I will print up everyone's guesses and post them in her baby book to see who was the closest!! :)
http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyVictoria09
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Make Victoria's Birth a Game! :)
Okay... This is a baby pool!! Click on the link below and take a guess when you think Baby Victoria will arrive and how much she'll weight, etc!!!!
I will print up everyone's guesses and post them in her baby book to see who was the closest!! :)
http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyVictoria09
I will print up everyone's guesses and post them in her baby book to see who was the closest!! :)
http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyVictoria09
Contraction Stress Test Results!!!!!!
Well I am happy to say that Miss Victoria Alexis Bravo did NOT decide to be born during my CST on Thursday! And I am happy to say her and I passed our test!! WooHoo!!! It was a negative conclusion (which means she did good!)...
I luckily was having enough contractions naturally during the test that they did not have to give me any of that evil Pitocin to force contractions on my body. I had to have 3 decent contractions in a 10 minute period and I succeeded on my own!
In fact, one of my contractions was so big that the nurse came in to ask me if I bumped the monitor and I told her NO. But Kevin said I probably did .. so I said "well maybe?" so she stood there to watch for a bit (Of course the "bumped" one was the final 3rd one in the 10 minutes, so if I did infact bump it, I had to do another 3 in 10 minutes!) But as she was watching it I had another fairly large contraction and my arms were behind my head, so I obviously did NOT bump it!!! So my test was done!
She said Victoria did fine during the test and my contractions were looking good! SO WooHoo!!!!
She does not know if they will make me do it once a week like I thought my OB said Id have to do. I guess I will find out on Monday when I see Dr. Noland for a checkup!
We were in the Dollar Tree yesterday shopping and all of a sudden I didnt feel too great. I started having a cramping feeling and it kinda scared me! Kevin wanted to go to Harbor Freight next and I told him I dont think its a good idea, I'm not feeling so hot. So we checked out at the dollar tree and I started feeling a lil better so we still ended up at Sam's club. LOL.
When I got home the uncomfortable feeling began again and I thought I would ask the girls on my pregnancy group online and I was informed "those are contractions" well duh! HAHA. Just like the contractions during my CST.. I didnt know those feelings I had were contractions, I thought they were the baby moving or something. SO apparently I've been feeling contractions for the past 5 days or so and didnt even realize it!! Oops! HAHA. All day today Ive been feeling them off and on too! Which is kinda scary since its all Snowy out! :)
Ive been beyond exhausted lately. I still have a lot of things that need to be done before we bring Miss Victoria home but I am just too tired to do anything! Ive started like a million projects but havent finished anything! I still need to get my baby shower thank you cards out! I'm still working on decor for her room, I still need to put together her changing table area and hang some of her clothes. I would like to organize her clothes by size still, we need to set up her monitor in her room, we need to put together her bassinet.. And I'm working on two presents for friends who are having their babies around the time I'm having Victoria!!! SO yeah, I have enough to do and all I want to do is sleep. Every time I'm awake, I just want to go lay back down! You know when *I* want to go to bed at 9pm, I must be tired. I do NOT sleep early, ever!!!
I've been pretty tired ever since my wonderful baby shower! It seems that day I got ultra swollen and ultra tired! I actually came home from the baby shower and crashed on the couch. I can't tell you the last time I've ever done that! (I have major insomnia so for me to just crash is unheard of!).
Ive been so tired I cant even blog about my baby shower.. I'm just like UGH! hahaha. Its amazing how tired building a baby can make you :)
Everyone says because I'm so tired, the baby has "dropped", the doctor says I'm progressing pretty quickly, and I'm feeling contractions, my friends all think its going to be very very soon! I kinda hope it is just because I dont want to freak out towards my due date (If I havent delivered by April 16th, they are going to induce me and I do NOT want to be induced!!!!!!) But Ive faught them this far to not induce.. but Ive already been told fighting will do me no good after my due date, I WILL be induced, period! As much of a fit as I throw, it won't matter :P hahhaha..
My OB thinks its funny because she wants to induce me and I'm refusing and arguing with her about it (unless its for Victoria's health, but right now its not a health issue!) but she says she has other patients who are begging HER to be induced and she has absolutely no reason to induce them. She said it always works that way! HAHA. I think she's frustrated with me about it, but now she just laughs it off!
And if you are wondering why I don't want to be induced, there are a few reasons. For one, to induce you, they use Pitocin. That is a drug that increases your contractions considerably and will cause contractions to be much more painful then they are on their own. It also can cause distress on the baby and the mama. Meaning if distress happens, there is a bigger chance of a C-Section which I am trying my hardest to avoid! I dont like the idea of being cut open! Plus I dont have anyone to take care of me after a C-section while I'm healing, as Kevin cant take off too much time from work!
I am planning on having a natural, drug free birth. I am using the hypnobirthing plan. Meaning I hope to put myself into a self-hypnosis state thru meditation and relaxation. I am hoping to be into hypnosis enough that my mind will cover the pain my body is feeling. I am trying my hardest to not accept any form of pain reliever.
If they give me Pitocin, more then likely the pain will be too much for me to block out of my mind, I'll end up with an epidural and could end up with a C-section. No thank you!
Now, I am open to an epidural if the pain is absolutely beyond my control. However, I do plan on trying my hardest to stay in hypnosis and do this the way I've always wanted to give birth, medication free!
I want her born in a drug free environment because a baby born naturally will be born more alert and responsive. She will also breast feed easier and will bond better with her parents. Id just prefer no epidural or any other pain reliever to be involved in my birth!
It will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the end :)
So there is my update and a little of why I am doing things the way I am doing them .. for those who don't know! :)
I luckily was having enough contractions naturally during the test that they did not have to give me any of that evil Pitocin to force contractions on my body. I had to have 3 decent contractions in a 10 minute period and I succeeded on my own!
In fact, one of my contractions was so big that the nurse came in to ask me if I bumped the monitor and I told her NO. But Kevin said I probably did .. so I said "well maybe?" so she stood there to watch for a bit (Of course the "bumped" one was the final 3rd one in the 10 minutes, so if I did infact bump it, I had to do another 3 in 10 minutes!) But as she was watching it I had another fairly large contraction and my arms were behind my head, so I obviously did NOT bump it!!! So my test was done!
She said Victoria did fine during the test and my contractions were looking good! SO WooHoo!!!!
She does not know if they will make me do it once a week like I thought my OB said Id have to do. I guess I will find out on Monday when I see Dr. Noland for a checkup!
We were in the Dollar Tree yesterday shopping and all of a sudden I didnt feel too great. I started having a cramping feeling and it kinda scared me! Kevin wanted to go to Harbor Freight next and I told him I dont think its a good idea, I'm not feeling so hot. So we checked out at the dollar tree and I started feeling a lil better so we still ended up at Sam's club. LOL.
When I got home the uncomfortable feeling began again and I thought I would ask the girls on my pregnancy group online and I was informed "those are contractions" well duh! HAHA. Just like the contractions during my CST.. I didnt know those feelings I had were contractions, I thought they were the baby moving or something. SO apparently I've been feeling contractions for the past 5 days or so and didnt even realize it!! Oops! HAHA. All day today Ive been feeling them off and on too! Which is kinda scary since its all Snowy out! :)
Ive been beyond exhausted lately. I still have a lot of things that need to be done before we bring Miss Victoria home but I am just too tired to do anything! Ive started like a million projects but havent finished anything! I still need to get my baby shower thank you cards out! I'm still working on decor for her room, I still need to put together her changing table area and hang some of her clothes. I would like to organize her clothes by size still, we need to set up her monitor in her room, we need to put together her bassinet.. And I'm working on two presents for friends who are having their babies around the time I'm having Victoria!!! SO yeah, I have enough to do and all I want to do is sleep. Every time I'm awake, I just want to go lay back down! You know when *I* want to go to bed at 9pm, I must be tired. I do NOT sleep early, ever!!!
I've been pretty tired ever since my wonderful baby shower! It seems that day I got ultra swollen and ultra tired! I actually came home from the baby shower and crashed on the couch. I can't tell you the last time I've ever done that! (I have major insomnia so for me to just crash is unheard of!).
Ive been so tired I cant even blog about my baby shower.. I'm just like UGH! hahaha. Its amazing how tired building a baby can make you :)
Everyone says because I'm so tired, the baby has "dropped", the doctor says I'm progressing pretty quickly, and I'm feeling contractions, my friends all think its going to be very very soon! I kinda hope it is just because I dont want to freak out towards my due date (If I havent delivered by April 16th, they are going to induce me and I do NOT want to be induced!!!!!!) But Ive faught them this far to not induce.. but Ive already been told fighting will do me no good after my due date, I WILL be induced, period! As much of a fit as I throw, it won't matter :P hahhaha..
My OB thinks its funny because she wants to induce me and I'm refusing and arguing with her about it (unless its for Victoria's health, but right now its not a health issue!) but she says she has other patients who are begging HER to be induced and she has absolutely no reason to induce them. She said it always works that way! HAHA. I think she's frustrated with me about it, but now she just laughs it off!
And if you are wondering why I don't want to be induced, there are a few reasons. For one, to induce you, they use Pitocin. That is a drug that increases your contractions considerably and will cause contractions to be much more painful then they are on their own. It also can cause distress on the baby and the mama. Meaning if distress happens, there is a bigger chance of a C-Section which I am trying my hardest to avoid! I dont like the idea of being cut open! Plus I dont have anyone to take care of me after a C-section while I'm healing, as Kevin cant take off too much time from work!
I am planning on having a natural, drug free birth. I am using the hypnobirthing plan. Meaning I hope to put myself into a self-hypnosis state thru meditation and relaxation. I am hoping to be into hypnosis enough that my mind will cover the pain my body is feeling. I am trying my hardest to not accept any form of pain reliever.
If they give me Pitocin, more then likely the pain will be too much for me to block out of my mind, I'll end up with an epidural and could end up with a C-section. No thank you!
Now, I am open to an epidural if the pain is absolutely beyond my control. However, I do plan on trying my hardest to stay in hypnosis and do this the way I've always wanted to give birth, medication free!
I want her born in a drug free environment because a baby born naturally will be born more alert and responsive. She will also breast feed easier and will bond better with her parents. Id just prefer no epidural or any other pain reliever to be involved in my birth!
It will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the end :)
So there is my update and a little of why I am doing things the way I am doing them .. for those who don't know! :)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Contraction Stress Test at 10am!!
Well, in about 2 hours I will be at St. John's hospital in the labor and delivery unit getting ready for them to perform yet another test on me.. A Contraction stress test.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_contraction-stress-test_1276699.bc
Yeah Me! HAHA.. I dont want this test but the high risk OB said I need it.. so guess what I get!? :)
On the bright side of the spectrum, I no longer have to see the high risk OB.. She said since Victoria has grown, I'm no longer as high risk as I was.
I havent blogged in awhile, but she went from the 7th percentile to the 25th percentile in 2 weeks.. which i just AWESOME!!! (that means orginally she was larger then 7% of baby's her age. Now she is larger then 25% of baby's her age. High Risk is pretty much anything under 10%) SHe's been under 10% since ATLEAST December!!! If not the whole pregnancy! So this is just like.. awesome news!!! Ideally you want yer baby to be at the 50% mark.. as 100% is like, a HUGE baby that would need to be c-sectioned cuz its TOO big!!!
I'm not too extcited about this contraction test deal because it can send you into full blown labor for one.. and for two, if she doesnt show good signs during this test, they could decide to c-section me like, TODAY! And that scares the crap outta me too!
I have high hopes that I dont go into full on labor today and I have high hopes that she passes the test and they dont want to c-section me! It seems my docor is DYING to induce me or c-section me and I keep fighting her on it! As long as its not MEDICALLY necesary, I dont want it done!!! I know many women are out there BEGGING for their docs to c-section or induce them, but its just not in my "plan" hahah.. so.. I fight!!!
I guess I'll have this CST every thursday until the baby is born. I dont understand the point of that.. to me, if she does good today, won't she do good next thursday too? *shrug* I guess its hard to say.. she changes so much all the time anyways! Like, they wont even give me a guestimate of her birth weight because shes so unpredictable, who knows!! Its because she has that growth restrction deal going on.. so she is low weight one day, normal the next.. She's 5 pounds 2 ounces I believe, as of March 12th. So now she's probably 6 pounds? Hard to say!
I'm nervous about this test tho, and I think its going to be a very time consuming test.. which .. joy oh joy! As if I dont spend enough time at doc offices :) I just hope it doesnt hurt too much and I Hope she doesnt decide to be born today..
We'll see I guess :)
I packed all our bags last night JUST IN CASE!!! So I think I'm pretty prepared.. altho I look like im moving into the hospital.. but oh well.. I'll live :)
Gotta get going now.. wish me luck! haha
http://www.babycenter.com/0_contraction-stress-test_1276699.bc
Yeah Me! HAHA.. I dont want this test but the high risk OB said I need it.. so guess what I get!? :)
On the bright side of the spectrum, I no longer have to see the high risk OB.. She said since Victoria has grown, I'm no longer as high risk as I was.
I havent blogged in awhile, but she went from the 7th percentile to the 25th percentile in 2 weeks.. which i just AWESOME!!! (that means orginally she was larger then 7% of baby's her age. Now she is larger then 25% of baby's her age. High Risk is pretty much anything under 10%) SHe's been under 10% since ATLEAST December!!! If not the whole pregnancy! So this is just like.. awesome news!!! Ideally you want yer baby to be at the 50% mark.. as 100% is like, a HUGE baby that would need to be c-sectioned cuz its TOO big!!!
I'm not too extcited about this contraction test deal because it can send you into full blown labor for one.. and for two, if she doesnt show good signs during this test, they could decide to c-section me like, TODAY! And that scares the crap outta me too!
I have high hopes that I dont go into full on labor today and I have high hopes that she passes the test and they dont want to c-section me! It seems my docor is DYING to induce me or c-section me and I keep fighting her on it! As long as its not MEDICALLY necesary, I dont want it done!!! I know many women are out there BEGGING for their docs to c-section or induce them, but its just not in my "plan" hahah.. so.. I fight!!!
I guess I'll have this CST every thursday until the baby is born. I dont understand the point of that.. to me, if she does good today, won't she do good next thursday too? *shrug* I guess its hard to say.. she changes so much all the time anyways! Like, they wont even give me a guestimate of her birth weight because shes so unpredictable, who knows!! Its because she has that growth restrction deal going on.. so she is low weight one day, normal the next.. She's 5 pounds 2 ounces I believe, as of March 12th. So now she's probably 6 pounds? Hard to say!
I'm nervous about this test tho, and I think its going to be a very time consuming test.. which .. joy oh joy! As if I dont spend enough time at doc offices :) I just hope it doesnt hurt too much and I Hope she doesnt decide to be born today..
We'll see I guess :)
I packed all our bags last night JUST IN CASE!!! So I think I'm pretty prepared.. altho I look like im moving into the hospital.. but oh well.. I'll live :)
Gotta get going now.. wish me luck! haha
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Braxton Hicks Contractions
Well I was at Walmart last night shopping and walking A LOT and yeah... I started to feel a tightening feeling and from what I had read, thats a Braxton Hicks like contraction (I felt it for the first time Sunday when I was walking to Ross.)
It was like non-stop tho all thru Walmart and then I had to bend down to the bottom shelf to get some milk and it got worse..
I don't like that feeling.. its not really fun! HAHA. I guess you have the contractions basically all thru the pregnancy, just you don't always feel it. But now that I feel it, its a trip!! Everyone keeps telling me "your body is preparing for labor" GREAAAAT! Just what I want to hear.. seriously!
So yeah.. fun stuff!!!!
I had a doc appointment Monday (when do I not have a doc appointment) and the doc said she's doing good.. she passed her tests.. blah blah blah :)
I did get the ultrasound tech to type Victoria's name on the ultrasound picture so I have two pics with her name on them :) ANd I have one pic with her HUGE foot in her face! Her foot seriously looks sooo big! HAHA
She still appears to have quite the chubby face!!! (for those who don't know, we had a 4D ultrasound when I was in cali and she has really chubby cheeks!!!!) I should post some of those pics I guess huh??? Even in her normal ultrasounds her cheeks look chubby.. so yeah.. should be cute :)
I'm assuming she has red-hair but I guess we'll have to wait to find out!!! I will be SO SHOCKED if she does NOT have red hair! Seriously! Red hair is so dominant in the gene world.. plus Kevin's beard grows in red too! So.. should be interesting :) I hope she gets my blue eyes too! Unfortunately I think she has my forehead (from the 3d pics it looks that way)... or as Jennifer says, my "five-head". Poor girl! She'll have to wear bangs her whole life to cover her huge forehead! HAHAH.
I'm definately not ready for her to be born. I have days where I feel like I'm ready, but then the next day reminds me I'm not ready! Her nursery still isnt complete, my apartment is far from complete, I havent washed any of her clothes yet (Waiting for Barbara to come out to do that.. she really wants to help so I'll take it :) hahhaha), I dont even know how to put the car seat in the car yet! HAHAHA... this baby stuff is SO NEW to me! :)
On the bright side, maybe I'll feel better about everything soon because our first class is this Thursday night so maybe we'll learn something!!! And then our safety class where they teach us about the car-seat is on the 17th.
I haven't been practicing my hypnosis at all.. If she decided to be born tonight, id be in big trouble! Id HAVE to take an epidural because I'm not ready to do hypno-birthing in my opinion! I REALLY need to practice my hypnosis.. badly.. and its so easy to say "I'll do it tomorrow"
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!
It was like non-stop tho all thru Walmart and then I had to bend down to the bottom shelf to get some milk and it got worse..
I don't like that feeling.. its not really fun! HAHA. I guess you have the contractions basically all thru the pregnancy, just you don't always feel it. But now that I feel it, its a trip!! Everyone keeps telling me "your body is preparing for labor" GREAAAAT! Just what I want to hear.. seriously!
So yeah.. fun stuff!!!!
I had a doc appointment Monday (when do I not have a doc appointment) and the doc said she's doing good.. she passed her tests.. blah blah blah :)
I did get the ultrasound tech to type Victoria's name on the ultrasound picture so I have two pics with her name on them :) ANd I have one pic with her HUGE foot in her face! Her foot seriously looks sooo big! HAHA
She still appears to have quite the chubby face!!! (for those who don't know, we had a 4D ultrasound when I was in cali and she has really chubby cheeks!!!!) I should post some of those pics I guess huh??? Even in her normal ultrasounds her cheeks look chubby.. so yeah.. should be cute :)
I'm assuming she has red-hair but I guess we'll have to wait to find out!!! I will be SO SHOCKED if she does NOT have red hair! Seriously! Red hair is so dominant in the gene world.. plus Kevin's beard grows in red too! So.. should be interesting :) I hope she gets my blue eyes too! Unfortunately I think she has my forehead (from the 3d pics it looks that way)... or as Jennifer says, my "five-head". Poor girl! She'll have to wear bangs her whole life to cover her huge forehead! HAHAH.
I'm definately not ready for her to be born. I have days where I feel like I'm ready, but then the next day reminds me I'm not ready! Her nursery still isnt complete, my apartment is far from complete, I havent washed any of her clothes yet (Waiting for Barbara to come out to do that.. she really wants to help so I'll take it :) hahhaha), I dont even know how to put the car seat in the car yet! HAHAHA... this baby stuff is SO NEW to me! :)
On the bright side, maybe I'll feel better about everything soon because our first class is this Thursday night so maybe we'll learn something!!! And then our safety class where they teach us about the car-seat is on the 17th.
I haven't been practicing my hypnosis at all.. If she decided to be born tonight, id be in big trouble! Id HAVE to take an epidural because I'm not ready to do hypno-birthing in my opinion! I REALLY need to practice my hypnosis.. badly.. and its so easy to say "I'll do it tomorrow"
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!
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