My birthing story

Ok so here it goes, on aug. 19th (wed) I was scheduled to be induced at 3pm. The day before, Tuesday, a nurse called and said there was an opening on Wednesday to do an induction. Of course I said yes to it but man I was soo scared because this came out of no where. They decided to do an induction because of my high blood pressure and they were thinking the baby was going to be 8.5 pounds and also troy was starting school monday. So Wednesday we were all packed up and went to the hospital and arrived on time. We went to check in and the lady said "oh we don't have any rooms for you, today has been so busy with people going into labor, we will call you when there is a room". She also said they were supposed to have called us that morning to infom us not to come in but no one did. I was sooooo mad, and what a dissapointment, i was mentally prepared and everything. So we drove home and I decided to take a nap. But before I did I wanted Troy to call and just see if maybe they knew of an estimated time of when they would call us to come back in. When Troy called the lady said "oh we acutally were going to call you to come back, we have a room for you." How annoying!! We seriously were home for 5 min and then we had to go back. This time driving to the hospital I was way more nervous and scared. So we got there but we had to wait again! They had called other people to come back in for inductions as well and even though we were the first ones there they called those other people to come back and check in before us! So again they told us that they didn't have any rooms for us! Oh my gosh I was sooooo bugged! Finally after waiting over an hour we got to check in but as we were checking in a girl came in who was in labor so they gave her our room. Are you kidding me!? So then we had to wait some more. Finally they took me back and they had to put me into a triage room, which is like a whole in the wall, and I stayed there for 4 hours. They started me up on my IV, which by the way freakin hurt! and then they had to give me some medicine to soften my cervix. They started me on this medicine at 7pm and I had to have it in me for 12 hours. Me and troy were so bored in that room we played hangman on a dry erase board, which was very entertaining, we were laughing so hard and having our own fun. At about 11pm they gave me some Ambien to help me sleep through the night. Well that didn't work out so well because I still couldn't fall asleep because of all the annoying sounds of the machines and getting my blood pressure taken every 30min! So then I started to hallucinate because of the Ambien and when I would look at Troy his face would be all distorted and I would just stare at him and I got all freaked out. He had to make me close my eyes to go to sleep, it was pretty funny.

At 7am the next morning they took out the medicine to soften my cervix and checked me. I was dialated to a 1 and 70% efaced. At 8am they started me on pitocin. At 9:30 my dr. came in to check me and I wasn't progressing and he really wanted me to have this baby that day so he decided to break my water. I totally freaked out because there was no warning. He did it and it hurt! So about an hour after that I started to feel some cramping and then I began to really feel the contractions. They hurt pretty bad and I had to really breathe through them. My nurse, who was awesome, said that I could have my epidural at any time. So I asked her to check my progression and I was only at a 2! I didn't want the pain to get worse but yet I wasn't sure if it was totally lame to get the epidural so early. She said it doesn't matter and I should just do it because it wouldn't slow me down or anything. So I thought why not? So basically I was in labor for an hour :) But the bad part.... getting my epidural was the worst most painful part of my life. Getting the first shot to numb my back was awful but then when she was doing the big needle she kept hitting my right nerve in my back which was soooo painful and she ended up poking me like 5 times! It seriously was so painful and traumatizing for me, I just cried and cried. But I do have to say that after it was done it was sooo worth it. Troy had boughten me a ring for "pushing out the baby" and he gave it to me after my epidural because he wanted to cheer me up. I'll have to post a pic of the ring, I just love it, it's beautiful.

Anyway I was able to rest and have the lights out to try and sleep. The nurse came in at about 2:30pm to check me and i was at a tight 4. So I dosed off again (Troy was so bored, I felt so bad for him). Then at almost 5pm I started to feel like I needed to poop (which means the baby's head was right there). For some reason I didnt tell the nurse right away because i had felt it for a while. Anyway she came in to check me and she said "wow you are ready to push right now!!" Crazy!! I got nervous and I didnt know what to expect! They hurried and got everthing ready and Troy was holding one leg and my mom the other. I pushed about 5 times and got her out in 15 min.!! It was sooooo fast, they said that once her head came out her body just flew out! Everyone was just amazed at how fast she came. I did tear a little though, but guess what, I didnt poop! haha that was my fear. Im sure you all wanted to know that too. Troy, throughout the whole process, was just soooo amazing, he helped me out so much and he was such a good coach through it all too, giving me words of encouragement. My Mom was also such a great support for me too! Lyla weighed 7 pounds 14 oz and was 20.5 in. She came out with such a sweet cry. It was so crazy, I honestly didnt know how to feel after everything, I think I was just so exhausted.
So after everything I've been healing really well, and i just love her so much. She really is such a good baby, she only cries if she needs something, she never just cries just because. She sleeps pretty well and when she's awake she just stares all around. She really is a good baby and we just love her to pieces! I have to admit though it still has been so very tough especially for the first 5 days. I literally didnt sleep because I was so worried about her. I would just stare at her all night until about 5 or 6 am until my body couldnt handle it anymore. It was pretty bad. Thankfully my mom stayed with us and helped out soooooooo much. She cooked us a great meal every night, she did laundry, cleaned the house and would watch the baby when I needed to take a nap. She was just so wonderful and I was sooooo sad to see her leave. I still really miss her and her help. Things by myslef have been hard. I definitly have had the baby blues, my hormones have been crazy and I would cry almost every night (its getting better) And troy has been here for me throughout it all. He truly has been so so helpful. He helps whenever I ask him and he even gets up at night with me and he feeds her a bottle while I pump, just so I'm not up for so long. Troy is such a great dad and he just loves to hold her and take care of her. He even doesnt mind changing her nasty poops. I really couldnt be more thankful for him and all he has done for me at this time! before i went to the hospital

in the triage room hanging out and before they put tons of fluid in my face!

this was right before i was going to push

right after she came, look how happy troy is. And look at that double chin!

first time meeting her

me and my mom

i love this pic, she was so awake and alert from the moment she came out

look at the chub face

getting ready to go home

her first little outfit we put her in when we got home

she is so tiny! after the hospital she lost 14oz so we had to give her formula

her first bath, she didnt even cry. She is so good she never cries when we change her diaper either i love it.

look at that cute face!

so sweet!

IM SCARED

So today i called the dr. to get my results from my pee test. The nurse told me that i had some protein in my urine. I also asked her if she could let the dr. know that troy is starting school on monday and maybe he can check the hospital if they have openings to get induced on the weekend. Anyway i get a phone call a few hours later and it was the nurse saying that she talked to the dr. and he said i can get induced tomorrow at 3pm! what in the world??? i asked her tons of questions of course and basically he went over my charts and feels like it would be best. The baby is getting big, i had protein in my urine and my blood pressure is still kinda high. So im getting induced tomorrow and sad thing to say im not excited at all. I feel bad feeling that way i just am scared and the anticipation is the worst. I wish my water would just break and i wouldnt have time to think about it. So there ya go next time i write in my blog i'll have a little baby! wish me luck and hopefully i'll be able to say i had her naturally and that shes like 7 pounds instead of 10 :)

4 year anniversary!!!!

Aug. 6th we celebrated our 4 year anniversary! It was my year to plan something so i surprised him by going to Ruth's Chris. We both have never been there but i have heard alot of great things about this place. Let me tell you it was worth every penny! Although i didnt expect it to be that much geez. I have to admit i was a little concerned because i didnt see any A1 sauce and i love dipping my steak in that, Troy assured me I wouldnt need that stuff and boy was he right. We really enjoyed being together that night. These past 4 years have seriously been the best ever! (beware i might get mushy) And i can honestly say every year gets better and better and i fall more and more in love with him. I think to myself all the time that it really cant be this good something bad is going to happen one of these days ( i know im lame for thinking that) but its true and dont know how i got so lucky to spend eternity with the best guy ever and for having the best realationship anyone could ask for. I truly am so blessed to have my lover and best friend all in one! I cant wait to see him be a dad soon, it will be so much fun to raise a family with Troy. Cant wait for many many more anniversary's! I love you Troy!
Me looking so lovely with my swollen face! but at least Troy looks hot!

update on the belly and feet....

so heres an update on my lovely feet, trust me they look way bigger in person. you dont get to see how thick they are in pics. And the belly pics are of me at 38 weeks. Im now 39 and 1 day. I went to my dr. appt today hoping he would say lets induce you tomorrow. He told me since the baby is big he doesnt want me going to my due date which in 6 days. So thats why i was thinking he would induce me. Well he checked me again today and im NOTHING, he says im still sooo tight so now he tells me come back on thursday and we'll see how things are and we will induce you either this weekend or early next week! what in the world i thought he didnt want me going past my due date. I told him i was so scared of her being 20 pounds, but he told me that giving my body a few more days will help so much more and she wont gain too much more within those few days. And of course we want to do all that we can so that i dont have to have a c section. Oh but i do have some good news.... from my last appt which was 5 days ago i lost 3 pounds YES! and whats funny is i woke up this morning and my ankles were looking a little skinnier so thats where those 3 pounds went.

Things to remember about my pregnancy

I havent written in my journal at all about my pregnancy and this is so much easier to just type it out.

had my miscarraige on oct. 30th and didnt have a period in between and found out i was pregnant again dec. 10th 2008.

had my first ultra sound by my sister joy telling me i was not even 6 weeks yet (i thought i was further along)

went to my real dr. appt at 8 weeks and saw our little gummy bear (thats what she looked like)

I started throwing up at 5.5 weeks and it lasted i think until about 14 or 15 weeks. I would be ok in the morning but throw up sometimes during lunch and ALWAYS my dinner, i felt sick always at night.

I still throw up occasionally because i'll eat too much and make myself sick

I had only gained 12 pounds when i was almost 6 months (thought cool i'll only gain like 25 30 pounds)

so far i've gained 41 pounds!

In 2 months i had gained 15 pounds, then for 2 weeks (while we were moving) i didnt gain anything, then a week after that i gained 5 more pounds (the dr. looked at my feet and said i think its just all water weight) then a week after that 3 more pounds! when will it end

My feet started getting swollen in the middle of June and they've just gotten worse by the day, they are freakin huge. And 2 weeks ago is when i started to get swollen in my hands, eyelids, and face, mostly chin :(

the first time i felt the baby move was at 16 weeks

Troy felt the baby move i think when i was either 20 or 22 weeks cant remember

Troy is so cute, all during my pregnancy he has been making sure i eat, he thinks if i havent eatin for a while the baby is starving so he goes in the kitchen and makes me something. He always makes sure i eat my breakfast too.

Troy loves it when he feels the baby, he says when he feels her he feels he has a connection with her

When troy is tired he says he doesnt want to have a baby right now, when hes well rested he gets really excited

I got super big super fast! so basically i've been uncomfortable for a long time. And for a while her head was really far down that my crotch would hurt all the time!

surprisingly my back from my back surgery hasnt hurt me all that much its been great!

we both wanted to have a girl first and thought she was and was soooo excited when we found out. Troy really wanted a girl! i think thats so cute

I didnt have any stretch marks on my belly until about 7 months got a little tiny one and the next week had full blown lovely stretchmarks, i've only cried about them like 2 or 3 times.

Troy has been the best rubbing my feet up to 3 times a day! hes so good to me

It seems to me that she has been pretty calm in my stomache, she has only kicked me where it scared me just a couple times but other than that shes pretty gentle and lately i've felt her move the most now than anytime during my pregnancy. I feel her foot on my right side sticking out all the time.

she gets the hiccups like twice a day and some may think its cute but man it annoys the heck out of me, especially when im trying to sleep! thats when she likes to do it most

well thats all i can think of. Pregnancy is been a wonderful thing, yes it can be very very uncomfortable, some days i think it hasnt been that bad and other days well i think the opposite. But i am so excited for her to come and see what shes going to look like! I feel very very blessed to have the opportunity to experience all of this

cant sleep!

I seriously cant sleep anymore, unless i take tylonal pm but i dont want to take that every single night! I think right now im more anxious than most nights. Today i went to my dr. appt and they checked my blood pressure and it was something like 150 something over 90 then as my dr. was checking me i didnt progress :( and then he tells me that hes estimating that the baby weighs 8.5 pounds! what in the world where did that come from me and troy both weren't big babies?? Then we ask him if he can strip my membrane, well let me tell you that freakin hurts and as hes grunting trying to get his whole arm up there and seriously pushing me off the table he stops because im still too small to do anything. Oh and when his hand came out it was all bloody (dont mind me telling the details). I take a blood test and pee in a cup and im just waiting for my results to tell me if i have preclampsia so i think thats why i cant sleep! The dr. did tell me too that i for sure wont be going to my due date that he will be checking when there is an opening to get me induced. Im so sad about not going on my own cause i know there is a higher rate of having a c-section if you do that. So im a little stressed and sad and hopeful that my baby ISNT 8.5 pounds!

MOVED IN

So finally after a couple of weeks of preparation we are moved into our house that we are renting. Can i just tell you that im surprised i didnt put myself into labor. This hot hot heat, packing, and going up and down the stairs carrying boxes. This move seemed soooo long and hated every second of it! But alas we are here and now just have to unpack which is a huge chore too! So Lyla is going to be here in 3.5 weeks and i feel like i have nothing done for her, i want her to come early but then again am i even ready??! Troy has been so busy helping with the move, working and also filling out his 2nd applications for medical school. Things are just so busy right now and all i want to do is just sit! Oh and let me just tell you my feet are HUGE if you see the pic below well double maybe triple that in size and thats what my feet look like right now. Even my hands and face are a little swollen its so ugly! My feet just kill soooo bad and Troy rubs them for me like 3 times a day, hes so nice. I cant even stretch my feet cause it pulls the skin so bad, they are so tight! Well im done complaining but thats whats going on right now, when we're moved in i'll take some pics of the house.

4th of july

For the 4th of July my family went to our cabin in prescott, it was alot of fun and nice weather. I hadnt spent a 4th of july with my family in years so it was nice to be able to do that. here is a pic of me and troy watching the fire works. My dad and Troy. Im lame and hardly took any pictures. All in all it was a great time and place to spend with family, except for the fact that for some reason i was sooooo swollen while i was there.

Heres a random pic of me and Troy and my cousin cara's baby shower

a while ago Troy took me to fountain hills

keep scrolling down i have a ton of new posts

FINALLY PREGO PICS

here are my poor poor feet that hurt sooo bad, especially with this heat, all the moving and packing and standing alot doing hair. My feet usually are bigger too so sad. So here are my prego pics and i got huge so fast, so therefore i've been so uncomfortable for so long and i still have 4.5 weeks left how much bigger can i get. My last appt i so far have gained 33 lbs and she measured average but her weight was just a tad on the bigger side! 35 weeks

32 weeks

29 weeks

25 weeks

My az shower july 9th

My sisters threw me this shower and they did such a great job. We had alot of help from everyone. And thanks to my friend Whitney Dibble she allowed us to have the shower at her house. I had soooooo many people come it was so fun. Great food, great people, great presents. Troys sisters and mom

My sisters and mom, we all didnt plan to wear green that night

Troys grandma made Lyla a beautiful blessing dress

My friends katie and lexi

Cali shower

the belly pic. i was 31 weeks prego

My mom threw me a beautiful shower with lots of yummy food. We had a great turn out and i got a ton of great gifts.

my friend kristen

my friend nicole

the beautiful display

Easter 09

For Easter I went to Cali, Troy wasnt able to come because he had to study for the Mcat. It was the first time in a long time that all the siblings were together which was fun. We went to my sis. Kristens house and we had a yummy yummy dinner and a fun easter egg hunt. The egg hunt consisted of money in some of the eggs! I forgot but i think i got 35 bucks or something. It was so much fun to be with family but sad Troy couldnt be there with me. Me and my Dad

all the siblings together again!

My cousins from az (which i drove down with them) came to cali and we had such a fun time with both the families. All us girls went to LA to shop!

So everyone has been asking for prego pics and i have some but they are all on my camera and we forgot to bring our cord with us to transfer them on the computer. Thats why i havent been blogging at all because im waiting to get home so you can see all my fun pics! So anyway theres my reason. So 2 more weeks and i'll be in the hot heat booooooo!!!!!!

Long overdue....

So lots been going on around here. Troy and I are here in cali, we've been here for a few weeks now. We came out here for troy to work for our bro in law. We were hoping it would last the whole summer but i think he only has 1 more week left.  We are going to try and find something else for him to do for work but we dont know what! I've been doing hair 2 days a week here at my moms. Can i just say even tho i get a bit bored i love not having a full time job!!! I just feel like a little housewife! I would work more but troy is a bit concerned for me, which i think is cute, he doesnt like me working too much since im prego haha. I have to admit it is getting a little harder to do hair the bigger i get! Oh and i have to say i love love love being here in cali, the weather here is so amazing! I seriously never want to go back to az, or at least while its summer. I can actually wear clothes and not be miserable. I do wish i were in az just so i can get our house ready and get the nursery ready but other than that i really just want to stay here until i have the baby. Another thing thats happening is right now troy is filling out applications for medical school, there are so many things you need to do for that! Also Troy got a 30 on his Mcat which is awesome!!! we were so excited about that. Troy will be turning in his application in a couple weeks and thats when all of it starts! Anyway thats whats been going on. I still have to post pics all the way back to easter, i'll try and do that soon. Oh also im 28 weeks today, in my 3rd trimester yay!!!

I havent posted in a while and i have tons of  pics to post but dont feel like doing that right now. I went to my doc appt yesterday and im a few days away from being 6 months!! can you believe that! Even though i feel so fat and not cute i was pretty excited that i've only gained 12 pounds so far, hopefully i wont gain a ton in the last few months! I have to give a shout out to my hubby who while im sitting here not feeling good hes grocery shopping and when i came home today from nannying he was picking up the house. He really has been so good to me and i appreciate it soooo much!!! I dont know what i would do without him.

Here is the ultrasound where Troy and I found out that we are having a baby GIRL!!! We are planning on naming her Lyla Jayne Palmer.  Sorry this is such a long video, we wanted to get everything

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME....

For my 23rd Birthday Troy planned for us to go to California for the weekend. On Friday night we went to a yummy italian place called Roman Cucina. A few friends and my family came. It was so fun to get together with all of them and I also got some cute b-day gifts!!!

Then on sat. Troy and I went to disneyland. You get in for free on your bday. It was a little crowded and since I'm prego we couldn't go on the big rides but it was actually still really fun riding the kiddie rides. We just had so much fun having it be the 2 of us! Then on sunday my mom made me a yummy tri-tip steak dinner! It was serioulsy the best birthday weekend ever. 

Troy bought me 2 really cute shirts from forever 21for my bday and he kept in mind that I'll be growing bigger. He did such a good job i love the shirts and he also got me some earings.

here's me my mom and sister kristen

my friends kristen and nicole
here's the group
me and nicole


when it's your birthday at disneyland they treat you very well, especially when they have you wear a button saying it's your bday

me and troy like making the ugliest faces ever. This is us while we were eating dinner

yes i get a wheelchair when i go to disneyland. My back and feet kill!!! after a while. yes I know I'm a grandma! dont judge
worst pic but this was us on the tea cups spinning soooo fast. we felt sick after!
it's a small world ride

on march 7th we went to the Jimmy Eat World concert. It was a lot of fun and troy was just in heaven, it's his fav. band ever. They play sooo good live