My MIL emailed me a photo she managed to somehow snap of me - I have hate being in photos - especially when I am pregnant!
Don't know how far along I was in this photo - I am guessing about 20+ weeks?! what do you think?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Finally a photo of me pregnant!
My MIL emailed me a photo she managed to somehow snap of me - I have hate being in photos - especially when I am pregnant!
Don't know how far along I was in this photo - I am guessing about 20+ weeks?! what do you think?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The end of a blog, but the beginnings of a new blog.
So I guess this comes to the closing of this blog. As I am no longer pregnant. Thank God!!! I don't think my body could handle another one!! Mike and I are seriously thinking of a Vasectomy procedure to be done sooner than later! Just so we don't make another accidental baby!!! But then again we have 2 boys and having a girl would be good... Vasectomys are reversable!... :)
Go to: Ollie to follow the next chaper!
Go to: Ollie to follow the next chaper!
Thank you to all that have read and followed my pregancy - I would have liked to have done alot more to this blog with more pictures, tips, ideas,stories and videos but with all that has happened over the last year - my computer time is always of limit and there are so many other things that needed to be done so this was the best I could do!
I hoped that you enjoyed it anyway and maybe I will do another blog - not related to babies or pregancies! When I get the time - in 20 years time!!!
Ciao, Yvanne :)
I hoped that you enjoyed it anyway and maybe I will do another blog - not related to babies or pregancies! When I get the time - in 20 years time!!!
Ciao, Yvanne :)
D day arrived at last!
On Thursday the 9th Oct last week, I looked inside my fridge and thought I'd better stock up on some food as the fridge and pantry were in low supply! So I wrote myself out a huge list of groceries and dragged Morri to the supermarket with me and I thought this will bring on the baby! - Today is the day... It's rediculous I know I shouldn't be pushing a fully loaded trolley around and carrying bags of shopping and Morri at my state - but hey , I had the 'urge' to go shopping! Well, I survived the ordeal - just!...
I noticed 'the show' when I went to do a pee after lunch. Ooh thats somthing! I put Morri down for his nap and got out my breast pump to spur things along! I had a shower and lay down for my afternoon nap. By about 3pm, I felt some light contractions, at about 15 minutes apart. By 3.30pm on the 3rd contraction my fore-waters broke and I got up and rushed to the toilet, leaving a trail of liquid behind me.
I rang Mike straight away to come home from work that instant - it takes about an hour by car the most to get home and I was mindful that I would have to go into hospital as early as possible to start my first dose of Penicilin (I was tested as positive for the Strep. B infection :( ). Then I rang my mum to make arrangements to take care of Morri while we were 'in labour'. I rang my sister to let her know that her assistance was required and lucky she had just finished uni for the day and was on her way home.
By about 3:45pm my contractions were about 10-5 minutes apart! Morri had woken up from his nap so I had to get him out of bed and get his bags packed for his intended stay with my folks. My mum arrived and Mike shortly after. My contractions were getting a little more painful - but bareable - like really bad period cramps. My sister arrived and I sent her back home to get my parents camera as my stupid water bottle leaked in my bag and killed our camera! - Just what you need to happen when you need the camera the most! I was soooooooooo annoyed that it happened! We got to the hospital before 5pm and THIS time - there were no bags of fruit to be carried! We laughed because last time Mike was frantically hauling bags of things into our room and one of the bags contained lots of fruit and it broke while it took its journey from the parking lot to our room and fruit went rolling everywhere in the hospital!
My midwife Madeline sorted me out for my first dose of Penicilin and we were doubtful that the next dose due in the next 4 hours would not be given as I predicted a quick labour. This would mean baby and I would have to remain in hospital for 48 hours once they took a blood sample from baby to culture for any indication of the Strep. B infection I may have passed onto baby during the birth. It's very rare, but these things are precautionary as they do cause babies to get very sick, and death can occur as a result.
My contactions were about 2-3 minutes apart and they were getting rather uncomfortably painful. My sister massaged the base of my spine and used a hot pack to 'distract' the pain. I actually prefered the massage and heat bag in between contractions. I was worried that I would get hungry if the labour went on for a while so I had a couple triangle sandwiches in between contractions and suggested to Mike and Ivy to grab something to eat too. So we all enjoyed a quick snack and before I new it I had the sudden urge to push. My midwife was called in at this point. Prior to this it was just Mike & Ivy attending to me . By now the pain was excrutiating!! My birthing position was on my knees on the floor, burying my face in pillows in between contractions whilst leaning over the bed. During the contractions and pushing Mike was my tower of strength - I just grabbed him and held onto him as tightly as I could while I got through each contraction & push I had to do.
The midwife offered me the gas but I thought, I survived my first labouring experience without any gas or drugs - mainly because I forgot to ask for it, so I figured I could do this again without the gas. So no gas again!!! Mind you the pain was intensely, insanely, unbareably painful! The time came for the crowning of the head and boy did I really hate that! - Somehow I felt the burning pain alot more this time round than the first time - probably because baby was a little bigger than Morri was. I literally felt my self split in half! Mike told me later that I screamed this time round when the baby's head was being born. Thanks to the great team effort between me, my midwife and her trainee midwife we managed not tear my perinium- A hot wash cloth and controlled pushing and panting was all that was needed! I remembered I screamed out at one point that the baby was stuck! - I think I was terrified at pushing any harder as that burning pain was just awful! One last burning push and the head was out and baby was hanging there while the midwife turned baby so the shoulders could come out next - I felt all that too! Ouuch! Morri came out in one big push, he just slid out becuase he was so tiny!
And by 6:34pm there baby was lying on the floor, with a trail of mecomium surrounding him. And I turned around and pushed the umbillical cord away from the genitals to find out that we had another BOY!
I noticed 'the show' when I went to do a pee after lunch. Ooh thats somthing! I put Morri down for his nap and got out my breast pump to spur things along! I had a shower and lay down for my afternoon nap. By about 3pm, I felt some light contractions, at about 15 minutes apart. By 3.30pm on the 3rd contraction my fore-waters broke and I got up and rushed to the toilet, leaving a trail of liquid behind me.
I rang Mike straight away to come home from work that instant - it takes about an hour by car the most to get home and I was mindful that I would have to go into hospital as early as possible to start my first dose of Penicilin (I was tested as positive for the Strep. B infection :( ). Then I rang my mum to make arrangements to take care of Morri while we were 'in labour'. I rang my sister to let her know that her assistance was required and lucky she had just finished uni for the day and was on her way home.
By about 3:45pm my contractions were about 10-5 minutes apart! Morri had woken up from his nap so I had to get him out of bed and get his bags packed for his intended stay with my folks. My mum arrived and Mike shortly after. My contractions were getting a little more painful - but bareable - like really bad period cramps. My sister arrived and I sent her back home to get my parents camera as my stupid water bottle leaked in my bag and killed our camera! - Just what you need to happen when you need the camera the most! I was soooooooooo annoyed that it happened! We got to the hospital before 5pm and THIS time - there were no bags of fruit to be carried! We laughed because last time Mike was frantically hauling bags of things into our room and one of the bags contained lots of fruit and it broke while it took its journey from the parking lot to our room and fruit went rolling everywhere in the hospital!
My midwife Madeline sorted me out for my first dose of Penicilin and we were doubtful that the next dose due in the next 4 hours would not be given as I predicted a quick labour. This would mean baby and I would have to remain in hospital for 48 hours once they took a blood sample from baby to culture for any indication of the Strep. B infection I may have passed onto baby during the birth. It's very rare, but these things are precautionary as they do cause babies to get very sick, and death can occur as a result.
My contactions were about 2-3 minutes apart and they were getting rather uncomfortably painful. My sister massaged the base of my spine and used a hot pack to 'distract' the pain. I actually prefered the massage and heat bag in between contractions. I was worried that I would get hungry if the labour went on for a while so I had a couple triangle sandwiches in between contractions and suggested to Mike and Ivy to grab something to eat too. So we all enjoyed a quick snack and before I new it I had the sudden urge to push. My midwife was called in at this point. Prior to this it was just Mike & Ivy attending to me . By now the pain was excrutiating!! My birthing position was on my knees on the floor, burying my face in pillows in between contractions whilst leaning over the bed. During the contractions and pushing Mike was my tower of strength - I just grabbed him and held onto him as tightly as I could while I got through each contraction & push I had to do.
The midwife offered me the gas but I thought, I survived my first labouring experience without any gas or drugs - mainly because I forgot to ask for it, so I figured I could do this again without the gas. So no gas again!!! Mind you the pain was intensely, insanely, unbareably painful! The time came for the crowning of the head and boy did I really hate that! - Somehow I felt the burning pain alot more this time round than the first time - probably because baby was a little bigger than Morri was. I literally felt my self split in half! Mike told me later that I screamed this time round when the baby's head was being born. Thanks to the great team effort between me, my midwife and her trainee midwife we managed not tear my perinium- A hot wash cloth and controlled pushing and panting was all that was needed! I remembered I screamed out at one point that the baby was stuck! - I think I was terrified at pushing any harder as that burning pain was just awful! One last burning push and the head was out and baby was hanging there while the midwife turned baby so the shoulders could come out next - I felt all that too! Ouuch! Morri came out in one big push, he just slid out becuase he was so tiny!
And by 6:34pm there baby was lying on the floor, with a trail of mecomium surrounding him. And I turned around and pushed the umbillical cord away from the genitals to find out that we had another BOY!
And we named him Oliver Robert Peck. 
My total length of labour was 3:30
1st stage being: 2:30
2nd stage being: 0:34
3rd stage: 0:26
I had 2nd degree tearing in the 'birthing canal' and I wanted it to be stitched up just to make sure I didn't have any lose bits afterwards!!
With Morri, I only had 1st degree tearing and managed to get away with no stitches.
With Morri, I only had 1st degree tearing and managed to get away with no stitches.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Baby's room.
...Was once Mike's painting studio...
now its transformed into a lovely room for Baby.
now its transformed into a lovely room for Baby.
The window brings in the wonderful afternoon sun.
I revamped the Bassinet handed down to us from S.M.I.L. After some difficulty in finding a pattern to sew a bassinet skirt, I found a 1970's pattern for a bassinet skirt & lining from Etsy for $4.00. However, I discovered that the lining pattern was missing from the packet - so I had a very, very hard time improvising as I made several attempts at it and my first cut out was too small and it didn't sit right when put over the bassinet. The second time it still didn't fit as well as I had hoped. I didn't have enough of the padded lining material left so I couldn't make a 3rd attempt anyway. So I made do. In the end I had to tie it down around the edges with ribbon so it didn't cave in everytime you put any pressure on the mattress. So fingers crossed, when Baby arrives to test it out!The skirt is just cotton material I bought from Spotlight - I loved the cute little vintage pictures on it.
The guttering was tedious as I had to thread 3 lengths of elastic to give it this effect - I taped a chopstick to the end of the elastic so I could get through about 8 metres of fabric!! X 3!! I sweated a bit... I guess that happens when you are pregnant and frantically doing this at 11pm at night!
The rocking chair was bought on Ebay over 3 years ago for $50 and we used it for Morri when he was breastfed. It originally came with a yucky green cushion. I had some material left over from the bassinet skirt so I made a replica of the green cushion cover. I re-used the buttons from the green cover as they were wooden and it matched the overall look of the new cushion cover & rocking chair. I made a bit of a mess on the button holes though - stupid me I cut the slits first before sewing the button holes with my special buttonhole foot!
This is the hammock my M.I.L bought for Baby; 2nd-hand on E-bay. My wonderful and very brilliant S.I.L recommended it as it has been raved about by midwives at hospitals and other mothers who have had babies with sleeping 'issues' - like Morri did when he was first born - he didn't want to sleep on his back - and we ended up making the choice of putting him on his stomach to sleep - so WE could get some sleep!!So we are well prepared for the worst!!... plus it will come in handy for keeping Baby happy when I need hands free moments and maybe Morri could bounce Baby for comfort...?? hmmmmm... if he is gentle enough!!...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Its all good!
This morning I had to go back to the hospital to check my blood pressure - and its all good and back to normal. I made sure I lay down and had a nap all afternoon yesterday. We ate left overs for dinner so I didn't have to worry about cooking, thanks to Mike's Weber roast chicken & vegies we had the previous night.
We took Morri to the park later this morning for a play and to feed the ducks and to enjoy the sunshine before the weather got bad. We bought oursleves some lunch from our local Corner cafe and dropped by the pattisserie to order a birthday cake for Morri's party on Sunday. Mike ordered me not to make anything including his birthday cake - which I was planning on making a pond with a boat and a fisherman on it! I had even found a mini fishing rod for the cake! Oh well. We ate our lunch on our picnic rug outside in our backyard and then Mike went off to his studio to paint for the rest of the arvo while Morri & I had our afternoon naps! And by the way he is still sleeping and I am now refreshed and have a little time before I need to start preparing dinner! I think I will cook a curry tonight! - Maybe that could bring on labour!! I told Mike today that there a few 'things' we could do to bring on labour, like go for a walk or have some sex! :)
We took Morri to the park later this morning for a play and to feed the ducks and to enjoy the sunshine before the weather got bad. We bought oursleves some lunch from our local Corner cafe and dropped by the pattisserie to order a birthday cake for Morri's party on Sunday. Mike ordered me not to make anything including his birthday cake - which I was planning on making a pond with a boat and a fisherman on it! I had even found a mini fishing rod for the cake! Oh well. We ate our lunch on our picnic rug outside in our backyard and then Mike went off to his studio to paint for the rest of the arvo while Morri & I had our afternoon naps! And by the way he is still sleeping and I am now refreshed and have a little time before I need to start preparing dinner! I think I will cook a curry tonight! - Maybe that could bring on labour!! I told Mike today that there a few 'things' we could do to bring on labour, like go for a walk or have some sex! :)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
140/90
Yesterday afternoon I had my 38 week antenatal check up. The midwife did the usual, asked me how I am feeling and I replied, really, really uncomfortable and achy. She checked my blood pressure and to our shock it was 140/90 - ARRHHH - she did it again to make sure it wasn't a mistake - but it wasn't. My blood pressure has been perfect right up until now. I had to wee on a stick to check my urine - and to add to the problem we found protien in it - great!! The midwife asks if I have had any blurred visions or headaches or swelling. I said no, except the normal amount of swelling you get when you are pregnant... The midwife suggests that I have a lie down for 1/2 and hour and she will check my blood pressure again just to make sure.
1/2 hour later the midwife comes back and my blood pressure was pretty high. So I had to go to the Perinatal clinic to have further tests and monitoring - great!!! They told me it could take more than 2 hours for results of blood tests and urine tests to come back so in the meantime I was signed in a day patient, they strapped me up to the foetal monitoring unit, took my blood pressure, and offered me afternoon tea.
Baby is fine - rhythm and heartrate is all normal. So I waited for over 2 hours for my blood and urine tests to come back - so I said to myself at least I get to stop and relax for a while - which I haven't been in the last week since moving back home - been keeping myself busy with god knows what around the house instead of making use of the time resting when Morri goes for a nap in the afternoons!! I just wear myself out by the end of the day and when I finally sit down which is usually after 8:30pm when Morri is in bed - I feel soooooooooooooooo tired and sore!
I had to go down to emergency to wait 15 more mintutes as the Perinatal unit closes at 6pm. My blood and urine samples were all fine. So I am ordered to rest, rest, rest!!
1/2 hour later the midwife comes back and my blood pressure was pretty high. So I had to go to the Perinatal clinic to have further tests and monitoring - great!!! They told me it could take more than 2 hours for results of blood tests and urine tests to come back so in the meantime I was signed in a day patient, they strapped me up to the foetal monitoring unit, took my blood pressure, and offered me afternoon tea.
Baby is fine - rhythm and heartrate is all normal. So I waited for over 2 hours for my blood and urine tests to come back - so I said to myself at least I get to stop and relax for a while - which I haven't been in the last week since moving back home - been keeping myself busy with god knows what around the house instead of making use of the time resting when Morri goes for a nap in the afternoons!! I just wear myself out by the end of the day and when I finally sit down which is usually after 8:30pm when Morri is in bed - I feel soooooooooooooooo tired and sore!
I had to go down to emergency to wait 15 more mintutes as the Perinatal unit closes at 6pm. My blood and urine samples were all fine. So I am ordered to rest, rest, rest!!
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