Friday, May 30, 2008

VERONICA IS HERE!

I'll post a bit more detail later, but for now, here's a quick announcement...

Veronica Louise arrived into the world on May 30, 2008 at 1:05am. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and we're not sure on her length. (No one's told us yet!) The labor was very fast. I only had to push for about 10 minutes, same as with Savannah. Once I got the urge, the midwife told me to go with it and I did!

Jerry was wonderful, and I've been told I was a lot nicer this time around. :-D My midwife Jonne was perfect - she was exactly what I needed. I'm still kind of amazed at how quickly everything happened.

Well, back to oogling my new daughter. Here's a picture of her almost immediately after her birth...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Say goodbye to work...

...until after maternity leave, that is!

I'm officially home from work after my trip to labor & delivery on the 22nd. I had a follow up appointment on Tuesday with my midwife and she sent me home with a letter saying I was signed out of work on medical leave due to pregnancy related complications. After my appointment, Jerry, Savannah and I headed to the branch to turn in my keys and I finished up some things that got left on Thursday.

And then I left, not to return until my maternity leave is over. We're hoping I'll be able to stay out the entire 12 weeks, but I might have to return earlier depending on the money situation. (I only get paid for 6 weeks.)

And this is what makes this a happy post...


I get to enjoy more of this now! YAY!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

My happy fun trip to labor & delivery...


I came home from work early yesterday due to some pretty regular contractions that were 10 minutes apart. They petered off after about 2 hours, though. I had some more after midnight, but they weren't regular at all.

Woke up this morning and the day was going pretty normal. I was sitting at my desk when a client came in to see me. As I was talking to her, I got a spot in my vision, kind of like what you'd get if you stared into a bright light. I thought it was odd and kept talking to her, as we were waiting for her husband to arrive. When he got there, I looked over at him and said hello and the spot was bigger. And it kept getting bigger. I was adding him onto her account, so I was looking at his ID and that's when it happened. I couldn't see anything at all. I tried not to show my panic to my clients. I closed my eyes tightly and prayed that I would be able to see when I opened them. I could see just a little bit. I stumbled through the rest of the time with them. The wife could tell something was amiss and asked if I was ok. I said I was fine, finished up with them, and then booked it to the back office to call my midwives.

I left a message for them and then called Jerry to tell him what was going on. I told him to get up and get ready, because I'd most likely need him to come get me. I then went to my manager and told him I was having some major issues and that I couldn't see. He asked if I was ok and I told him I was waiting for my midwife to call me back and that Jerry was ready to come get me. He told me to take it easy. The midwife called back and said I needed to come in ASAP. Jerry got there not too much longer after that and we headed to the office.

Got there and while in the waiting room, our friends from couple's group who were due on Sunday came in. We chatted with them until I got called back. I was woozy walking down the hallway. Gave my urine sample and then got to the exam room. The midwife came in and checked my legs, which were very swollen. She pushed her thumb into my calf and the indention stayed put. Not good. My blood pressure was normal, though. I did have a large amount of protein in my urine, so she wanted me to go to the hospital for blood work and monitoring. If things didn't look good, I'd need to be induced. Ugh, I was not happy to hear that. She also put me on official bed rest until my next appointment on Tuesday.

As we were checking out, we ran into our OTHER friend from couple's group who is due the same day as me. We told her what was going on, and she said she'd pray for us. We went to the hospital and got checked in. I went into a triage room and got hooked up to the monitors. I was so very uncomfortable on the little cot they call a bed. I have also been spoiled by the phlebotomist at my midwife practice because the blood draw HURT LIKE HELL. I never even feel it when she sticks me at the office. Jerry and I spent the two hours we were there watching game shows and guessing answers. At one point, Veronica kicked so hard, she flipped the contraction monitor up and off of me. The nurse came in and fixed it.

My blood pressure remained consistently low and the blood work was normal. So, yet again, I am a medical oddity and they have no idea what caused my issues today. I had some contractions while there, and the midwife checked me at the office and I'm only 1cm dilated. I'm not "on my way" or anything like that. I'm just having some issues. So, that's about it. We'll just see what happens this weekend and get to my appointment on Tuesday and hopefully I'll be ok.