starting on the left side as well. Other than all these usual pregnancies discomforts I am grateful to have a healthy baby so far, normal blood pressure throughout the whole pregnancy, and all of my other blood work come back normal. I just can't wait to meet our Baylee!!

Our summer (July)

So far this summer it has been pretty warm. Brooklind plays outside in her blow up zebra pool and we go to the pool in our complex. We have taken a few trips to get frozen yogurt and shaved ice at this place called 33 degrees and also yogurtland. 

 She especially loves to wear her arm floaties when we go to the big pool. She loves the water, but especially loves to run laps around the pool for some reason. Nap time is great after we have spent a good amount of time at the pool because she is wiped out!

 We love our frozen yogurt!!! Especially from Yogurtland!

 Brooklind watching and does everything we do these days. We have to be careful sometimes! Just yesterday Stephen found her trying to use the pooper scooper to pick up Cobra's poop (our dog). Everytime she sees him go poop outside she says "ewwww". It so cute to hear her say.

 A picture of Brooklind one of the Sunday's before we left for church. Grandma Nat got her this dress. Isn't it so 1940s?? So cute!!! She always poses by the same wall when she wants her picture taken before church.

 Brooklind loves to play dress up!! Especially with jewelry, shoes, and clothes!! I found her in the hallway with ALL of her bracelets on and necklaces. Shes doing some sort of pose for me in this picture.

Also we have spent time just at home watching movies and tv shows like (Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, and Leap frog). We can't get out much because we still just have the one car for our family.

 Stephen found Brooklind like this in the morning watching her show. She put the chair on the ottoman all by herself and was just sitting there. We are grateful she didn't fall!!

TWO WEDDINGS in July!

 First we went to our friend Kevin Lewis' wedding. It was in Palos Verdes. He got married in the Los Angeles Temple and than had the reception at this really cool house with horse property near Portuguese bend area by the cliffs. It was such an awesome wedding and the decor and creativity was amazing. Brooklind loved the dancing part.

 This was the seating for the ring ceremony (bails of hay and rocks to sit on)

The second wedding was a really good family friend of ours that we have known for years. Caitlin Dekker and her new hubby.

  They have such a cute family! 8 kids in total (one is missing because hes on his mission).

Her wedding was at the Newport beach temple and the reception was at their church building in Anaheim (more so Yorba Linda area). Hers was a black and white French theme. It was really cute.

They has tons of white pretty flowers and bistro tables. They added awnings. It looked like I was back in Paris. It was very creative!