baby update

First the stats:

Our baby boy, Bauer, was born Friday, June 15th at 10:40 am.

Weight: 8.1 lbs

Length: 20 inches

He has been in the hospital since birth. We are on day 9 nine now.

He has had surgery to cut the blockage in his urethra (which is only a partial blockage), and he has been hooked up to an IV and catheter since Tuesday.

Tonight or tomorrow morning he should be off the catheter and IV, and I believe he will have to be eating and peeing well for 24 hours before he will be released. I am really hoping it will be Tuesday at the earliest. Last night, he weighed 8.5 lbs, so he is now past his birth weight. He is doing very well - eating and sleeping good and being the cutest boy ever.

This has been the most difficult time in our life, and we have spent everyday at the hospital. (Luckily, we live super close to the place.)

I have been an emotional roller coaster because my hormones are all over the place and our baby is not home yet. Micah has been great dealing with all my crying and sadness. Daria has been doing okay, but it has been difficult for her to see mom so upset and she does not quite understand why her baby brother is not home yet. My parents took her camping this weekend, so she could have some fun and not see us going to the hospital so much.

There will be many more pictures when he comes home.

tomorrow is the big day

On Monday, we were just 8 days away from baby Bauer's arrival.
Well, now it is tomorrow! I am going in for a c-section at 10 am.
I had an ultrasound on Wednesday, and they noticed that my fluid was extremely low compared to last week, and they said I just could not wait 6 more days.
So, I went my o.b. appointment today, and after they gave me a fetal stress test, another ultrasound, and another amino to check lung development, they decided tomorrow will be the day. His lungs are fully developed (yeah!!), so there should be no need for him to go to the NIC unit. Now we just have to worry about the kidney and bladder situation. The good news is the pediatric urologist will be there tomorrow to check him out and possibly do surgery (if that is needed, which we hope it is not).
It may be a while before my next post since I will be without a computer while I am at the hospital. And at this point I am just hoping for our little boy to come home when I do, so he does not have to spend anytime at the hospital alone.
Okay, I am off to pack my bag and do one more round of dishes.
Thanks for all the good thoughts.

in my opinion...

I loved the way The Sopranos ended last night. I know I am the only one, but it was too predictable that the writers would kill Tony or anyone else in the immediate family, or send Tony off to jail.
I think the ending they gave us left it open for a movie or something else to come out of Soprano land.
And I won't stop believin' that.

8 days and counting

I am in the final 8 days of this pregnancy. I truly cannot believe next Tuesday our boy will be here. I am excited, anxious, scared, and thrilled to meet this little boy. Last Friday, I had my final doctor's appointment before my pre-op appointment. I did not see the doctor because she was in an extra long surgery, so the nurse (who I do not like) examined me.

First of all, when the nurse measured my belly, she poked around to find my pubic bone so hard that I wanted to slap her. This is the second time she had trouble finding it - I do not get it because she works in an o.b. office. When the doctor has measured me, it has NEVER been uncomfortable.

Then, she did the pelvic examine to see if I am dilated at all. Well, let me just say, that if my shoe was in reach of my hand, I would have thrown it at her because I have never had my cervix checked and it hurt that bad. I swear I do not believe this woman knows what she is doing because after all the times my cervix was checked when I was pregnant with Daria - it never felt that horrible.

The end result of the pelvic examine is that my cervix is soft and I am dilated to a 1. That news freaked me out a little because my water broke with Daria when I was dilated to a 1, and that is something we do not want to happen this time around. When I went to tell Micah the news (he was at work), it made him so anxious, he had to come home early.

He went into overdrive when he came home too. The car seat came out of the box, he talked about getting the crib up, and getting the luggage out and packed. And he kept asking me if I should call the doctor and ask if I should be on bed rest between now and next Tuesday, so Bauer does not come any earlier than he is scheduled. I reassured him that the doctor would call after she saw my chart if I should be doing anything differently.

Now, I am being asked every few hours, especially in the morning, if I am feeling alright. It is all very sweet.

feast #147

Tomorrow is Friday! Here is the feast.

Appetizer
What do you consider to be the ultimate snack food?
chips and dips, cookies, cupcakes - need I go on?

Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 as highest), about how popular is your last name?
it is not very popular, so I would say about a 3.

Salad
Who is your all-time favorite sitcom character, and why?
Currently, Dwight from The Office.

Main Course
Do you shop online? If so, name some sites you like to browse for goodies.
Sometimes, and I love Sierra Trading Post for a great deal on shoes.

Dessert
Fill in the blank: I think _____should be______.
I think Ms. Hilton should be in jail and not headline news.

1st field day

Today was Field Day for the kindergartners at Daria's school.

Look at all the fun she had!

Hooray for field day!

Running through the obstacle course!

The infamous log roll

This is the closest she came to the ring toss.

Sun + Games + Friends = a very memorable 1st field day!

15 days to go

15 days from today, baby Bauer will arrive.
I cannot believe it is so close!
This week I have my last ultrasound and my final o.b. appointment before my pre-op appointment.
I am happy to say all of his clothes are washed and put away, we have diapers and wipes, and I only need to buy a few other things at Babies R Us - and they are not big things.
In 15 days, a lot of things are going to change around here, especially for Daria.
Daria and I have been doing A LOT of things together lately.
Saturday we played outside all day - even though it was so freakin' hot for me.
Sunday we went to the zoo, painted pictures, and drew pictures with markers - which exhausted me.
She has been going with me on all my errands (when she is not in school), and I have been making almost any meal she has asked for.
I guess this is all a part of the mommy guilt. I just do not want her to feel left out or that mommy is too busy for her in the next 16 days. I also feel guilty for bringing another person into our lil' family. It has just been the 3 of us for so long, the change freaks me out a little.
The good news is Micah will have 4 weeks off when Bauer arrives, so Daria will get a lot of daddy time.
I know the mommy guilt is inevitable, but I hope I can get a grip on it by the time summer is over.

monday, monday

Every Monday afternoon when I drop Daria off at school, this other mother ALWAYS says to me...."Gosh, you look SO huge today!"

I really do not know how to respond to that.
I usually smile and just try to grin off the annoying comment. But to be honest, I am tired of hearing it every Monday. Luckily, there are only 2 more Mondays left of school. And I know she means well, but c'mon...she can't say something else? Anything else...like, how did you handle the 85+ degrees we had all weekend?