6 am, just a little more comfortable

Good morning everyone. Well I should have listened to my coworker and enjoyed last nights sleep just a little bit more. Its been a long night, Chrissy probably doesn't remember much since she took an Ambient about 10pm.
The drugs they have been giving Chrissy to ripen her cervix have stimulated her body into going into labor by itself. I guess around 1 am Chrissy's water broke, not nearly as gross as you think its going to be, actually it was a little funny seeing it happen to a drugged up pregnant woman. Since that time though Chrissy's contractions have been increasing and getting stronger. The contractions at around 5:30 am had been running at about every 3 minutes. Chrissy decided then to get her epidural. She seems to be feeling great now, and She is sleeping a whole lot better too. Just before the epidural the measured her again Chrissy was measuring about 4 cm dilated and more effaced, I guess that's more from the 70% she was earlier. With the way things are looking they may not need to use pitocen.

There is the scoop from 6 am February 20th

Kris

In the hospital

We are at the hospital. They just gave me a sleeping pill. The doctor will be in the morning to break my water and give me poticen(spelling?) We will keep you updated. Pray for us. We will post pictures hopefully tomorrow.

Isn't technology great! Here is a picture of Chrissy writing this blog.

Bed rest

So we went to the doctor's today. Adyson passed her non stress test but made the nurse work for it. She wouldn't stay still so the nurse had to hold the monitor and move it when she moved. She is an active little girl. My blood pressure was rather high when we got there and my face was flushed. So they took my pressure again after the test and it was still high. Then they discovered that I am spilling protein into my urine, which she said that means my kidneys are working to hard. So they made my lay on my left side for awhile and took my blood pressure again, this time is was low. They want my to be on bed rest for the rest of the weekend and drinking lots of fluids. If she doesn't come naturally this weekend, then we go in on Monday at 6pm, they are going to give me antibiotics and a sleeping pill. Then my doctor will break my water and give me piotcin in the morning. So they said late evening Tuesday or early Wednesday we will have a little girl. I'm hoping for Tuesday, the sooner the better.

A snowy Indy day

Well we had a very snowy icey day today. It wasn't so bad this morning but has gotten worse over the day. My school was closed but we had a non stress test for Adyson at 9:30 so we braved the weather. She did not want to wake up for about 30 minutes and did nothing. Then they pushed around on her and put a vibration machine on my belly and she finally moved. She passed the test. They have scheduled me for another non stress test for Friday at 1 and will induce on Monday the 19th at 6pm if she is still not here. I haven't progressed at all since last week.
So Kris brought me home and went to work for a few hours. Adyson didn't move from 10:30 till 3 and I called my doctor and she sent us to the hospital for another non stress test. Once we got there Adyson woke up and did jumping jacks and that made us feel alot better. It is very unusual if she doesn't move for an hour let alone that long, but all is well. So as of right now it looks like we will have her on Tuesday the 20th if she doesn't grace us with her presence before then. We will keep you updated!

The Waiting Game

Its a nerve racking waiting game. Adyson's due date is quickly approaching, Monday the 12th, and oh the anticipation to see that little girl who we created. (With God's divine help of course) I am getting really excited, and still a little nervous. I know it will be wonderful, and God's grace is sufficient... even to get me through those long nights and early morning drives to work. Thank goodness my mom is coming to help us out the first week.

I know that Chrissy and I are not the only ones anticipating Adyson's birth. Both sides of the family can hardly wait either. Its fun to call them and say "Chrissy isn't in labor!" and listen to them. I know its probably wrong, but fun!

So here is the update for all of you.

Chrissy went to the Dr. yesterday and she measured between 1-2 cm. and about 70% effaced. So it is any time now!, still. If Adyson does come by Tuesday the 13th she will go through a non-stress test. Then if she doesn't come by the following Monday the 19th they will go ahead and induce Chrissy at 6pm. The Dr. said that only about 7% of all pregnancies go that long.

I will let you know more as it unfolds.

We love you all.

Kris

24 days left

We have 24 days left and I am getting tired a lot. We had our family/church baby shower last weekend. It was really nice. We also found out that we are having a niece. Yes Chanda and Allen are having a girl. So Adyson has a girl to play with. Tomorrow we have my work baby shower. We are looking forward to it. Kris says tomorrow is my day to do whatever I want and Sunday is his day. Mainly b/c the Colts are playing on Sunday and he wants to watch it.
We were measuring 37 weeks this week during our 36 week check-up. She is very active which I love to feel and Kris has been so excited to feel her kick. He thinks that she grew over night on Monday b/c Tuesday I was noticeably bigger when he came home. I felt like it too.
Lots of meetings at work this week, it seemed to last forever. I have washed everything that we have for Adyson, so I feel a little better. Everyone keeps asking me if I am ready and what I need. I don't know, this is my first and I don't think I will know until it happens. I think you can prepare but you don't know what you are ready for until it happens and you experience it. Make sense? I can't wait, I want to see what she looks like, and I want to see Kris as a daddy. He is the perfect husband for me and I know he is going to be a great dad. God has really blessed me with Kris.

35 weeks

This is day number 244 and we are 35 weeks pregnant! We have 36 days or 5 weeks left, and are 87.5% of the way there until her due date. But we are wondering if she is going to make it to her due date right now. At her 32 week appointment she was measuring 32 weeks. At her appointment last week for 34 weeks, she was measuring 36 weeks. She jumped up four weeks in 2. I still have only gained 10 pounds although it feels like more. I can barely bend to put my socks on anymore and my wedding rings won't even slide on anymore. I have been having a lot of pressure this week and the doctor wants me to watch how many contractions that I have, only 2-3 an hour which she said was fine.
This week is pretty exciting in our family. Johanna and Chanda both have thier ultrasounds this week. Johanna is not going to find out what the baby is on Tuesday and Chanda is going to find out on Friday. Our aunt Marsha is going to get the results of her CAT scan and MRI, hopefully it will explain why she is having so many headaches. And Sue and Chanda are throwing us a baby shower this weekend, I can't wait.