Update on life
8 years ago
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Its a GIRL!!!
Many of you have been calling and emailing wondering about our newest addition to our family. Kylynne Karen was born on thursday January 29th weighing 7lbs 8 oz and 20in long.
As most of you know I was a couple of days over due and very anxious to not be pregnant anymore. So after 2 days in a row of having my membranes stripped with no change, my doctor simply said "well, see you next week." Hearing that I wanted to cry and asked if he would just induce me afterall my mom was in town and I didn't want her to miss out on anything.
so the next morning I checked into the hospital around 10a.m. to get things going. They started me on pitocin and then we waited. After about 3 hours of that Dr. Clayton came to check me and to break my water but when he checked me I was still only dialated to a 2 and the babys head was not engaged into the birth canal so he didn't want to break my water because in that situation you risk the chance of having the umbilical cord getting caught between the head and the cervix and cutting off her circulation. So we just waited. By 5p.m. there was still no change in my body or in the babys position so Dr. Clayton offered to place a balloon device in my cervix to help me dialate. So I sat overnight with that and waited. I sent my mom Casey and Autumn (my sister-in-law) home to get a good night sleep no point in us all losing sleep. All through the night the baby was moving like crazy and the nurse had a hard time keeping the monitor in place.
The next morning at 6:30am Dr. Clayton came back to take the balloon out so that we could get things moving. After he took the balloon out he checked me. I was dialated to a 4 but SURPRISE the little stinker had flipped around and was now breach. Dr. Clayton being the wonderfly patient Doctor that he is told me he was going to do an inversion which means that he would give me some medication to stop my contractions and relax my uterus so that he could externally flip the baby back around also telling me that there is a chance that it could put the baby in distress and I could end up with a c-section. While we waited for the medication to kick in to relax my contractions I called Casey and told him to get down to the hopital asap.
All the while the nurse kept telling me how shocked she was that for baby #4 it was so unusual to have an induction take so long and also that I was lucky because most doctors wouldn't even attempt the inversion they would have just given me a c-section. Needless to say I was the talk at the nurses station that day.
Casey got there just as doctor Clayton was coming in. The inversion went really well and pretty quick but the doctor was worried that she was going to turn back around because she was moving so much. So they cranked up the pitocin to get me contracting so that the baby would hopefully move down into the birth canal, but a few hours later with the baby still moving so much Dr. Clayton broke my water and had the nurse push on my stomach to get as much of the water out as possible so that she would move down and then couldn't move anymore. After he broke my water the process continued to slowly progress. By 5:30 pm I was only at an 8 which I had been for the past 3 hours. Dr. Clayton was worried that I wasn't going to progress anymore so he said that he would give me another hour and if I was still at an 8 he was going to c-section me.
Well, baby finally decided it was time to come because by 6pm I was ready to push and Kylynne finally made her appearance at 6:08pm. When she came out Dr. Clayton said she looked like she was about a week early because she was still covered in the white protective vernix.
After all that Dr. Clayton said that with the next baby that if my body isn't progressing I should just wait another week... I concure:)
Thanks Casey for another beautiful, perfect child. Thanks Mom for all of your help and support and thanks Autumn for being there to share the wonderful experience of child birth and for being our photographer.
Maxwell, Eva and Mia are in love with their baby sister. Maxwell especially loves to sit and snuggle with her for an hour at a time or until she fusses:) They are all so helpful and happy to have her be in our family.
the view from my labor and delivery room
I will post more pictures soon.
As most of you know I was a couple of days over due and very anxious to not be pregnant anymore. So after 2 days in a row of having my membranes stripped with no change, my doctor simply said "well, see you next week." Hearing that I wanted to cry and asked if he would just induce me afterall my mom was in town and I didn't want her to miss out on anything.
so the next morning I checked into the hospital around 10a.m. to get things going. They started me on pitocin and then we waited. After about 3 hours of that Dr. Clayton came to check me and to break my water but when he checked me I was still only dialated to a 2 and the babys head was not engaged into the birth canal so he didn't want to break my water because in that situation you risk the chance of having the umbilical cord getting caught between the head and the cervix and cutting off her circulation. So we just waited. By 5p.m. there was still no change in my body or in the babys position so Dr. Clayton offered to place a balloon device in my cervix to help me dialate. So I sat overnight with that and waited. I sent my mom Casey and Autumn (my sister-in-law) home to get a good night sleep no point in us all losing sleep. All through the night the baby was moving like crazy and the nurse had a hard time keeping the monitor in place.
The next morning at 6:30am Dr. Clayton came back to take the balloon out so that we could get things moving. After he took the balloon out he checked me. I was dialated to a 4 but SURPRISE the little stinker had flipped around and was now breach. Dr. Clayton being the wonderfly patient Doctor that he is told me he was going to do an inversion which means that he would give me some medication to stop my contractions and relax my uterus so that he could externally flip the baby back around also telling me that there is a chance that it could put the baby in distress and I could end up with a c-section. While we waited for the medication to kick in to relax my contractions I called Casey and told him to get down to the hopital asap.
All the while the nurse kept telling me how shocked she was that for baby #4 it was so unusual to have an induction take so long and also that I was lucky because most doctors wouldn't even attempt the inversion they would have just given me a c-section. Needless to say I was the talk at the nurses station that day.
Casey got there just as doctor Clayton was coming in. The inversion went really well and pretty quick but the doctor was worried that she was going to turn back around because she was moving so much. So they cranked up the pitocin to get me contracting so that the baby would hopefully move down into the birth canal, but a few hours later with the baby still moving so much Dr. Clayton broke my water and had the nurse push on my stomach to get as much of the water out as possible so that she would move down and then couldn't move anymore. After he broke my water the process continued to slowly progress. By 5:30 pm I was only at an 8 which I had been for the past 3 hours. Dr. Clayton was worried that I wasn't going to progress anymore so he said that he would give me another hour and if I was still at an 8 he was going to c-section me.
Well, baby finally decided it was time to come because by 6pm I was ready to push and Kylynne finally made her appearance at 6:08pm. When she came out Dr. Clayton said she looked like she was about a week early because she was still covered in the white protective vernix.
After all that Dr. Clayton said that with the next baby that if my body isn't progressing I should just wait another week... I concure:)
Thanks Casey for another beautiful, perfect child. Thanks Mom for all of your help and support and thanks Autumn for being there to share the wonderful experience of child birth and for being our photographer.
Maxwell, Eva and Mia are in love with their baby sister. Maxwell especially loves to sit and snuggle with her for an hour at a time or until she fusses:) They are all so helpful and happy to have her be in our family.
the view from my labor and delivery room
I will post more pictures soon.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Happy 31st Zwabes!!!
Yesterday was Casey's 31st birthday. Instead of just celebrating for the day we spent the whole weekend celebrating... much more fun than just 1 day, why not 3?
Saturday afternoon I packed an overnight bag and Casey and I took off for the weekend. First we went to see The Dark Night, which we have been dying to see and is now, finally, at the dollar theater. Loved it! Heath Ledger did an amazing job!
Next we went off to Anehiem to check in to our condo to chill for a little bit. Then it was off to Cheese Cake Factory for dinner... uh, avacado egg rolls anyone! Yummm! After dinner we had to walk off the 5000 calories we had just consumed, so we walked over to the Garden shops to do some window shopping. Knowing that it was opening weekend for the new James Bond action we had to check out movie times and since we almost never go to the movies anymore, we figured, why not... tomorrow we get to sleep in, so it was off to the 10:20 show.
The next day we slept in, ate in peace enjoyed a little football and slept some more. Around 5pm we went back to pick up the children who were being lovingly cared for by their favorite aunt Autumn, who always is so willing to help out. We appreciate her so much, thanks Autumn for making our weekend get away possible.
The 3 musketeers spent the night with us Sunday night at the condo. The next morning around 8am we were pleasantly awoken to the sound of 3 giggly little munchkins singing "Happy Birthday" from the living room. So, so cute!
After a yummy pancake breakfast it was off to Disneyland. It was a perfect day. The park was empty. We got to do every ride we wanted to including the new toy story mania, which was really cute, and the finding nemo submarine ride. We haven't been to disneyland yet on a day less crowded, it was perfect.
Hope you had a great birthday weekend babes, I know I did. I love you!!!
Maxwell absolutely adores his Daddy!
I love this pic, Eva is completely "star struck"!
Saturday afternoon I packed an overnight bag and Casey and I took off for the weekend. First we went to see The Dark Night, which we have been dying to see and is now, finally, at the dollar theater. Loved it! Heath Ledger did an amazing job!
Next we went off to Anehiem to check in to our condo to chill for a little bit. Then it was off to Cheese Cake Factory for dinner... uh, avacado egg rolls anyone! Yummm! After dinner we had to walk off the 5000 calories we had just consumed, so we walked over to the Garden shops to do some window shopping. Knowing that it was opening weekend for the new James Bond action we had to check out movie times and since we almost never go to the movies anymore, we figured, why not... tomorrow we get to sleep in, so it was off to the 10:20 show.
The next day we slept in, ate in peace enjoyed a little football and slept some more. Around 5pm we went back to pick up the children who were being lovingly cared for by their favorite aunt Autumn, who always is so willing to help out. We appreciate her so much, thanks Autumn for making our weekend get away possible.
The 3 musketeers spent the night with us Sunday night at the condo. The next morning around 8am we were pleasantly awoken to the sound of 3 giggly little munchkins singing "Happy Birthday" from the living room. So, so cute!
After a yummy pancake breakfast it was off to Disneyland. It was a perfect day. The park was empty. We got to do every ride we wanted to including the new toy story mania, which was really cute, and the finding nemo submarine ride. We haven't been to disneyland yet on a day less crowded, it was perfect.
Hope you had a great birthday weekend babes, I know I did. I love you!!!
Maxwell absolutely adores his Daddy!
I love this pic, Eva is completely "star struck"!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
HALLOWEEN!!!
Aunt Autumn saves the day.... the girls were getting tired by the end of the night and wanted to be carried. I carried Eva for awhile but started have lots of Braxton hicks, so Autumn took a turn with princess Eva. Thanks Autumn for all your help with the children (all the time) they love you so much!
The 3 little princess' (Tessa, Eva and Mia)
Red power ranger and batman (Kaden and Maxwell)
Sleeping beauty/Aurora/Rose (Mia)
Batman, Sleeping Beaty, and Cinderella
Checking out their "loot" at the end of the night.
Cinderella (Eva)
Batman (Maxwell)
Holidays are so much fun at this age. The children had a blast trick or treating, running from house to house. I love halloween, it's my favorite time of the year. I am missing Utah like crazy right now. It was probably 70 degrees last night, not my idea of halloween weather. Last night the channel 7 news said that this has been the hotest October on record in So Cal, I say "Boo" on the warm weather.
Casey planned a wonderful evening out for my birthday last weekend. He had a yummy breakfast for me that morning and then took charge of the children for the day and then that evening he took me to the fabulously delicious melting pot! Fondue, yummmm! Our great friends Shelley and Jason joined us for the evening and it was fun to be out as couples with no children. Thanks so much Casey for a much needed date, you always know how to spoil me. I love you... and thanks Jase and Shell for hangin' with us, LOL!
Casey put this card together for me from the children.
Casey put this card together for me from the children.
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