Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Falling Asleep!
So I looked over and this is what I found.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Trip to Knoxville
http://picasaweb.google.com/rocmemphis/KnoxvilleTrip
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Abby is 2 1/2 Months
We are still working to improve her sleep schedule, on a good night she will sleep for one 4 hour period, then awake to eat and sleep another 3 hours. I tried keeping her up longer during the day but that did not work, she was just cranky and had a harder time going to sleep at night. I am hoping this improves other the next month before I return to work. I go back to work on August 1(Yuck!). Abby will be at the Lambs and Ivy daycare, its the only daycare I visited and I didn't cry, so hopefully she will like it too.
Abby now weights almost 13lbs and around 23 inches long. She is getting so big, she has doubled her birth weight already and the dr says she could weigh 20lbs by 6 months. Apparently breastfeed babies tend to put on more weight in the beginning. Her eyes are still blue and the Dr says she thinks they will probably stay blue although we won't know for sure until the 4 month. This month she has started to "talk". Her favorite words are "Hummmmm" and "Oooooo" and she loves when her daddy repeats these words to her. Her head control has improved significantly and she loves to lay on her diaper changing table without her diaper and kick her legs. She is so funny she will talk to you and kick her legs at the same time.
A big thank you to Momma Jo/Pop(aka my parents) and Bubie(aka Chris mom). They have been keeping Abby on the weekends so Chris and I can get some sleep, this has allowed me to keep my sanity! I didn't realize how good I feel mentally and physically once I have sleep.
This Sunday Abby and I leave on a week long trip to Knoxville to visit Amanda and her baby (1 week older than Abby), Isabel. We are very excited, and Abby loves to have a playmate, although neither baby does much, we like to lay them on the bed next to each other and they talk and kick their legs. Isabel and Abby both like the stroller so I imagine we will be going on lots of walks. Chris says he will really miss Abby but will enjoy a quiet house and lots of sleep.
Thanks to Billy and Erin for having us over last night to their new house for dinner. They have a beautiful home in Collierville (where Chris and I grew up) and 2 beautiful children. We spent most the night talking about our kids and I made mental notes of things they did to improve their kids sleeping habits. Abby was really good last night, she hardly cried at all and slept most of the time. I am thinking she is having a growth spurt because she slept a lot yesterday.
Well I better do laundry and clean the house before the monkey gets home. I will try my very best to update my blog once a week.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
She is Here!
Ever since I arrived at the hospital my blood pressure was high, and they thought it would go down after delivery, however it did not so after the delivery I had to stay in Labor and Delivery another 12 hours for a Magnesium Wash to try to get my blood pressure to drop. This medicine made me feel horrible and out of it for the next 24 hours, but my blood pressure did drop some. I have to go back to the dr. this Thursday to have my blood pressure checked again. Other than being extremely tired the Childers family is doing well and very excited about the new addition to our family.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Last Appt
Saturday, March 29, 2008
38 Weeks
A big thank you to Momma Jo and Pop for taking me to lunch today and helping me organize Abigail's room, I think everything is ready, if she would just get here.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Another Week
I had a Dr. appt yesterday and she is surprised little Abigail is still hanging on since my cervix is paper thin, I'm still 3cm dilated, so she stripped my membranes. See below information about the membranes:
As you probably know, the bag of waters is inside the uterus, and the bag is composed of membranes. The membranes tend to cling to the wall of the uterus until after the baby is born and the placenta is expelled. As the cervix begins to soften and open (dilate) at the end of pregnancy, the part of the membranes that was over the cervical opening can be felt through the opening when a vaginal exam is done. "Stripping the membranes" is done by inserting a finger between the membranes and the wall of the uterus to loosen the membranes from the wall. Sometimes, this stimulation of the uterine wall can help to start labor. Sometimes, the loosening of the membranes allows more water to collect in front of the baby which puts more pressure on the cervix and perhaps labor is stimulated that way. The procedure can be a little uncomfortable for some women. If the woman is truly near delivery, she often gets a contraction as a result of the procedure.
She said if Abigail hasn't come by next Thursday we will schedule an induction date just in case for April 8th. At this point I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Almost 36 Weeks
Thursday, March 6, 2008
BACK TO WORK!
Since nothing has really changed from last Thursday she decided to wait to check my cervix until next Thursday. I will also be checked for Group B Strep Infection at the next appt. This is a common infection in pregnant women so they check for this at week 36 and if it's a positive result they give me antibiotics during delivery so its not passed to the baby. At this point we just wait for REAL contractions to start then we go to the hospital to have a baby. Hooray!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Another Week Behind Us
FYI: Just found out the fFN test was Negative, woohoo!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Released from High Risk Dr.!
A big thank you to mom, Julie, and Aunt Carolyn for coming over this weekend to clean and wash Abigail's clothes. She has tons of clothes and mostly pink, so hopefully she likes this color, ha ha. Yesterday Chris put together her swing and we put a baby doll in it to test it out; I didn't realize the swing would move that fast on the high setting, little Abigail will probably enjoy the slower settings.
Furbaby Annabelle had to go to the vet this weekend, she had an upset stomach (vomiting and diarrhea), however she has been on meds for 2 days now and feels much better. A big thank you to cousin Jen for taking care of her at the vet even though it's obvious Annabelle did not appreciate her.
Our next Dr. Appt is this Thursday, hopefully Dr. Riseling has an easy time finding her hearbeat, little Abigail has been such a wiggle worm lately and is all over the place.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Friday - High Risk Dr.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Bedrest
Little Abigail is still doing fabulous the ultrasound tech said she has a small waist but long legs and fingers (this comes from Christopher's side, everyone knows how short my family is). Her estimated weight is 3lbs 8ounces and she is expected to gain 4-6 ounces each week going forward. Christopher and my dad are going to the babystore tomorrow to pick up the baby furniture and we can begin putting her room together. I go back to my regular dr on Thursday and the specialist on Friday, so i will check in after those appts.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Negative
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Cervix
The next day we met with the high risk dr and since I had never been to see him he wanted a complete ultrasound to get a detailed look at Abigail and how she is developing. Everything looks good with her and she is developing completely normal, she always has one hand over her eyes and this time she was holding a foot too! I don't know how she kicks the one leg up by her head, but she apparently likes it and the ultrasound tech said its very common for babies to do this. We were able to get a 4D ultrasound pic (will post later) and little Abigail has my nose, not sure whose lips she has they looked very plump and Chris and I have thin lips. She weighs approx. 2lbs and 6 ounces. At the very end the ultrasound tech measured my cervix and it was 1.9, yuck. The doctor came in and said he wants me to take a fFN test on Monday and if the results are positive I have around a 40% chance of delivering in the next 2 weeks, however if it is negative I have around 99% chance of NOT delivering in the next 2 weeks. He has also put me on modified activity which means go to/from work and come home and sit on the couch for the rest of the evening. No cooking, cleaning, laundry, or grocery shopping. If the test is negative he has scheduled another ultrasound on 2/1 and if the cervix has shortened to 1.5 or less then we discuss bedrest, double yuck! Thats all the news I have now and will post when I get the results from the test, probably Tuesday or Wednesday.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Jan 3 Dr Appt
We had another ultrasound today to check the cervix and the cervix had barely changed from 6 weeks ago which is good news. I will have appts every 2 weeks now and have an ultrasound each appt to monitor the cervix. Apparently Abigail's head is right next to the cervix and that is why I feel like she hangs out in my crotch because she does, ha ha. She must have had a growth spurt because she was measuring at 27 weeks and I'm only 25 1/2 weeks along. She weighs 2lbs and 2 ounces and I think she has big feet. I'm finally off the anti-nausea medicine and feeling pretty good. Chris and I begin our childbirth classes Jan 14, its a 2 hour class every Monday for 7 weeks, we will discuss labor/delivery, touring the hospital, taking care of a newborn, and infant CPR.