Almost A Year Late! :)
Apr 14, 2016 15:35:15 GMT -5
Post by hmr11913 on Apr 14, 2016 15:35:15 GMT -5
Hello Ladies! I was graciously offered to come over here by purple . DD was born June 1st, 2015 with a whirlwind of a delivery. Ge.mma was born at 34 weeks & 6 days by complete surprise... I had started having some contractions at home in the early morning, my mom had said maybe I was dehydrated so I drank a bunch of water and felt better. DH and I did some things around the house and took a little road trip, then when we got home I started having more contractions again.... started timing them and called L&D (we live a good 45 min away) and they said not to come in until they were about 4-5 min apart. I took a shower thinking that would help, but actually made things worse and then I started vomiting and had a little blood when I'd urinate, so about 11:30PM we headed down to the hospital, thinking that they'd just give me something to stop the contractions. By the time we got there, I was fully feeling like I needed to push and was in so much pain; we were taken to triage as they didn't think I was really in labor and after the nurse diddle daddled around for awhile, she put the monitors on me and said that she couldn't see any contractions, and even worse she couldn't find the heartbeat. After I panicked, she went and got another nurse who came in and said she had me in the wrong position (I was on my side) and that I had to lay flat on my back... once I did that, the contractions and her heart rate was found and we were told they were about 2 minutes apart. I told this new nurse that I felt like I really had to poop, so she went and got the DR. He came in and checked me and I was fully dilated, so he broke my water, Nicu came rushing into the triage room that we were in and she was born within 13 minutes. DH and I were in such shock, we had my baby shower the day before so was completely not expecting her to be born so soon or prepared. She was 5 lbs 15oz and 18.25" long, beautiful tan skin with lots of black hair. (She now has light skin and blondish hair - funny!) We were incredibly blessed that she was healthy and given a clean bill of health, other than having developed some jaundice.
So fast forward 10 months and 14 days and here we are.... she's moving all over the place, pulls herself up on everything and stands next to things, loves to eat and loves all food, loves to take baths and play in the water and is just so much fun. I started planning her 1st (Golden) Birthday and I'm unsure whether I should be happy and excited or cry.... my baby has grown so, so fast. I wish I would have known about the birth boards before, however I had just recently stumbled upon these. (My normal hang out was on Carrying a Rainbow)
I'm excited to get to know you guys and see what your babies are up to as well! If you read through all of that, you get pasta! (I am craving pasta!!!)
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So fast forward 10 months and 14 days and here we are.... she's moving all over the place, pulls herself up on everything and stands next to things, loves to eat and loves all food, loves to take baths and play in the water and is just so much fun. I started planning her 1st (Golden) Birthday and I'm unsure whether I should be happy and excited or cry.... my baby has grown so, so fast. I wish I would have known about the birth boards before, however I had just recently stumbled upon these. (My normal hang out was on Carrying a Rainbow)
I'm excited to get to know you guys and see what your babies are up to as well! If you read through all of that, you get pasta! (I am craving pasta!!!)
