Hospital Pictures & Birth Story

The Birth Story

Sunday Morning I started having contractions between 2 and 3 AM. I started timing them and they were about 6 minutes apart. At about 6:30 AM I called my mom and told her I thought I was in labor and that she should get on a flight asap. Tyson and I went to the hospital at 9 AM and they hooked me up to measure my contractions for about an hour. In an hour I had only progressed 1/2 a cent. and my contactions had slowed down to about every 6-12 minutes. So they sent me home. I was not happy about that but they said dont be shy, come back whenever you want if you feel them getting worse. We went home and I walked around the neighborhood until I couldnt stand it any longer. We went back about 2 hours later, they hooked me up for about ten minutes and then told me to walk around for a little bit and they would check me again in about an hour. 40 minutes later I could hardly walk anymore and I had dilated to a 4! They admitted me, gave me my IV (which was probably one of the most painful parts of the whole labor) and then fnally the epidural. My epidural took awhile for it to kick in on both sides, so I took a second dose which then made me throw up. After the second dose, and hour later, I was completley numb and it felt amazing! I dilated from a 4 to a 7 in about 3 hours. At 7pm, the doctor came in and said I was ready to start pushing. I was nervous but it turned out to be so not what I thought it would be. I would push each contraction for 10 seconds, 3 reps each contraction. After about an hour and half she was here! It was the greatest feeling to have her here in front of me and to be out of my belly! It was the most amazing experience and we cant believe we are parents!

SHE'S HERE

Emery Belle Wakley

Born January 24th at 8:35 PM. She weighed 6 lbs 13 oz. and was 19 inches long. Will post pictures soon. She is so amazing and we are loving every minute!

39 Weeks

I feel like I have grown ALOT in the last 2 weeks. Baby is getting fat and gaining lots of weight. I have had some contractions but nothing consistant or too intense. I have alot of pressure and any amount of walking and then sitting too long makes it very hard to move around the rest of the day. Doc says if she doesnt come on her own he wont induce me until 41 weeks, so its possible I may have another 2 weeks! If I go that much longer I think she is going to be a big baby! I am very much looking forward to not being pregnant anymore!!!!!!!!!! (and i dont want to hear "oh its so much easier when they are inside of you...blah blah blah", cause she is coming either way) Just sayin' :)

37 weeks

At this point, I am trying to get the belly only in the picture, anything more would just rude or offensive to viewers

The Nursery

This was a long project, not that it was alot of work, but it was just a slower process cause I knew I had until January to complete it. Now its FINALLY done and I just love walking into her room and looking at her crib and knowing that VERY SOON she is going to be in there! Yesterday I spend the rest of the day finishing up odds and ends in her room, packing our bags, and making her bed. I am officially ready, she can make her debut any day now! (click on the pictures so see them bigger, its much better)

Idaho Baby Shower

New years weekend we journeyed to Idaho where all Tysons aunts and uncles and cousins live and his sister Kortni was nice enough to throw me another shower! All the pictures of myself at the shower are disgusting! So I will just show you pictures of all the cute stuff we got. Tysons mom made 2 quilts for me, a bumper pad, an already put together scrapbook, and all his sisters and Dad went in on the car seat and stroller. I dont know what I would do without his family! They were so generous and baby girl is so lucky to have such loving Grandparents and Aunts. Thank you to everyone who came to the shower and for gifts. We feel so lucky and so loved.

 The bumper pad matches the brown, pink, and green quilt. Tysons mom made both of these and they are SO cute

 This one is so soft on both sides, his mom also made this one

This one Tysons Grandma made for her. She has a sewing machine that stitches all these pictures on. In case you cant see they are all disney princess and we all know how much littl girls love their princess. I cant wait until she knows who all of them are!

Christmas 2010

For Christmas this year we went to Tysons parents house in Wyoming. As much as I love my family and wish I could always spend Christmas or every holiday for that matter, I was so glad it was our turn to go to Wyoming this year because after driving to Oregon for Thanksgiving there is NO WAY I could have done it again a few weeks later. Tysons parents only live 2 hours away and it was perfect. We had a great Christmas Eve dinner with with turkey, ham, potatoes, salads, rolls, pies..the works. We just relaxed and hung out with each other. There was quite a bit of snow and so of course Tyson got the snowmobiles out and we rode them a couple times. I only lasted about 20 minutes, but Tyson went out for a few hours a couple days.

 Christmas Morning

 Daysen and Kiesha. Christmas is so much more fun and magical with kids

 Tyson getting the snowmobiles ready

We also played the Kinect a couple nights, these videos are so funny and it was so fun to watch his parents doing the track and field events. There was a javelin, hurdles, long jump, and the 100 yard dash

Ultrasound

Got my ultrasound today at the Doctors and baby girl is perfectly healthy! I am measuring only a couple days small but nothing to be alarmed of. She is still growing and is doing great!. As for me, I was secretly hoping he would take me early just so I could be done, but its better that she is healthy! So now we just play the waiting game. I was dialated to a 1 and 70% efaced so he thinks I wont make it to my due date and she might just come a little early on her own. I gained freaking 5 POUNDS from last week, I am retaining alot of water and my feet and legs are huge and swollen, its disgusting. I dont even have ankles anymore. I am sleeping a little better at night, but as for everything else it just gets worse everyday. I feel like I can hardly walk these days because she is sitting so low and I am beyond emotional. Okay so enough whining, I'll post about Christmas and my baby shower in Idaho soon.