The journey with our babies is just beginning....2, 1, and 6 weeks old. Really still babies by anyone's calculations, yet they have taught me so much! With each child came a new set of responsibilities and trials, but also the joy that comes from an addition to your family.
I looked at our newest...our little girl...today as I was feeding her and I realized how fast this all goes! It feels like I'm missing everything, even though I've been with all of them from the beginning. I have to remind myself that sometimes the cleaning needs to wait, because I need to hold my boys. And if dinner is a little late, my hubby will get over it because I was cherishing our children.
I hear the grumbles and complaining, and I have done some of my own as a parent, about early feedings and laundry. I see the exasperated mom in the store with one kid, and I look at myself with three and I still feel for her. This and marriage are the best, hardest things we will ever get to do!
We watch them grow, and they teach us how to GROW UP! When we tell them "you can't have your way", in some way we are reminding ourselves of the same thing, because we can all admit we see pieces of ourselves in our childrens personalities. They push and we push back a million times between now and when they go out on their own, but the rewards aren't to be missed.
I long for date nights alone with my husband, and a time when the only behind I will be worried about is my own, but I am content with my life as it is right now! Cleaning, cooking, correcting, teaching, and loving them like nobody else can! But, until then I have my little ones here and I am so thankful that they are!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
And Baby makes 5!
In the time between my last post and now a little bundle wrapped in pink instead of blue, now rests in our home! Her name is Carita!
A precious little girl to add to our baby boys!
Her birth was the most eventful we have had, but I would do it all again to have her here and safe...
According to my midwives...I had a bit of a swimming pool in there. Meaning that they didn't realize I had SO MUCH amniotic fluid. This made my progress slower, and caused her to turn from straight to sideways when my water broke. They were worried that she might also compress her cord when my water broke, so they tried to slow the flow a little when it did break.
So, you have a baby head aimed at your hip instead of the exit...what do they do? Some would say automatic c-section, but I have some awesome women taking care of me, and we decided to try and turn her.
With the help of my midwife and an OB they coaxed our little one back to the right direction...and thankfully I had an epidural, because I was a little bruised after that. The OB made mention of how much room she had in there and then said something about a "corner" in my belly and I said, "well, according to both of you I have a playground in there!"...believe me, it was either a make light of it or lose it time for me. I was very scared, not because of myself, but turning our daughter came with the threat of her being in distress of some kind and them performing an emergency c-section. My only goal was a healthy baby...to heck with my body, she's my baby and they had permission to do whatever they needed to to me in order to keep her safe!
My husband has never looked so worried...but he held it together for me, and then hugged me and reassured me when it was all over.
But, our little adventure with our girl didn't end right there...
About an hour later her heart rate was very erratic, and the midwife came in and asked me if I could haul my half-paralyzed, from my epidural, self onto my hands and knees and lay over the back of my raised bed so that they could see if it would stabalize her heart rate....yeah, it worked! But, I got to wear an oxygen mask, and hold myself up for another hour.
My midwife came in again, and ta-da, I'm ready to push! In less than 30 minutes my husband got to bring the third of our children into the world!
I am so proud of him for wanting to be so involved in the births of our children! It's his biggest accomplishement according to him, and I think that they will come to appreciate his involvement in their first moments when they are parents one day.
And here is our precious Carita being held by her Great-Grandma Carita! Great-Grandma stayed with me and my husband at the hospital all day and got to see her little namesake come into the world...full of stubborness and spirit just like her!
A precious little girl to add to our baby boys!
Her birth was the most eventful we have had, but I would do it all again to have her here and safe...
According to my midwives...I had a bit of a swimming pool in there. Meaning that they didn't realize I had SO MUCH amniotic fluid. This made my progress slower, and caused her to turn from straight to sideways when my water broke. They were worried that she might also compress her cord when my water broke, so they tried to slow the flow a little when it did break.
So, you have a baby head aimed at your hip instead of the exit...what do they do? Some would say automatic c-section, but I have some awesome women taking care of me, and we decided to try and turn her.
With the help of my midwife and an OB they coaxed our little one back to the right direction...and thankfully I had an epidural, because I was a little bruised after that. The OB made mention of how much room she had in there and then said something about a "corner" in my belly and I said, "well, according to both of you I have a playground in there!"...believe me, it was either a make light of it or lose it time for me. I was very scared, not because of myself, but turning our daughter came with the threat of her being in distress of some kind and them performing an emergency c-section. My only goal was a healthy baby...to heck with my body, she's my baby and they had permission to do whatever they needed to to me in order to keep her safe!
My husband has never looked so worried...but he held it together for me, and then hugged me and reassured me when it was all over.
But, our little adventure with our girl didn't end right there...
About an hour later her heart rate was very erratic, and the midwife came in and asked me if I could haul my half-paralyzed, from my epidural, self onto my hands and knees and lay over the back of my raised bed so that they could see if it would stabalize her heart rate....yeah, it worked! But, I got to wear an oxygen mask, and hold myself up for another hour.
My midwife came in again, and ta-da, I'm ready to push! In less than 30 minutes my husband got to bring the third of our children into the world!
I am so proud of him for wanting to be so involved in the births of our children! It's his biggest accomplishement according to him, and I think that they will come to appreciate his involvement in their first moments when they are parents one day.
And here is our precious Carita being held by her Great-Grandma Carita! Great-Grandma stayed with me and my husband at the hospital all day and got to see her little namesake come into the world...full of stubborness and spirit just like her!
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