Mr. Dalen James

He's sleeping right now so I have a few minutes and thought I'd stop by. Dalen definitely keeps us busy.

The induction went ok for awhile and then I stopped progressing, and the baby turned so he was pointing the wrong way. After 12 hours of trying to work through things my dr. came in to talk about a C-section. By that time I was ready to get it over with. Travis about had a cow when he realized I'd have to have a surgery because he didn't want me to have to go through that. I was more worried about him than I was about myself.

We got home from the hospital on Sunday afternoon after spending 3 days there. The first night home with Dalen didn't go so well. He cried all night long. Then the next day he didn't eat very well and I was getting really concerned about it. We ended up having to call a lactation consultant to come help us. Turns out that Dalen was tongue tied and it was preventing him from latching on. Yesterday we saw his pediatrician for the first time and was referred the same day to a specialist to have it clipped. He did so good, he didn't even flinch when the dr. did it. It didn't hurt him at all. I still can't get him to latch on, so I'm pumping and feeding him that way. Other than that obstacle Dalen is doing great. He is such a good baby.

Here is an update on the baby.
His name is Dalen James Gibson.
He was born at 5:39 pm on September 18, 2008.
He weighed 8lbs and 6 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long.
Trisha had to have a C-section, but her and the baby are both doing great.
We are expected to go home tomorrow, Sunday.
When Trisha is feeling up to it, she will post more details.
Thanks for everyones support.

The Big Day

I just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow is the big day. Since Travis will be with me at the hospital the whole time, I'll be having him to post pictures of the baby once we are home.

My dr. appt. went well yesterday though. The nurse threw away my pee cup! I told her that I wanted to burn the thing. She said, "And I didn't even give you the satisfaction of throwing it away yourself, did I." Believe me, I wanted that satisfaction! So that made me feel that alittle bit of closure was coming to the pregnancy. It was weird. The baby is still doing great. And I did make some progress on my own over the weekend. I am 85% effaced, and almost dilated to 3 cm. I was really hoping that I would be able to go in today to have the baby, but the dr. explained that she had some meeting that she really did not want to miss today, so being the nice, understanding (even though I'm extremely uncomfortable) person that I am, I agreed to do it on Thursday. And plus it is probably better that Travis and I have the day to process what's about to happen. She even went into detail about the induction process and what I should expect to happen and about when. It really took away some of the unknown factor that was really stressing me out. Travis, bless his heart, I'm not sure how he's handling things. The reality that he will be a father tomorrow is setting in on him. For me, either I'm ok with everything, or it hasn't hit me yet. I'm not sure which. I am just trying to go with things without thinking too much.

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I'm hoping to have some pictures of the baby to show soon!

Still Waiting, But Not For Long

I don't have a lot of time to talk. I am on my way to TRY to get Travis the new Metallica Death Magnetic CD as a surprise. I'm feeling good today, for a change, so I'm going to chance the trip because I know how much it would mean to him to get this CD. Plus, he really deserves the surprise...he has been taking such good care of me and has had to put up with alot of crap from me lately...(sorry honey).

But you probably want to know about the baby. He is fine. There is still not much of a change as far as dilation goes. The dr. made me an appt. to come back on Tuesday the 16th and if I haven't had him by then she will schedule me to be induced either Wednesday or Thursday. So, I'll be a Mommy in less than a week! I am still a nervous wreck, but I'm starting to settle down alittle by just trying to stay focused on the baby, and not how bad it could be for me. My dr. had a talk with me yesterday to help settle me down. I was impressed that she did that because she sure didn't have to take the time. She said that it will hurt, but they are there to treat the pain, I know labor will not last forever, and I will get something really good at the end. I thought that was so nice of her. And I am very thankful that I made it past September 11th. The other good news is that my dr. is the one on call this weekend, and she takes her own patients during the weekdays so odds are I'll be able to have my own dr. deliver the baby. I am very comfortable with her, and Travis likes her, so I'm very happy about that.

So until next time...

Just An Update

He's still not here!!! I'm a couple weeks behind on the info, sorry. On my Aug. 28th appointment I was feeling really bad, really bad. And of course, that had to be the day that my Dad was on vacation and decided to go with Mom and I. Not that I don't want my Dad involved, but it embarrasses me for him to know certain things, it's my Dad, you know. Well, since it was getting so close for me to have the baby, I also had to go shopping for a nursing bra. Again, there was my Dad. Urgh. So not only was I aggravated and embarrassed, I was getting really nervous that I was going into labor or something because for the first time I was getting really crampy. So when I got to my appt....finally, they decided to go ahead and do an exam just to check things out. This was on week 37 and they weren't supposed to start doing my exams until I was 38 weeks. Turned out everything was ok. I was dilated to a 1 and working on 2, but my cervix was still really thick. Sorry if that grossed anyone out. Then on my last appt., there was no change. And she said his head is still up really high and not pushing down which is why there was no change. I am really disappointed about it and I'm alittle worried that he won't come on his own since I didn't make any progress. And I still don't feel like he's dropped any. We'll see I guess. So unless I have him before Thursday, I go back to the dr. and talk to her about either waiting things out or inducing. I wish I would've had him by now since Travis starts back to school the week of the 15th. He will be getting his week of vacation from work whenever I have the baby, but I was hoping to have his uninterrupted attention for that first week. That's our luck though. So my next post will either be telling you when I'm going to be induced, or to introduce my baby :-) Thanks for everyone who has been thinking about us and to those who have came to see us before the big day. In the mist of some of the drama we've been dealing with lately, it has been really nice knowing that there are some people who do care about us.