14 weeks

14 weeks

Posted by Lucky Bud at 3:09 AM

We are officially in the second trimester! Our baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee and maybe even suck it's thumb! That is amazing! I am feeling great this week. My nausea isn't all the way gone, but it is not bad. I don't really have anything else to report for the week. I am just happy to have passed another week with everything fine. Going off my progesterone after 11 weeks was scary, but it was all fine too. I am so grateful to be pregnant!

Lucky Bud

Sept 2012

Maya
Maya is such a joy to have in our family!

 She loves it when we sing you are my sunshine to her. It is so funny. From the first time I sang it to her, she will stop crying and smile. If we sing anything else, she starts crying again. Noah will sing to her from his car seat since Maya hates riding in the car and often cries for the whole ride.

She is still eating and sleeping great. I give her a bath and lay down with her around 8pm. We usually take a bath together and I will let her float and kick around in the water which she really enjoys. I feed her, and I often will just stay in bed with her and go to sleep early.  She wakes up around 7 or 8 and still eats about twice in the night.

Maya is a joy to be with all day. She has a mild temperament and is always very content. She loves to be held and is now used to being in the Ergo baby carrier. I have her in it for a large portion of the day now.
Maya started laughing this month and has recently gotten very talkative.  

When Maya does her tummy time she is like a little inch worm. She will bury her head down and scrunch up her legs with her bum in the air, and then she will stretch out her legs and arch her back and push her upper body up with her arms, and she looks just like an inch worm. She actually is able to scoot forward as she does it.

I am loving spending every moment with her and wish that I could freeze time. I can't believe she is 4 months old!!!

August 2012

Maya is doing great! She sleeps a lot and is usually happy when she is awake. She likes to be with mom more than anything, but is starting to enjoy getting held by dad too. Amazingly she was pretty happy in the arms of Aunt Emily when she was here. Maya is in my arms most of the day when she is awake, and in her swing when she is sleeping. At night she sleeps with me, but that probably won't last for much longer since I wake up with every little squeek and am starting to get pretty tiered. Aunt Emily came to meet Maya. I am sad that I did not get one picture of them together! Maya is a smiley baby and espesially like it when I sing, " You are my Sunshine" to her.
Maya has gotten really easy to take out and about since she is VERY happy if she is in her baby bjorn. I wish she would do the Ergo Baby Carrier since that is my favorite, but she hates it. Maybe later.
Maya would not take a pacifier, but is always trying to get her thumb in her mouth. She has succeeded a couple of times, but then doesnt really suck on it.

Thanks for making me a beautiful dress Grandma Bell! It fits perfect!

This has to be my favorite photo of the month

Almost got it!

Look at that head control!

Smiley girl

I love those full lips

July 2012

Maya is a little sweet heart! I am having so much fun with my new little baby! She is almost 2 months old, I can't believe it! We had her blessed last week at church. She got a dirty diaper RIGHT before it was time to go up, so I changed her in a rush. Scott said that she tooted the whole time during her blessing, but you couldn't hear it over the microphone. She was happy and didn't cry until a little at the end. She looked so pretty in her blessing dress.
Last month May would get gassy in the evenings and would get really fussy. That is much better now and she is much more comfortable. Lately she is a little hard to get to put to sleep at night, but once she is asleep, sleeps great, and only wakes up once to eat. Maya and I sleep together and night time is my favorite time of the day. I love being able to snuggle her for hours with no distractions.

Bowling, Noah went bowling with Cindy and her kids today. I asked him if he knocked down any pins, and he said, no, the ball did it by itself

Noah loves Maya soooo much. He is so extremely sweet with her. He wants to be with her all the time. He copies all of the ways that I show affection to her. If I put my face up to hers, he will do it too. If I wisper in her ear, he will too. I will kiss her over and over with little tiny kisses, and he does too. If Daniel comes over, he says, I'll protect her mom. It is so much fun to see what a loving and nurturing big brother Noah is.

Welcome Baby Maya

Baby Maya was born June 4th (my sister and brothers birthday!) at 12:11 am. It was a long and difficult labor, but we are both doing well now. I will work on my birth story tomorrow!

Baby Maya, 5 lbs, 9 ounces, 20 inches

Hello Everybody!
It has been exactly one month since Maya was born! I can't believe how fast this month has gone by! Sorry it took me so song to post this, but here is the story!

On Saturday we went to a water park with our birthmothers. I had slightly crampy contractions all day, but I have had regular Braxton Hicks contractions since I was 20 weeks pregnant, so I didn't think much of it. My contractions were about 10 minutes apart which was normal. At 9 pm I decided to start keeping track since they seemed to be getting closer and stronger. Over the next few hours I kept track and they went from 9 minutes, to 8....7....6...5. I wanted Mr. Lucky to get some rest and he was already in bed, so I let him sleep as long as possible. At midnight I finally went to bed, but didn't sleep long. At 12:30 the contractions were too painful to sleep through, so I woke up Mr. Lucky. By 1 am they were so painful, Mr. L.  called the midwife to give her a heads up. We went upstairs and set up the birthing pool, and got the bed ready, and any bulky things out of the way, and all the supplies out. The midwife said to prepare for a long night and a long day. I have to say that I didn't really believe her. Out of the people that I know, almost all of them have had pretty short labors. My sister only labored for about 5 hours with both or her children, and one of our birth mothers only labored 3 hours, so I pretty much thought that I would have a baby my morning.

I labored through the night with just Mr. L. It was really hard. I had a hard time coping with each contraction and was pretty paniky with each one. By 7 am the midwife came to check me and I was only dialated to a 3. Normally she would go home and come back later, but saw what a hard time I was having and said that what ever I needed was fine. I needed her so bad, so I am so grateful that she stayed. I was in labor all day and by 6 was still at 3 to 4cm. Throughout the day I got more in control and had a easier time with my contractions, even though they were more painful. I also had figured out what possitions were best and Mr. Lucky Bud and I were more in a grove.

 I was sooooo exhausted at that point though and could hardly keep my eyes open. By 6 my contractions were so painful and I was so tired, that I begged and bleeded to go to the hospital. My midwife reminded me that it was 45 minutes away and would be a terrible trip in the car, that I would have to check in at the hospital, and then they would want me on an IV for an hour, and I remembered how after Baby Lucky Buds Birth Mom decided she wanted an epidural, it still took the Dr 2 hours to get to her, and then 1 hour for him to do it. As I thought of all these things, I realized that going to the hospital would not bring me the instant pain relief that I wanted and I decided to stay home. My midwife said that I was just feeling this way because I was so exhausted, and that I just really needed some good rest. She gave me some benydril and Mr Lucky and I layed down on the bed for a nap. Laying down, my contractions actually slowed down to about 8 minutes apart and we were able to sleep in between. After an hour I was feeling so much better.

My midwife had to go home to take a break in order to be ready for the birth, and also to be rested for other births that were coming up that week. We decided to see if a doula was available, and we are so lucky that someone was. Amy was AMAZING and got me through some of the most difficult parts of my labor. After my nap the contractions stayed far apart, but were much stronger and went on forever. I continuted to sleep inbetween contactions, but eventually had to get up and walk around to get things progressing. Eventually my water broke and I came upstairs and got in the birthing pool. Amy called the widwives. I started having the need to push with my contractions, but was very nervous to push at all because I was afraid that I was not completely dialated and I was afraid of swelling. It felt like my midwives took a million years to get there although it was only 20 minutes or so. My contractions were 10 mintues apart still, so they had plenty of time to set up before I was ready to really start pushing. Once I started pushing, it only took 4 contractions for her to be born. When I was pushing, inbetween contractions, I kept saying how happy I was that I had not given up and gone to the hospital.

When Maya was born I was so happy. She was finally here, I couldn't believe it!  She was placed on my stomach, but the cord was short and they were worried about her being so close to the water, so they had me get out of the pool onto the bed. There was a lot of blood, so the midwives were trying to determine if it was from the birth, from my tear or from hemorrhaging. Eventually they were able to determine that I was hemorrhaging. After the placenta was out they massaged my uterus, but it was still pleading. I had a couple injections and some pills, but it wasn't working fast enough. They tried grabbing my uterus from the outside, and eventually had to grab it internally. It hurt really bad, but the bleeding started to slow down, and after more massaging from the outside they got it under control. At the same time, Maya was not breathing great, so it took a couple people and a little time to take care of her. The midwives were very in control of the whole situation and came prepared with everything they needed to take care of us. The had oxygen, pitocin injections and everything went smoothly.

It took until 4 am until they were done monitoring us and cleaning up and we were finally able to go to sleep! My wonderful midwives tucked us in and we went to sleep with our new baby!
Having Maya at home was a great experience, and I would do it again for sure. I love my little girl and feel so blessed.

I hope that those of you who are still waiting for your little ones will have them soon.
It has been fun sharing our fertility story with you.

Okay,  Lucky Bud signing out! Prayers and hugs to you all!

39 weeks

6 days until my due date! I saw my midwife today, and she said to expect to go 10 days past my due date. She also said to drink more water, and to do 10 minutes of pelvic rocking a day in order to encourage my baby to change her position again. She is still head down, but not facing the right direction. I am feeling great these days as far as my stomach goes, but I am feeling more exhausted everyday. Mr Lucky Bud has been great and has been taking the kids in the evenings if I want to rest.

I am trying to treat everyday like it could be the day I go into labor, so I am trying to focus on eating great and getting plenty of rest.

I have been hoping to have our baby in June sine our deductible resets June 1st, so it would be better to have the deductible met at the beginning of the cycle, then to have to pay it all in May and then have to start all over. I only have 7 more hours until June 1st, so I think I am going to make it.

Well, here is until next week, unless something happens before that!

39 Weeks pregnant