Here is a monthly baby update…..Yes a little late, I have a newborn;)
Our baby girl is 6 weeks old! We couldn’t imagine life without her and it’s been such a fun time. She is such an angel, she loves to cuddle & be held while sleeping. She loves to eat, stand up, her swing, car rides (when mom is sitting in the back seat) & her paci. She has grown so much already and I want time to STOP & keep her my baby forever. I can’t believe it’s been 6 weeks since I gave birth to her. (More on her birth story below) It has been a crazy 6 weeks from no sleep to just loving every cuddle. Overall, Londyn has been such content baby. She gets fussy at times but mainly when she is hungry or has a dirty diaper! Being a first time mom, I do tend to freak about everything and google A LOT. But that is getting better the more time we spend together and the more I know exactly what she needs & being able to read her cues. Everyone that spends time with us always says, “She loves her momma” and that is one thing I absolutely LOVE hearing. I want her to be a momma’s girl and I want her to need her momma all the time. I really don’t mind waking up in the middle of the night to feed her cause I love the special time we get together. Even though I’m not complaining about the 6-8 Hours she has been sleeping at night! 😉
In the first month we had so many visitors and Daddy was off work for a month so we spent a lot of time together & got to celebrate our first Christmas & New years! We love to take her to restaurants because she sleeps right through dinner & we know it will not be like this forever so we are enjoying our dinners out while we can! She has been shopping with mommy many times and is the best shopping buddy! Can’t wait to watch her grow and see more of her sassy personality.
Finally sharing her newborn pictures!
LONDYN’S BIRTH STORY.
It was the day before Thankgiving and I had my 41 week check up with my doctor. I was already 4 days late and SO ready to be done. (Now looking back, I should of enjoyed those last days of being pregnant with my sweet angel) I got to the doctor and everything looked good, I was only 1.5 cm dilated & 70% effaced and the doctor didn’t think I would go anytime soon and told me to schedule an induction for the following Saturday, the 26th. She said to enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner and come back rested for Saturday. She then ordered a non stress test and an ultrasound just because I was 4 days late & could tell I was uncomfortable. During the ultrasound they found that I had low amniotic fluid levels. I could tell the nurse was worried & wanted to get the doctors opinion asap. I was on the phone with Mitch when the nurse was discovering this.. So we both were like uh… is everything ok? The doctor came back in and said I was going to get induced TODAY! Omg, panic mode. She said everything was okay and baby was okay but the placenta was just done and it was time. She told me to go home, get my bags and my husband and go straight to the hospital. I headed home and Mitch went out and got us lunch cause I knew I wouldn’t be allowed to eat for a while. I was a little too anxious and nervous to eat, but I had a little. I was holding it together for the most part until we were getting ready to leave. I just lost it, I couldn’t stop crying because of Duke.. I was so sad that he wasn’t going to be my ‘baby’ anymore and I didn’t want to leave him for a few days. We finally left & headed out to have a baby!!! So surreal!
We got to the hospital around noon, got checked in & they showed us right to our room. It didn’t seem real, I wasn’t IN labor, I was feeling fine, no contractions, no pain. We got situated in our room & met our AMAZING nurse Sarah. And things got started! They started the induction by giving me Cervidil, which helps dilate the cervix. Then we waited. We watched tv, tried to nap & relax. We had a few visitors, my parents, Mitch’s parents and Brad (who was at the hospital for work). I was still pretty anxious and emotional(Especially when I saw my parents). A few hours in, I still wasn’t dilating as quick as they would have liked. So the doctor suggested a balloon insert (I’m sure it has a technical term) and this would help manually dilate me quicker. I still wasn’t having any pain, just a little crampy so I was good with getting things moving. (BIG MISTAKE). The inserting of this ‘balloon thing’ was THE MOST PAINFUL PART of the entire labor experience. Once it was inserted, it was time to wait again. A few hours later I was dilated to a 3-3.5cm.. and I was starting to feel contractions and having some pain. So the doctor suggested I order my epidural and that way I could relax and get a good night sleep (impossible when they check on you every 30 mins). The Epidural was an easy process, the anesthesiologist that came was so great and walked me through everything she was doing. Wasn’t painful at all and I knew it was working pretty quickly. I was in no pain and tried to relax and get some sleep.
The morning came & I was only dilated 5cm.. So around 7am they gave me pitocin to help me dilate faster. Again, we just waited. We talked to the new doctor on call & decided if things didn’t get moving by Noon we would consider a C-Section. My mom arrived around this time (She was at home busy making Thanksgiving Dinner) But I was so happy she was finally there to experience this with me. Our Nurse, Sarah, was really trying to get things moving & decided to have me try a peanut shaped birthing ball. I laid with the peanut birthing ball for probably an hour & as soon as she checked me again I was dilated to about a 9-9.5cm. It was almost GO TIME. It was 10am, and it was time to start pushing! This was intense, I got so exhausted and have no recollection of how long I pushed for, it seemed like forever. My arms hurt & my neck hurt but both Mitch & my mom were such a good support system & they kept helping me through every push. And then just like that… she was here! At 11:44 am, our baby girl came into this world! All I remember is I wanted to keep pushing and the doctor told me only one more little push and she would be out. When they laid her on my chest I immediately thought she looked just like Mitch and I was just so in love. She was so little. She weighed 5lbs, 15Oz, 19 inches long.
The rest of the day is a blur, I remember being so tired and just wanting sleep. But the nurses were all so great and made the first few days of parenthood a breeze;). By day 4 in the hospital, we were ready to go home! We wanted our own bed, we missed Duke and we were ready to start our new normal at home! When we got home, our house was decorated with pink balloons and “it’s a girl” signs by Mitch’s parents. I, of course, balled as soon as I saw that, it was such a nice thing to come home to. The first few days home were emotional & just trying to get sleep any chance we got and seeing what this little baby was all about. I was just in heaven:)
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