We got our first snow on Thanksgiving!! Its exciting, I suppose.. if I didn't HATE snow! LOL Actually I really dislike extreme cold.. Well it really wouldn't be that bad outside if it was 30s and no wind.. But here we get plenty of wind.
Winter means a few things around our house..
1. Gavin's BIRTHDAY. He will be one on the 17th. I really can not believe my precious baby is turning one. I can still remember his birth. Tommy and I were recalling, and decided he was our spontaneous child, with his spontaneous birth! (birth story blogs down)
2. Shayla's birthday! My precious little sister is growing up on me! I can't believe that either! I still remember the day she was born at 2:19 in the afternoon being a whopping 7lbs 13 oz.. I remember all her details!
3. Christmas! A Day of loving and enjoying our family!
And finally we start ground work on our COB house.. That is probably one of the most exciting things about it! I can not wait! We already have the spot picked out, where we will be putting the house, err building the house.
And now you may be asking yourself? What the heck is Cob? Well Cob means a loaf. And a loaf of what you may ask. Well a loaf of clay, sand, water, and straw! Now you may be saying SERIOUSLY?! LOL Yep, we are building a house out of mud!
Now that may sound crazy, but Cob dries to the consistency of concrete! As I once read/heard, you will appreciate cob more when you forget to put a window in and have to knock a spot out! It is tough!
Why? You may be asking yourself, why in the world would we want to do that! Well because it is cheap! Clay is very very common here in Missouri, in fact you can find it 3 inches down! And thats free, we have the equipment to dig it. We need under 100 bales of straw.. (Thats overestimating) And those are around $2/3 each.. so 200-300 for that. Then we will need a couple loads of sand.. And hey guess what thats what we do for a living deliver gravels! So we will spend a couple hundred on sand. Water .. well we have a well. Of course we will need to dig a well where the house is. And the interior will also cost money.
We are really hoping to have a cheap house, but a nice very strong structured house!
Lets do some simple estimated math:
Straw- $250
Sand-$200
Well- $4000 (thats guessing high)
Small Saw Mill- $2000 (so we can cut and use wood off the property)
Concrete Mixer- $300 (This is going to speed the process up)
Plumbing- $2000 (totally guessing)
Electrical- $3000 (again guessing)
Roof- $2500
Bathroom fixtures- $1000
Kitchen fixtures/cabinets- $2000
windows- $2000
Misc.. because I am sure to miss stuff here -$6000
Total- 25,250 (now thats probably low.. but then again we will be looking for deals)
Now that may sound like a lot.. but it can cost anywhere from 40-100 k to build a house.. and it cost over 100k to buy a brand new house!
So yeah this def. sounds like the way to go!
Our plan is to start this winter on clearing the spot, marking it, digging the footer, and then we will let it settle for a few months before pouring the footer and starting. We are planning to work on building it next spring/summer and hopefully have most of the exterior done by winter. We are not sure how long it will actually take. It will matter on how much work Tommy gets this spring/summer, and how much help we get to build this!
Now that you may have a crazy ideal of what these houses look like, take a look at some of them, and you will be amazed at beautiful they do look!
(And its an environmentally friendly home- made from all organic)
http://www.builditgreen.co.za/Portals/0/Images/Cob%20curved%20roof.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AG-t89TgS9Y/S8FAvRO7O_I/AAAAAAAAAek/o-uzsvxQEt0/s1600/cobkitchen1.jpg
http://small-scale.net/yearofmud/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/3120264741_5b35f725e7.jpg
Great Resource site
http://www.cobprojects.info/
This blog has a great overview of the process
http://cobinbaja.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=10
Hope you all enjoy!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Nothing really new..
Nothing really new going on.
Last week, we had to go back to the zeroform and gauze, because it had busted open in a couple spots. Couple days later, it healed closed, and we continued wearing gloves.
He enjoys when he manages to get his splints off. He has found little tricks in aiding him. Like he uses the dogs kennel to snatch the wrap and pulls. Or he recently found my roll of hook aplix, so he will go over there and mess with it, which in turn snatches the fabric and I have to take them off to rewrap. Usually when he does this, I will leave them off for 30 minutes or so and let him have some free time from them. He really loves this! He can do so much more without the splints.
This week is Thanksgiving week. Exciting. We are staying home this year and cooking food ourselves. We believe this will lower our stress level, not carting around 4 children. I hoping to find some activities to do while the kids are home.
I also need to work on some homework, that I just need to do and get it done! I have a group proposal to write for school. Then I also have a paper to write, and make a powerpoint about it! But I am a procrastinator!
I was also really wanting to start working on a pattern soon too. This pattern, unlike my other pattern, won't be for sale, and am hoping to sell diapers from it.
Last week, we had to go back to the zeroform and gauze, because it had busted open in a couple spots. Couple days later, it healed closed, and we continued wearing gloves.
He enjoys when he manages to get his splints off. He has found little tricks in aiding him. Like he uses the dogs kennel to snatch the wrap and pulls. Or he recently found my roll of hook aplix, so he will go over there and mess with it, which in turn snatches the fabric and I have to take them off to rewrap. Usually when he does this, I will leave them off for 30 minutes or so and let him have some free time from them. He really loves this! He can do so much more without the splints.
This week is Thanksgiving week. Exciting. We are staying home this year and cooking food ourselves. We believe this will lower our stress level, not carting around 4 children. I hoping to find some activities to do while the kids are home.
I also need to work on some homework, that I just need to do and get it done! I have a group proposal to write for school. Then I also have a paper to write, and make a powerpoint about it! But I am a procrastinator!
I was also really wanting to start working on a pattern soon too. This pattern, unlike my other pattern, won't be for sale, and am hoping to sell diapers from it.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
We got our stylin new gloves!
Whoop! We got the compression gloves/garments yesterday! They are so little and so cute!
And Gavin has decided he really hates his splints now. And since there is less bulk, he can get out of the splints on one side, and if you put it to tight, he screams. We are hopefully getting them modified tomorrow morning! And hopefully we will be able to get the go to allow him to have periods of not wearing them.
Last night, due to screaming, he went splint-less, and really enjoyed it and was happy. He even was using his hands!
Heres some pictures of the little guy with his new gloves:
I told him "Show me your gloves" And he sure did.. And was so proud of them!
And the back.. We also have a pair of yellow Spiderman gloves
And his cheesy super adorable melt my heart crinkled nose smile:
And Gavin has decided he really hates his splints now. And since there is less bulk, he can get out of the splints on one side, and if you put it to tight, he screams. We are hopefully getting them modified tomorrow morning! And hopefully we will be able to get the go to allow him to have periods of not wearing them.
Last night, due to screaming, he went splint-less, and really enjoyed it and was happy. He even was using his hands!
Heres some pictures of the little guy with his new gloves:
I told him "Show me your gloves" And he sure did.. And was so proud of them!
And the back.. We also have a pair of yellow Spiderman gloves
And his cheesy super adorable melt my heart crinkled nose smile:
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Getting our compression garments tomorrow!!!
Yipppee! I am so excited we are getting the gloves tomorrow. Hopefully, they fit and everything goes great!
It will be nice not to have to change the dressing every day, like they are right now. Now we will be doing triple anti-biotic cream or lotion on everyday. So that is not that bad! I can not wait!
He will still have to wear the splints on his arms to protect his hands. He will wear those for quite a bit, and then we will wean off. We will probably know more tomorrow or in the coming month(s).
He got bronchitis last week.. Totally sucked poor guy.. But he still has had days where he has a fever.. its here and then it goes away.. Totally weird. We will talk with the doctors tomorrow about that.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, we have an appointment with our OT (occupational therapist).. and then we head to Springfield for an appointment with the burn doctors, and we are hoping to have a nice lunch as well somewhere in there. :)
I was thinking today when I was cooling the babe's food, how much this is going to set him back. He was already feeding himself 85% of the time. I would just give him chopped/mashed food, and he would go to town, and pretend to use a spoon. Now, I have to feed him everything. And until he is allowed time without the splints and feels comfortable grabbing food, he will continue being fed. I was thinking how that milestone will be further delayed. As for other milestones, he is still doing well.
He has been standing here and there, still a little nervous, but he has been doing it. Although I really don't hold an early walker as the last two didnt walk until 15 months-ish, and they were standing as well.
I just can't believe he will be a year here in a month and half.
We have another birthday coming up soon, my wonderful husband.
The other kids are doing good.
Isaac is as stubborn as they come.. Man I sure hope the kindergarten teachers have lots of patience for him next year! I have really been working on him with his numbers and alphabet, but he is stubborn.
Kahleb however I was counting with him earlier.. I counted to 5 (pointing to numbers at the same time) and stopped. He then pointed to six, and said six! I was a very proud mama at this point!
And Ryan is doing good too, reading a whole bunch and learning. He loves to learn! Always eager to please.
Now to a couple pics...
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Heres what Gavin looks like with the splints:
And what its like to have a bad hair day:
And heres Kahleb and Isaac. (I haven't gotten that many recent pics of Ryan)
And here is a progression... I didnt get any pics of them from the beginning. But this is from week 1 to week 4..
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It will be nice not to have to change the dressing every day, like they are right now. Now we will be doing triple anti-biotic cream or lotion on everyday. So that is not that bad! I can not wait!
He will still have to wear the splints on his arms to protect his hands. He will wear those for quite a bit, and then we will wean off. We will probably know more tomorrow or in the coming month(s).
He got bronchitis last week.. Totally sucked poor guy.. But he still has had days where he has a fever.. its here and then it goes away.. Totally weird. We will talk with the doctors tomorrow about that.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, we have an appointment with our OT (occupational therapist).. and then we head to Springfield for an appointment with the burn doctors, and we are hoping to have a nice lunch as well somewhere in there. :)
I was thinking today when I was cooling the babe's food, how much this is going to set him back. He was already feeding himself 85% of the time. I would just give him chopped/mashed food, and he would go to town, and pretend to use a spoon. Now, I have to feed him everything. And until he is allowed time without the splints and feels comfortable grabbing food, he will continue being fed. I was thinking how that milestone will be further delayed. As for other milestones, he is still doing well.
He has been standing here and there, still a little nervous, but he has been doing it. Although I really don't hold an early walker as the last two didnt walk until 15 months-ish, and they were standing as well.
I just can't believe he will be a year here in a month and half.
We have another birthday coming up soon, my wonderful husband.
The other kids are doing good.
Isaac is as stubborn as they come.. Man I sure hope the kindergarten teachers have lots of patience for him next year! I have really been working on him with his numbers and alphabet, but he is stubborn.
Kahleb however I was counting with him earlier.. I counted to 5 (pointing to numbers at the same time) and stopped. He then pointed to six, and said six! I was a very proud mama at this point!
And Ryan is doing good too, reading a whole bunch and learning. He loves to learn! Always eager to please.
Now to a couple pics...
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*****THE LAST PIC IS A PROGRESSION GRAPHIC PHOTO******
Heres what Gavin looks like with the splints:
And what its like to have a bad hair day:
And heres Kahleb and Isaac. (I haven't gotten that many recent pics of Ryan)
And here is a progression... I didnt get any pics of them from the beginning. But this is from week 1 to week 4..
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Never thought it was this bad...
Thinking back to the first day, I honestly didn't think it was this bad. I thought we'd go to the hospital they'd gauze him up and give him some pain meds, and send us home.
I wasn't alone in this thought.. as Tommy told me he thought the same thing when he seen it. Little did we know he was having surgery the next morning and we would be staying the next 7 days in a hospital.
The ER doctors didn't even know how bad it was, they said it was to hard to see how deep it was. So if a 'trained' eye doesn't know it was real bad, then we def. had a right not to know either.
We went to the doctor yesterday, and everything is healing really well. However, they did say that this would be a very long process, and possibly lifetime. Every time he goes through growth spurts they said that is a crucial period, because problems may arise. Even if nothing happens anytime soon, when he hits 15 he could have troubles.
He was fitted for compression garments, which are tight gloves that go over his heads, and make his skin even, and helps with scars. We are looking at over a year of wearing these. And he will still have to wear the splints for a while. And eventually we will wean him off of those.
He probably will have to have another surgery, and he will probably have to have his skin grafts shaved down. Although, this is speculation and really we have to wait and see.
This is just scary.. I never thought it would take this long, ever! I never thought that this is going to be something that is he is going to be careful with for the rest of his life.
We go back in two weeks for his compression garments, he is getting blue and yellow, with spiderman and batman on them, as well as his name! Make something exciting out of this ordeal!
Until next time..
I wasn't alone in this thought.. as Tommy told me he thought the same thing when he seen it. Little did we know he was having surgery the next morning and we would be staying the next 7 days in a hospital.
The ER doctors didn't even know how bad it was, they said it was to hard to see how deep it was. So if a 'trained' eye doesn't know it was real bad, then we def. had a right not to know either.
We went to the doctor yesterday, and everything is healing really well. However, they did say that this would be a very long process, and possibly lifetime. Every time he goes through growth spurts they said that is a crucial period, because problems may arise. Even if nothing happens anytime soon, when he hits 15 he could have troubles.
He was fitted for compression garments, which are tight gloves that go over his heads, and make his skin even, and helps with scars. We are looking at over a year of wearing these. And he will still have to wear the splints for a while. And eventually we will wean him off of those.
He probably will have to have another surgery, and he will probably have to have his skin grafts shaved down. Although, this is speculation and really we have to wait and see.
This is just scary.. I never thought it would take this long, ever! I never thought that this is going to be something that is he is going to be careful with for the rest of his life.
We go back in two weeks for his compression garments, he is getting blue and yellow, with spiderman and batman on them, as well as his name! Make something exciting out of this ordeal!
Until next time..
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Day by Day..
Every morning we do dressing changes on Gavin...
Friday morning.. lots of screaming, and a nervous mommy...
Saturday morning.. more screaming..
Sunday morning.. little screaming and sleeping baby....
Awww how I liked this morning. It was so much better.
The difference was he was fed, we were fed, he had his medicine, and he was already tired. Tommy cuddled him, and by the second hand he was knocked out. It was so much better. We are both learning together, and it is definitely an adventure.
Both hands are looking so much better, both of which are turning normal skin color, from purple and bright pink. Slowly he is healing. The burn on his stomach was minimal, but is almost completely healed. And the graft site on his thigh, is also almost healed.
We go to the doctor tomorrow 1 1/2 hours away, it should be an event in itself. Then we proceed to lots of occupational therapy appointment, and I am sure there will be more appointments with the trauma (burn) doctors as well.
It sometimes feels like he will never be healed and we will be doing this forever, although I know it will all be over soon enough. This is only a long temporary thing. It still has not ruined my little guys happiness, he is still a very happy baby. Yeah sure he has grumpy moments, but he is entitled to those rights.
I will look forward to his first birthday, and hope that he will be able to rip open his presents. And then a week later rip open more for Christmas.
Today my precious angel turned 10 months! 1 more till 11, and 2 more until he is a year!
Friday morning.. lots of screaming, and a nervous mommy...
Saturday morning.. more screaming..
Sunday morning.. little screaming and sleeping baby....
Awww how I liked this morning. It was so much better.
The difference was he was fed, we were fed, he had his medicine, and he was already tired. Tommy cuddled him, and by the second hand he was knocked out. It was so much better. We are both learning together, and it is definitely an adventure.
Both hands are looking so much better, both of which are turning normal skin color, from purple and bright pink. Slowly he is healing. The burn on his stomach was minimal, but is almost completely healed. And the graft site on his thigh, is also almost healed.
We go to the doctor tomorrow 1 1/2 hours away, it should be an event in itself. Then we proceed to lots of occupational therapy appointment, and I am sure there will be more appointments with the trauma (burn) doctors as well.
It sometimes feels like he will never be healed and we will be doing this forever, although I know it will all be over soon enough. This is only a long temporary thing. It still has not ruined my little guys happiness, he is still a very happy baby. Yeah sure he has grumpy moments, but he is entitled to those rights.
I will look forward to his first birthday, and hope that he will be able to rip open his presents. And then a week later rip open more for Christmas.
Today my precious angel turned 10 months! 1 more till 11, and 2 more until he is a year!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Its been way to long.. Needing to process recent events
I haven't blogged in quite a while. But after an event, I feel I need to get it all out and process this a little bit.
So Last Thursday October 7, 2010, I was cooking a pie just about to head to pick up Tommy. The pie was almost done, and I was gathering some diapers and some clothes for the babes. When I hear a awful scream, you know the one that means pain. It was Gavin. I run into the kitchen, where he is standing using the oven door to hold on to. Kahleb had opened the oven. I grabbed up the baby, immediately put warm water on it, put some burn cream on it, was running around like crazy, and called Tommy in a panic, and basically said baby is burnt get to hospital.. I vaguely remember him saying he didn't have a ride and I yelled back to borrow a car and get there now! I didn't even give him much details, and hung up. Yelling at the kids to get into the van and into their seats, he called back to get more details and I headed out to the hospital.
Tommy is already there, and I have had 45 minutes to process what all was going on, and I know I needed to be calm for the children and so I didn't drive crazy, because we have taken that road before too. (wrecking in panic)
I take the baby in, they get him back right away, they access him and immediately determine he needs to be transferred to Children's Hospital (St. Johns in Springfield). Tommy comes in and holds babe while they do an IV, and I wait with the other children in the waiting room, while my mom is headed to come and pick them up. Right after she got there, they got the IV in and already had been given Morphine. We then waited for the ambulance to transfer us to Springfield.
They get there, and we are on our way. Although little guy was pretty high on morphine, he didnt sleep the whole way there. We get to the hospital and take a tour and go to the burn unit, and then were told we needed to go to the Pediatrics ICU. We walk back down there and go on in. They get him all situated into the bed, hooked up the all the monitors. The burn unit arrive shortly to access the damage. The doctor said that since his hands were completely white, that meant his skin was essentially scorched, that he was going to need burn grafts. He said typically they would wait a couple days and wait and see since children are very resilient but his were pretty bad, we would do the grafts in the morning.
The next morning, Friday, we went in for surgery. It felt like forever, I think it took a couple hours. Where I sat alone and waiting. Finally the nurse comes out and says things are going well, they are just stitching and that is taking a while, since they have to do small and fragile stitching.
Eventually the doctor came out and said all was well. They took a graft from his thigh, and then also from his inner thigh and his stomach. He has what looks like a tummy tuck scar. And then for his thigh there is a patch gone, where they took a couple layers.
He had vacuum bags on his arm, which were literally vacuum sealed. After 48 hours they would take all the dressing off and go from there.
The next 48 hours were tiring, which involved him getting a lot of morphine, and by Saturday, I was cuddling with him in a rocker.
At this time, he had an IV, a pulse/oxygen monitor on his foot, a blood pressure on the foot, 3 probes monitoring heart rate, respiratory. And then 2 vacuum lines, one from each hand.
Sunday came a long- 48 hours later. Burn unit came down, they sedated him and took all the dressings off, cleaned him and applied new dressing. We were then told we would be transferred to regular pediatrics that day.
He seemed a lot happier up there, he only had one thing on, an IV.
By the next morning, he had kicked it out.
After Monday early morning, he was hooked to nothing. He was so so much happier.
On Sunday, he got splints to keep his hands open and spread apart.
Sleep was awful as the nurses were always waking him through the night. They'd wake him through naps. But overall the next couple days he spent sleeping and playing.
We did dressing changes every morning, I had learned how to do it, and by Thursday, we were going home. We will continue to change his dressing every day, he has to wear his splints for a long while. This will be a long journey of recovery.
At the hospital, he really didn't eat that much. As soon as we left he started eating more and was much happier.
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So Last Thursday October 7, 2010, I was cooking a pie just about to head to pick up Tommy. The pie was almost done, and I was gathering some diapers and some clothes for the babes. When I hear a awful scream, you know the one that means pain. It was Gavin. I run into the kitchen, where he is standing using the oven door to hold on to. Kahleb had opened the oven. I grabbed up the baby, immediately put warm water on it, put some burn cream on it, was running around like crazy, and called Tommy in a panic, and basically said baby is burnt get to hospital.. I vaguely remember him saying he didn't have a ride and I yelled back to borrow a car and get there now! I didn't even give him much details, and hung up. Yelling at the kids to get into the van and into their seats, he called back to get more details and I headed out to the hospital.
Tommy is already there, and I have had 45 minutes to process what all was going on, and I know I needed to be calm for the children and so I didn't drive crazy, because we have taken that road before too. (wrecking in panic)
I take the baby in, they get him back right away, they access him and immediately determine he needs to be transferred to Children's Hospital (St. Johns in Springfield). Tommy comes in and holds babe while they do an IV, and I wait with the other children in the waiting room, while my mom is headed to come and pick them up. Right after she got there, they got the IV in and already had been given Morphine. We then waited for the ambulance to transfer us to Springfield.
They get there, and we are on our way. Although little guy was pretty high on morphine, he didnt sleep the whole way there. We get to the hospital and take a tour and go to the burn unit, and then were told we needed to go to the Pediatrics ICU. We walk back down there and go on in. They get him all situated into the bed, hooked up the all the monitors. The burn unit arrive shortly to access the damage. The doctor said that since his hands were completely white, that meant his skin was essentially scorched, that he was going to need burn grafts. He said typically they would wait a couple days and wait and see since children are very resilient but his were pretty bad, we would do the grafts in the morning.
The next morning, Friday, we went in for surgery. It felt like forever, I think it took a couple hours. Where I sat alone and waiting. Finally the nurse comes out and says things are going well, they are just stitching and that is taking a while, since they have to do small and fragile stitching.
Eventually the doctor came out and said all was well. They took a graft from his thigh, and then also from his inner thigh and his stomach. He has what looks like a tummy tuck scar. And then for his thigh there is a patch gone, where they took a couple layers.
He had vacuum bags on his arm, which were literally vacuum sealed. After 48 hours they would take all the dressing off and go from there.
The next 48 hours were tiring, which involved him getting a lot of morphine, and by Saturday, I was cuddling with him in a rocker.
At this time, he had an IV, a pulse/oxygen monitor on his foot, a blood pressure on the foot, 3 probes monitoring heart rate, respiratory. And then 2 vacuum lines, one from each hand.
Sunday came a long- 48 hours later. Burn unit came down, they sedated him and took all the dressings off, cleaned him and applied new dressing. We were then told we would be transferred to regular pediatrics that day.
He seemed a lot happier up there, he only had one thing on, an IV.
By the next morning, he had kicked it out.
After Monday early morning, he was hooked to nothing. He was so so much happier.
On Sunday, he got splints to keep his hands open and spread apart.
Sleep was awful as the nurses were always waking him through the night. They'd wake him through naps. But overall the next couple days he spent sleeping and playing.
We did dressing changes every morning, I had learned how to do it, and by Thursday, we were going home. We will continue to change his dressing every day, he has to wear his splints for a long while. This will be a long journey of recovery.
At the hospital, he really didn't eat that much. As soon as we left he started eating more and was much happier.
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GRAPHIC PICS OF HIS HANDS... A WEEK LATER
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Gavin has arrived. :)
Here is his birthstory:
So I was having contractions since the 16th at 2am. I went to l&d and was only a 3, and at my doc appt I was a 3 1/2. I continued to have contractions on and off through out the night. I had a bloody show from the time I left the hospital till I delivered.
Anyway today I kept having strong contractions all day, but they werent staying consistent and they were anywhere from 5-30 minutes apart. Around about 4, they started to get more regular. I went ahead and took a bath and made me some mac -n- cheese, and scarfed it down. Tommy got there around 520ish or so, and we headed out. Got to the hospital around 630 and she checked me and I was a 4 1/2 and my water was bulging. Of course they wanted to monitor me and check me in an hour and see if I had progressed. Tommy didnt come in, he just went and got some food, cause we figured it wasnt gonna be *that* soon. I mean there was a point where they slowed down to 6 min apart on the drive. Anyway the nurse comes back at 7, and is like Im gonna check ya.. Im like okay..
And at this point I had a ctrx at the same time, and I wanted her hand cause of the pain of her being in there and what not.. and then she grabbed my hand and is like calm down, Im gonna tell you whats going on. And shes like you are complete, you have a little bit of thinning to do. Tommy walks in, in this process. And shes like I think that once your water breaks its going to be over, and she went to say that she didnt think I was getting the epidural.
The only person, I got to call was my mom. I was suppose to send a text once I got admitted but since I went from being watched to nearly pushing, that did not happen. In fact, when the nurse came in I was about to text some people to let them know I was there to be watched.
At this point, my only concern was getting the antibiotics since I was GBS+. So they got that going, which btw burned my arm so bad, it hurt worse than ctrx.
And the two nurses was trying to keep me calm and what not. And honestly the ctrxs were not that bad. There was a lady in the room next to mine, and she had been crying and screaming out.. I had heard her from the time I arrived.
And the nurses really wanted to deliver the baby without the doctor.. not that I minded but the one nurse, kept checking me, and she wanted me to push while her hand was in there moving the lip of cervix.. and oh my god that hurt. That was one of the worse parts of it.
I honestly think once my water broke it would have finished off.. and I was willing to wait damn it, until the doctor came in and broke it!
But she insisted. At one point, she wouldnt remove her fingers and insisted I push.. I started cursing her.. move your effin fingers LOL...
Anyway my water broke finally after me pushing, and that as sooo much better... such a relief. Then I started pushing when I wanted..
And the other hardest part was his head and shoulders.. OH MY GOSH- THAT HURT. I was cussing too...
But in the end the doctor and the nurse all said I was amazing especially compared to my "neighbor" whom I guess got the epidural.
None the less.. all natural.. Gavin Vonne is here at 7:42 PM on December 18, 2009
6lbs 8oz 19 inches
13 1/2" for the head, and 13 for the chest.
And heres some pictures :)
So I was having contractions since the 16th at 2am. I went to l&d and was only a 3, and at my doc appt I was a 3 1/2. I continued to have contractions on and off through out the night. I had a bloody show from the time I left the hospital till I delivered.
Anyway today I kept having strong contractions all day, but they werent staying consistent and they were anywhere from 5-30 minutes apart. Around about 4, they started to get more regular. I went ahead and took a bath and made me some mac -n- cheese, and scarfed it down. Tommy got there around 520ish or so, and we headed out. Got to the hospital around 630 and she checked me and I was a 4 1/2 and my water was bulging. Of course they wanted to monitor me and check me in an hour and see if I had progressed. Tommy didnt come in, he just went and got some food, cause we figured it wasnt gonna be *that* soon. I mean there was a point where they slowed down to 6 min apart on the drive. Anyway the nurse comes back at 7, and is like Im gonna check ya.. Im like okay..
And at this point I had a ctrx at the same time, and I wanted her hand cause of the pain of her being in there and what not.. and then she grabbed my hand and is like calm down, Im gonna tell you whats going on. And shes like you are complete, you have a little bit of thinning to do. Tommy walks in, in this process. And shes like I think that once your water breaks its going to be over, and she went to say that she didnt think I was getting the epidural.
The only person, I got to call was my mom. I was suppose to send a text once I got admitted but since I went from being watched to nearly pushing, that did not happen. In fact, when the nurse came in I was about to text some people to let them know I was there to be watched.
At this point, my only concern was getting the antibiotics since I was GBS+. So they got that going, which btw burned my arm so bad, it hurt worse than ctrx.
And the two nurses was trying to keep me calm and what not. And honestly the ctrxs were not that bad. There was a lady in the room next to mine, and she had been crying and screaming out.. I had heard her from the time I arrived.
And the nurses really wanted to deliver the baby without the doctor.. not that I minded but the one nurse, kept checking me, and she wanted me to push while her hand was in there moving the lip of cervix.. and oh my god that hurt. That was one of the worse parts of it.
I honestly think once my water broke it would have finished off.. and I was willing to wait damn it, until the doctor came in and broke it!
But she insisted. At one point, she wouldnt remove her fingers and insisted I push.. I started cursing her.. move your effin fingers LOL...
Anyway my water broke finally after me pushing, and that as sooo much better... such a relief. Then I started pushing when I wanted..
And the other hardest part was his head and shoulders.. OH MY GOSH- THAT HURT. I was cussing too...
But in the end the doctor and the nurse all said I was amazing especially compared to my "neighbor" whom I guess got the epidural.
None the less.. all natural.. Gavin Vonne is here at 7:42 PM on December 18, 2009
6lbs 8oz 19 inches
13 1/2" for the head, and 13 for the chest.And heres some pictures :)
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