Thanks to the grandparents again for ALL the help they gave us! We love you!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Audrey Elise Hanchett-part two and many pictures
I really should be getting shower and getting things done around the house instead of writing this but I'm being lazy...that doesn't happen too often anymore.
So after Audrey was born, they took her and gave her first sponge bath. She didn't like that at all and cried and cried and cried. At one point the nurse stepped away to get something and Lyle stepped over and took her hand and started talking to her. She stopped crying immediately and listened to daddy. It was so precious!
Once we got to the post delivery room at 2a.m., I was FINALLY able to eat and relax. The only problem was the bed. It seemed to have been made for a short person. My feet were flat against the end board and I was REALLY uncomfortable! I asked the nurse if it was possible to fix it and she just laughed and shook her head. I would have to deal with it. We were in the hospital for the rest of Wednesday night and Thursday night. I managed to get sleep but was still squished. On the last night, a new nurse came in and was getting things situated when she looked at my feet and commented, "you look uncomfortable. Do you want me to fix your bed?" YES! So she pushed a button on the outside of the bed and magically, my bed grew in length and I was able to stretch out. :)
Friday, Lyle and I were both ready to get out of the hospital. We had to wait for all the drs. to come in and check us out so by 11 a.m., we had been seen and ready to go. The bad part was the stand-in pediatrician had come in that morning and had half heartedly looked over Audrey and then left with no comments. Then later, Lyle and I both noticed Audrey was looking a little Jaundiced and pointed it out to the nurse. It wasn't until 11 a.m. (when we are ready to run out of there) that the nurse informed us that the pediatrician wanted us to stay til 4 to get her tested again for Jaundice and then see if she could go home or not-now why didn't he mention that before?!! So we had to kill time in the hospital.
The nurse told us that we could take Audrey out in the family garden and get her some sunshine for the Jaundice but we had to go to the front to get a badge and to get her alarm (on her leg) turned off. So we went and as we were headed to the door to go out, the alarm started going off. They had forgotten to turn off her alarm. So they finally did and we went out for a walk.
When we came back in, we gave the badge to the desk and went to our room so they could take here and test her. The nurse came and took her and not long after, an alarm started going off and a random nurse comes into our room -"Your baby's alarm is going off! Where's your baby?!" After our hearts had stopped, we were able to tell her the nurse had her for testing and they were able to get the alarm turned off...it was all quite an eventful day! We finally got the okay and got out of there by 6.
Since then, and many laughs, life has been pretty upside down. My parents came for the first week to help and then Dave and Norma came for the second week--thank you SO much to both sets of grandparents!!! Couldn't have survived without you guys!
Audrey is now 7lbs. 13 oz. and very healthy! She scared the nurses and drs. at her first check up because she was so squirmy and would roll that it caught them off guard. She holds her head up already, has rolled from her back to her tummy already (an accident for sure but still pretty good), has so many different facial expressions and has no problem telling you what she wants. We sure love our little addition!
So after Audrey was born, they took her and gave her first sponge bath. She didn't like that at all and cried and cried and cried. At one point the nurse stepped away to get something and Lyle stepped over and took her hand and started talking to her. She stopped crying immediately and listened to daddy. It was so precious!
Once we got to the post delivery room at 2a.m., I was FINALLY able to eat and relax. The only problem was the bed. It seemed to have been made for a short person. My feet were flat against the end board and I was REALLY uncomfortable! I asked the nurse if it was possible to fix it and she just laughed and shook her head. I would have to deal with it. We were in the hospital for the rest of Wednesday night and Thursday night. I managed to get sleep but was still squished. On the last night, a new nurse came in and was getting things situated when she looked at my feet and commented, "you look uncomfortable. Do you want me to fix your bed?" YES! So she pushed a button on the outside of the bed and magically, my bed grew in length and I was able to stretch out. :)
Friday, Lyle and I were both ready to get out of the hospital. We had to wait for all the drs. to come in and check us out so by 11 a.m., we had been seen and ready to go. The bad part was the stand-in pediatrician had come in that morning and had half heartedly looked over Audrey and then left with no comments. Then later, Lyle and I both noticed Audrey was looking a little Jaundiced and pointed it out to the nurse. It wasn't until 11 a.m. (when we are ready to run out of there) that the nurse informed us that the pediatrician wanted us to stay til 4 to get her tested again for Jaundice and then see if she could go home or not-now why didn't he mention that before?!! So we had to kill time in the hospital.
The nurse told us that we could take Audrey out in the family garden and get her some sunshine for the Jaundice but we had to go to the front to get a badge and to get her alarm (on her leg) turned off. So we went and as we were headed to the door to go out, the alarm started going off. They had forgotten to turn off her alarm. So they finally did and we went out for a walk.
When we came back in, we gave the badge to the desk and went to our room so they could take here and test her. The nurse came and took her and not long after, an alarm started going off and a random nurse comes into our room -"Your baby's alarm is going off! Where's your baby?!" After our hearts had stopped, we were able to tell her the nurse had her for testing and they were able to get the alarm turned off...it was all quite an eventful day! We finally got the okay and got out of there by 6.
Since then, and many laughs, life has been pretty upside down. My parents came for the first week to help and then Dave and Norma came for the second week--thank you SO much to both sets of grandparents!!! Couldn't have survived without you guys!
Audrey is now 7lbs. 13 oz. and very healthy! She scared the nurses and drs. at her first check up because she was so squirmy and would roll that it caught them off guard. She holds her head up already, has rolled from her back to her tummy already (an accident for sure but still pretty good), has so many different facial expressions and has no problem telling you what she wants. We sure love our little addition!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Audrey Elise Hanchett-part one
She's here! Old news, I know. Motherhood has for sure kept me on my toes. I can't believe she is ALREADY three weeks old and has a cute tummy.
So I'll start from the beginning-the waiting part.
Two weeks before Audrey's due date (May 7th), I developed a rash ALL OVER my body...yeah-ichy! It went from just my feet to my whole body and so when I saw my gyno about it, she diagnosed it PUPPS-a rash that pregnant women develop towards the end of the pregnancy that's uncomfortable and doesn't go away until the baby is born. So we decided that May 5th, I would be induced.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Lyle and I got our bags packed and headed to the hospital. We got all the paperwork filled out, changed and then hooked up to the machines. I thought for sure that I was going in at least as a 3 but they unhappily informed us that I was a 1. So they started me on the gel. Four hours later and many cramps and contractions later, I was STILL a 1. After that point, they started me on the pitocin at about 2a.m. They told me that it was going to be a while and to nap so Lyle passed out and i just stared at the ceiling and waited for the time to pass.
At about 10 a.m., I was FINALLY at a 3.5 and the dr. came in to break my water and claimed that after that point, Audrey would arrive soon so I decided to get the epidural-which did not hurt. About the same time, I began to itch really bad from my rash AND the epidural so they gave me a Benedryl to help. That was the first and only sleep I got-three hours. In between, I woke up and my legs weren't there, I couldn't keep my eyes open and I could hardly breath so I began to freak out so they gave me oxygen (plus her heart rate was dropping off and on) and I passed out again.
Three hours later, I was awake and still on the pitocin. I slowly progressed. At one point (because it was so slow going)I had hit my limit for pitocin and was only at about a 6. They then decided to not continue (with the dr.s permission) and to give my body an hour with no drugs and then start again from the beginning to see if it would jump start the process.
I was miserable even if I couldn't feel my legs or the contractions!
After I was back on the pitocin, Audrey decided to be even more difficult (she just did not want to come unless it was on her terms) and hated when I laid on my back. So every thirty minutes, the nurses would have to come in and flip me onto my opposite side so that Audrey was happy. That was also miserable because I couldn't help...I couldn't even move my hip.
After 25.5 hours of waiting, I had finally hit a 10 and fully effaced and began the pushing. I had my cheer team there(Unplanned, our Aunt and cousins were there visiting and ended up helping through the delivery-Brenda holding my hand and feeding me ice chips, Jess catching my vomit and Rach cheering from the sofa (Lyle was holding my leg)) and thankfully it only took 30 minutes of pushing...at that point I wanted a c-section because the epidural had worn off and I felt all the pain! I would push and push and push and then take a break and her head would sink back in. I didn't think she would ever come out!
BUT, after 26 hours, 30 hours without food, Audrey Elise Hanchett was born on 5/5 at 22:22 (10:22 p.m.). Lyle decided that we are going to have to celebrate her birthdays with pinatas and mexican food. :) She was the most beautiful thing I had seen when they laid her on my chest! I was finally a mommy!
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