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Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/1/2008 2:03:46 PM
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_Cinderella_
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Please use this thread to stalk, encourage, pray for, and cajole those expectant mothers whose babies' births are imminent.
Please do not start threads for individuals unless it is in the Personally For You folder.
This thread will be restarted monthly, so it should not get too long 
This thread is not intended to be a duplicate of the pregnancy thread. Please use that thread to update us on your pregnancy issues.
This thread is for those who are about to walk out the door to have their baby. Once the baby is born the mother or her contact can post the birth announcement here and we can all offer our congratulations.
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Here is who was born in September:
Scarlett20 gave birth to Micah John on September 6, 2008 at 9:27 AM MST.
PureJoy gave birth to Lydia Kate on September 24, 2008 at 2:58 PM.
Kathryn (HomeSpunLady) gave birth to Rhys Athhehanasius on September 27, 2008 at 5:05 AM.
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Here is who is due in October:
JoyfulWife is due on October 10, 2008. She is going to have a homebirth and the baby's gender will be a surprise.
Heather (HMB22) is having a c-section October 13, 2008 to have her baby boy.
Amy (Restored_Heart) is due October 27, 2008 with a baby girl.
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/1/2008 4:41:29 PM
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Tea-Tea
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Kathryn and PureJoy, congratulations!!
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/2/2008 7:40:25 AM
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nicole6598
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LOL Nicole I didn't notice that til then!
congrats purejoy!
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/2/2008 2:50:52 PM
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JoyfulWife
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Well, I wish I had exciting news to share, but there is really nothing happening so far with my body. I guess it's still a little early, but I figured I would at least have a few BH contractions here and there, or something like that!
I had an appt. with my midwife this past Tuesday and she said everything looked great. She thinks I will probably go overdue again (dd was 2 weeks overdue). My next appt. is on the 14th, but I'm hoping the baby will be here by then 
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/10/2008 10:08:11 PM
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How are the Oct ladies doing???
Praying for you!
Today is your due day joyfulwife. Saying a special prayer for you.
Heather - I am also praying for a quick and easy surgery and recovery on Monday! Can't wait to hear about your new babies!
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/12/2008 11:27:08 AM
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TwinCityGirl
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Stopping to pray this morning for those moms with upcoming births:
Joyful
Heather
Amy
and those moms who delivered last month and have little ones in arms:
Scarlett and Micah
PureJoy and Lydia
Kathryn and Rhys
Praying all is well for all of you, and that you ladies about to deliver feel good and feel that the Lord is with you!
Jeanie
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/13/2008 2:04:54 PM
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manda59
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RestoredHeart
Do you know which product they use for this? (for the "ripening")
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/13/2008 6:17:02 PM
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RestoredHeart
If you go to the Pregnancy Support thread and ask, I am *sure* there will be ladies there who can tell you. (I just remembered that the BabyWatch thread isn't for pregnancy matters - my fault, sorry!) People feel quite strongly about it so I think it would be really good for you to ask.
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/13/2008 10:36:56 PM
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JoyfulWife
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I hope things work out well for you Restored_Heart!!!
....I am jealous that I'm about to get line jumped! 
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/16/2008 2:21:01 PM
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Here, finally, is Lydia's birth story. Sorry so long! You don't have to read it all.
Lydia Kate Wetzel’s Birth Story
Monday September 22- I worked on the floor that day. I was very uncomfortable, but not really have any contractions.
Monday night: Attempted to get things moving! After that I slept for about 1 ½ hours before waking up with cramping, back pain, and what I thought were contractions. I wasn’t sure because they were pretty much constant and I couldn’t actually time anything, so I didn’t really know what was going on. I just kept walking up and down the hallway as that seemed to help. Dh was sound asleep and I didn’t feel the need to wake him up. Finally at 3:00 a.m. I went to sleep and woke up at 4:30…with absolutely no pain at all. I called work to let them know I had a pretty rough night but was doing fine now. I wasn’t sure if it would be better for me to come in knowing I might have to leave, or just call in for the day. They told me to come in, they had someone that could cover for me if I did have to go home.
Tuesday September 23- I had no pain AT ALL the whole day at work. I was tired from only 3 hours of sleep and probably crabby that nothing was happening after the rough night. After work I went to the doctor’s office for my NST and everything was fine, heartbeat was still irregular. Tuesday evening I went on some business errands with dh and went to bed at 9:30 p.m. because I was so tired from the night before. During the night I woke up twice to go the bathroom but otherwise slept like a rock!
Wednesday September 24- I woke up at 5:30 a.m. after getting great sleep. I laid in bed until about 6:30 a.m. when I got up, ate some cereal. I showered and got ready for work and just had some on and off cramping.
7:30 a.m.- I left for work. I felt a pretty good cramp/contraction as I left and thought I was just dehydrated so I grabbed some juice to take with me
7:45 a.m.- I had a contraction so bad I had to pull over the car. I called my friend Mel who I was supposed to be meeting with that day and told her I wasn’t coming in as I didn’t feel safe to drive. I apologized in case I didn’t have the baby for another week but told her I really shouldn’t be driving myself anywhere. So I turned around and went home.
8:00 a.m.- Got home and started timing contractions. They were weird, I don’t even know how to describe them. Not like any of the descriptions I’ve seen, but I just know it HURT. They were between 7-12 minutes apart. I was very uncomfortable but decided to finish packing our hospital bags to give me something to do. I was walking the floor, going to the bathroom frequently, had lots of pressure, rocked in the rocking chair, was on my hands and knees on the floor- just trying to find SOME measure of relief. My SIL (who is living with us) was pretty interested in what was happening and I couldn’t handle it so I finally sequestered myself in my bedroom!
9:00 a.m.- I finally called my husband to come home from work. He was only 10 minutes away and in my discomfort I thought to myself “Why am I going through this by myself? He should be here!” He asked if we needed to go to the hospital and I said not yet, but I just needed him home. At this point my contractions were 5-7 minutes apart. I apologized for making him come home if this wasn’t it.
9:45 a.m.- Dh wasn’t home yet, as he had to pack up and clean up all of his tools. I went to the bathroom and had bright red bleeding. I was SO relieved! My contractions weren’t close enough to go in, but I know you’re supposed to go in with bleeding. I was very ready to go in at this point so I was glad to have the bleeding! I called dh to let him know we did need to go in now. He said he was almost home.
10:00- Dh got home, showered, and we left for the hospital. Contractions were 3 ½ to 4 minutes apart in the car. Dh offered to stop at Walmart for new camera batteries on the way. Funny.
10:30- Got to the OB triage room. Contractions were strong on the monitor. The nurse checked me and she seemed pretty surprise that I was already 6 cm. In the middle of my discomfort, I was thrilled.
11:00- The nurse came back from calling the doctor and told me I would be admitted. She asked me if I had thought about pain control. I told her that I had thought about it and was very open to anything, but my two hours at home made me decide I wanted an epidural! I realized while at home that there really wasn’t any good reason for me to go through another who knows how many hours like that. As I’ve said before, for me, labor and delivery was all about getting it over with!
11:30- I was settled in my room, the nurse got my IV started. She left for something and I started throwing up. My mind immediately went back to my OB class in nursing school where they talked about how many women throw up in transition. And then I though “My gosh I must be farther than I thought-this is going fast!”
12:00- Epidural was in. I had NO contractions the entire time he was putting it in, which was so nice. After it was in, I started have really bad low back pain. They turned me on my side in case the baby was posterior. The nurse told me the doctor would be to check me and break my water if needed on her lunch. The nurse decided to check me and I was 8-9 cm and she accidentally broke my water while checking me. The back pain kept getting worse and worse, and the alarm on the epidural pump was beeping.
12:30- My doctor came in and checked me. She said she was going to change and would be back. Nurse anesthetist came back- the epidural tubing was pinched off in the pump…hence the beeping and continued bad pain! He gave me a bolus of pain meds and restarted the epidural.
1:10- I was at 10 cm.
1:20- My doctor came back and said “Let’s have a baby!” I started pushing and was very relieved. It felt so good to push and the back pain was starting to get better, but I was having very bad abdominal pain when I wasn’t pushing. It felt like fire and ripping across my low abdomen/pelvis. I just wanted to push to avoid the pain! They told me the baby’s head was very low and he/she had a lot of hair!
2:20- Still pushing away! The nurse suggested cathing me and they got almost a half a liter. After that my abdominal pain did get better.
2:30- I decided in my head I was done! I knew I wasn’t, but I was so exhausted. I wanted to say “Just tell me I will be done by 3:00!” I couldn’t feel or see progress and I felt like I was going to be pushing forever.
2:58- Miss Lydia was born! Once her head was out I felt so much relief I wanted to push the rest of her out before they even had her suctioned! Immediately they put her up on me for about 30 minutes. I had a lot more relief when the placenta was delivered. They did have to give me a shot of Methergan and almost Pitocin because I was bleeding. I had a third degree tear thanks to Lydia coming out with her fist up by her face! And that’s probably how she got stuck in my pelvis which caused such bad abdominal pain and made me push for so long! After we bonded for about 30 minutes they asked if I wanted them to weigh her or breastfeed or what. I told them to weigh her and let my husband hold her for awhile. Then they gave her back to me and she ate right away! They told me to call when I was ready for them to do her bath and get me washed up. Since we had family coming to visit, I told them to do it right away. They started her bath (in the room with Daddy doing most of it) and then had an emergency on the floor. We were on our own for about 2 hours and it was GREAT! The staff felt horrible, especially since I work there, but it really was nice. We were both fine, we got to bond and make our phone calls. And we did manage to get cleaned up before family came.
Overall the hospital experience was great. The nurses came in once a shift unless I called for something. They never did anything without asking first and honestly I hardly felt like I was in the hospital. Almost everything was done in our room and they were all so respectful of our privacy. The delivery was super calm- just me, dh, the doctor, and the nurse. No craziness, just calm and peaceful.
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/17/2008 10:20:11 AM
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TwinCityGirl
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Purejoy --
My goodness, girl, that is a story! You're working, driving into work, pulling over -- stopping at WalMart!
It really does sound peaceful for all of you, and how wonderful you had the baby to yourselves for so long while they helped someone else.
Lydia Kate sounds like a little dream and what a very beautiful name! Lydia was on our list for a girl's name -- we didn't think Adam would like it for his name, though
Thank you for sharing your story. I read ALL of it (I'm sure many others will, too). It is always so amazing how babies get here, isn't it?
How are you and Lydia doing now?
Congratulations, again, on your little pink bundle of joy!
Jeanie
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/17/2008 10:21:25 AM
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TwinCityGirl
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Joyful, Heather and Amy -- continuing to pray for your deliveries and if you are already holding babies --- praying that things are going smoothly for you!
Jeanie
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RE: Baby Watch -- October 2008 - 10/17/2008 11:03:55 AM
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AngieCat
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Purejoy, what a story!! I love it! Welcome to the world Lydia.
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