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| Getting checked out by the midwife. He is perfect! |
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| About 2 hours old! Getting ready to leave the birth center and go home! |
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| Leah meeting her little brother for the first time! |
Aug 16, 2012
He is here!
Carter Layne was born August 15 at 5:26am weighing 7lbs 5oz and 21 inches long.
Birth story to follow but I was able to give birth to him 100% naturally
at a birth center with the help of a midwife (and my hubby of course :)
So thankful that everything ended up going exactly like we had planned
and hoped. Since he was 15 days past his due date, we were facing a
possible hospital induction. Phew, he came right in the nick of time!
Aug 11, 2012
Random pics from the last week
Swimming last weekend at Grammy's pool! Leah swam for the first time by herself with her water wings on! I have never seen her have this much fun swimming, we had to drag her out!
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| Leah loved that Uncle Neil was there too! |
Realllllyyyyyy Overdue
I am 11 days overdue now. I NEVER thought that I would still be pregnant right now! Soooooo frustrating and I have had a few mini meltdowns thus far.... :-( It has been so hard to make plans or go anywhere since I feel like things could start happening at any time! We have tried to keep busy though in the nice weather we have been having.
Yesterday I had a non stress test and ultrasound to check that baby is doing ok. Everything looked perfect, he is just super cozy in there I guess! We have tried probably every single labor inducing trick in the book (except castor oil, I refuse to do that!) with no luck yet. My midwife has stripped my membranes (sorry if that is TMI) twice this week and also started me on 3 different herbs yesterday that are supposed to help naturally induce labor. I honestly feel like this is never going to happen!! At an appt on Wed with the midwife she didn't seem overly concerned that I was this far overdue, especially since I was a week overdue with Leah. And since I am planning a natural birth in a birthing center with a midwife, there has been zero talk of a typical hospital induction. I really hope it doesn't get to that point. Tonight I went on a rigorous walk and felt like I was starting to have contractions after that, but nothing has been consistent.
We got to see his little face in the ultrasound and he is just too cute. Made me even more excited to meet him. Please please please baby boy, come out and meet us soon!!!
Yesterday I had a non stress test and ultrasound to check that baby is doing ok. Everything looked perfect, he is just super cozy in there I guess! We have tried probably every single labor inducing trick in the book (except castor oil, I refuse to do that!) with no luck yet. My midwife has stripped my membranes (sorry if that is TMI) twice this week and also started me on 3 different herbs yesterday that are supposed to help naturally induce labor. I honestly feel like this is never going to happen!! At an appt on Wed with the midwife she didn't seem overly concerned that I was this far overdue, especially since I was a week overdue with Leah. And since I am planning a natural birth in a birthing center with a midwife, there has been zero talk of a typical hospital induction. I really hope it doesn't get to that point. Tonight I went on a rigorous walk and felt like I was starting to have contractions after that, but nothing has been consistent.
We got to see his little face in the ultrasound and he is just too cute. Made me even more excited to meet him. Please please please baby boy, come out and meet us soon!!!
Aug 3, 2012
Still Preggers......
Yep we still haven't met our boy yet. I guess both Leah and this baby got super cozy in there and don't want to come out until they are good and ready! We are going on 4 days overdue now and I am going nuts. Luckily I am not too overly uncomfortable, but the anticipation and the anxiety are killing me!! I went into labor with Leah in the middle of the night, so every morning now when I wake up and nothing has started, I am bummed. Of course this time could be different but we'll see. Leah was born 7 days after her due date. This time it is summer and we can get outside and do things but that doesn't really help my mind from being consumed by the fact that at any moment I could go into labor.
The weather has been really nice the last few days and this weekend is supposed to be the hottest weather Seattle has had in 2 years, the low 90's. Thankfully we have AC and I am not super bothered by the heat.
These are from a few nights ago. I took Leah's ball pit and filled it with water :-)
Today we went over to my mom's to go swimming at the pool in her new neighborhood.
Poor Leah definitely can sense that things are "off" right now. I hope once the baby is finally born we will all mellow out a little bit and settle into a routine fairly quickly.
On another note - my hubby re-set a bunch of things on our computer and ever since then I haven't been able to figure out how to sign into my Google account and be able to comment on blog posts! It is really weird, I sign in and type up a comment but it doesn't show up! So, I have been reading all of your posts, I just can't comment right now. Hope I can get that figured out soon!!
The weather has been really nice the last few days and this weekend is supposed to be the hottest weather Seattle has had in 2 years, the low 90's. Thankfully we have AC and I am not super bothered by the heat.
These are from a few nights ago. I took Leah's ball pit and filled it with water :-)
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| The water felt good on my feet :) I was one day overdue that day. |
Poor Leah definitely can sense that things are "off" right now. I hope once the baby is finally born we will all mellow out a little bit and settle into a routine fairly quickly.
On another note - my hubby re-set a bunch of things on our computer and ever since then I haven't been able to figure out how to sign into my Google account and be able to comment on blog posts! It is really weird, I sign in and type up a comment but it doesn't show up! So, I have been reading all of your posts, I just can't comment right now. Hope I can get that figured out soon!!
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