Ok, I am finally able to add a new post and let everyone know what has been going on this week.
First off, Will was born on Sunday January 25 at 7:59 pm. He weighed in at 5 lbs 15 oz and is 18 inches long. Seems small, I know, not so small for a baby born at 36 weeks though. As you all know, I had been put on bed rest on January 5th...and I hated it. BUT I followed the rules. I only got up to use the bathroom and shower, and of course my weekly doctor appointments. At my last appointment I had, I had not progressed at all, so my doctor gave me permission to go to our baby shower on Saturday. I did really well there too, didn't get up except to use the bathroom, and then as soon as it was over, I went and laid down on my in-laws bed. I had started having more contractions then normal, but it was never more then 6 in an hour. So, I didn't worry. Later that night, after we were home, I started feeling worse and worse. My contractions were getting more and more frequent. I didn't sleep well at all. I was up and down, I even went to the sofa to try to get more comfortable. In case you ever wondered, The Fresh Prince of Bele Air plays on NICK @ NITE at midnight. I slept for a little bit, then woke up to worse contractions. I still had some of my medicine left over, I was finishing the perscription. So, when it was 4 am, I took my medicine. Then Andy started timing my contractions. I had 7 contractions in about 30 minutes, so we decided to leave for the hospital. We arrived there at about 5 am and I was immediately addmitted. When the doctor came in to check me, I was still at a 3 1/2. They decided to only give me a small dose of pain meds if I asked and to have me stay on the monitors and laying down, in the hopes that I wouldn't progress. I was getting very uncomfortable, so after a few hours, they let us go for a walk and use a birthing ball. I was stubbornly refusing any pain meds. The walk and the birthing ball were great. They made me feel so much better. Once I was laid down again, the doctor came in to check me and I had dialted to a 5. There was no going home for me now, so my doctor decided to go ahead and break my water. It was such a weird feeling, I felt like I had peed my pants. Well, I guess my bed...haha. After that, I really started feeling the contractions, I was having really horrible back labor. The nurse gave me some pain meds, and I was allowed to get them every hour up until an hour before I delivered. My doctor came in and checked me a couple more times and I was at a 6 1/2 for about 3 hours. My doctor decided to give me some pitocin, and I that's when I knew the contractions were going to get even worse. I decided I needed the epidural. My back felt as though it were splitting in half. I had been in labor for about 18 hours by then. Not including the three weeks of bed rest. I was exhausted. Once I decided to get the epidural, my doctor checked to see how far down Will was, she then discovered he was turned facing the ceiling. That explains my back labor. She turned him, and I got the epidural. I loved it. It was the best thing I did. I was so tired, and hurting so much, I was having trouble even shutting my eyes for a second. I loved it because I could still feel everything, it just wasn't such pain and I was able to get some sleep. I slept until I was about a 9, which was pretty quickly. When my doctor came to check me, she caused me to dilate to a 10, which is obviously when I started pushing. I pushed for about an hour. Then Little Will was born! The cord was around his neck, and so the doctor cut his cord. She left it long, so Andy was able to trim it. As soon as he was born, he was handed to the NICU doctors. I didn't even get to hold him right away. The doctors checked him, cleaned him off some and brought him to me. He was so darling, he was making these grunting noises, he was trying to breathe. I was able to hold him for about 2 minutes, and he was taken to the NICU. Andy was able to go with them and I got stiched up. I had torn on the inside and my doctor decided to give me an episiodomy. While Andy was with Will, all I could think about was how beautiful he is. Andy came back and we were taken up to recovery. We were told Will was just going to be gone for about 2 hours. At that time, the NICU doctor came up and we were told they were going to be keeping Will for about a week. He had been hooked up to an osilator to help his breathing. He was also on antibotics to help his lungs more. We were able to go see him at 11 pm that night. We weren't allowed to touch him though because he was struggling keeping his body temp up. It was so sad, he had tubes down his throat to his lungs and IV's. The nexk day he was able to ba taken off the osilator and put on oxygen. He was doing really great. We were able to go see him and I was even allowed to finally hold my little boy. The next day, he was taken off the oxygen and breathing on his own and keeping up his body temp amazingly! He has been doing those things great! He now has to start eating and gaining weight. The original thought was he was going to be coming home on Sunday. I was able to talk with the doctor yesterday and we discovered Will is possibly lactose intolerant, I've been pumping breast milk, but it has been slow coming in. So, they were feeding him formula. He kept spitting it up though. So he wasn't eating or gaining weight. He stayed at a steady 5 lbs, 13 oz for two days. I finally was able to give him some breast milk and he takes that much much better. The only big problem is he gets very tired when he eats. He isn't able to finish his bottles. For now he is on a feeding tube. He gets a feeding with the bottle at every other feeding and that is when they give him breast milk. Then he gets a feeding with a feeding tube at the opposite feedings. He does really well with the breast milk. Now if we could just get him to stay awake.
Tonight we are going to go see him and Andy and his dad are going to give Will a blessing. I saw him all day yesterday, but I have to start taking it easy. I'm giong to end up sick if I don't slow down. I wish I could bring him home so much. I miss him a lot. But maybe it will be best if We give him a break and let him just focus on getting better. I need the break too. I can't keep running back and forth. I get so stressed, I forget to eat, which is not good for my milk supply.
I would like to ask everyone to please pray for Will, that he will be able to become stronger and come home next week.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Baby Fraser Update
I had another doctor's appointment today. So far, so good. I haven't dilated anymore since last time I was checked, which is really great news! The medicine I am on is not effective at stopping labor anymore, it'll just help me feel more comfortable if I am having bad contractions. Which if I am having bad contractions, I should just go to the hospital anyways. But so far, so good. Still bed rest for me...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Doctor's Update :)
Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment. Let's just say, it was A LOT of work walking around after being on bed rest for a week. My sister-in-law Becky took me to the doctor since it was the first day of school for Andy. Well, when we got there, for SOME reason all my appointments had been canceled! The girls at the front then asked if it would be alright if I came back on a different day this week...Uh, No. That's not ok. I've been in the hospital all week and I'm on bed rest now. Dr. Lamb wants to see me, I promise.
So, they fit me in :)
Doctor Lamb came in the room and we talked for a little. We listened to Will's heart beat, which was good and strong, as always. My doctor keeps saying "This baby is doing great! It's just your uterus!" Maybe this is just as much baby as my body can handle or something. After that we talked about my medicine I am on. It stops working after 35 weeks. Why that is, I am not sure, so, I have another week of taking that medicine and when I go in next week, we will have a clearer picture of what is going on. He didn't check if I had dilated more, just because sometimes it can induce contractions, and we don't want that right now. So next week, we'll do all the checking and everything. Once I get off the medicine, I'll be on bed rest still, and my doctor is hoping bed rest will make me last until the end of the month!
So, in a nut shell, Will is gonna have to cook until the end of the month! Then he can come out!!
So, they fit me in :)
Doctor Lamb came in the room and we talked for a little. We listened to Will's heart beat, which was good and strong, as always. My doctor keeps saying "This baby is doing great! It's just your uterus!" Maybe this is just as much baby as my body can handle or something. After that we talked about my medicine I am on. It stops working after 35 weeks. Why that is, I am not sure, so, I have another week of taking that medicine and when I go in next week, we will have a clearer picture of what is going on. He didn't check if I had dilated more, just because sometimes it can induce contractions, and we don't want that right now. So next week, we'll do all the checking and everything. Once I get off the medicine, I'll be on bed rest still, and my doctor is hoping bed rest will make me last until the end of the month!
So, in a nut shell, Will is gonna have to cook until the end of the month! Then he can come out!!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Bringin the New Year in with a BANG!
I guess since I am home now, I should let everyone know what has been going on exactly with us so far this year!
Today is my first day home from St. Mark's Hospital, where they took great, great care of me :) Monday, after work, I was walking to my car, and slipped on the ice, falling backwards. It didn't hurt too much and I just went about my day. When Andy got home, he made me call my dr office. So, I did, told them I fell and the next thing I know, Andy and I are heading to the hospital for monitoring. I wasn't hurting from the fall, just a little pain on my right side, it felt like just some stretching. Well, when we got to Labor and Delivery, they hooked me up to some monitors and noticed I was contracting. Two nurses and the on call doctor checked me out, discovering I had dialated TWO centimeters and am about 60% effaced. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't even feel the contrations. After about 2 hours, the on call doctor came in and said they wanted to admit me for over night, and let my doctor check me in the morning. So, I was admitted. They hooked me up to an IV, with magnesium solfate, which is a drug that knocks you completely off your butt and stops labor. I was on that all night, along with an antibiotic and IV fluids, bed rest, not even getting up to go to the bathroom, oh and the blood pressure cuff, going off about every hour, along with a heart monitor for Will and a contraction monitor for me. They also set the bed up in case Will did come and notified NICU, just in case. I am only 33 weeks along, if Will came that early, he'd be in the NICU for about 2-3 weeks, due to low birth weight and little lung developement. They went ahead and gave me two steriod shots, which help speed up lung developement in the baby, just in case. Well, the mag. sulfate was not working the way they wanted it too. I was still contracting and I wasn't feeling them very much. They gave me a shot of morphine which can sometimes work miracles and stop contractions, and it worked mostly!
The next morning, when my doctor came to check me, I had dialted to a 3 1/2 and am about 65% effaced. I stayed on the mag sulfate for another night, and I was able to get off it and just take the antibiotic. The contractions have pretty much stopped. I have them occassionally, when it's about time for me to take my pill, which I have to take every 8 hours, to hold off labor, and when my bladder gets full...which is about every 30-45 minutes because Will has dropped so low. My doctor is hoping I can make it to at least 35 weeks before I give birth. Hopefully longer, but 35 weeks, there are much less complications. And he won't have to stay in the NICU for quite as long. Andy has been SO great! He would rub my feet, my hands (until they were too pricked and poked that they bruised) my back, took care of helping me go to the bathroom, everything. I was in the hospital until about noon today, and I am on bed rest until I deliver. Only getting up to use the bathroom and shower. Our family and friends have been so great and we are so incredibly grateful for all the thoughts and prayers. The Lord truly has blessed us and we see all the blessings each day.
Today is my first day home from St. Mark's Hospital, where they took great, great care of me :) Monday, after work, I was walking to my car, and slipped on the ice, falling backwards. It didn't hurt too much and I just went about my day. When Andy got home, he made me call my dr office. So, I did, told them I fell and the next thing I know, Andy and I are heading to the hospital for monitoring. I wasn't hurting from the fall, just a little pain on my right side, it felt like just some stretching. Well, when we got to Labor and Delivery, they hooked me up to some monitors and noticed I was contracting. Two nurses and the on call doctor checked me out, discovering I had dialated TWO centimeters and am about 60% effaced. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't even feel the contrations. After about 2 hours, the on call doctor came in and said they wanted to admit me for over night, and let my doctor check me in the morning. So, I was admitted. They hooked me up to an IV, with magnesium solfate, which is a drug that knocks you completely off your butt and stops labor. I was on that all night, along with an antibiotic and IV fluids, bed rest, not even getting up to go to the bathroom, oh and the blood pressure cuff, going off about every hour, along with a heart monitor for Will and a contraction monitor for me. They also set the bed up in case Will did come and notified NICU, just in case. I am only 33 weeks along, if Will came that early, he'd be in the NICU for about 2-3 weeks, due to low birth weight and little lung developement. They went ahead and gave me two steriod shots, which help speed up lung developement in the baby, just in case. Well, the mag. sulfate was not working the way they wanted it too. I was still contracting and I wasn't feeling them very much. They gave me a shot of morphine which can sometimes work miracles and stop contractions, and it worked mostly!
The next morning, when my doctor came to check me, I had dialted to a 3 1/2 and am about 65% effaced. I stayed on the mag sulfate for another night, and I was able to get off it and just take the antibiotic. The contractions have pretty much stopped. I have them occassionally, when it's about time for me to take my pill, which I have to take every 8 hours, to hold off labor, and when my bladder gets full...which is about every 30-45 minutes because Will has dropped so low. My doctor is hoping I can make it to at least 35 weeks before I give birth. Hopefully longer, but 35 weeks, there are much less complications. And he won't have to stay in the NICU for quite as long. Andy has been SO great! He would rub my feet, my hands (until they were too pricked and poked that they bruised) my back, took care of helping me go to the bathroom, everything. I was in the hospital until about noon today, and I am on bed rest until I deliver. Only getting up to use the bathroom and shower. Our family and friends have been so great and we are so incredibly grateful for all the thoughts and prayers. The Lord truly has blessed us and we see all the blessings each day.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Adeus 2008!
Adeus 2008! Wow! I can't believe this year is almost over!! This time last year, I was doing the final touches on packing up my life and making the "trek" to Utah. I can't believe it was ONLY a year ago that I was living in Georgia! It seems much longer! Don't worry though, I don't consider myself a Utard yet.
Let's see, 2008 has been a BIG year for us! On January 2, 2008, my friend Alisha and I packed up my truck and started the "28-hour" drive to Utah. We had the truck completely FULL, cd's to listen too, money saved up, places to see and we had to make sure we made it by the first day of classes, which was on the 7th. In the car we went. Drove through MOST of the middle continental US, and made it to Columbia, MO on our first night! The next day we drove through the "borning" part of the country. You know, Kansas, those FLAT states, but I LOVED driving through them! We made it to Fort Collins Colorado on our 2nd day. We thought FOR SURE we would make it to Salt Lake the next day...then a HUGE snow storm hit! It was such a bad storm, they had I80 closed. Well...we didn't want to wait. We decided we would brave the snow and take I70 THROUGH the mountains instead. Why we thought driving through the mountains would be a smarter idea, I am not sure. I decided I would drive the first part, then when we had to stop again, Alisha would drive. We were right at about Vail, CO, driving pretty slow because of snow and ice on the roads. We went through Eisenhower Tunnel, hit a patch of ice and ended up centered on a snow bank with nothing but snow and trees below us. It is truly a blessing we didn't get in a major accident. We were on the far end of the street, and when we hit the ice, we swerved across the lanes of traffic, and didn't get hit. I was driving and completely shaken. Talk about being baptizd by fire...or I guess you could say snow in my case. We tried to reverse out of the snow, but we couldn't get out. Then, another blessing to us poor girls, SIX people NOT including the two officers who stopped helped to dig us out of the bank and onto road! I could not believe how many people were willing to stop and help us! It was amazing! Needless to say, Alisha drove afterwards for a little while. Finally, we made it into Utah. There is NOTHING more beautiful then Southern Utah in the winter. The snow just barely covers the red rock cliffs and it is the most gorgeous sight you will ever see. I knew the desert was pretty, I just didn't now how pretty. That is not the end of our adventures though. It started getting dark, and with the dark came the snow. I don't know if any of you have ever driven through Southern Utah before, but actual exits are few and far between. Most exits are "Ranch Exits." They don't have any hotels or gas stations. I think we did pass one that had a McDonald's though. We thought we'd be alright. We'd be able to make it before it got too dark to a hotel. Then, the snow really started to come down. I got nervous about driving in it and pulled to the side to let Alisha drive again. While she drove, I called 411 to see if they could help me find a hotel in the area. Service was scattered though. We drove behind a Semi-Truck for the majority of the end of the drive until FINALLY we saw a sign for a Best Western and a Motel 8. We pulled off the exit and plopped ourselves into the Best Western. (The Motel 8 was extra sketchy looking...like the hotel off Psycho!) I had Alisha tell Andy what had happened that day. I didn't want to hear him say "I TOLD you to go buy snow chains" Silly me though, he never even said anything about it. He just wanted to know we were alright. What a great guy! The next day, we made it to Salt Lake! FINALLY!
That was just the START to my year. Wow!
Andy and I were married on March 15, 2008 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. It was the best experience of my life! There is nothing more sweet then being married in the temple to the one you love for Eternity.
We had a week long cruise to the Bahamas! We went to Nassau
, CocoKay and Key West! It was the best trip of my life!
We bought a Scooter around April.
We found out we were having our first baby, a boy to be named William Ray, in June. Yes, I found out when I was FOUR weeks pregnant. I have literally been pregnant FOREVER! Andy told me to not be so in tune with my body next time :) June is always when we made the drive BACK to Georgia for my Dad's wedding. The trip was fun, the wedding..well...I'll get used to that change.
In August, we moved into our amazingly adorable ONE-bedroom apartment at the U. I love it! I don't think my stuff loves it though...haha
Andy started another sememster at the U in the fall. It was a pretty good semester for him.
Halloween we dressed up as Esmerelda and Quasimodo.
We celebrated our SECOND Thanksgiving together and our One year anniversary from the day Andy proposed to me! Here we are on that day over a year ago!
The month of December has been great! We put up our first Christmas tree, celebrated my 21st birthday...three times...Celebrated our first Christmas! It really was a great year!
Tonight we are sending 2008 off in good old fashioned Fraser style! We're getting together at Andy's sister Cassie's, playing games and eating good food. I am hoping I can throw in some of my traditions from New Year's too. Like Martinellie's Sparkling Cider at Midnight. Watching Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve and playing Monopoly until somone gets irritated! I am sure we won't be able to do all those things, but I'll be thinking about them throughout the night.
I am so very grateful to be blessed with such a wonderful family. To have a husband who loves me and puts up with my attitude most days, and doesn't stay angry at me for more then 5 minutes at a time. I am grateful to be blessed with my own home and to be starting a family.
2008 has been good to us! Let's hope 2009 will be even better!
Let's see, 2008 has been a BIG year for us! On January 2, 2008, my friend Alisha and I packed up my truck and started the "28-hour" drive to Utah. We had the truck completely FULL, cd's to listen too, money saved up, places to see and we had to make sure we made it by the first day of classes, which was on the 7th. In the car we went. Drove through MOST of the middle continental US, and made it to Columbia, MO on our first night! The next day we drove through the "borning" part of the country. You know, Kansas, those FLAT states, but I LOVED driving through them! We made it to Fort Collins Colorado on our 2nd day. We thought FOR SURE we would make it to Salt Lake the next day...then a HUGE snow storm hit! It was such a bad storm, they had I80 closed. Well...we didn't want to wait. We decided we would brave the snow and take I70 THROUGH the mountains instead. Why we thought driving through the mountains would be a smarter idea, I am not sure. I decided I would drive the first part, then when we had to stop again, Alisha would drive. We were right at about Vail, CO, driving pretty slow because of snow and ice on the roads. We went through Eisenhower Tunnel, hit a patch of ice and ended up centered on a snow bank with nothing but snow and trees below us. It is truly a blessing we didn't get in a major accident. We were on the far end of the street, and when we hit the ice, we swerved across the lanes of traffic, and didn't get hit. I was driving and completely shaken. Talk about being baptizd by fire...or I guess you could say snow in my case. We tried to reverse out of the snow, but we couldn't get out. Then, another blessing to us poor girls, SIX people NOT including the two officers who stopped helped to dig us out of the bank and onto road! I could not believe how many people were willing to stop and help us! It was amazing! Needless to say, Alisha drove afterwards for a little while. Finally, we made it into Utah. There is NOTHING more beautiful then Southern Utah in the winter. The snow just barely covers the red rock cliffs and it is the most gorgeous sight you will ever see. I knew the desert was pretty, I just didn't now how pretty. That is not the end of our adventures though. It started getting dark, and with the dark came the snow. I don't know if any of you have ever driven through Southern Utah before, but actual exits are few and far between. Most exits are "Ranch Exits." They don't have any hotels or gas stations. I think we did pass one that had a McDonald's though. We thought we'd be alright. We'd be able to make it before it got too dark to a hotel. Then, the snow really started to come down. I got nervous about driving in it and pulled to the side to let Alisha drive again. While she drove, I called 411 to see if they could help me find a hotel in the area. Service was scattered though. We drove behind a Semi-Truck for the majority of the end of the drive until FINALLY we saw a sign for a Best Western and a Motel 8. We pulled off the exit and plopped ourselves into the Best Western. (The Motel 8 was extra sketchy looking...like the hotel off Psycho!) I had Alisha tell Andy what had happened that day. I didn't want to hear him say "I TOLD you to go buy snow chains" Silly me though, he never even said anything about it. He just wanted to know we were alright. What a great guy! The next day, we made it to Salt Lake! FINALLY!
That was just the START to my year. Wow!
Andy and I were married on March 15, 2008 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. It was the best experience of my life! There is nothing more sweet then being married in the temple to the one you love for Eternity.
We had a week long cruise to the Bahamas! We went to Nassau
, CocoKay and Key West! It was the best trip of my life!We bought a Scooter around April.
We found out we were having our first baby, a boy to be named William Ray, in June. Yes, I found out when I was FOUR weeks pregnant. I have literally been pregnant FOREVER! Andy told me to not be so in tune with my body next time :) June is always when we made the drive BACK to Georgia for my Dad's wedding. The trip was fun, the wedding..well...I'll get used to that change.
In August, we moved into our amazingly adorable ONE-bedroom apartment at the U. I love it! I don't think my stuff loves it though...haha
Andy started another sememster at the U in the fall. It was a pretty good semester for him.
Halloween we dressed up as Esmerelda and Quasimodo.
We celebrated our SECOND Thanksgiving together and our One year anniversary from the day Andy proposed to me! Here we are on that day over a year ago!
The month of December has been great! We put up our first Christmas tree, celebrated my 21st birthday...three times...Celebrated our first Christmas! It really was a great year!
Tonight we are sending 2008 off in good old fashioned Fraser style! We're getting together at Andy's sister Cassie's, playing games and eating good food. I am hoping I can throw in some of my traditions from New Year's too. Like Martinellie's Sparkling Cider at Midnight. Watching Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve and playing Monopoly until somone gets irritated! I am sure we won't be able to do all those things, but I'll be thinking about them throughout the night.
I am so very grateful to be blessed with such a wonderful family. To have a husband who loves me and puts up with my attitude most days, and doesn't stay angry at me for more then 5 minutes at a time. I am grateful to be blessed with my own home and to be starting a family.
2008 has been good to us! Let's hope 2009 will be even better!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
2 and a half hours of hot, Jamie Fraser goodness :)
So, I don't know if most of you remember my whole blog entry about Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Series, but if you do, you probably also remember I am obsessed with the series. Obsessed could be putting it lightly as well. Anyways, I was talking about how I think it would be great to do a movie of the series, but even grater to do a TV Series, because there is just SO much going on in the story.
Well....my long awaited wish has come true! I just read here that they are offically writing a scrpit for the movie! Now, I know for certain the movie will NOT be as good as the book, but it will be good nonetheless. Mainly because the guy who is writing it, Randall Wallace, is the SAME guy who wrote the scripts for Braveheart and Pearl Harbor. Both of which are incredibly great movies. If you haven't seen them, you need to stop what you are doing and go to Blockbuster. RIGHT NOW.
Now, there is no release date as of yet. It actually may not even be made into an actual movie, but hey, they are writing a script for it...let's all keep our fingers crossed ok?
If you haven't read the books, go to your local library right now and check them out. My sister-in-law is on a waiting list for the books in Idaho Falls. They are really great books. And if you don't fall in love with Jamie Fraser, I'm not sure we can continue being friends.
Well....my long awaited wish has come true! I just read here that they are offically writing a scrpit for the movie! Now, I know for certain the movie will NOT be as good as the book, but it will be good nonetheless. Mainly because the guy who is writing it, Randall Wallace, is the SAME guy who wrote the scripts for Braveheart and Pearl Harbor. Both of which are incredibly great movies. If you haven't seen them, you need to stop what you are doing and go to Blockbuster. RIGHT NOW.
Now, there is no release date as of yet. It actually may not even be made into an actual movie, but hey, they are writing a script for it...let's all keep our fingers crossed ok?
If you haven't read the books, go to your local library right now and check them out. My sister-in-law is on a waiting list for the books in Idaho Falls. They are really great books. And if you don't fall in love with Jamie Fraser, I'm not sure we can continue being friends.
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