Colby's Birth Story

I'm a little behind but getting caught up!

My pregnancy overall was pretty uneventful.  The only thing I really had was pelvic pain, it waxed and waned from about 20 weeks on.  It was pretty painful at times to get up from a seated position.  I found that massages worked well and would get one every 3-4 weeks, so I managed.

My due date was October 22nd.  On October 5th I started having time able contractions that were getting uncomfortable, so we went in, walked and ended up getting sent home.  On October 6th, I had a horrible headache that Tyleonol wouldn't even touch.  We talked to the nurse line at my OB's office and they thought I might be dehydrated since I basically was having off and on contractions. I continued to have off and on contractions that would get strong at times and pretty close together.  So on October 8th and 10th we ended up in L&D.  They told me I was in "early labor" -- pshh what?!  On October 9th, I had my weekly checkup with my OB, and he stripped my membranes given what had been going on.

On October 10th, my contractions were fairly consistent and close together, and they were picking them up on the monitors (in fact each time I went in the contractions were clearly showing up on the monitor), but my contractions weren't making me dilate.  I had been 3cm dilated but just wasn't progressing. So around 12:30am we went home, we decided to get some Taco Bell on the way home because I was hungry! haha!

So we got home, settled and as I crawled into bed and laid down my water broke, this was about 2am.  I told Jeremy "I either peed myself or my water just broke" I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom and yep that was definitely my water because it was like someone hosed me down!  I wasn't sure what to expect because with Mckenzie my water never broke and they actually broke it for me when I was 9cm dilated. So I got changed and we headed back in and arrived at the hospital around 2:45am.  The L&D department was extremely busy so I had to hang out in triage before I was moved to a L&D room.  The contractions started picking up and getting stronger.  As soon as I was put in a room, they started antibiotics as I was Group B Positive and I asked for the epidural.  I figured labor would go pretty quickly since it was my second.  It seems like it took forever for the anesthesiologist to get there but around 4:30am he arrived and inserted my epidural (I think I was around a 6).  I tried to get some rest at this point but that didn't happen.  My nurse had told me if I felt any strange urges to push or pressure to let her know.  I don't remember around what time but after 6am I was almost fully dilated. She had rolled me to my side and I started feeling this weird pressure in my hip area.  I told the nurse I didn't feel like I had to pus but had weird pressure on my hip area.  She checked me again and said "Oh yeah your ready to push!"  My doctor was on his way and so I hung tight, she said "if you think you are going to push tell me."  I told her the pressure was getting stronger, so she had the resident OB come into my room because my doctor was almost to the hospital.  He was calling in intermittently and shortly after had just parked and was across the street.  The nurse told me not to move because she said baby would probably start coming out! Ha! Good thing for the epidural because I couldn't feel anything.  My doctor made it in and quickly got set up.  I only had to push 2 or 3 times for him to come out.  He was born at 6:48am on October 11, 2013.  The nurses at the hospital were fabulous!

My delivery was way easier this time.  With Mckenzie I was admitted just after midnight and she was born at 8:42am, my labor progressed pretty fast but I pushed for close to 2 hours with her.

Jeremy says he doesn't want to have anymore children because of the last week or so of my pregnancy…each time we went into L&D it was of course late at night or after midnight.  We both were exhausted and went to work each time after we went in.  Thankfully my parents were staying with us and were able to watch Mckenzie and Gompa took her to daycare for us too.  Not sure if we will have more or not, plenty of time to decide! ;)

Oh and we went round and round on his name like we did Mckenzie.  In fact we really hadn't decided on his first name until about an hour after he was born.  We had settled on the middle name about a  week before, its Jeremy's grandpa's name :)

Colby is pretty easy going and loves to sleep! Breastfeeding is going much easier this time around!

What is funny is my nephew Wyatte turned 1 on October 11th!

Another crazy thing Jeremy realized is Mckenzie was born 11/13/10 and Colby on 10/11/13…notice the #s are the same?! Another strange thing is that Jeremy and his brother Michael are 2 years 11 months and 2 days apart too!

Welcome Baby Colby!

Colby David Sanders
Born 10/11/2013 at 6:48am
7lbs 9.5oz - 19 3/4" long

I am going to write up a birth story...I had a really rough week of off and on contractions for 6 days straight and several trips to L&D, before this little guy was born.  Of course, it was totally worth it!

All is well on our end! :)

It's a...

BOY!

We found out just over a week ago we're having a boy! Our friend Dani who is a photographer suggested doing gender reveal photos! We didn't tell anyone until we got the photos back, thankfully she was able to take the photos the same day we found out it was a boy and had them all edited up and on disc for us that night.  The suspense drove a few friends and family crazy but it was a fun way to announce!

Overall I'm feeling alright, this pregnancy as of a few weeks ago started getting tough. I had very little morning sickness but goodness I've had some terrible pelvic pain that kind of waxes and wanes.  The doctor suggested I try a maternity support belt which I'm getting from a friend.  He also said trying to do some yoga may help too, so I'm going to get back into that.  My OB said it is more common with the second to experience pelvic pain, something I NEVER had while pregnant with Mckenzie!  Other than that all is well! :)

Potty Trained!

I meant to include this in my last post! Mckenzie has been potty trained since early spring! She has been doing great, with very few accidents.  Daycare was a huge help with this as they weren't concerned with helping us...they said just send some extra clothes! She was completely potty trained in a matter of days! She absolutely loves wearing her big girl undies and going on her own :)

Routine check-up

Had a routine check up with my OB today, all is going well! The doctor used the doppler today and we heard baby's heart beating! What a wonderful sound! :)

We go in at the end of May for another check-up and anatomy scan...which we will find out the sex.  I think it'd be fun to wait until the end, but I'm one of those people that wants to know! I loved keeping Mckenzie's name a surprise until she was born.  It actually worked out great since we ended up changing her name after we saw her...She was supposed to be Ashton Mckenzie (Instead we went with Mckenzie Ashton).  I think we will probably do the same this time around :)

Doctor also said I pretty much haven't gained any weight. To my surprise I'm still wearing my regular jeans.  I've always heard you show much sooner with #2.  I've got a little bump starting but most people wouldn't notice yet!

I've been keeping a BIG secret...

I'm excited to finally announce we're expecting Baby #2 to arrive October 22, 2013!

Mid February already?

Mckenzie is getting over a cold, she had a brief bout with RSV last month.  A few kids got it and it spread quickly.  Thankfully it was pretty mild but she had to stay home 2 days.

It's starting to warm up over here...we had some really cold weather last month and snow several times. We're back to decent temps and lots of sunshine!!!

Mckenzie is talking so much it's crazy!! She carries on full conversations, is very observant, I've lost track how many words are in her vocabulary. She points out things that I assume she wouldn't know what they are.  Loves to do arts and crafts, loves babies, her purses, shoes, and loves to go shopping (uh oh!).  She also loves to sing! They learn all kinds of songs in her class. She knows close to a dozen songs, its amazing how she knows them all.  Sometimes she starts signing a song I don't know and I google the words and figure out what she is singing :) She is very observant everywhere we are and go!

All is well here, our parents are both coming out at the end of the month, and then Mckenzie and I are going to Oregon next month (for work)

I made Valentine's Cards to send to the grandparents...they LOVED it! I thought it would be fun to send a photo card for the holidays, its easy and they enjoy it!

Treats I made to send for Mckenzie's Valentine's party!

Homemade Red Velvet Cupcakes for her Valentine's party...they were a hit!

Slacker.

I've been a total slacker on my blog but want to get back to it!

We've been busy since my last post.

Mckenzie turned 2 on November 13th.  She is growing so fast and is talking all the time now!  She carries on full blown conversations, wants to know what your doing, asks "why" all the time.  She is very smart and observant about everything. I've completely lost track of how many words she knows, she talks about things that I wouldn't expect her to even know.   She loves to help in the kitchen and sit on the counter to watch me cook and prepare meals.  The funny thing is my grandma used to do the same thing! Overall, Mckenzie has done really well since her surgery, she's had 2 minor bouts of croup but nothing that required a trip to ER.  She unfortunately has RSV right now, overall is doing well.  Several kids at her daycare got it. There's not much to do for it except inhaler, oral steroids and ibuprofen.

Thanksgiving was spent in Oregon (my birthday also landed on Thanksgiving).  I went Black Friday shopping and then Jeremy and I headed to Corvallis and went to the Civil War game with our good friends Bryan and Trish.

We stayed home for Christmas this year since Mckenzie is old enough to understand.  It was quite nice to just relax and not be on the go all weekend.  We did got to Oregon in mid-December and celebrated Christmas with Jeremy's family.  My parents and step-brother and his girlfriend came to Idaho for Christmas.

All in all things are going well!