Welcome Addilyn Mae Mamich!

I am so happy to announce that Addilyn Mae is here! She is just so precious and already fits perfectly into our new family of 4. To say my labor with Addy was easy would be the understatement of the century. I started having early labor contractions on Monday night around 11:15pm. Chuck and I were in bed watching a tv show and I would have to turn over and squeeze his hand every 3-4 minutes. I had remembered my doctor saying that with a second baby that I needed to go into the hospital once contractions got to be 5 minutes apart. I called labor and delivery and told them what was going on and they said just to come in and get checked out to be safe. So, I drove myself to the hospital because Macy was sleeping and I wanted chuck to stay with her. I told him I would call him with updates. I got to the hospital around 1:00am and got hooked up to the monitors . Sure enough, my contractions were 4-6 minutes apart. We waited to see if they got more intense and if they were going to get closer together. After an hour of monitoring, they were getting further and further apart. Needless to say, I got sent home with the instructions to come back when contractions were 5 minutes apart consistently and when I couldn't talk through them. I was disappointed to say the least and went back home wondering how I was going to sleep that night because I definitely couldn't sleep through the pain of the contractions I was having. I got home at 3am and was up on and off the rest of the night. Chuck decided to work from home the next day to allow me some more sleep since I got hardly any. I got about a good 3 hours and then went to my doctors appointment at noon. I was still having contractions but they were now 30-45 minutes apart. While meeting with the doctor he swept my membranes and decided that we were going to get induced the next morning (Wednesday) at 7am. At that time I was 3cm dilated and 70% effaced. When I was at the hospital earlier that morning I was 1-2 cm and 70% effaced. The contractions I was having were making progress. I got home told chuck the news and started getting things in order for the next morning. We decided to go out to dinner since we knew it was going to be our last hours as a family of 3. While at dinner, I was having even more intense contractions about 10 minutes apart. I made it through dinner and told chuck there was no way I was going to be able to get Macy ready for bed and put her down because I was in so much pain. We watched tv for a while, then I couldn't take the pain anymore, started crying and chuck drew a warm bath for me. I thought the biggest part of my problem was just being so tired from not getting any sleep and contracting all day..... That's what I THOUGHT. The bath was nice but the contractions were still quite intense. I then got out of the bath and made my way to side side of the bed. I found standing at the side of the bed with my hands on the mattress was the best position. By this time, I was crying, swearing, and begging for these contractions to stop. It was about 9:00 pm or so. Chuck was putting Macy down and I was battling the mighty contractions. I had changed positions many times, but nothing was making them better. Chuck got in the room around 10:00pm from putting Macy down and was helping rub my back during the contractions. By this time they were about 7-5 minutes part and about 1.5-2 minutes in duration. We were so set on the contractions having to be 5 minutes apart before going to the hospital, I just kept battling. They eventually got to where I was shaking uncontrollably, crying, swearing, and begging God to make them stop. By this time they were like 6-3 minutes apart. We were still caught up on them not consistently being 5 minutes apart, but I told Chuck I couldn't take it anymore and to call my mom to come out to watch Macy. So another hour of laboring until my mom got to our house and my contractions were 3-4 minutes apart. We left right when she got to out house which was at 1:00 am. We arrived to the hospital at 1:20am. Chuck took my in a wheelchair up to labor and delivery. I sat in the chair clutching my pillow and holding it against my mouth because I was still screaming and crying uncontrollably. I finally got to the room and the nurses were moving SUPER fast. They knew I wasn't going to make it much longer. They got my labs and IV started right away checked me. I was 7cm and 100% effaced. They said they didn't know if I was going to be able to get the epidural, but we filled out all of the paperwork just in case. They said since my water hadn't broken yet we still may have time. They did call my doctor and she got there right away. Like I said, everything went so fast. At 2:05 my doctor walked in and AS SHE WALKED IN, my water broke. She checked me and I was at 8cm. She said we will still have time for the epidural. My contractions got even worse after my water broke. I was hysterical and said I couldn't do this anymore. Every time I had a contraction now, I felt pressure down there. The nurse checked me and said baby is right there!!! In 2 seconds the big lights were on, feet were in stirrups, and doctor was in her scrubs. Obviously, I was not getting the epidural. Once I realized this, I totally panicked! I was crying hysterical and screaming again saying I couldn't do this. Chuck was by my side just telling me to breathe. I honestly couldn't even think of breathing all I could do was scream. In 4 pushes she was out. Exactly 2:30am. We made it to the hospital with an hour and 10 minutes to spare. I will be honest and say laboring was super intense and by far the worst pain I have EVER felt, but the delivery without the epidural was a breeze! I didn't feel anything down there!!! I don't know of its your adrenaline or endorphins or what, but no pain. I seriously felt more when I was delivering Macy with an epidural. Addilyn was 7 lbs 9 ounces and 21 inches long. She looks very similar to Macy and I am so thrilled to have her here with us. We do have to stay until Friday morning because I was GBS positive and wasn't at the hospital in enough time to receive all the antibiotic for Addy. So she just has to be watched until tomorrow morning. I know she will be just fine because she is super alert and nursing like a champ!!! I will post pictures tomorrow; I just wanted immediate family to see her first before the whole world does. The last of the immediate family is coming to visit tonight, so tomorrow you all will be able to see our Addilyn. Thank you for thoughts and prayers. We are all doing well, Mommy is just a little sore and sleepy. Oh by the way, big sister Macy is quite fond of her little sister already. She holds her, gives her kisses, high fives, hugs, holds her hand, and combs her hair. I am loving life right now. Let's see if I am still saying this in a week.... Sleep deprived with a newborn and 2 year old :)

Tomorrow is THE DAY!!!

Where do I start?!?! Last night around 11:15pm Chuck and I were watching a tv show in bed and I started having contractions. They were all in my lower abdomen and 3-4 minutes apart lasting about 45 seconds a piece. I remembered the doctor saying when my contraction got to 5 minutes apart to go to Labor and Delivery. I called L&D and they said to come in just to be monitored to see if its the real thing, especially because it is baby #2. So, I got myself to the hospital around 1:00am. Chuck stayed with Macy while she was sleeping and I told him I would call him if it were the real thing. The fog was HORRIBLE driving there!!! The WORST I have ever driven in by far! Anyways, I get to the hospital, get hooked up and my contractions started out 2.5-5 minutes apart. However, as time went on, they started getting further and further apart :(. I was sent home and told to come back when they were 5 minutes apart and to the intensity where I couldn't walk or talk. I cried on the way home because I was still contracting and didn't know how I was going to be able to sleep. I got home around 3 am and continued to have contractions. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep. Chuck decided to work from home today so I could try to catch up on my sleep now that my contractions had been a good distance apart. I did get a few hours of solid sleep. Thank you wonderful husband!!! :) Chuck and Macy came in to wake me up, and I asked what time it was. Chuck replied with, "11:10." I jumped out of bed (as fast as I could) and started getting ready for my doctor appt I had at NOON!!!! I hd 20 minutes to get dressed and ready. Needless to say, I made it there in time. Phew! So the doctor comes in and I tell him all about my eventful morning which he somewhat already knew about because I guess they were calling him with my updates. Anyways, he checks me and I was at 3cm! I was only at 1cm while I was at the hospital. So things were happening this morning. He said that we are going to induce TOMORROW at 7am! I am beyond excited because I have never been this uncomfortable in my life; mainly due to my beast of a sciatic nerve! He also said to be prepared to deliver an 8 lb baby. He said he is not a little peanut. Haha. I am ready, and the epidural will help with that. So.... tomorrow you all will be hearing news of our precious Addilyn Mae entering the world! Wish us luck! Thank you all for all of your thoughts, prayers and well wishes. They got us this far.... 40 weeks and 2 days today! She should be fully cooked and ready to meet everyone.

What is Going On?!?!?!?!

Another Doctor's appointment today.... MY BP WAS 118/68! That is the best it has EVER been since being pregnant!!!! Woo Hoo! It looks like I just may make it to my due date with this little one. I am so happy an induction is not in the very near future :) My cervix is now "very soft" but still no dilation. She must really be cozy in there! I have no swelling to speak of and have not gained any weight in 3 weeks, which is okay, the baby is still growing. I have been sick since this weekend with a bad head/chest cold and haven't had much of an appetite. Funny story from my appointment today.... as usual you get weighed and then have to give a urine sample in a cup, well after I got weighed, the nurse asked if I could give a sample; I replied with a "Oh , YES I CAN!" I had been waiting for that moment. I guess I got so caught up in the moment and was so excited to go, I forgot to pee in a cup! Ugh. So after my appt. I had to chug some water so they could do their little dip test. lol. Everything came back fine, it was just too funny. Thank you all for your support, prayers, and well wishes. They clearly are working! :)

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!

I DON'T HAVE TO GET INDUCED TOMORROW!!!!!!! YIPPIE! I had my weekly appointment today fully expecting my blood pressure to be high again for the 4th week in a row and to schedule my induction for tomorrow like the doctor said I would most likely have to do. Well, I get there and my BP was good! It was still high (138/90) but much lower than it had been the previous weeks. They were VERY pleased with this, and I also lost half a pound which shows my swelling is also down. I can tell just by looking at my ankles that I don't have nearly as much swelling as I had last week. :) This was an answer to my prayers! I did not want to get induced; I just want my little lady to cook for as long as she needs. My next appointment is Wednesday; hoping all goes the same as today! Yay! I am one happy girl! :) My cervix is "softer" but not very soft and I still am barely a fingertip dilated. Miss Addilyn Mae is not ready to come see us yet, and I am okay with that. She needs her time to bake :)

DeJa Vu

So I had my much anticipated doctor's appointment today, and we got a bit of information. My blood pressure is still high. It was 148/98 today which is not the worst it has been, but still up there. The doctor wants me to go for my weekly non-stress test either tomorrow and Saturday and run some labs just to be safe and check for any signs of pre eclampsia. She then said if at my next appointment (Thurday, April 19th) my BP is still high, which it will be, then we will most likely schedule an attempt at an induction Friday morning (April 20th). I will be 3 days shy of 38 weeks; I know Addy will be considered "full term," but I would love for her to bake longer and start labor on my own, not be induced...... It is seriously the most uncomfortable thing. I know this because I was induced with Macy at 37 weeks. There is a good chance though that the induction will not take because my cervix is still high, closed, and firm. The induction will just help it get to where it needs to be a little quicker, so the doctor says. With Macy I had an attempted induction, like I said at 37 weeks as well, I was at the hospital for 24 hours and then sent home because my BP was stable and there was no progress with my cervix. I ended up having Macy 2 weeks later, going into labor on my own. I just see this same exact story playing over again. Don't get me wrong, I am excited to meet my little girl, but just want her to come when she is ready. :)

This is going to be a week from you know where.... I am going to have to get everything ready as if we are going to have her next weekend, because it technically could happen. The kicker is.... Chuck will be in Vegas for a work convention from Monday-Thursday. I will have to get everything ready by myself while battling with my dear Macy Claire. It looks like I will be having some late nights ahead of me :) At least I am not worried about going into labor on my own while he is away due to my cervix being so not ready to have a baby. It is just going to be insane..... No hubby Monday-Thursday, appointment on Thursday morning, Induction on Friday morning. Yeesh!!! It will all work out though, it always does.

Here We Go Again.....

Well.... looks like my blood pressure is going to decide to be high again for the remaining of this pregnancy. Last week at 9:30 pm on Friday I took my blood pressure (yes we have a blood pressure cuff at home due to my high bp when I was pregnant with Macy) and it was 151/105. I was in shock! I thought I would take it because I was feeling a little light-headed and my head was pounding. I decided to wait about ann hour and a half before calling my OB because with Macy, rest cured the high bp. I took my bp again at 11:00 and it was 148/104. Darn it. So I call my OB and she said, "Off to labor and delivery you go!" So I called my mom and told her I needed her to come out to go to the hospital with me so I could get a non-stress test done. Chuck and I decided it was best for him to stay home with Macy instead of my parents because Macy has been waking up a lot a night now, and I think she would be more comfortable going back to bed with Chuck. Also, I wanted Chuck to get some rest because then he could take care of Macy in the morning while I slept in because I knew it was going to be a long night in L&D. My parents arrived to my house at like 12:15am and my mom and I got to L&D around 12:45am. I get hooked up to the monitors, and the first bp reading was like 117/72. How could this be?!?!! That's just how I am. As soon as I get to the hospital all goes just fine and dandy. I didn't not have one high reading for the next 3 hours we were there. My labs all came back good and I was good to go home. I got home at 4:00am feeling much more at ease knowing everything was good with our little Addy. THANK YOU again Mom and Dad for coming to my rescue! Macy would not have been a happy camper if she would have had to of been woken up and sit in a hospital room for hours on end in the middle of the night.

So its a week later, and I had my normal OB appt today. What do ya know? My bp was 158/100. The doctor wants me now to come for weekly visits AND weekly non-stress tests! Ugh. Although, because I have no signs of pre-eclampsia I dont have to get labs drawn. All he wants for the non-stress tests is like a 20 minute strip of the baby's activity to make sure she is getting enough blood flow and oxygen. So that will lessen the time I am at the hospital SIGNIFICANTLY! I also asked him about my chances of being induced and having to have Miss Addilyn early. He said if I continue to show high readings at the office, they will push for an early delivery. So, she could be here quite soon. He did say that my cervix would have to be favorable or else it would be pointless. So we shall see. It will be interesting when she will make her arrival, but I am prepared mentally to go early. He did say though that I am currently measuring big (by the tape measure) and I do not have a "scrawny little thing in there!" So that was somewhat re-assuring. Macy was so small when born at 39 weeks (6lbs 15oz) I would be terrified to deliver Addy at 37 weeks or so thinking she would be 5lbs or less. It seems that will not be the case. So that is good. I still would LOVE to keep her in there for 38+ weeks.... but I guess it is something I do not have any control over. When Chuck gets home, I will be going to the hospital for my non-stress test (NST) because there were NO ROOMS available at the hospital after my appointment. I guess they are swamped. lol. I'm sure everything will be just dandy: my bp will be perfect and Addy Mae will be having a party in her little bag of water. I will keep everyone posted. :) Looks like a lot of Dr. appointments are in my future until Addy gets here now... we are really at the home stretch!

Quick Update!

I just have a few moments before I need to feed Macy lunch; I just wanted to fill you all in on good news I received yesterday. I got a call from my doctor with my ultrasound results..... my fluid level is just fine AND.... my placenta is not even CLOSE to my cervix anymore!!!! Woo Hoo!!! I did a happy dance. :) I was just happy I didn't have to wait until my appointment on Friday to find this out. Thank you for all of your thoughts and well wishes! It looks like it should be smooth sailing from here on out :)