Princess Hailey has arrived
Alright, I am back!!!!! And I am happy to report that I am no longer with child... She is happly sleeping in my arms instead
Stats....
Hailey Marie Thompson was born at 3:36 am on January 9th 2006 at Kaiser Medical Center Santa Rosa. She weighed in at a healthy 7lbs 13oz and was 20 inch long And perfect in every way you could imagine.
So the story goes like this. I started labor at about 4:00 am on Sunday. I was feeling kinda cramp but nothing that I got to excited over as that's the way I had been feeling for weeks. I was already way past my limit of being pregnant and way praying that this was really going to be it. I decided if that this was going to be it that I better close my eyes and try to get as much sleep as I could. So after tossing and turning for a bit I was able to fall back asleep and slept till about 9:00. It was so nice to sleep
The contractions continued to come and go and get just a little bit stronger all day long. My best girl friend came and got Nik at around 11:00 so that Mike and I could weather the process. Buy this time I was pretty convinced that this was the real deal. My sister also stopped by so that she could take me to walk, I kept hoping that if I walked my water would break and all would be over faster. Nice try on that one I swear we walked around the block for three days. 
Any way after a few trips around the block and a few video game rests in between my contractions seems to kick it up a notch. I was still thrilled to be in labor and wasn't to bothered by the contraction. So we sent my sister home and Mike drew me a bath and I hung out in there for a good three hrs or so.
Any way after a few trips around the block and a few video game rests in between my contractions seems to kick it up a notch. I was still thrilled to be in labor and wasn't to bothered by the contraction. So we sent my sister home and Mike drew me a bath and I hung out in there for a good three hrs or so.
After some convincing Mike was able to get me out of the bath. He said that I really should go get checked as it had been a long day and he wanted to make sure that both little girl and I were still doing o.k.
I think at this point I really started to get scared. I had flash backs of what happened to Nik and I in the hospital and I was having to face those fears. I told Mike that I wasn't going to the hospital and that there was no reason to get checked. He of course, my grounder, my saving grace, was able to talk me back down to a sane level of consciences and convinced me that if we went and this was truly nothing that we could come back home to the comfort of our home. I made him promise, promise( that's a huge promise in our house) that he would keep his word.
So I jumped in the car and off we went. The hospital is only about 15 min from our house so it didn't take much time to get there. By now its about 7:00 in the evening.
So we get there and do all the regular stuff, sign paper work and change into the gown and get hooked up to the monitors. They gave me the, "oh yeah, you are having contractions" O.K and then the doctor arrives...
This was such a tense moment for me, again flash backs of Nik, what if I am not going to dilate on my own? What if I am in false labor again??? As soon as she walked in the tears flowed it was nuts. Mike again, was wonderful held my hand and told that all was going to be O.K. He was so right all was going to be O.K cus I was at 5 cm. 5 whole cm... That's a whole cm past what I was able to dilate on my own with Nik. I was thrilled. So the Doctor looked at me and said that we were going to stay.
I spent the next few hrs in and out of the shower and slowly going cm by cm up to about 7cm. I was so please that my body wasn't going to fail me this time. We were going to do this. Around 7 cm I had had just about enough of the contractions. I was exhausted and ready to have this process be finished so I elected to have an epidural.
The epidural itself went perfectly although I had my now usual freak out session as it was happening. A wonderful midwife came in and did a visualizing technique with me that helped me to relax a bit. It was so hard for me as I was going through transition also so my body was just shaking like no other. I was unable to control it. But again she was great she held me still and they were able to make everything work out perfectly.
Now the fun part, I swear they put the epidual in and with in minutes it was time to push. Well, Mike said it was about an hr and I was dosing in and out that's why it didn't seem to take that long.
I woke up from one of my cat naps to this unreal erge to have a bowel movement. O.K Hello.... this is my second child. You would have thought that I felt all there was to feel while trying to birth the first one. I looked over at Mike and told him what was going on and that I needed to get up NOW and get to the bathroom. I was freaking out, it hurt so bad. Yeah well, no one told me that that's what it feels like when you push your baby out!!!! The nurse came in, who mind you was a man, and was the most wonderful male nurse I have ever had, and Mike told him about the situation. The nurse, who's name was Rus, bent down and kind of giggled at me and said honey that's the baby.
From this moment on things happened so fast. Rus gave me a very quick lesson on the "he he he hoooooo" breathing. Which came out from me more like "he he he h eh hehe heh hhooohohohooo" but it seemed to do the trick and with in about 10 min I was on my back and my legs up in the air pushing out my little angel.
A funny part of this whole birth happened while I was pushing her out. O.K, I am still under the impression that the epidual is supposed to stop the pain down there. Yeah nope it didn't, which I was O.K with as long as this kid was coming in the next few min. So the doc is ready and I am pushing and Now I feel like I am just about to break in half. The whole ring of fire stuff they tell you about in book. Oh yeah it's real and it hurts like HELL. The Doc looks and me and says the baby's head is right here wanna touch it?????
This is no joke, I looked right and her and told her that is she didn't pull the F****ing kid out I was going to break in two. She kind of laughed and said to me O.K then push. So I pushed again. Out came Hailey's head. I felt a very small amount of relief.
I have to break and put in this little note. As all of this is happening I can see my husband in the background jumping around and getting a good look and attempting to take pictures along with hearing from him how wonderful I am doing. When Haileys head came out I hear from him "OH MY GOD, there is her head honey, her head is out."And then I hear another, she is almost here honey push. It was so cute. I can't describe how neat it was to see him and the look on his face
I have to break and put in this little note. As all of this is happening I can see my husband in the background jumping around and getting a good look and attempting to take pictures along with hearing from him how wonderful I am doing. When Haileys head came out I hear from him "OH MY GOD, there is her head honey, her head is out."And then I hear another, she is almost here honey push. It was so cute. I can't describe how neat it was to see him and the look on his face
O.K back to the story so, the Doc says once again, we are going to wait just a min so that everything stretches so you don't tear, just breath..... Once again, Potty mouth Thompson shows up and I let her have it with every cus word I knew. I felt so bad after everything was done, but don't tell a pushing women who is so close to delivery that she can't push anymore its just not nice
Finally she said O.K one last push. I gave it one last push and out came my baby girl.
This is my favorate part of the delivery. With Nik, I couldn't have him on my chest nor could I ever really see him for the first 45 min of his life. I was very and still am a bit bitter about that. I really wanted to have those first few min with my child.
Well, when Hailey came out they put her right there on my chest. Belly to belly. I cried like a baby.... She was laying there and they were cleaning her up and Mike and I were able to look at her and talk to her. They had turned down the lights so it was almost like it was candle light in the room. I was the most wonderful experience. She came out perfect and I no joke felt great!!!! Soon as the placenta came out I asked what the damage was. I was so afraid that I had torn where I had torn before. It felt like I was splitting in two so who knew. The Doctor looked at me and said I think I will put just one or two little stitches in just to be safe but overall you look great!!! I was thrilled. So not only had I gotten my perfect child, I had had a perfect delivery too.
We then moved into the recovery room about an hr later and not once during that hr did they take Hailey from me. The finally asked if they could give her a bath and I told then that was fine but she didn't even leave the room. It was wonderful!!!!!!
So later on Monday I spoke with the Doctor and told them I wanted to go home and since all checked out well little girl and I went home at 3:00 the day she was born It was so nice to be home
It was so nice to be home
So now to caught up on this past week. So far life has been great. My little man is adjusting perfectly to little girl being here. His first want was to play cars with Sissy and sure enough every time he plays cars he gets Sissy a car to play with too. We set the car on little girls blanket and he just thinks its neat.
When him and Dad take off to the store to get something and he walks in the door when getting back he yells for "The Mamma and Sissy" and not to mention when its time for bed he gives Sissy a kiss first then The Mamma. How cute??????
Little girl is doing great on her feedings and is getting up to 12 oz of breast milk each day, I am supplementing still to make sure she gets enough food. Another part of my body that didn't work last time that works now I am thrilled
I am thrilled
She sleeps really well and only seems to wake up at about 2:30 or 3:30 in the morning to feed the other two feedings are at 11:00 and 5:30 or 6:30 so we seem to be doing well so far
OK I think that's enough typing for now. I am going to go see what everyone is doing. I think they are all taking a nap. Maybe I should join them. I will post pictures soon
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