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Nikolas' First Bath!

This is N's first bath. He was not happy about it. It has taken about 4 baths now to get him to take one calmly. It's fun to see the things that each child likes and dislikes and compare them. T hated baths sooo much while he absolutely loved being in the shower with Dad. A hated showers with a passion and would have lived his whole first year in the tub or sink if I would have let him. N seems to have found an indifference for bathtime after 4 of them. We haven't taken him into a shower yet. We normally wait till they are 3-4 weeks for that.
Here are a few pics of his very unhappy bath.



Get me the H out of here!!!





Fine, I'll just suck on your hand!






WTH???





It's about time you got me warm again!

Nikolas Warren!

So, it finally happened! We welcomed our new baby boy on Saturday, April 12th at 3pm. He is 7 pounds and 19 1/2 inches long and absolutely AWESOME! We showed up at the hospital at 8am for the induction. They got us into a room and settled and then started my Pitocin IV. About 20 min later, they broke my water and the show got on the road. By 9 I was contracting very well and by 11 I decided it was time to get the epidural. I kind of was worried that things would move too fast and then I would have to go without and I wasn't having that happen! By 11:30ish, I was feeling REALLY good and we entered the waiting game. This was probably the worst part about the good pain control. We got so bored waiting to have the baby! Time just seemed to crawl so slowly and we were both so so ready to meet this little guy! Finally, at about 2 the nurse checked me and said I was at 5 centimeters, which to us was completely not far enough. We were a little bummed that it seemed it would be so much longer. We had just finished discussing how disappointing it was about 10 minutes later and the nurse came back in and said she was going to check me again. Apparently, she has seen that when some women progress alot in a little time, the baby's heart rate will drop in the contractions. Well, this is what was happening. So she checked me at about 215 and lo and behold, I was at 7cm. So she got everything set up and ready and at 245 checked again. She said I had made it to ten and called doc. This left just enough time for the rest of her preparations and about 5-10 min of pushing before Nikolas Warren joined us in the world!
Here is a tidbit of information that is a miracle but I feel I better warn is not for the weak stomach. If you have followed this from the beginning, you will remember I had alot of bleeding issues and spent most of first 12 weeks on bedrest. The diagnosis to that issue had been a blood clot between the placenta and the uterus. At the time she had said it was not an issue as long as I took it easy and all that. Now, it appears our little one having made it here is truly a miracle. The "small" clot was not so small after all. It covered a scary amount of the placenta and had calcified, leaving all of that area of placenta essentially dead. He managed to make it to term with only a portion of the placenta working! Wow! This was shocking news, since he is also healthy as a horse!
The funny moment came right after this. They placed him on me for a few minutes and then took him over to the warmer to clean him up. As soon as they laid him down, he gave them all a golden shower! A very typical move for one of our boys!




His weight




One of the best pics!




Now, because of the amount of time this computer is taking to upload pics, I will refer you to my Myspace page if you would like to see more pics of him. Otherwise, it will be all week before I get them uploaded to here!

Update!

Okay, so we have survived past 38 weeks. Yay! I have been contracting irregularly for over a week. I am over this pregnant thing. I am ready to meet my new little one we have been working so hard to grow for so long.
Our appointment today went well, if a little disappointing. I am still the same as I was last week. 2 1/2 cm and the baby has moved down a little since. This was a little frustrating with the contractions feeling stronger and happening more frequently this week. I was so sure I had at least changed some, even if I haven't been successful at going into real labor...
The light at the end of the tunnel is in sight, though. Doc said she would start calling the hospital today to set up the induction sometime close to due date. She said she wasn't sure she would be able to arrange it in advance or if she would be calling the night before with a cancellation. Well, she got a date set. April 12th, if I haven't already gone into labor, I will be at hospital at 8am to be induced. I'm praying for natural labor to take place between here and there, but I will be happy even if I have to go in for that. I am just thankful we have been able to carry the baby so much longer than we did the boys and it gives me that much more confidence that baby will be healthy and happy and maybe even go home with us! That will be a new experience for B and I. We have never actually left hospital with the baby. We had a week with each of them to adjust to life before bringing them home. This will definitely be an interesting thing!

Better than a Baby Shower!

So I got a call from B this afternoon. He says " I ran into Jerry at work today. He says him and Chrissy are going on a date tonight NO KIDS and wanted to know if we would like to come and make it a double date." They did some talking, called Chrissy, according to her the sitter for her kids was willing to keep ours too. Score! I was all for it. So I got kids all ready and got some clothes together for B and headed for Chrissy's house. I have so been had! This was all part of an elaborate scheme to get me and kids to show up at Chrissy's unaware that our friend Tamara had driven her and her two boys 14 hours down from Utah to see us! I walked into Chrissy's house prepared to discuss who the sitter was and what details needed to be dealt with and was met with Tamara sitting on the couch as if she has lived here all along.....WTH??? :) I was definitely shocked. Beyond shocked, even. When we left tonight after having gone to dinner and gone shopping for a bit with her, I was still trying to decide if it was real! I was anxious for this child to be born before today. I can't describe how badly I want to have it before Sunday (when they have to head home) now! Wow! I'm so happy to see them and her kids have grown sooo much since last May that I just wanted to hug them over and over again! It was a very emotional thing for me....but I didn't cry! I'm so proud of myself!

False Alarm : (

Well, today was interesting. I enrolled the boys in a Big Brothers class at the hospital and it was today at 10am. I woke up at 530 this morning with the WORST case of heartburn I have ever had....including the course of both of my other pregnancies. But we paid for this class and we had a cub scout outing we had to make it to so I dealt with it. We got boys ready and to the class on time. I tried milk and Zantac on the way. Neither worked. We sat through most of the class and I was having contractions and some severe pain from heartburn as well. So, I told B we needed to go to Labor and Delivery and get it all checked out. We went and got checked in and they hooked me up to monitors. My contractions were not strong enough or close enough to cause them concern so I got the boot. : ( Before sending me on my way, they gave me this concoction for the heartburn. The foulest tasting mixture I have tasted in YEARS! It made my tongue go numb and made my head spin for almost an hour....but it worked wonders in less than 10 minutes! I would so pay mega bucks for a gallon of that awful stuff!
So, now it's back to the waiting game. The contractions are still happening but without the heartburn, they are so much more tolerable. I just need them to get regular again so we can get back in there and have this baby!