So at about three in the morning I woke up in a ton of pain. It felt like it was all in my back and muscle spasms. So after trying to make it better myself I woke up my husband. I asked him to get me some bread because I had taken some medicine. He went downstairs and then climbed back into bed. I tried to deal with it some more and then ended up waking him up again. He gave me a blessing and was rubbing my back. It was so sweet. The baby girl woke up and he was taking care of her. I took a hot shower trying to make it better and laid on a heating pad. As my back started to feel a little better I realized the pain was actually on my right side. Miserable!
As things continued on I was crying, doubled over and throwing up. I was actually in more pain then I had been with Labor......CRAZY!!!
So Kev got Jana in her car seat adn we headed to the hospital.
We got there and as soon as they saw were I was holding my side and asked me a few questions they told me they thought it was my gallbladder but wanted to run some test. The ultrasound tech didn't get there until 7am. But luckily they gave me some pain medication, after sticking me several times in order to get a vein that would give them blood and get an IV in me.
The Ultrasound came back and I have gall stones. Apparently this is really common with pregnancy.... who would have known. So the only treatment is to have your gallbladder taken out. I kind of just wanted to do it that day. But the doctor wanted to give me time to pump so that we could still feed Jana while I have surgery. So we go in for a consult on Monday afternoon and then will probably have surgery the 5th or 6th of July after we get back from Canada.
They sent me home with some pain medication and told me there is a chance I won't have another attack before it is taken out. That is what we are hoping for. Now Kevin and I are just really tired. I am ready to head to bed soon. My husband was great today and I was very grateful he was home last night and not at work.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The rest of the week
Saturday
Saturday June 18th was our 1 year anniversay. My cute husband looked at me and asked if I thought we could make it another year. I looked at him and said, "Really? I am planning on a lot more then just one more year." He just laughed at me. We didn't do anything really to celebrate because we just had a baby. Kevin went and helped my sister move in the morning. Then I went and visited with some friends. While there I decided to cut my hair. It is now shoulder length. I hadn't planned to cut my hair and so when I woke Kev up I told him thank you for my present. :) He just smiled. Luckily he likes it.
Sunday
Of course it was Father's Day. So we were able to have Danniqa with us which is always wonderful. Also my nephew Asher was blessed. That was fun because we got to see everyone. We had lunch and visited at Jennie's parents home. Danniqa and the boys were off playing I barely saw them. When I told her it was time to go she said "Why?" I almost did the classic, "Because I said so." but I refrained. We did end up leaving, going to Kevin's parents house and then heading home. It was a really good day. Though my sweet husband ended up only getting 3 hours of sleep and that wasn't all together.
Baby Girl update
Some days she is sleeping better. Other nights not so much. She is still eating about everything 3 hours sometimes we go 4 hours at night. If she gets up and eats and goes right back to sleep I am fine. The nights that she wakes up, eats and then stays up for an hour and a half are a lot harder. But we are figuring it out.
She is so cute and fun. We just sit and look at her and I love just talking to her when she is awake...unless it is in the middle of the night.
She looks like she is starting to fill out a little, though she is still wearing the newborn clothes. 0-3 month is HUGE on her. Danniqa still loves just sitting and holding her and picking out her clothes. Kevin is thinking that she looks more like me. I don't know what I think but I think she is cute!
Miss Jana Grace is eating well and we continue to try and figure everything out.
Saturday June 18th was our 1 year anniversay. My cute husband looked at me and asked if I thought we could make it another year. I looked at him and said, "Really? I am planning on a lot more then just one more year." He just laughed at me. We didn't do anything really to celebrate because we just had a baby. Kevin went and helped my sister move in the morning. Then I went and visited with some friends. While there I decided to cut my hair. It is now shoulder length. I hadn't planned to cut my hair and so when I woke Kev up I told him thank you for my present. :) He just smiled. Luckily he likes it.
Sunday
Of course it was Father's Day. So we were able to have Danniqa with us which is always wonderful. Also my nephew Asher was blessed. That was fun because we got to see everyone. We had lunch and visited at Jennie's parents home. Danniqa and the boys were off playing I barely saw them. When I told her it was time to go she said "Why?" I almost did the classic, "Because I said so." but I refrained. We did end up leaving, going to Kevin's parents house and then heading home. It was a really good day. Though my sweet husband ended up only getting 3 hours of sleep and that wasn't all together.
Baby Girl update
Some days she is sleeping better. Other nights not so much. She is still eating about everything 3 hours sometimes we go 4 hours at night. If she gets up and eats and goes right back to sleep I am fine. The nights that she wakes up, eats and then stays up for an hour and a half are a lot harder. But we are figuring it out.
She is so cute and fun. We just sit and look at her and I love just talking to her when she is awake...unless it is in the middle of the night.
She looks like she is starting to fill out a little, though she is still wearing the newborn clothes. 0-3 month is HUGE on her. Danniqa still loves just sitting and holding her and picking out her clothes. Kevin is thinking that she looks more like me. I don't know what I think but I think she is cute!
Miss Jana Grace is eating well and we continue to try and figure everything out.
Cousins
On Friday the 17th Kevin, Danniqa, Jana and I headed down to Dad's house and met Jennie and the boys there. Here is a picture of Asher and Jana. Asher is 8 days older then Jana. I think they are pretty cute. Also they have matching blankets, Vicki gave them to us.
Danniqa is only 5 months older than Dashiel and they play great together. Jennie says she loves it because Dashiel gets some of his own medicine. Dashiel is in charge of all the play when he is home. He is not when Danniqa is around. For example, I went downstairs to check on them and they had been watching a movie. I asked them if they were done watching it and Danniqa just looks at me. Dashiel then says that he still wanted to watch it but Danni had turned it off. Then he pointed to the top of a book shelf and says, She put the remote up there so I couldn't get it. Jennie laughed. I let Danniqa know that he could watch it if he wanted and turned it back on.
The babies with Papa. He was enjoying himself having all the kids around.
Jennie and her boys!
Danniqa is only 5 months older than Dashiel and they play great together. Jennie says she loves it because Dashiel gets some of his own medicine. Dashiel is in charge of all the play when he is home. He is not when Danniqa is around. For example, I went downstairs to check on them and they had been watching a movie. I asked them if they were done watching it and Danniqa just looks at me. Dashiel then says that he still wanted to watch it but Danni had turned it off. Then he pointed to the top of a book shelf and says, She put the remote up there so I couldn't get it. Jennie laughed. I let Danniqa know that he could watch it if he wanted and turned it back on.
The babies with Papa. He was enjoying himself having all the kids around.
Jennie and her boys!
Play time
For those of you in Utah and haven't heard of kidsbowlfree.com check it out. Kids can get 2 free games a day from May thru August. You just have to pay for shoes, and you can get up to four adults for $25 for the same stuff. So we signed up. Kev took Danniqa bowling last Wednesday. I stayed home with the baby and relaxed and blogged. Danniqa of course won and had a great time.
On Thursday Danniqa had her best friend Bridget over to play. Our neighbor has a small swimming pool that was out on the lawn and the girls had fun playing. They also played Barbies and went and got shaved ice.
We love this picture because it looks like Danniqa is spraying her right in the face....but she wasn't.
Best Buddies!
We love having Danniqa more days and we are enjoying the summer time to play!
On Thursday Danniqa had her best friend Bridget over to play. Our neighbor has a small swimming pool that was out on the lawn and the girls had fun playing. They also played Barbies and went and got shaved ice.
We love this picture because it looks like Danniqa is spraying her right in the face....but she wasn't.
Best Buddies!
We love having Danniqa more days and we are enjoying the summer time to play!Wednesday, June 15, 2011
check up
I was able to leave the hospital earlier then they like but I had to have Jana in for a check up 2 days later. At birth on June 4th she was 7 lbs 1 oz. On Tuesday June 7th she was 6 lbs 10 oz. Today we met our Pediatrician. He is the same one Zach & Meredith use and Sausha & Jack use. After only one meeting I love him! He is great. Baby Jana was back up to her birth weight today, June 15th, at 7 lbs 1 oz. Dr. Ralston said she looked great and that I seemed to be doing well also. He answered my questions and didn't make me feel dumb which was great. Overall it was a wonderful experience and Miss Jana is healthy as can be!
A Visit
Miss Jana and I went to visit my best friend Melissa from High School. And she has a baby girl that was born 3 months before Jana. Eden is Melissa's fourth baby. And oh my is she adorable! She has rolls upon rolls that you just want to squeeze and kiss. Here our a couple of pictures. It was a completely enjoyable time and I hope our girlies will end up great friends. Her older daughter is also about the same age as Danniqa. I just didn't have Danniqa with me.
some pictures
Jana's first story time with her big sister. Danniqa loves to read and wanted to read her a book. Grandma was over and held the book for her.
Okay, look at these toes. They are so long. She curls them under like a monkey but spreads them out and shows the big fife family gap. Sausha has the same toes, and can pinch you with her toes or pick things up. Apparently Esther and Atticus also have them.
Not the first time in the carseat because I forgot to take a picture. But the 2nd time. Isn't she just so dang cute!
First bath. She wasn't so sure about it. She liked it when the water was actually on her.
First time in the swing. Mom wanted to shower, it worked great!
Okay, look at these toes. They are so long. She curls them under like a monkey but spreads them out and shows the big fife family gap. Sausha has the same toes, and can pinch you with her toes or pick things up. Apparently Esther and Atticus also have them. 
Not the first time in the carseat because I forgot to take a picture. But the 2nd time. Isn't she just so dang cute!
First bath. She wasn't so sure about it. She liked it when the water was actually on her.
First time in the swing. Mom wanted to shower, it worked great!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Story
This is some what long and rambling. So I understand if you don't want to read it. It is all the details of Miss Jana Grace coming into the world.
So I decided I should get this typed out before much longer otherwise I might forget things.
We went to my doctor's appointment on June 3 at 9am. I met with my doctor and then started all my testing. I was dilated to a 1+ and was 30%. Then they hooked me up to the nonstress test and Miss Jana's heart rate dropped a couple of times. Before I had been hooked up Dr. Laine was going to have me go up to the hospital at 8pm that night. After the NST she decided that she wanted me to go straight up to the hospital. However, she called up to LDS and they just couldn't take me then. So they were going to call me when it was time for me to come up. So I should just go home and get ready.
At 3:45 I got a phone call and they told me to head up to the hospital. And away we went. For those of you who remember I had been preparing to do the birth natural and had done hypnobirthing. So I made sure I had my music and relaxation stuff with me.
We got there and because missy's heartbeat had been dropping I had to be hooked up to monitors. Which also made me tied to the bed. Not the best for hypnobirthing. They started me on medication to soften my cervix. Also I got to be on IV's because I was Strep B positive. About 6:30pm on Friday I really had to go to the bathroom. So I paged the nurse so she could help me unhook from everything. She got me unhooked and I stood up to go to the bathroom and was completely surprised. I was peeing....or that i all I could figure out. I had never just stood up and peed, and I wasn't. My water had just broken. My nurse informed me that my water had just broken and I felt much better because I hadn't peed on the floor.
So they decided not to give me any more medication to soften my cervix but to see if where I was at and if my body would progress on its own. So at that point I was at a 3 and 80%. They hooked me back up to the monitors. They said my contractions where moderate and I laid in my bed and did relaxation stuff. I was even able to fall asleep for a while. At 11pm my body hadn't progressed further. They called my doctor and talked to her. She said give it until 1am and if it hadn't progressed to start me on pitocin. 1am came and nothing had happened and so the fun began.
The pitocin made my contractions sooooo much worse I was not having a great time. It was also hard because a lot of the techniques like the birth ball, bathing, and other things were not really available because every time I moved around we would lose her heartbeat on the monitor. So I really had to stay still. About 4am the contractions were just nightmarish and with the pitocin no break in between. I began throwing up and was just miserable. Kevin asked me if I wanted an epidural a couple of times and I had said no. But after throwing up a couple of times I said "I don't know!" Kevin looked at me and said "Well you didn't say no, so I am going to go get the nurse." When the nurse came in she wanted to talk about what I wanted to do. I asked her to check me to see if I had progressed at all. I hadn't! By this time 4 hours of this and no progress! AHHH! I felt like if I had progressed I could have kept going but with no progression I felt there was no way I could keep doing this. So I caved an got an epidural. There were done giving me the epidural about 5:30am on Saturday. By 6am I had progressed from a 3 to a 6 and was 100%.
With the epidural I was shaking uncontrollable for a while. I was a little concerned about this but the nurse said it was normal. I was laying on my side and was drifting off to sleep at one point and the convulsions started. Unfortunately my hands were by my face and I smacked myself in the face. I started laughing and then had to share with Kev what I had done. I was able to fall asleep at this point for about an hour and a half. When I woke up I realized I hadn't moved at all and could no longer roll over because I could not move my lower leg. The nurse had to come roll me. It was kind of funny.
So then the time goes by. My doctor had called to find out how I was doing and was going to go over to the other hospital for rounds first. Which was fine because we were just hanging out. At about 8:00 I told the nurse that I was feeling a lot of pressure. I didn't know what that meant but it felt like something was going on, I told her. She said my doctor would be there soon so she didn't want to check me she would wait for the doctor. At about 8:30 I told the nurse again, I am feeling a ton of pressure. She decided to go ahead and check me and she told me I was complete. She would try and find out where the doctor was. For the next while the pressure started happening more often and not only was I feeling pressure but stretching. I let the nurse know this. I told her I felt like the baby was ready to come, but I had never done this before so I could be wrong. She went to check and see what was going on with the doctor.
When Dr. Laine got there she talked to me for a minute and then said let me check on this baby. She lifted my leg and said "Oh there is a head, we are going to have this baby." I looked at them and said, "I told you there was pressure and stretching." They let me know that a lot of people say that and there isn't much happening.
So we had a baby. I pushed three times and the little girl was out. Kev was funny and said "She is purple and blue." The doctor said, don't say that! Then I told Kev to come touch her and he replied that she was still covered in gross stuff or something. She was up on my chest skin to skin. We didn't cut the umbilical cord until after it stopped pulsating. Kev cut it.
Then they took her and weighed her and wiped her off a little. Then I had her back. She is just perfect and we are so excited to have her.
Dr. Laine was then looking at the placenta. She told us that the umbilical cord was attached to the wrong place in the placenta. That it was attached to the membranes instead of the side of the placenta. That we were lucky because the connection could have ruptured at any time and that this was probably why her fluid had been low.
My recovery has been good. The delivery was pretty easy. Dr. Laine told me that it was not normal how easy it was. That if I wanted to do it natural next time I would probably be able to easily. Overall everything has gone well since this cute little girl was born.
We stayed in the hospital until Sunday and then they let us come home. I asked if I could instead of staying another day.
As a side note when Sausha came we found out that Jana and Esther were both delivered in the same room and we were in the same recovery room.
So I decided I should get this typed out before much longer otherwise I might forget things.
We went to my doctor's appointment on June 3 at 9am. I met with my doctor and then started all my testing. I was dilated to a 1+ and was 30%. Then they hooked me up to the nonstress test and Miss Jana's heart rate dropped a couple of times. Before I had been hooked up Dr. Laine was going to have me go up to the hospital at 8pm that night. After the NST she decided that she wanted me to go straight up to the hospital. However, she called up to LDS and they just couldn't take me then. So they were going to call me when it was time for me to come up. So I should just go home and get ready.
At 3:45 I got a phone call and they told me to head up to the hospital. And away we went. For those of you who remember I had been preparing to do the birth natural and had done hypnobirthing. So I made sure I had my music and relaxation stuff with me.
We got there and because missy's heartbeat had been dropping I had to be hooked up to monitors. Which also made me tied to the bed. Not the best for hypnobirthing. They started me on medication to soften my cervix. Also I got to be on IV's because I was Strep B positive. About 6:30pm on Friday I really had to go to the bathroom. So I paged the nurse so she could help me unhook from everything. She got me unhooked and I stood up to go to the bathroom and was completely surprised. I was peeing....or that i all I could figure out. I had never just stood up and peed, and I wasn't. My water had just broken. My nurse informed me that my water had just broken and I felt much better because I hadn't peed on the floor.
So they decided not to give me any more medication to soften my cervix but to see if where I was at and if my body would progress on its own. So at that point I was at a 3 and 80%. They hooked me back up to the monitors. They said my contractions where moderate and I laid in my bed and did relaxation stuff. I was even able to fall asleep for a while. At 11pm my body hadn't progressed further. They called my doctor and talked to her. She said give it until 1am and if it hadn't progressed to start me on pitocin. 1am came and nothing had happened and so the fun began.
The pitocin made my contractions sooooo much worse I was not having a great time. It was also hard because a lot of the techniques like the birth ball, bathing, and other things were not really available because every time I moved around we would lose her heartbeat on the monitor. So I really had to stay still. About 4am the contractions were just nightmarish and with the pitocin no break in between. I began throwing up and was just miserable. Kevin asked me if I wanted an epidural a couple of times and I had said no. But after throwing up a couple of times I said "I don't know!" Kevin looked at me and said "Well you didn't say no, so I am going to go get the nurse." When the nurse came in she wanted to talk about what I wanted to do. I asked her to check me to see if I had progressed at all. I hadn't! By this time 4 hours of this and no progress! AHHH! I felt like if I had progressed I could have kept going but with no progression I felt there was no way I could keep doing this. So I caved an got an epidural. There were done giving me the epidural about 5:30am on Saturday. By 6am I had progressed from a 3 to a 6 and was 100%.
With the epidural I was shaking uncontrollable for a while. I was a little concerned about this but the nurse said it was normal. I was laying on my side and was drifting off to sleep at one point and the convulsions started. Unfortunately my hands were by my face and I smacked myself in the face. I started laughing and then had to share with Kev what I had done. I was able to fall asleep at this point for about an hour and a half. When I woke up I realized I hadn't moved at all and could no longer roll over because I could not move my lower leg. The nurse had to come roll me. It was kind of funny.
So then the time goes by. My doctor had called to find out how I was doing and was going to go over to the other hospital for rounds first. Which was fine because we were just hanging out. At about 8:00 I told the nurse that I was feeling a lot of pressure. I didn't know what that meant but it felt like something was going on, I told her. She said my doctor would be there soon so she didn't want to check me she would wait for the doctor. At about 8:30 I told the nurse again, I am feeling a ton of pressure. She decided to go ahead and check me and she told me I was complete. She would try and find out where the doctor was. For the next while the pressure started happening more often and not only was I feeling pressure but stretching. I let the nurse know this. I told her I felt like the baby was ready to come, but I had never done this before so I could be wrong. She went to check and see what was going on with the doctor.
When Dr. Laine got there she talked to me for a minute and then said let me check on this baby. She lifted my leg and said "Oh there is a head, we are going to have this baby." I looked at them and said, "I told you there was pressure and stretching." They let me know that a lot of people say that and there isn't much happening.
So we had a baby. I pushed three times and the little girl was out. Kev was funny and said "She is purple and blue." The doctor said, don't say that! Then I told Kev to come touch her and he replied that she was still covered in gross stuff or something. She was up on my chest skin to skin. We didn't cut the umbilical cord until after it stopped pulsating. Kev cut it.
Then they took her and weighed her and wiped her off a little. Then I had her back. She is just perfect and we are so excited to have her.
Dr. Laine was then looking at the placenta. She told us that the umbilical cord was attached to the wrong place in the placenta. That it was attached to the membranes instead of the side of the placenta. That we were lucky because the connection could have ruptured at any time and that this was probably why her fluid had been low.
My recovery has been good. The delivery was pretty easy. Dr. Laine told me that it was not normal how easy it was. That if I wanted to do it natural next time I would probably be able to easily. Overall everything has gone well since this cute little girl was born.
We stayed in the hospital until Sunday and then they let us come home. I asked if I could instead of staying another day.
As a side note when Sausha came we found out that Jana and Esther were both delivered in the same room and we were in the same recovery room.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Jana Grace Newborn pictures
Photo Shoot June 10, 2011
So through several hours, getting pooped on, peed on and a little girl that kept waking up. My friend Heather and I finally got smart. We put the space heater right by us and she finally slept so we could get some. Here are some of the pictures of our sweet little girl. (these haven't been edited at all yet....)
So through several hours, getting pooped on, peed on and a little girl that kept waking up. My friend Heather and I finally got smart. We put the space heater right by us and she finally slept so we could get some. Here are some of the pictures of our sweet little girl. (these haven't been edited at all yet....)
Danniqa is 6!
Photo Shoot June 10, 2011
My friend Heather came over yesterday and did pictures for me. Danniqa had her 6th birthday and so we needed to get pictures of her. Here are some of them. There are a lot more. She did such a good job but I just can't get over how old Danni is getting and how big she looks in these. I love this little girl and am so lucky to have her in my life!
Thanksgiving point
Dinosaur Museum June 8, 2011
Danniqa got all A's on her report card again. So she got to choose a reward. She wanted to go to the Dinosaur museum but she wanted to wait until Grandma Taylor was here. So Dad, Grandma, Sissy and her headed down to the museum. 
More Birthday
Birthday Breakfast for Miss Danniqa.
Danniqa's birthday is June 5. We were still in the hospital for that and it was her mom's year to have her on her birthday and then on the 6th there was a funeral that she needed to go to. So on June 7th we got to do our traditional birthday breakfast. And Grandma Taylor was in town. So we went to IHOP.
All Danniqa wanted to do was to hold her new little sister. I had to take her from her so that she would actually eat some food. But then she wanted her right back.
She got some birthday presents but her favorite was this doll that Jana got for her. But even more then take I think her favorite present was her baby sister. It is so fun to see her with her.
Flips performance
June 6, 2011
Danniqa had her end of year performance for gymnastics. I didn't go as I had just gotten home from the hospital the day before. But Kevin is getting much better at taking pictures. Here are a couple of pictures of her. She is getting to move up to the next level which is Little Flippers.
Danniqa had her end of year performance for gymnastics. I didn't go as I had just gotten home from the hospital the day before. But Kevin is getting much better at taking pictures. Here are a couple of pictures of her. She is getting to move up to the next level which is Little Flippers.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
She is here
Here are some pictures. She is a cutie and we have had a great day. I will write more on another day because I have had no sleep and am really tired.
She has lots of hair!
Born 6/4/11 at 9:46am
7lbs 1 oz
20 1/2 inches
She has lots of hair!
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