Addison's visit in Mother/Baby Clinic

Chistmas Eve addison had to go in to see the nurses at the clinic so they could check how she was making out ....We were late of course but thankfully there were no other patients to be found when we got there. She was stripped down and weighed , coming in at 7lbs 2ozs which was 10ozs more then what she was when we left. We discussed her feedings , diapers, sleep patterns, etc ..Then she was hungry so i fed her while the nurse gave me some great pointers...aparently i'm overproducing which is making addison spit up quite often. Then she tells me that addison failed her hearing tests , which they neglected to tell me while i was there ..so they had to try the test again ...after many tries she still failed the test so now she has to see a hearing specialist (audiologist) to get more testing done ...eecckk...then she goes on to say "oh if newborns get their hearing aids before 3 months there usually isn't any development problems " ..as u can imagine i walked out of there completely stunned....since then i'm now certain she can hear ...to what degree i'm not sure but she definitely startles to loud noises and likes being talked to ..so here's hoping it was just an error in the testing....

Labour & Delivery

Just writing to fill everyone in on how things went with labour and our hospital stay .. Tuesday morning i was in to see the doctor to get another membrane stripping done and get all checked out , everything looked good , i was 3 cm dilated , she did a good sweeping and said that things may happen that night or at least before thursday .. so off i went to the mall to exchange a few christmas presents and grab some lunch ..got home mid afternoon and attempted to have a nap while summer was sleeping ..with no luck because i was having contractions ( not really thinking much of them ) got up with summer and we all decided to go outside to play for a bit . Got summer so bundled up she could hardly walk or see and headed outdoors with her sled ...(still dealing with the contractions). Josh just bought a new snowmobile and wanted to see what summer would think of it , so he took her for a little drive around the yard ... which she did not like very much ...lol when they came back i put her in the sled and we slid down the driveway a few times . Then decided to try the snowmobile again ...but with me on with them ( it was a tight squeeze haha) . Josh driving and summer in the middle , she was toasty warm and off we went for a drive down the trail by our house ...I even heard her say woo hoo ! a few times lol

After our snowmobile drive i had to go up to harvey to get some gas & milk ...then stopped in to josh's dad's for a visit ..got home around 6:30 and was really feeling the contractions by then ..called mom and told her maybe she should be ready to go just in case . .. Then I did a mad dash around the house trying to get our bags packed and do some laundry ( lol couldn't stand the thought of coming home with all of our clothes dirty for some reason )By about 8 i was convinced i HAD to get to the hospital so we packed up the truck and left .. Josh constantly asking "are you alright " ..and me screaming "are u kidding me ..no i'm NOT alright " ..made it to the hospital around 930 and met mom so she could take summer ..Up in labor and delivery i got changed and they straped me up to all the monitors and i waited to see the resident so he could check me .. needless to say i was 4 cm dilated and not impressed ..lol then came the drugs lol and i felt much better about things (phentonol in the IV ) ..although not sure why they don't make it to last much longer the nurse had to give it every 5 mins ... watched TV for a bit until the anesthesiologist (or however you spell that ) was finished with a c-section to come give the epidural ..by this time i was again shaking so badly they couldn't get my blood pressure any more ...josh decided to watch the epidural getting done and now is shocked to find out quite how far your spine is actually under your skin lol .. after a few mins the epidural kicked in and i felt a bit better no sooner to find out i was now 5 cms dilated (still not impressed ) About a half hour went by and i really started to have bad pain again or pressure i guess so the resident checked me again and could feel me dilating and the head right there , Dr. Adam came running through the door took one look and said "ok next contraction i want to start pushing " i was like "no no , i'm not ready i need the epidural to kick in so i can rest for just a few more hours " lol ... but no luck she was coming very fast ...pushed twice and the head was out ..one more and she was on my belly ... We were pretty shocked when they said it was a girl that i was balling and josh was laughing ..After all the commotion ...the nurse and I tried to figure out how i had her without my water breaking ..cause it never happened and they never broke it ...somewhat very confused they decided to take addison to the Nicu for 10 hours to monitor her ...then i got cleaned up and settled into maternity

...Brought addison in around 4am and she was doing fine and ready for a feeding ..then back to the nicu and off to sleep for me ...the next day we had a bunch of visitors and addison was a starvin' marvin for most of the day and well into the night ...waiting impatiently for milk to come in ....didn't sleep much wednesday night just constant feeding ..very much ready to go home on thursday we packed up our stuff , filled out our forms and left around 2pm . Stopped to pick summer up at moms and then home bound ...Milk was finally starting to make an appearance by thursday evening and addison was much more content . Put summer to bed around 9pm and fed addison a few times till about 1 am , then she feel asleep and slept till 530!! i actually woke up first and had to wake her up to feed & change her ..not too mention i was completely soaked ...and back to sleep we went till 930 when summer woke up ... i'm now assuming this was all a fluke and she'll be awake 24/7 for the next week ...but oh well we'll have to see i guess ...

~Weekend Festivities ~

So the weekend came and went ...and yes i'm STILL pregnant .... Friday was my grandfather's yearly christmas party so we showed up there around 6 and had some pizza and opened summer's gifts. She got a new trike, a moose , and some christmas footed pyjamas (that i LOVE!) It was nice to see every one , although i was poked and proded all night and my welcome greeting was " jeez you look like a house " ( thanks for that by the way)....After the party me and summer dropped off tyler (our cousin) to his gramma's and headed home , when we then realized we had no gas and josh had already left with all our money ...so back to the party we went to grab 10 bucks from my dad for gas ....when i was bombarded with suggestions of gas bars that pump the gas for you (even though there's a self serve 2 seconds down the street, on my way home) , i had to exclaim " i'm pregnant not incompetent " and off i went to the station to pump my 10$ of gas for myself ...
Saturday i woke to find i had caught summer's eye infection and felt sicker then i had on friday ...so i relaxed all day until josh got home and we made our way to the afterhours clinic . After about a half hours wait i got in , explained the situation ( and yes mentioned i was 41 weeks pregnant to the nurse) and the doctor came in looked at my eyes and wanted me to stand up and breath deep so he could check my breathing ( i assume) he then said " are you pregnant or just shaped funny ?" i was was like "YES" haha then he asks when i was due and i said last thursday ..he laughed (no i'm not kidding) and said that if i went into labor i had to bring in the antibiotics and eye drops with me so they would know i was on them .. i'm hoping this doesn't mean that they will affect any drugs i will most definitely be needing when i get there ... We then went home and i attempted to sleep yet was unsuccessful , got out of bed and made my way to couch dreading the thought that all that was on TV was stupid infomercials ...but to my surprise the christmas carol from like 1920 was on ....

Got up with summer at 9 on sunday and felt a bit better so decided to get ready for the playgroup's christmas party at 1 ...Josh brought us in town because of the impending snow storm , dropped us off at Ashley's house (he then wasted some time by finishing his christmas shopping ) The party was great ! , there was lots of kids ..they decorated some gingerbread houses , summer mostly just ate the candy lol, had some snacks and we all opened our gifts from secret santa's . Summer got a winnie the pooh lego set and i got a really nice picture frame , then the kids played for a bit and we waited for josh to pick us up. When he got there he came up stairs to get summer , as i had a bunch of stuff to carry and ended up slipping at the bottom of the stairs and of course being the good daddy that he is , he ended up hurting himself just to make sure Summer didn't hit the ground although i think she got a bit of a scare because when i looked out she was crying standing up while josh was standing there in pain ..so i helped her into the truck and josh was fine after a minute ...We made our way home threw the blustery streets of fredericton and ones that were worse outside the city. To my surprise i ended up having contractions for the entire evening and thought we may have to venture out in it again but i went to bed and woke up with nothing this morning so no luck again ..

...anywho i'm off to bingo tonight (the jackpot is now like 8600$ ) and here's hopping i win it because this will most likely be the last time i go for awhile ...

Due Today ~ Still Waiting !

So today is the day ..or well supposed to be the day ..why can't your due date be the day you WILL go into labour lol ..i've been trying everything known to man to just have one contraction ..but still nothing ...Seen the doctor again last tuesday and she booked me an induction for the 20th ..and stripped the membranes again (not that it helped) then walked around the mall , zellers, and sobeys, finished my christmas shopping and got groceries ...it was a long day but when i got home there was a package for me at the post office so i went up to get it and it was the free stuff from nestle for the new baby so that was nice ...

We still have no names for the baby , although i have mostly all of the presents wrapped for Christmas, still need to get summer's christmas pictures done , fill out cards , drag the infant car seat out and make sure all the pieces are still intact .... and also the house is a disater , laundry is taking over the bedroom and i've pretty much given up on the baking ..and to top it all off i'm still sick and summer's eyes are infected ....

Josh is working up until next wednesday ..then he's off for a few weeks so i can't wait for that ..Summer gets so bored in the day time and we haven't been able to go outside yet cause it's been so cold ..So here's hoping christmas is a bit warmer so they can get outside for some fresh air , sliding , fort making and perhaps construct a snowman ( we have one every year usually but haven't gotten to it yet lol)




Written :Thurday December 13th 2007

First let Me introduce myself ...

My name is Candace , i'm a stay-at -home mom of a now just about 20 month old girl (named Summer , hence the title )and 9 months pregnant with baby # 2 (due december 13th )...together with Josh for 5 years this may, we live about 20 minutes from fredericton in a small town called Harvey. Anything else i left out ...just Ask !