Isabella Christine is Here!!!!

Will post the longer story later.

She arrived at 2:37 AM on December 12, 2007.

She weight 7 pounds 10.4 ounces and was 19 inches long.

We are both doing well. She is doing pretty good with breast feeding.

Dad went home to sleep for a few hours (wish I could go home and sleep -lol).

Will probably be in here for at least 5 days but unsure yet because my specialists have not been in to see me yet...

Pictures are below!


Jack , Amy, Isabella and Grandma Puppy (Amy's mom)

Isabella being weighed

Daddy and Isabella

Quick Pregnancy Update....

This morning was a bust.

We had the ultrasound done. She is about 7 pounds 2 ounces (YEAH!)....

My favorite doctor in the whole wide office came in (thanking the Lord for that small favor) and asked when I had my last shot. I told him this morning at 8 AM. He got a bit concerned because I could bleed and it could be bad and then end up with an emergency section. Not what either of us wanted so this is the NEW plan...

We are moving onto Plan B...

Plan A was all the stuff this morning and then the induction tomorrow - Plan B is into Labor and Delivery tomorrow morning around 8 AM. Have my PTT levels drawn STAT. If it comes back and I am not fully anti-coagulated they are then going to do the amnio. Dr. Shake is going to put a STAT order on that as well. We will hang out for a couple of hours and then if all is good - they are just going to start the induction then.

If her lungs are not developed - we are moving onto Plan C....

Plan C is to be made up as we go along!

I love this doctor! He (and the doctor he ended up replacing) are the only ones who show any respect for the other doctors in this office. He said to me, "Well we are two specialists who just don't see eye to eye on how to do an amnio and there is nothing wrong with that but I do not feel safe with what she ordered because I am doing the procedure."

Now had it been anyone else and it would have been cutting down the decision, saying that isn't how we do things, etc. I have heard it all before from them. They just don't agree with each other and when that happens; 3 out of the 4 cut down the others decisions...

Up Since 3 AM

Had to go to the bathroom at 3 AM and have been up since then.

Today at 8 AM is the official appointment to determine if I go in for induction this week or not. Please pray I am. I have everything arraigned for the boys and don't really want to have to redo it all!

Having the amnio, growth ultrasound, NST and regular OB/internal exam this morning. Not sure how long it will take.

Although as soon as I hear anything about the game plan - I will get on here and update so those of you who want to know what is going on - will know...

It is Snowing...

I look out my window right now and it is snowing. We have had a brief covering of snow once already this year but I am pretty sure this time - it is going to cover the green grass that was left outside my window.

I sent my youngest to school today in tennis shoes and with no snow-pants. What a great mom I am. Although in my defense - when he left - it was not snowing and it was supposed to rain today because it was supposed to be in the 40's. So even though I should have just known - considering the state I live in - I didn't take anything into consideration... So he is probably freezing and wet! At least he wore gloves and a hat!

Now why is it that when I do something nice for someone - it seems to come back and bite me? Not that this is really all that big of a deal but to me it is. When my friend had her baby I let her use the bassinette that was given to me. Along with that I let her have the two pink sheets and a white sheet that were given to me. Not a big deal to keep track of I would think. Yet I just got the bassinette back and it has one pink sheet and one white sheet. What happened to the other sheet? I asked and she said she swears she gave it to me. Which means she isn't really going to look for it. I know it is only a sheet but when you have zero extra dollars each month to spend on things - that extra sheet does mean something...

Also I am struggling with some jealous issues. I am not sure how to work through these but I have to figure out a way. I will get into them maybe tomorrow...

I am also struggling with the whole Christmas break thing and just dealing with Todd. It would be one of the reasons I switched the URL on my blog at this point in time.

I am tired and not ready for Isabella to be here. Yet she is going to be here in less than two weeks now... I am having daily headaches and daily exhaustion.

So please just give me grace right now!

Isabella Update...

This is all I am going to say:

I am having an amniocentesis on

December 10th

If her lungs are developed I am being induced

December 11th

Just Wanted To Share....

My girlfriend was pregnant with #4 and wasn't due until September 15th. She started having contractions though a few weeks ago. Of course her doctor said she had to get to week 36 before she would let her go and not stop it.

Yesterday while driving home from her mom's house - she was rear ended and went to the ER for her oldest because her head was hurting and her neck had snapped (the seat belt didn't lock).

Of course while there she started contracting even more and her back really started to bug her. So as they sent her up to L&D - I gathered up my youngest and headed to the hospital to pick up her 3 children.

Rebecca Grace was born at 6:30 this morning! 7 pounds 6 ounces - Mom and baby are doing well!

Going to take her children up after lunch to meet their new sister! I am excited as well...