So i went to work like it was just another day on Monday feb 11th. Come home and cooked dinner and just layed around and watched T.V. went to bed and watched T.V. in there for a while until about 10:30 pm. I started to get contractions. They come slow for a while. While they still hurt I figured that they where braxton hicks like the others that i have had that week. So i decided that I would try to get some sleep at around 11: 30. Then by 12am my contractions started getting stronger and closer together. AND THEY HURT. Tried to get comfortable for another hour or so and then by 1am i was done and ready to go to the hospital. grabbed Jamies arm while he was sleeping and told him that it was time to go. We got up and packed the rest of out stuff and headed to the hospital. we got there around 1:45am and into a bed around 2am. the nurse checked me and said that i was 4 cm dilated and so then she started asking questions for so that i could get a epidural. that took like 20mins -30mins but felt like a lifetime cause my contractions where only like 2-3mins apart and very painful. So finally the nurse checked me again around 3pm and said that i was morning along very fast and that i was already 7-8 cm so she hurried and called my doctor and then finally around 4am the nurse come in to give me my epidural. Well the epidural takes like 20mins to half hour to kick in and she was ready to be born about 15- 20 mins later therefore it did not have time to kick in.
Man that hurts. but it was all worth it. She was 6lbs 6oz 19 1/2 inches. She did well on the apgar test. she scores 8-9. She is very very cute. But what mom wouldn't think that about her baby girl. she is very small and for those of u how know me that know that i have tons of clothes for her but she doesn't fit into any of the new born stuff. she swims in. we had to go get preemie clothes.
Since i had her in the middle of the night we stayed in the hospital until Thursdays feb 14th. She was our valentines day present to each other. We took lots of pics and we also have videos. fell free to check them out. And if u haven't had a chance to see her then just call and we can make sure that u do. She is going very well she had her first pediatrician appointment on Friday. The doctor says that she is doing great.
we are both doing well. have had some visitors which is nice. Jamie was lucky enough to be able to take some time off work and help out and get use to her schedule. He is going to go back to work on the 25th feb. More to come in a couple of days once we get settle in and get some more sleep. ( like that will happen any time soon hahaha ).
Love ya all
Sarah, Jamie and MORGAN :)
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INTRODUCING MORGAN ELIZABETH SCHRAMM
6lbs 6oz
19.5 inches long
Mommy and baby are fine, details of the birth coming soon but for now enjoy the pictures..
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Strike One....
Well first off, Everything is okay (isn't that a great way to start off a blog post?). Yesterday evening, Sarah started feeling pretty lousy and getting sick. So we called her doctors office and spoke with one of the on-call nurses. She had been having about 1 contraction an hour, her lower abdomen was pretty sore and she was not able to keep any food down. So the nurse told us to go to the hospital directly to Labor and Delivery. She even ended the conversation with "Good luck with your delivery"....
We didn't alert the masses cause we were pretty sure Morgan wasn't ready to join us yet. We got to Labor and Delivery around 9:45. Had to wait for the nurse to put Sarah into the computer, even though we had already preregistered weeks ago. Then they put her on 2 monitors to keep an eye on Morgan and to see if Sarah was having any contractions. After 45 minutes of monitoring they said the baby is fine, but Sarah didn't have any contractions. Then the staff OB check her, she's 2.5cm dilated, 80% effaced and the baby is at zero station. So they decided to send us home. The nurse was very nice and Sarah and I both thought she looked familure and the nurse even started asking why she recognized us but none of us could place each other. She even took the time to explain all the monitors and graphs to us and what they were looking for, as well as how to turn off the alarm should Sarah move and make it go off (which she did). Morgan didn't like the monitors too much she would go crazy every few minutes and kick them which you could hear as loud "thumps" over the rooms loud speaker.
After leaving the hospital around 11:30, We were both pretty hungry so we went to Denny's next to the hospital and both had All-American Slams. We got home around 1am brought in the few things we put in the car and went to bed. Around 3am Sarah got sick again, we've decided to lay low today and I'll keep my eye on her. She's got a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon and we will find out whats going on then, as well as when they want to induce her. Our last appointment the doctor told us that she would only let Sarah go 1 week past her due date, so we will see.
Sarah has not progressed as far as dilation or effacement in 2 weeks, and she's not really showing any signs of full blown labor either. But from what i understand, one minute your sitting around the next your water breaks or the contractions start picking up. But Sarah and I are both starting to think she's going to be induced which doesn't bother us much but it still means 1 more week..
So far this morning Sarah's been able to hold down a couple pieces of toast and sprint and is sleeping on the couch with Charlie.
Thats all for now.
-James
We didn't alert the masses cause we were pretty sure Morgan wasn't ready to join us yet. We got to Labor and Delivery around 9:45. Had to wait for the nurse to put Sarah into the computer, even though we had already preregistered weeks ago. Then they put her on 2 monitors to keep an eye on Morgan and to see if Sarah was having any contractions. After 45 minutes of monitoring they said the baby is fine, but Sarah didn't have any contractions. Then the staff OB check her, she's 2.5cm dilated, 80% effaced and the baby is at zero station. So they decided to send us home. The nurse was very nice and Sarah and I both thought she looked familure and the nurse even started asking why she recognized us but none of us could place each other. She even took the time to explain all the monitors and graphs to us and what they were looking for, as well as how to turn off the alarm should Sarah move and make it go off (which she did). Morgan didn't like the monitors too much she would go crazy every few minutes and kick them which you could hear as loud "thumps" over the rooms loud speaker.
After leaving the hospital around 11:30, We were both pretty hungry so we went to Denny's next to the hospital and both had All-American Slams. We got home around 1am brought in the few things we put in the car and went to bed. Around 3am Sarah got sick again, we've decided to lay low today and I'll keep my eye on her. She's got a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon and we will find out whats going on then, as well as when they want to induce her. Our last appointment the doctor told us that she would only let Sarah go 1 week past her due date, so we will see.
Sarah has not progressed as far as dilation or effacement in 2 weeks, and she's not really showing any signs of full blown labor either. But from what i understand, one minute your sitting around the next your water breaks or the contractions start picking up. But Sarah and I are both starting to think she's going to be induced which doesn't bother us much but it still means 1 more week..
So far this morning Sarah's been able to hold down a couple pieces of toast and sprint and is sleeping on the couch with Charlie.
Thats all for now.
-James
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