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| Jordyn wasn't sure about Adelynn |
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| Auntie Michelle |
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| Auntie Jen |
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| Hearing test we completed right before we left |
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| She passed with flying colors |
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| All set to go home |
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| Wasn't the biggest fan of the car seat |
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| And we are out! |
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Other visitors and going home pictures!
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Caleb and Olivia Meet Baby Addie!
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| Olivia was sooo excited to see her! |
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| Smiles after fighting on who could hold her |
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| Proud big brother of TWO girls! |
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| In love immediately |
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| An attempt at a family photo- probably predictable of our future |
Our beauty- Pictures
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| Resting once the sweet epidural was in |
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| Our nurse resuscitation team. Addie did great once they started working on her |
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| First picture |
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| Mommy finally got her time |
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| Footprints |
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| First bath |
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| Mommy and Daddy aren't the only ones that are tired |
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| Grandma Duck and Papa Rooster came to visit |
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| Look at those model's hands |
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| Our little beauty |
Adelynn's Birth Story
So last you all heard before she was here was the Dr. wanted to start pushing.
It was about 9:30pm and I was checked again for progress. I was at 10cm but one side of my cervix was still a little thick but he decided he wanted to see if I could push past it since it was fairly stretchy. With the first push, I was able to push her head past it and now it was planned go time.
We worked through a few pushes, and while I couldn't feel any pain, I felt pressure with each oncoming contraction and was able to be pretty darn efficient in moving her down. I was quite proud since Olivia took 4 hours :)
I pushed for about 40 minutes with each contraction and finally got her head out. That is when scary happened. She got stuck and I heard the doctor say "this is a dystocia, start the clock." They immediately laid my bed flat out, told me to stop any pushing and a nurse crawled over the top of me to push down on my pelvis. Two other nurses rushed in to push my knees as high as they would go. I couldn't see anything but Ben was watching the whole thing. It was the longest two minutes of my life. The doctor had to maneuver her quite a bit, his whole hand was inside me adjusting her one arm by pulling it up and out to try to get her to fit. After two minutes he was able to deliver her but she came out not moving or breathing. Her cord was also wrapped around her neck (the reason we were having so many Decels during labor) I was scared to death. I didn't even think to ask if it was a boy or girl. A team full of nurses grabbed her and took her over to the table and after about another 30 seconds, I could hear very small cries. This is when Ben told me she was a girl. They continued to work on her for the next 10-15 minutes or so to continue to get her to breathe/cry. She pinked up quite well once she started crying and Apgar scores came back pretty good. At first she wasn't moving her left arm at all but after the nurse was lifting it up and down she decided she was pissed off and starting moving all of her arms and legs, screaming. I didn't get her for skin to skin until about 10:35, roughly 15 minutes after her birth.
After I got her she rested in pretty comfortably with small bouts of cries. She nursed a bit and cuddle with me for about 2 hours. During this time, Ben and I hit full on exhaustion. At around 12:30, she got her first bath and all dressed up, then it was Daddy cuddle time. :) After she was comfy cozy on daddy, the nurse attempted to get me out a bed to go take a shower (on a chair) but I made it two steps out of bed and my left leg collapsed. She needed to lift me up to get me back into bed, my legs refused to support me in any way. We decided some more rest time was in order. :) Since the epidural was obviously not wore off, I decided to try to get some sleep while Ben held Adelynn. I got about 40 minutes before I was startled awake to some strong cries.
At 1:45 we decided to make it down to our new room so at least one of us could sleep. The on call pediatrician made the call that, until Addie was 8 hours old, at least one person needed to be awake if she was in the room. If both of us were sleeping, she needed to go to the nursery. We suspect this is because of the dystocia and monitoring her breathing, so until 6:30am, either Ben or I need to stay awake. Since I got a quick nap in the other room, we decided Ben needs to sleep while he can. I still have vital checks every 30 minutes so its not like I would be sleeping anyway. So, as I type, both Ben and Addie are sleeping and I am trying to get my left leg to wake up!
So they aren't great pictures (I turned off the flash so it wouldn't startle her!) but we would like to introduce you to Adelynn Barbara Mrdutt, born 1/20/16, weighing 8 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long. Mrdutt head (though slightly smaller than the others), Henrichs nose.
Thank you Grandma Barb for protecting her through that delivery. Apparently she got your stubbornness and just didn't want to share her birthday. Or you decided she needed her own day. :)
We promise to offer more photos tomorrow. Visitors welcome later morning, I think Ben will head home in the morning to go get Caleb and Olivia so they can meet their little sister.
It was about 9:30pm and I was checked again for progress. I was at 10cm but one side of my cervix was still a little thick but he decided he wanted to see if I could push past it since it was fairly stretchy. With the first push, I was able to push her head past it and now it was planned go time.
We worked through a few pushes, and while I couldn't feel any pain, I felt pressure with each oncoming contraction and was able to be pretty darn efficient in moving her down. I was quite proud since Olivia took 4 hours :)
I pushed for about 40 minutes with each contraction and finally got her head out. That is when scary happened. She got stuck and I heard the doctor say "this is a dystocia, start the clock." They immediately laid my bed flat out, told me to stop any pushing and a nurse crawled over the top of me to push down on my pelvis. Two other nurses rushed in to push my knees as high as they would go. I couldn't see anything but Ben was watching the whole thing. It was the longest two minutes of my life. The doctor had to maneuver her quite a bit, his whole hand was inside me adjusting her one arm by pulling it up and out to try to get her to fit. After two minutes he was able to deliver her but she came out not moving or breathing. Her cord was also wrapped around her neck (the reason we were having so many Decels during labor) I was scared to death. I didn't even think to ask if it was a boy or girl. A team full of nurses grabbed her and took her over to the table and after about another 30 seconds, I could hear very small cries. This is when Ben told me she was a girl. They continued to work on her for the next 10-15 minutes or so to continue to get her to breathe/cry. She pinked up quite well once she started crying and Apgar scores came back pretty good. At first she wasn't moving her left arm at all but after the nurse was lifting it up and down she decided she was pissed off and starting moving all of her arms and legs, screaming. I didn't get her for skin to skin until about 10:35, roughly 15 minutes after her birth.
After I got her she rested in pretty comfortably with small bouts of cries. She nursed a bit and cuddle with me for about 2 hours. During this time, Ben and I hit full on exhaustion. At around 12:30, she got her first bath and all dressed up, then it was Daddy cuddle time. :) After she was comfy cozy on daddy, the nurse attempted to get me out a bed to go take a shower (on a chair) but I made it two steps out of bed and my left leg collapsed. She needed to lift me up to get me back into bed, my legs refused to support me in any way. We decided some more rest time was in order. :) Since the epidural was obviously not wore off, I decided to try to get some sleep while Ben held Adelynn. I got about 40 minutes before I was startled awake to some strong cries.
At 1:45 we decided to make it down to our new room so at least one of us could sleep. The on call pediatrician made the call that, until Addie was 8 hours old, at least one person needed to be awake if she was in the room. If both of us were sleeping, she needed to go to the nursery. We suspect this is because of the dystocia and monitoring her breathing, so until 6:30am, either Ben or I need to stay awake. Since I got a quick nap in the other room, we decided Ben needs to sleep while he can. I still have vital checks every 30 minutes so its not like I would be sleeping anyway. So, as I type, both Ben and Addie are sleeping and I am trying to get my left leg to wake up!
So they aren't great pictures (I turned off the flash so it wouldn't startle her!) but we would like to introduce you to Adelynn Barbara Mrdutt, born 1/20/16, weighing 8 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long. Mrdutt head (though slightly smaller than the others), Henrichs nose.
Thank you Grandma Barb for protecting her through that delivery. Apparently she got your stubbornness and just didn't want to share her birthday. Or you decided she needed her own day. :)
We promise to offer more photos tomorrow. Visitors welcome later morning, I think Ben will head home in the morning to go get Caleb and Olivia so they can meet their little sister.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Welcome to our Family
Katie and I just welcomed a little girl named Adelynn Barbara into our family. More info and stats to follow.
Ben
Ben
And........
Not much to update at this point but Katie is resting well and we have been able to avoid the nausea and the not so fun stuff to follow that, The nurse believes we are close but they are going to wait until the pressure sensation changes before we try to move things along. Looks like some of you will get little sleep tonight as well.
Ben
Quick check
The Doctor just came in to see how things are progressing, With a new position change and a quick check, Katie has progressed to 8 cm, 90% and babies head is nice and low. This is good new compared the track record of the two previous labors.
Ben
Patiently Waiting
When Katie was lasted checked about two hrs ago she was at a good 5. She is definitely feeling more pressure with every contraction. We need to constantly re-position Katie because as baby descends it seems a cord is slightly getting pinched and keeps causing the alarms to go off. Quick re-position and all is good again. The medical staff seems to be anticipating a quicker delivery than our past history because they already have the room setup for the big event. I will keep you posted on progress.
How's the final boy vs girl tally going?????
Announcing..... the flood
Katie and I are very proud to announce that at 3:00 pm on January 20th, 2016 .........
Her water broke and contraction intensity magnified. We have since got an epidural placed after waiting to be formally admitted and blood work ran. Katie is now resting as her body continues to push baby further south. More updates as time permits.
Ben
P.S. Lower your expectations with the quality and detail in my reports until Katie takes over with our announcement.
So far, so good
Things are still moving along- I had a progress check around 1pm and I am about 3.5 cm with 75% or so. Contractions are coming regularly and more intensely and starting to make me question how fast I should push the epidural conversation.
I mentioned I plan on having one and want to have everything in place so when I want it I get it :). That was said around 1pm. The nurse was going to get stuff for an IV so at least that part was done and ready. Needless to say, I don't have an IV put in yet. I also have yet to see the doctor but I know there was a repeat C-section going on right as we were being put into our rooms and getting set up.
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As I was writing this the nurse came back in to check on things. Plans are to keep doing what we are doing and they will do another progress check after 3pm. They want to know that progression is being made before the epidural is put in. With how these contractions are feeling, I'm not going anywhere without a baby! Contractions are about 3 minutes apart, lasting about 1 minute each and are pretty painful.
Will keep updates coming but I think Ben may be taking over soon!
All aboard! The train has left the station.
Baby #3 has decided it is time. Contractions started at 7:30 this morning after some other clear indications labor was underway. I have been timing them since and they average about 4-5 minutes apart, a bit longer if I am sitting down and resting but bump up to 2-3 minutes apart if I am up walking around.
I told Ben it was probably happening today after all these signs so we finished getting the kids ready for daycare and he drove them in. Since contractions weren't painful and I have had so much false labor, I sent him to work and go about his day like normal, and so did I. I was working from home from about 8am but by about 10am, the intensity of contractions had really kicked up so I told him to make his way back. Figured we still had cows to feed and a few other things to get in order so might as well do it before I am screaming at him to hurry up.
He got home about 10:30 and went about chores while I talked with my boss and handed over the remainder of any projects I still had going on. When Ben got into the house, I told him I wanted the toilets cleaned before we left since M&D may come over while we are still in the hospital. :) Mom- news sheets on our bed for you, house is vacuumed, dishes done and toilets clean!
We left home just after 11am, and arrived to the hospital around noon. Got checked in and head upstairs. Unfortunately my doctor is not on call today- but is on call tomorrow starting at 8am. Baby- don't you dare wait that long! The OB nurse that is/was checking us in is a bit older and oh so dry. Ben and I hope that she livens up a bit before the real action or she is going to drive me crazy! That, or a shift change......
As we speak, we are hooked up to monitors, contracting 3-5 minutes apart (moderately painful but I can still handle them) and waiting for the doctor to come check progress. A headache and some nausea has kicked in as well. Boo.
Keep watch- maybe this baby Mrdutt will move faster than the others!
~Katie~
I told Ben it was probably happening today after all these signs so we finished getting the kids ready for daycare and he drove them in. Since contractions weren't painful and I have had so much false labor, I sent him to work and go about his day like normal, and so did I. I was working from home from about 8am but by about 10am, the intensity of contractions had really kicked up so I told him to make his way back. Figured we still had cows to feed and a few other things to get in order so might as well do it before I am screaming at him to hurry up.
He got home about 10:30 and went about chores while I talked with my boss and handed over the remainder of any projects I still had going on. When Ben got into the house, I told him I wanted the toilets cleaned before we left since M&D may come over while we are still in the hospital. :) Mom- news sheets on our bed for you, house is vacuumed, dishes done and toilets clean!
We left home just after 11am, and arrived to the hospital around noon. Got checked in and head upstairs. Unfortunately my doctor is not on call today- but is on call tomorrow starting at 8am. Baby- don't you dare wait that long! The OB nurse that is/was checking us in is a bit older and oh so dry. Ben and I hope that she livens up a bit before the real action or she is going to drive me crazy! That, or a shift change......
As we speak, we are hooked up to monitors, contracting 3-5 minutes apart (moderately painful but I can still handle them) and waiting for the doctor to come check progress. A headache and some nausea has kicked in as well. Boo.
Keep watch- maybe this baby Mrdutt will move faster than the others!
~Katie~
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Baby #3 Countdown on!
As we get closer to welcoming baby #3 in our family we are gearing up the old website to keep everyone informed. Once again, as things begin we will use this blog so all of you at home can be just as much in the action as we are.
Due date is 2 weeks from tomorrow and since Friday didn't push me into early labor I suspect this baby won't be coming much earlier than its due date.
As far as I go, I am actually quite comfortable and content this far into pregnancy. Don't get me wrong, I am super anxious to meet the new babe but since this is our last planned pregnancy, I am savoring the last few weeks... Even if that means having others help me put on my shoes or help me get up off the floor. Plus- with all the latest happenings, our minds are pretty distracted elsewhere.
The next few weeks are going to be filled with finishing up work projects, cleaning and preparing the house and dealing with the shop aftermath.
Stay tuned for the next blog post, very likely to mean the action has begun!
Oh- and vote- boy or girl?? Caleb says girl, Olivia (recently) has been saying boy.
Due date is 2 weeks from tomorrow and since Friday didn't push me into early labor I suspect this baby won't be coming much earlier than its due date.
As far as I go, I am actually quite comfortable and content this far into pregnancy. Don't get me wrong, I am super anxious to meet the new babe but since this is our last planned pregnancy, I am savoring the last few weeks... Even if that means having others help me put on my shoes or help me get up off the floor. Plus- with all the latest happenings, our minds are pretty distracted elsewhere.
The next few weeks are going to be filled with finishing up work projects, cleaning and preparing the house and dealing with the shop aftermath.
Stay tuned for the next blog post, very likely to mean the action has begun!
Oh- and vote- boy or girl?? Caleb says girl, Olivia (recently) has been saying boy.
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