BABY JILLIAN HAS ARRIVED!!

Jillian Elizabeth was born on 1-29-10 @ 11:33 am. Weighing in at 6lbs 10oz and 19.5 inches long.

I went into labor about 4 am. I tried to just go back to sleep figuring it would quiet down and not be to close together. When I couldn't sleep I was timing them at about 6 minutes apart till nearly 5 am.

Soon after this I awoke Jillian's daddy and he helped me time the contractions spacing out a bit to about every 10 minutes but quickly coming closer and closer together between 3-5 so we headed to the hospital.

About 8 am we got to the birthing center and went into an exam room to determine if I would be admitted or not. They estimated me at about 3-4 cm dilated. The contractions got significantly stronger once I got checked in and it was about all I could handle to move from the exam room bed to the wheel chair and then into my actual room. Once we got into our room we were waiting for the doctor to come in. As the contractions got stronger and didn't seem to have any recovery time in between I thought I was ready to get hooked up to an epidural. They were painful and I thought it was going to be like this all day...

It doesn't seem like to long after we got to the room that my water broke. Of course I just thought it was something else. My mom finally reported this to the nurses so they then hurried to get the doctor.

I think it was about 1.5 -2 hours or so I had been in the room before the doctor arrived and by the time he checked me I was at 10 cm. I am guessing around 10 am. It is really hard to remember the times since I was a little busy. I did end up accepting a dose of pain meds around the time the doc arrived. I am told they made me a little like I was tipsy, but I don't remember this very well. They offered me the epidural then and said I didn't want it now..... since we were so close and the other pain meds were helping a bit.

Right after the doctor checked on me he came back and I started to push for delivery. Surprisingly this made the contractions hurt less. I was told this is how it goes, but it is hard to believe until you experience it. The doctor on call had another lady who he had to do a C-section on. He stayed in my room for a while until he had to go to the surgery. Another doctor from the practice was called.

Just before the other doctor arrived I was told that I was going to have to NOT push. Even without this she was ready and as the doctor walked in I am told her head came about halfway out. The very next contraction she was delivered. Talk about walking in at just the right time! He wasn't even allowed to go and change and was hurrying to get his gloves and gown on.

I went to the doctor today for another checkup. Still at 1.5 cm dilated and the doctor said pretty well thinned out. So now we are just waiting... Hopefully she will not make us wait too much longer :).

The picture here is my 39 week picture.

Baby's room

Here is my 37 week picture, well nearly 38 weeks. I had a doctors appointment last week. I am now at 1.5 cm dilated about the same effacement. Still a ways to go, but making some progress.

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little one, just about 11 days from our due date now. If her daddy would have his way she would have been born this weekend. He is ready to meet her and done with the waiting.


Below you will find some snapshots of the nursery. The netting you see over the crib is call a "crip tent" and it is used to keep the cat out. Not that our cat is allowed in this room, but we don't want to chance him trying to sleep in the babies bed.

Here is my 36 week picture. Maybe it is the angle but it doesn't seem to stick out as much as the previous picture.

I had my 36 week appointment today. Everything checked out well so that was good.

They started to check for dilation & effacement today. I am at 1cm dilated and less than 50% effaced. The doctor said this is about where they like to see you at this time. I know from reading up that you can stay at the same dilation for a few weeks or it can also keep progressing. I go back every week until I deliver so we will see if there is any progression after next weeks appointment.

Below is a video I took that shows some of the belly movements I see a lot. I think I got a decent video of this since it is very unpredictable.