Welcome to the world Andrew Jory

Well, junebug is here. So I am going to post his birth story and then will no longer be updating this blog. You can keep up with the happening of our family by visiting our family blog which is currenty at http://jrandaj.blogspot.com/

I went to bed on Tuesday (June 9) around 10:00 pm. I woke up around 12:00 am with contractions. They were not very intense but they were coming regularly. I laid there in bed for a bit trying to decide if I could fall back to sleep. When I couldn’t I decided to get up and time them. They were coming about every 2 to 3 minutes. Mike woke up and I explained to him what was going on, but that I wasn’t sure what to do, since the contractions weren’t feeling very intense, but were coming very close together. He told me to call L&D and see what they say, then he went back to bed. I called, the nurse told me to take some Tylenol and wait an hour to see if they fizzled out. This was around 1:00 am. I took the Tylenol and walked around the house some, while playing on the computer. The contractions started to get more intense, and I was feeling them in my back really bad. By 2:00 am, I woke Mike up and told him that we needed to go in to L&D. We got ready to leave and told Mike’s mom we were going (she was already in town to help out). Jonathan woke up and Mike was able to get him back to sleep before we left. Mike also gave me a priesthood blessing before we left. I was not looking forward to getting in the car, because I knew it would be hard to deal with the contractions sitting in the car. Luckily we live really close to the hospital and I only had to deal with maybe two contractions on the way there. We had to go through the ER and they came down and wheeled me up to L&D. I felt silly, even though I was clearly having contractions, I wasn’t in so much pain, that I appeared to be in labor. I got hooked up to all the monitors and such by 3:00 am. The nurse checked me, I was so nervous that she would find me at 1 or 2 cm or worse not dilated at all. She had to reach way up high to check so I was sure I was barely dilated. But then she told me I was already at 5 cm. I was so relieved. I was really and truly in labor and we were having a baby. The other nurse in the room was shocked that I was that far dilated too, I think because I wasn’t screaming with pain from the contractions. Laying in bed made the contractions worse and the back labor very bad. So as soon as I was able I got my epidural. My dr. was not on call that night, which made me sad. A dr. I had never met was the one on call, he came in to give my epidural. It as much more painful than I remember with JR. It took him a long time to find the space and he was putting a lot of pressure on my back. Finally he was able to get it in, and within a short time I was no longer feeling the back labor. Mike tried to sleep on the couch in the room, while I flipped through channels on the TV. I knew I should try to sleep, but I couldn’t. Later, the nurse checked me again. I was disappointed that I was only 6 cm. She decided to strip my membranes, to move things along. The dr. decided to give me some pitocin as well. I really didn’t want pitocin, but since I already had my epidural I was okay with it. The baby was still high up. Shortly after the pitocin was started, I began to feel my contractions again, especially in my back. I called in the nurse and she decided that I should just be propped a different way to help the medicine move to the right spots. Around 7:00 am, my dr. (so glad he was going to be able to deliver Andrew) came in to check on me. He checked me and I was around 7 cm. He broke my water at this time as well. I told him about the back labor and he told me to sit up more and he thought it would help. I really couldn’t move, due to the epidural so they all helped me maneuver some, to see if that would help. The nurses got everything ready for me to push, and then left me to labor more. I could still feel the contractions in my back, but they were bearable. I knew they would be a lot worse if I did not have the epidural. Oh, I forgot to mention around 6:45 am, Mike started to get hungry for breakfast. A little later the baby’s heartbeat was no longer being picked up by the monitored. He had dropped. The nurse came in and found his heartbeat again, a lot lower this time. She checked me and found that I was ready to push. They called the dr. in and began breaking down the bed. I started pushing close to 8:00 am and Andrew was born at 8:09 am. When they got his head out, they found meconium in the water, so they started suctioning his mouth and nose. Everything that came out of his mouth was clear, so he had not swallowed it. The dr. thought the meconium was labor induced. The epidural was working well, through the pushing, as I had a hard time telling if I was pushing or not and I couldn’t feel the back labor anymore. But the neat part was that I did feel Andrew coming out, which I don’t remember feeling when Jonathan was born. Mike watched the whole thing this time, something he did not do when Jonathan was born as he had stayed close to my head. The dr. noticed right away that Andrew was big and that he looked a lot like Mike. I think he looks a lot like Jonathan. One of the nurses mentioned how big his hands were (something they said about Jonathan as well). He was 8 lb 4.7 oz and 19 inches long. I was able to nurse him right away and he latched on like a pro. I was very happy with how everything turned out. Andrew is such a precious baby and Jonathan is enjoying (most of the time) being a big brother.

38 week belly pic

I am really hoping this is my last belly pic, but I might not be so lucky.





As of my last week's appt. there is still nothing happening. I was hoping that the full moon yesterday might do something, but was disappointed to wake up this morning and have to go in to work. I am ready for this little guy to get here. I am sick of having to go into work. I have everything ready for me to leave and it seems so pointless for me to go in, but I want as much time off as possible once this little man arrives, so I have to keep going in. My next appt. is Wednesday and I am hoping that I find out my body is making some progress. I am really trying to be patient, but am very ready to meet this little guy.

37 week belly pic

Here is my most recent belly pic.





And just for fun, here I am at 37 weeks with JR.

Quick Update

I had a dr. appt today, so I thought I would quickly update here. I had the strep test done and my dr. checked me for dilation. No dilation as of yet and no thinning. I don't remember it hurting so bad with JR when I was checked, I guess that's the difference of being even just slightly dilated and no dilation. Sigh. Even though it doesn't mean anything I was hoping to be dilated even just a little. I would really like to meet this little guy soon. In fact I have been feeling like this weekend would be a wonderful time for him to arrive, but of course if he is not ready, I really shouldn't rush him. I want to make sure he is healthy and strong when he is born. Mike's mom comes in tmw, that should distract me a little bit, I just hope these last few weeks don't go by slow. Just need to stop thinking about it.

After all the contractions I had last Sunday, Mike has been constantly asking me (jokingly) "Did your water break?" "Are you going into labor?" etc. etc. After today's appt. I told him he could stop that now. I'm pretty sure this baby will make it another week or two or three, but hopefully not any more than that.

36 weeks

I'm a little passed my actual 36 weeks, and I am getting so close to the end that I really need to update this more often, but most the time I just don't have the energy. Here is my most recent belly pic, at 36 weeks. I am going to try to do them weekly now, since I don't know which one will be my last.




There is not much to report. I am ready anytime this little guy decides he is ready, but he does need to wait until this weekend, since Mike's mom is coming in town on Thursday and I can't go into labor before that, since we really don't have anyone to watch JR for us. But once she is here I am all up his arrival. I don't mind being pg, or anything, I am just very anxious for the labor and delivery to be behind me and the adjustment of having a newborn to begin. I really can't wait to meet this little guy. I have been having contractions off and on, nothing consistent or regular though, so I have no idea if they are doing anything. I have a dr. appt this week and I will be just a day short of 37 weeks (which is full term), so I am hoping that my dr. checks me and I can at least know if my body is making any progress in the right direction, even if it really doesn't mean anything. Besides meeting this little guy, I am really excited to be able to sleep on my back or tummy again, or even just play with JR on the floor again. It won't be long now, I just hope that these last few weeks don't seem to take forever, as of now, this last trimester has flown by, but I know that can all quickly change.

34 weeks

Here is my 34 weeks belly pic. As you can probably tell from the picture, my clothes don't really fit me very well anymore.






Everything is going good. I am swelling a lot, but I expected that. I had a dr. appt today and my blood pressure was fine, so he is not concerned about the swelling. This little guy moves around a lot. I can tell he is running out of room, because I don't fill big flip movement like I used to, but he sure does like to stretch his legs out into my ribs. I love it though, even when it is painful at times. I can't believe how close I am to meeting this little guy. We have everything ready. The only thing I really need to do is pack my bag for the hospital and I could do that when I am in labor if I had to. We live about 2 minutes from the hospital, so it not like Mike couldn't run home and get anything that I didn't have with me. So whenever this little guy decides to make his arrival, we are ready. I hope he doesn't make us wait too long.

I might as well post this here too, we have decided on a name. I can't really be sure until I see him face to face, but as of now junebugs's name will probably be Andrew Jory. Jory is Mike's middle name. I like the name Andrew and I think A.J. is cute as well. So that is probably what it is. I haven't wanted to post it, because I didn't think we were both really set on it yet, but Mike assures me that I have already decided. I guess we will see for sure when we meet this little guy.

30 week update

I have been meaning to update this blog for a little while, and finally have some time. First of all my 30 week belly shot.











I am feeling really big. I can't really bend over very well anymore. Thank goodness for slip on shoes, because I can't really tie my own shoe anymore. Junebug also loves to move, which I love. I can feel him a lot right in my ribs. I don't remember JR ever really kicking me in my ribs. I think I must be carrying junebug higher than I did JR. I have a hard time breathing sometimes, which I never experienced with JR either. So I think he likes to snuggle right up against my ribs or something. Although I don't like not being able to breath, it has been nice that he is not squeezed between my hips anymore. My hips used to ache all the time, because he was so low. Now that he is moved up, my hips don't bother me anymore, which is nice. I'm sure that will change by the very end, but for right now I feel really good.

I had a dr. appt last monday and it was very routine. I had to take JR with me, because Mike had a meeting with his dissertation committee. Anyway, I was a little worried about how he would react, but he was so good. All the nurses told me how cute he was and how they couldn't believe he just sat there with me in the waiting area and wasn't running around. JR loves to run around and get into stuff, but when it is a new experience he is really shy, so he tends to stay close to mom or dad. So it wasn't bad. When we went into the room where you see the dr. though, he freaked out. I think he thought he was seeing the dr. and he hates to go to the dr. After I told him that the dr. was going to see me and not him he calmed down though. When my dr. came in he did get a little nervous, but once he realized the dr. really wasn't going to check him out, he was fine. My dr. attempted to play with him, and by the end of my short appt, he was talking and playing with the dr. I think my dr. liked seeing him again, since he delivered him. JR also seemed to think that it was pretty cool to hear the baby's heartbeat, at least he got a big grin on his face when I told him that was what he was hearing.

I have made my to do list of things I want to get done before the junebug comes, and it is almost finished. I have gone through all the baby boys clothes and I can't believe how little they are. I don't remember JR ever being that small. We also ordered a co-sleeper to use for junebug and it arrived today. I still have a few more things to do, but if this baby were to make an early appearance I think we would be ready. Of course I don't want him to come too early, want to make sure he is ready to be done baking first of course. But I am really anxious to meet him. I am in the single digits starting tomorrow. Only 9 more weeks.

28 weeks

and the beginning of the third trimester. I can't believe how excited I am to be in the third trimester. For whatever reason I feel like things are going to go fast now. It seems likes such a big milestone. People at work have started to tell me I finally look pg, and I'm like what are you talking about, I've looked pg for a long time.

Here is my most recent belly pic.



Not a whole lot to report. Jonathan felt the baby move today and I told him the baby was giving him a high five. I think he finally understood there is a little person in there. He kept signing baby and saying "baby, tummy" and I told him yes there was a baby in mommy's tummy. It was very cute.

I finally made a to do list of all the things that I need to do before the baby arrives. Hopefully I will start on that soon. I can't believe how really close it feels nows. Only 12 more weeks to go.

Dr. appt update

I had a dr. appt. yesterday that was pretty uneventful. Very routine and heard junebug's heartbeat again, nice and strong. I did gain too much weight this last month, I was pretty sure I had, but it was confirmed yesterday. I'm not going to say how much I gained, just that it was too much. It is still possible for me to be within the normal range of weight gain by the end, so that is what I am shooting for. I just can't have any more months like this last one. So I need to stay away from the junk food, but it is so hard, LOL. I mentioned to my dr. about the contractions. He wasn't too concerned, but he told me if that happened again, and I couldn't get them to stop after 30 minutes, that I needed to go to L&D right away. He told me that BH are usually not regular, like I was experiencing, but as long as I got them to go away, it was nothing to worry about. I didn't mention to him that they lasted for a good part of the day that day, but I know that was in part because I was so busy, I couldn't rest and get the water in my system I needed. Once I could, they went away. My appt next month I will be in the 3rd trimester, and then I get to start going in every two weeks. It is getting close. The pg has seemed to go by slower, but I have feeling that this last trimester will go by fast and the baby will be here before I know it. I need to start writing out my to do list so that I can start working on it. There is not a whole lot I need to do before the baby comes, but there are some things that I just want to do. Mike has to teach in June, so I think I am going to try to get everything done before June if possible.

The baby continues to be very active, and both Mike and JR have felt him move. Although I don't think JR really understand that it is a baby moving in there. He will sometimes pat my tummy and say baby. But he has been sitting on my lap and the baby has kicked, and I know he felt it, but he just ignores it. JR got some new toys for his birthday last week, so I decided to go through all his toys and put all the really baby ones in a box for the baby. It cleared some space in toy box, but as I was going through the toys, he kept picking up the baby toys and playing with them. He was fine with me packing them away, but I just think it is so funny how he could still want to play with these toys when they are pulled out. I wonder what it will be like when the baby is here and we are actually letting the baby play with all his old toys.

24 weeks

Here I am at 24 weeks. I don't know how much you can tell the difference from last week, but I am definitely heavier. I think my appetite is finally back to where it was before I was pg. It is still not the same as when I was pg with JR, but it's getting close.



Also I have been having quite a bit of BH contractions. I am not too worried about them, I can usually get them to go away. I also notice I get them the most when I have not had enough water or when I have just been really busy throughout the day. So I don't think there is anything to be concerned about. However, everything that I read and what others have told me is the BH are sporadic. But one day last week, I had BH for about 2 hours straight, and when I was finally at a place where I could look at a clock and time them, they were coming every 2 minutes. I am not sure that is normal, so I will be sure to mention to my dr. at my next appt. But I decided not to call my dr about it, because when I got home and was able to lay down and drink some water they did go away. It is probably just my body doing a little practice, but I do have quite a big fear of going into preterm labor, even though the probability that I will is slim. I think it is mostly because we live in such a small town and the hospital here does not have a NICU, so it would be really scary to go into labor too soon if they couldn't stop it and the baby was born premature. I know that is not likely to happen, but of course it is something I worry about.

Mike and I are still struggling on finding a name. I have a name that I really like. I don't want to mention it, because I don't think Mike likes it, but it is really growing on me. I keep begging him to give me some names he likes, so that I can start thinking of some others, but he won't. He keeps telling me that I have already named the baby. I haven't, but it is getting harder and harder not to think of the name I like when I am thinking of the baby.

The baby has also has been moving around a lot more now, with some really strong kicks that can be felt from the outside. Mike felt the baby move for the first time today. I couldn't get JR to try to feel the baby move. He doesn't really get it quite yet, but I hope he will get a chance to feel the baby move at one point.

It's a Boy!!!

I am excited to say that we are having a boy. Even though I thought we were having a girl, I can honestly say that I feel no disappointment to find out that we are having a boy. I am excited that JR will have a little brother. I am excited to have two boys who get to grow up close in age and hopefully will be really good friends.

Everything in the scan looked good and was measuring on schedule. The baby was curled up in a tight little ball so we didn't get very many good pictures.

Here are a few of the pics we took home.

This first 3 are of his face/head. You can see the skeleton really good. It kind of makes him look like an alien.






And here is where we can see he is a boy.

We brought Jonathan to the appt. but he really didn't get it. He liked looking at the machine, but he didn't understand that it was a baby. We tried to show him the pictures afterward and he could careless. Everything else went well at my appt. I didn't get to see my dr. though, because for some reason they scheduled me on his off day. Not sure why they would do that. But it was no big deal.

Now for the hard part. Coming up with a name that both Mike and I agree on.

Half way there

Here is my first belly pic. I think I look more fat than pg, but I guess that is because I started out a kind of fat to begin with.

Only a couple more weeks and we get to see the little junebug. I know that I have said before that I think the junebug is a girl, but I have been thinking recently how much fun it would be to have another boy. Are biggest hurdle would be coming up with a boy name. Mike and I can't really decide on boy names, but we can usually agree on a few girl names. Of coure Mike won't talk to me about it right now anyway, because he wants to wait until we know what we are having. I think Jonathan would love a little brother or a little sister. He is so cute with babies right now, I can't wait to see how he reacts when the junebug finally arrives. The only reason why I think the junebug is a girl is because my pg is so different, but I would really be thrilled with a boy or a girl. We do have a lot of cute, new girl clothes that we have never been able to use, that I would love to be able to unpack to use with the junebug. But I guess I will just continue to be patient and wait out a couple more weeks, before we know. I am excited to get another glimpse of the junebug and to know that we have a healthy baby in there.

Sick

Can I just say that I hate being sick. I have been sick since last Tuesday and there seems to be no end in sight. I never get sick like this, and let me just tell you it is not fun. My head is constantly pounding, I can't breath, I can't hear and I can barely talk. I also can't stop coughing and my body hurts, from all the coughing. The fact that there is hardly anything I can take that will help sucks too. I have already felt some mommy guilt with the OTC meds I have taken, knowing that anything I take potentially can effect the baby. I live off Tylenol right now, and I hate that I have taken it so much, but I can barely function with it, let alone without it. I took some days off work last week, because of being sick, but I have been going to work this week, and just dealing with it as much as I would rather be home. I am also so tired, because I can't get any rest at night due to the coughing and inability to breath. With all that said, I do think I am getting to the end. I am not sure how much longer it will last, but everyday seems a little bit better than the day before.

Mikey has been so good to me. He has taken care of so much while I have been in this state and I know that it has been at a great sacrifice to getting his work done. He has a lot going on right now as he is currently working on his proposal for his dissertation and teaching a class. But he has done a wonderful job of taking care of me and taking care of JR when I really have not been able to. I don't know what I would do without him. He did tell me the other day that he is sure glad that I don't get sick like this very often. I am too. I know that your immune system is supposed to be weakened when you are pg, but I never experienced being sick like this when I was pg with JR. Hopefully once I get over this bug, I can escape any other bugs going around for the remainder of my pg.

Feb 12

That's the date of my sono and hopefully when we find out what we are having. Anyone want to take a guess? Check out the poll on the right side bar, if you want to make your prediction.

Other than that, my dr. appt was pretty routine. I gained 5lbs, so like I said before I wasn't going to be upset with that, but hopefully I can keep on track the rest of my pg. Dr. found the heartbeat right away. I always love that, but I wasn't too worried, because as I was waiting for the dr. to come into the room, I could feel the junebug moving around quite a bit.

I did mention to my dr. about my aches and pains that I have been having. I was pretty sure he was going to tell me it was growing pains, which he did. He also told me that you feel those pains more often and sooner with each pg. So that makes sense. I wasn't too worried. That is all for now.

Not much to report

I feel like I need to update this blog, but everything is really quiet right now in regards to the junebug. My belly is really started to show, but I still look more fat than pg. I am finally gaining some weight, which is probably a good thing, but still makes me cringe a little. I don't think I have gained that much though, although I'm sure that I look like I have. My next appt is next Tuesday, so I guess I will really know for sure how much I have gained then. If it is around 5 lbs, I will be okay with that.

From what I remember from my last pg I have a lot more aches and pains this pg. Especially in my lower back. It is getting harder for me to sit for long periods of time, without my back aching. It usually subsides after I lay down for a little bit, but with a very active toddler this is not always possible. Jonathan has started to realize that he can play with me though while I lay down and he brings his puzzles or his books over to me and stands next to the couch to play. This works good at times. Other times he demands for me to play with him on the floor, which I love to do, but hope my back can continue to allow me to do so. I am concerned for when I am a lot bigger how that may effect my ability to play with him.

I do feel good most the time though. The food thing is a little weird though. I can eat and feel okay, but food just doesn't have the same good taste as I remember. But I can say that the morning sickness is definitely gone now. I don't remember the last time I threw up. So that is nice to know that is behind me. I am more and more anxious to find out if junebug is a boy or a girl. I can be patient and wait for a month, but I have it stuck in my head right now that junebug is a girl, that if she isn't I need to start changing my thinking process. I would love to have another boy as well, but just the fact that this pg feels so differently has convinced my I am having a girl. I hope when the time comes for us to find out, that junebug cooperates and we can find out.

I have rambled a lot in this post, because like I said before there is not much to report. Just happy to know that so far everything seems to be going okay.