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Avarielle Raeann Pilgrim
So time doesn't exist for me currently... seriously I lost track of it somewhere in October and haven't seemed to get a grasp on it since. With that being said I have every right to post two months late about this adorable addition to our family:)
And now I will take you back to November 19th... I was getting rather frustrated as my due date loomed ever closer I was technically due the 22nd but having gone early with the other two I was sure that I should be long done and holding my beautiful baby boy, for although we didn't find out the sex I was sure I was having a boy. I was particularly stressing out because this was the last weekend till my due date and with Justice going to school in the city everyday it would be hard to get him home in less then an hour if I did go into labor. Also my mother in law had come to help out with everything and would be going home soon.
I had a late Doctors apt that day so we went to the mall first. I found a bunch of cute shirts on clearance at Old Navy to wear after the baby came. I had been having sporadic contractions about 20 min apart for awhile. Justice and I went to the Doctors and his mom took the kids home. We finally got into see the Dr. at 3. He asked when we were ready to have this baby.
"Today" we replied.
"Ok, be careful what you wish for. " he smiled back. "Are you sure?"
"We think so... How"
"I'm not doing much today, I'll just brake your water and see you there in a few hours."
And that is just what happened:)
He checked me and I was still at a 3, as I had been the last week. So after placing a bunch of pads down he broke my water. It Gushed out... "Whoa! I only meant to make a small hole." he said, and had Justice call for the nurse. When she came in she laughed as he said "Um... her water broke." "I'm sure it did"she replied as she went to get more pads to clean up.
Justice and I left and got some food at Wendy's knowing that I wouldn't be able to eat when we got to the Hospital, but my contractions started in about every 5 min. So we decided against going home to get my bag and went right to the hospital.
I was group b positive so I had to be on antibiotic for 4 h before delivering or they would have to have the baby under observation for 12 h once it came out. Not optimal. They finally got me checked out and an IV started about 5. Contractions were... awesome,,, and by that I bean Horrible. I decided to have an epidural knowing that this had to last for at least 4 h.
That crazy epidural lady was HORRIBLE!!! first off she made Justice leave the room. Then had me sit up on the edge of the bed my nurse helped support me, (Justices job when I had the epidural for Izaac) while she started shoving things around. Then she called my nurse to the back to hold something leaving me on my own. All the while I am having very painful contractions and listening her yell at me not to move. Then she says "it will feel like you are being electrocuted."... seriously... and sure enough a second later, intense pain shoots down my whole left leg. After some more pressure down my back she puts tape on my entire back... Everywhere... who know why, and leaves the room... So NOT my favorite person. I started to feel slightly numb on my right side but very slowly so for a long time my left leg felt uncomfortably tingly like it was asleep and the right side felt the same. My labor pains moved from the small of my back to my front right side. Yep all that pain and she didn't even do it right. So they call her back to fix it and at that moment they were moving my IV to my other hand because it was leaking. "Do you want me to do it?" she asks my nurse, who lets her.... and she proceeds to slap my hand a bunch of times yelling at me not to move then jabs me with a needle... So not my favorite person... I told Justice not to let her near me again... I have had an epidural before with Izaac and it was nothing like that so I can say with full confidence that it was just her that was horrible and not the process itself.
All the while I was in labor I just kept telling him all the things I didn't like... "I don't like this IV, I don't like this blood pressure cuff, I don't like contractions, and I DON'T like that lady" and that is all I said over and over again while he smiled and said "Yes I think I've got it"
since the pain never completely went away I could tell the baby was about ready to come. My nurse came to empty my bladder to make me more comfortable but when she checked she said"um, keep your legs shut, the baby's head is right there and we still need to give you your last IV. So for 15 min we waited for the last of my antibiotic then the Dr. came in right around 9 and at 9:04 they announced it was a baby GIRL... What? Justice went to check just to be sure, and sure enough girl she was! I was thrown off a bit because I really thought it would be a boy and had been calling her Mason in my mind for months now and now she was nameless. But she was Beautiful and Amazing.
They put her right on my chest and I got to hold her and nurse her for a long time before they even washed her off which for me was really neat. Then they took her and weighed her 8lbs 4.8oz. then Justice followed them to the nursery to do all the rest of that stuff. I had the nurse take out the epidural and rip the tape of my entire back.
We had a few names that wern't quite right so right before we left and had to turn in the birth cirtificate we decided on Avarielle. Justice had been searching and searching for just the right name and although we couldnt say it and kept forgetting it it was just the right name for her :) Raeann comes from both our mothers middle names. She is lovely and we are all so excited to have her here and safe!
And now I will take you back to November 19th... I was getting rather frustrated as my due date loomed ever closer I was technically due the 22nd but having gone early with the other two I was sure that I should be long done and holding my beautiful baby boy, for although we didn't find out the sex I was sure I was having a boy. I was particularly stressing out because this was the last weekend till my due date and with Justice going to school in the city everyday it would be hard to get him home in less then an hour if I did go into labor. Also my mother in law had come to help out with everything and would be going home soon.
I had a late Doctors apt that day so we went to the mall first. I found a bunch of cute shirts on clearance at Old Navy to wear after the baby came. I had been having sporadic contractions about 20 min apart for awhile. Justice and I went to the Doctors and his mom took the kids home. We finally got into see the Dr. at 3. He asked when we were ready to have this baby.
"Today" we replied.
"Ok, be careful what you wish for. " he smiled back. "Are you sure?"
"We think so... How"
"I'm not doing much today, I'll just brake your water and see you there in a few hours."
And that is just what happened:)
He checked me and I was still at a 3, as I had been the last week. So after placing a bunch of pads down he broke my water. It Gushed out... "Whoa! I only meant to make a small hole." he said, and had Justice call for the nurse. When she came in she laughed as he said "Um... her water broke." "I'm sure it did"she replied as she went to get more pads to clean up.
Justice and I left and got some food at Wendy's knowing that I wouldn't be able to eat when we got to the Hospital, but my contractions started in about every 5 min. So we decided against going home to get my bag and went right to the hospital.
I was group b positive so I had to be on antibiotic for 4 h before delivering or they would have to have the baby under observation for 12 h once it came out. Not optimal. They finally got me checked out and an IV started about 5. Contractions were... awesome,,, and by that I bean Horrible. I decided to have an epidural knowing that this had to last for at least 4 h.
That crazy epidural lady was HORRIBLE!!! first off she made Justice leave the room. Then had me sit up on the edge of the bed my nurse helped support me, (Justices job when I had the epidural for Izaac) while she started shoving things around. Then she called my nurse to the back to hold something leaving me on my own. All the while I am having very painful contractions and listening her yell at me not to move. Then she says "it will feel like you are being electrocuted."... seriously... and sure enough a second later, intense pain shoots down my whole left leg. After some more pressure down my back she puts tape on my entire back... Everywhere... who know why, and leaves the room... So NOT my favorite person. I started to feel slightly numb on my right side but very slowly so for a long time my left leg felt uncomfortably tingly like it was asleep and the right side felt the same. My labor pains moved from the small of my back to my front right side. Yep all that pain and she didn't even do it right. So they call her back to fix it and at that moment they were moving my IV to my other hand because it was leaking. "Do you want me to do it?" she asks my nurse, who lets her.... and she proceeds to slap my hand a bunch of times yelling at me not to move then jabs me with a needle... So not my favorite person... I told Justice not to let her near me again... I have had an epidural before with Izaac and it was nothing like that so I can say with full confidence that it was just her that was horrible and not the process itself.
All the while I was in labor I just kept telling him all the things I didn't like... "I don't like this IV, I don't like this blood pressure cuff, I don't like contractions, and I DON'T like that lady" and that is all I said over and over again while he smiled and said "Yes I think I've got it"
since the pain never completely went away I could tell the baby was about ready to come. My nurse came to empty my bladder to make me more comfortable but when she checked she said"um, keep your legs shut, the baby's head is right there and we still need to give you your last IV. So for 15 min we waited for the last of my antibiotic then the Dr. came in right around 9 and at 9:04 they announced it was a baby GIRL... What? Justice went to check just to be sure, and sure enough girl she was! I was thrown off a bit because I really thought it would be a boy and had been calling her Mason in my mind for months now and now she was nameless. But she was Beautiful and Amazing.
They put her right on my chest and I got to hold her and nurse her for a long time before they even washed her off which for me was really neat. Then they took her and weighed her 8lbs 4.8oz. then Justice followed them to the nursery to do all the rest of that stuff. I had the nurse take out the epidural and rip the tape of my entire back.
This was right before I started pushing and then after she came out notice a difference :)
I got quite a few compliments on my placenta
She has the cutest lil chubby legs
Then they took me to my room around 12 and I finally got to rest, for an hour or two until they brought her to me to nurse. Then I just held her all night long.
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