Ella Grace Semon

Trying to prevent jaundice in the sunshine with Grandma.



Coming home from the hospital.



Born: November 15, 2010 at 10:03pm
Weight: 7 lbs 2 oz
Length: 20 in
Labor: 15 hrs

She actually flipped herself right before we went to the hospital, so she was born without having to do a C-section.
There were a few complications during labor.......

• tons of merconeum from the little lady
• my blood pressure dropped, dropping my heart rate, dropping Ella's heartrate, complications from the blood pressure medication but all was well after about an hour and a half---but was a scary few minutes while they were trying to get our numbers back up
  
• epidural ran out
• second bag of epidural meds only worked on one side

But, she is here and healthy and we are so happy..... and we are adjusting to a new normal.

Baby news

Monday is the day....but probably a C-section day.
The baby is currently breach.....her head residing in my rib cage. At this stage...39+ weeks with a 7lb+ baby it is going to be hard to turn her. So, we are going in at 7am on Monday morning for a probable C-section unless she flips or they can flip her in which case they will induce me and get her out normally.

Not thrilled with the idea of a c-section....the unknown, longer recovery, future deliveries, etc., but trying to have a chill pill about it and just worry about getting Ella here safely...whichever way that happens.

My doctor is kind of a hick guy....he wears cowboy boots in the office, has a bit of a potty mouth, and has hunting magazines in his waiting room. We were sitting there talking about him trying to flip the baby and he looks me up and down and said....it is a darn good thing you aren't fat. I then said I guess I will take that as a compliment. Oh, it made me laugh. He really is a good doctor....knows his stuff for sure. Just a bit rough around the edges.


Lily's funny saying of the day.....
I am combing her hair this morning and trying to get the snarls out and she turns to me and said "Good gracious Momma!". I dropped the comb I started laughing so hard.


Okay, that is all for me. Baby on Monday.....we'll just have to see which way she comes!

A scary day

So, yesterday I had a Doctor's appointment in Roswell. I have felt bad taking advantage of my poor friend Melissa watching Lily so I was actually planning on taking her with me....not ideal, but that way I could do some shopping and not worry about leaving her too long. Anyway, yesterday morning my friend called and offered to watch her and I took her up on it. I dropped her off with just enough time to get to my appointment.
The whole drive Ella was EXTREMELY active....to the point I was in pain. They were running behind so of course it was almost another hour at the doctor before my doctor actually saw me......all the while Ella is going nuts in there. So, the doctor checks the heartbeat....really fast....too fast. She gets concerned, listens for a long time. Waits a minute, checks again.....really fast.....too fast. I am starting to get worried. She finishes the appointment, checks again.....still really fast....still too fast. She calmly tells me I need to drive myself over to the hospital immediately for monitoring. The baby's heart is going too fast and if it doesn't calm down soon they might have to take some drastic actions.

So, I walk to my car, numb, call Rob's phone....no answer. I call his work, they put me through and I start crying. Going to the hospital for monitoring I tell my poor husband through my sobs. Poor guy was just leaving work....heading the 35+ minutes home to get Lily. I was 35+ minutes in the opposite direction. He did not know which way to turn the car....go get Lily, come to the hospital with me. He headed home to get Lily, all the while thinking he would turn back around to come to me.

I check in at the ER...which took what seemed like forever...probably only 10 minutes. I get upstairs to labor and delivery, lay down, get a monitor on.....and I hear the heartbeat....normal. Hallelujah. They continue to listen to the heartbeat, monitor me for another hour to make sure everything is okay and then wipe the goo off my belly and send me home. All the while I am freaking my poor husband out, freaking me out, freaking my mom out who was at home wondering if she should go pack her suitcase, etc.

Being in a town by myself at the hospital by myself, with a potential C-Section coming.....not too fun. But, the Lord was watching out for me yesterday. A scary situation could have turned even worse if I had had Lily with me.....I can't even imagine what I would have done. Laying still being monitored for over an hour would not have been okay with my 2 year old. It would not have happened. I am so grateful for my wonderful friend's phone call yesterday to offer to watch Lily for me.

Now, I am at home. Everything is fine...I hope. I am a little freaked, a little skittish if you will. But, I just have to turn some faith over to the Lord that everything is going to go okay. And, my husband is being super-protective of my well being and Ella's well-being.

Motherhood

When I first got married, I knew we would have kids eventually, and I definitely wanted kids....but in a very generic way I guess. But, then after we had been married 6 months I had 2 miscarriages very close together. From that moment on, the only thing that seemed to fit my future was MOTHER.
So, after recovering from the miscarriages we started to try to have a baby.....with no success for 2 years. Every month was a roller coaster ride of emotions.
Then, out of the blue.....nauseousness followed by a positive little test. A baby! I couldn't believe it. The next 9 months were full of hope, anticipation, and some hard times. I had a hard pregnancy full of complications and blood tests, but full of happiness and hope for the future. I had no idea what it really meant to be a full-time mother but was very excited to experience it.
Lily came and consumed my whole world.....I slept on the floor next to her in the swing. I took her with me everywhere I went. I had a hard time sleeping if I couldn't hear her little body breathing. I took a thousand pictures of her a day and thought that nothing so cute had ever walked the earth. Two+ years later she is still my world.....my sleeping revolves around her sleeping. My eating revolves around her eating. She is still my whole world + a huge belly full of anticipation of another one.
I am not sure how it will feel to have two little people be my whole world.....how to be able to fulfill both of their needs. But, as I am 2 weeks away from meeting this next little girl I am full of anticipation and can't wait to have this baby on the outside of me rather than the inside.
Getting out the tiny onesies, picking up a box of newborn diapers all seems surreal. It seems so different from last time, but also the same.
I am sure I will be able to figure this out....being a mother to two tiny baby girls. But for now, I am not too proud to admit that I am scared and hope that I can do this. I also hope my transition to 2 kids will go smoother than the first transition or else my husband may not be convinced to do this again!

Random October-ness

Go Boise State!

Pre-Halloween Festivities

Here is Lily's cute Halloween outfit as a cowgirl.

We went to our Ward's Trunk or Treat on Wednesday. It was very fun.


Hilarious! She DID NOT enjoy having Rob put pumpkin goobers on her!



Here she is in her super cute awesome....telling us NOT to take her picture.

Cute Lily in super cute dress

This is like my most FAVORITEST PICTURE EVER!





Exhausted on plane ride