Little Báibín Powers

9.9 lbs
20.5 in
15 in head

2 week old Melody is 8 lbs 1oz (20oz gain from discharge) 20.25 inches long (.5 inches gain) and head circumference 14 1/4 (1.25 inch gain). She is perfectly healthy!!! We are going to have her newborn pictures done monday im hoping to get her birth pictures then too.

Had my 2 weeks appointment today my incision looks great. Little concerned about the fact I dontbhave th e urge to urinate at all. At 6 weeks if its still going on they are sending me to a specialist. Since Saturday ive lost 4 more lbs & a total of 18!! Only 20 more to go till prepregnancy weight. I think in four more weeks that will happen then let the toning begin!!

Forgot to do my belly pic this was the only one I had !!

Visiting the wic office for lactation (i have some kind of callous scab thing that hurts really bad) we got to see melodys weight gain since Saturday. 

She was 6.13 when we left the hospital and was 7.42 thats almost half a lb gain in 5 days. Mommies milk does a body good!!!

She is such a good baby minus when she is fighting me literally smacking and kicking at my breast to eat and she gets so mad lol

I have lost 14.5 lbs the day before I gave birth I was 138.5 and today I weighed 124 woo hoo !!

Today will mark one week for Ms. Melody :-)

She is doing so many things early. She started focusing at four days old she isnt a pro yet but working hard. She is also trying to hold her head up. Hard busy worker!!

She lost her umbilical cord sometime this early morning. I cannot believe that she is a week old already.

I had my first bm finally and starting to walk straight up vs hunched over. I still have a gas bubble n my right shoulder.  But things seem to be healing well.

On April 16th 2013 I had my 39 week appointment. Which dr. van skriver: told me that I was 5 centimeters dilated and a hundred percent effaced . She stripped my membranes. On the way home on the Buckman Bridge I felt really strong and painful contractions. Of course when we got home they slowed down.

On April 17th 2013 I lost my plug "again" first thing in the morning. While at work I started having cramping. I didn't think anything of it until I went to the bathroom and lost more plug then had a contraction along with the cramping. At 11:18am I had my fist contraction of the pattern. They were 4 minutes apart. At noon I went home. I called Jason who was at his moms and told him to start heading home.  I ate lunch while waiting for him to get home. Some Mongolian beef mmmmmm!!!
At 2:30 (correction 3) pm we arrived at the hospital.. when the nurse checked me I was still the same as my appointment 5cm 100% effaced. When checking me she tried rupturing my membranes by rubbing my bag. By 5pm I was 7cm and they started my iv port and then had some good painful crampy contractions... we then decided to do some walking. At  6 pm I was at 7-8 cm and got my epidural. Angela (Doula) and Jamie (photographer) got here about the same the time.  Around 8:45pm I told the nurse I was feeling like I needed to push. And she told me I was at a TEN!!! I was so thrilled. At that point we found out that Melody was sunny side up (op, facing the sky)... So we flipped sides while we started pushing. (pushing on my back left and right side) after two hours of pushing (Jason got to see her head) she wasn't descending father down past my pubic bone due to her being face up. 11 pm melody's heart rate was descending to 80's. Talked with the Dr. , midwives, etc and we all agreed that I needed a C-section for the Melody's safety.  
1130pm we were n the OR! They had me prepped and going. It was so scary listening to her heartbeat drop (they had me and her in monitors) . They got her out pretty fast (considering all the scar tissue and stuff they had to deal with) and I got to hear her first little cries (tanner did not cry for the first few minutes)!! She was born at 2353 (1153pm) on 4/17/13. This made me so happy & she is so beautiful.  Then the neonatal Dr.  said we need to take her to NICU to monitor her breathing. That was so scary. She was taking over 150breaths per min. They said it  was due to the stress from the delivery. Had we waited 30 more minutes we wouldn't have the healthy baby girl we have today. At this time I was told about all my scare tissues issue. Once I  knew Melody was completely and safe  I began to pass n and out. My epidural was wearing off and they had to sedate me it was horrible. I was feeling everything. I do not know what happened after that... Jamie and Angela and Jason all saw Melody. Jamie and Angela left after that. But they had jobs to do and families to take care of.
I'm not sure of what time Melody got to come back our room. But I was exhausted. 4/18 today I've been dealing with a happy baby but boy does she get frustrated at nursing\breastfeeding lol.  I have been having a lot of pain more than I did with tanner. I had blood in my urine so they ordered. Ct with contrast. So needless to say my little' girl is now being having to be fed by  syringe with formula.(u cannot breastfeed after having contrast being injected into to ur body.)  It broke my heart!!!! So now I'm pumping and dumping my milk and she is doing ok. She has no jaundice and has only lost two oz n her birth weight.  thus far.
I'm in a lot of pain but we are hoping it gets under control and we can figure what is going on with my body. (Found out that I have a hematoma that's blood filled and that i have lots of air/gas that is trapped.) Along with normal wear and tear for C-section patients. 
4/19 - last night I finally got put on different pain meds to help with the pain thank god. We thought I was going to have to have my hematomas drained but I don't. I am really anemic my hemoglobin is at a 7. But we will be going home tomorrow morning yay! ! Tanner is ready to meet his little sister.
We are thrilled our little melody jo is here , happy and safe!!!

Well my ob didnt check me at my last appointment I guess bc I wasnt 36 weeks. I was suppose to be seen the week after byt they were booked.

Today at my appointment while mw lauren was checking me she made aface I just knew she was gonna tell me that I didnt progress at all. I was so scared. "Mmmmmm... your definitely a 3.5 and u can stretch yoh to a 4" HOLY SHIT YOU KIDDING ME !!!! LOL

So my stats for  this week is

Weight :131 gain 31 lbs

Dilation: 3.5 she can stretch me to  4 cm
Effacement: 70-75 %
Head is low, Pressing on cervix station -1,  facing right way

everything is lining up perfectly for my vbac !!!! She thinks ill be n labor with in the next week so freaking excited !!!

Im so glad I switched obs !! Oh contractions all night long melody has droped even lower just waitinf it out as much as possible.

Went back do to period cramps.

I got kept over night and they monitored me, and gave me AMBIAN to sleep. Which I questions multipul times (Idk why its ok to have that but not my little 7.5 norco once a day) They sent me home after a shot of terb and steroids (have to go back tomorrow for the second shot) and oral porcardia

Sent me home. Nothing new.

Belly measuring 34
Weight 130

34 weeks and 4 days visiting L&D again due to painful contractions. I am currently at 2-2.5 cm and 70% effaced. Not active labor tho thank goodness I am glad to keep her in at least to 36 weeks... this is so nerve wracking!!

Listened to babies heart beat and talked about the pre-term contactions/labor etc. Ive only gained 26 lbs so far YAY!

How far along? 33 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 25 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: A little uncomfortable getting up to pee all the time
Best moment this Week: Robyn’s Wedding
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Dancing/drinking at weddings
Movement: YES!
Food cravings: Waffle house
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In/out
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Weekly Wisdom: Painful contractions mean “go to dr/l&d”
Looking forward to: Matt Key and Danielle’s Wedding

I am 32 weeks today. Last night I was in horrible pain all night contracting. I drank water and tried to keep the contractions at bay. It just was not working. Call my OB and went in. They checked me I am 1-2 cm and 70% effaced!!!! They did the FFN swab and sent me to L&D to monitor my conractions. The FFN came back POSITIVE which means I "could" have her in two weeks. But it isnt 100% right.

This is nuts to me esp because I contracted with Tanner so often that I just blew it off like "oh well just the same thing happening again." But I am dialating which is scary. I know that I am not super early but still early enough to cause damage to my little girl.

So I am on modified bed rest seeing as I have a two year old and a desk PT job.

Hopefully this wont happen again (oh no sex either, happy anniversary to us!)

How far along? 26 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 16 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: A LOT BETTER
Best moment this week: Switched OB’s!!
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Strong drinks and concerts
Movement: YES!
Food cravings: Fresh fruit and vegetables, bagels, sweets!! ((FUNNEL CAKE and Ruby Tuesday's Salad bar))
Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken.. esp reheated
Have you started to show yet: yes
Gender prediction: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Weekly Wisdom: Taking a deep breath and not jumping to bite peoples head off.
Looking forward to: Seeing Melody on her ultrasound 2 weeks

Met with my new ob today!! Super excited to be apart of an office that actually cares about their pt's and listens. The Ob that I saw today was dr pheniox she's very short and sweet but smart. Gave me the stats on VBAC's and said that I wouldnt be induced at all, and c-section wouldnt be scheduled till after 41 weeks!! Thats all great news!! I go back for my next appointment 2/6/13