Gabriella Leigh is here!

WOW it's been awhile since I've updated everyone!

As the title says...Gabriella Leigh is here!

I came to the hospital Wednesday morning @ 6:30 am to be induced. Adam is leaving for South Carolina tomorrow (Saturday) to take care of some family business with his Dad. I talked to the Dr. a few weeks ago and asked to be induced before Adam leaves, IF Gabby didn't make an appearance on her own by then. He scheduled me for May 20th.

I got to the hospital @ 6:30 am and was hooked up to the pitocin IV by 7:30 am. My nurses were AWESOME the entire time I was in L&D. They made sure I knew that I had a script for pain meds from my Dr just in case I needed them. I went almost all day w/ no meds, the contractions were managable. As the day progressed so did the contractions. I finally asked for my pain meds and they were great! LOL

Once the first round of pain meds wore off I asked for some more. They told me the 2nd round wasn't going to be as effective as the first and boy were they right! When the contractions were getting to the point that I couldn't take them much more, my nurse decided she would check my cervix. I was dialated to 3 1/2 so she called and got the epidural ordered. Once I got that and wasn't in anymore pain Adam asked the nurse how long it would be for me to be ready to deliver. She said it could be Noon the next day!!! I was not happy about that! LOL He decided he was going to go ahead and go to work and try to rush through it.

He left and the nurse came back in and decided to check me again. I was already dialated to a 6 or 7 (her words), so I called Adam and told him he should probably come back to the hospital. When he got back (in about 10 min LOL) the nurse came back in and said she checked and I was @ a 7. We sat here for about 20 minutes when I started to feel a LOT of pressure. At first I didn't really say anything, but then it got so bad I HAD to tell the nurse. She decided to check me again and I was @ a 10 and she could feel Gabby's head so she went and got the Dr and everyone else.

I pushed 3 times and Gabby arrived at 1:41 AM weighing in at 7 lbs 6 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She is absolutely PERFECT!!!

I never imagined myself with another baby, but now I couldn't imagine my life w/o Gabby and she's less than 48 hours old!

Tommy and Faythe (Adam's daughter) have met Gabby, unfortunately Lexie hasn't yet. She is coming home this weekend (tonight hopefully) so she will get to meet her baby sister soon enough.

Going to put some pictures in and end this post. Just wanted to let everyone know that things went very well and that Gabby is perfect! :-)

Been Awhile.....

I haven't updated in quite awhile and I've had aLOT on my mind lately. Just some stuff, nothing major.

I went to the Dr. a week ago and lost another 4 lbs! I was just shocked! I don't really do anything that would cause me to lose weight! The Dr. asked if I had any other children at home and I told her I had a 12 year old so it wasn't like I had a toddler I was chasing around. Well I was also told they are trying to get ahold of my OBGYN, because I go to the Health Clinic for now, because the Ultrasound showed that the baby is measuring small. They are trying to see if he is going to want another Ultrasound towards the end of this pregnancy. Hopefully it's just a small baby! I never had anything like this with the other 2, so I'm kinda a little freaked out.

I'm sitting here right now watching The Biggest Loser, which I am SO! addicted to! LOL I don't watch a lot of reality shows but I never miss this one. Adam is at his classes for the fire station, and Tommy is in the shower. Gives me a few minutes to post a blog. I don't even know if anyone reads this.

Some of the things I've been doing a lot of thinking about is Tommy! I'm so ready for him to stop acting like a 6 year old! He is going to be 13 in July and there's times I think he acts like he's still a little kid. I guess I don't really know how to explain what it's like. He's in middle school, isn't he supposed to start getting more responsible? Isn't he supposed to stop playing with toys? I guess I never really was around boys growing up since I had 2 sisters, so I'm not entirely sure how 13 year old boys really act when they aren't showing off. LOL

Ok well I guess that's all I really have to blog about right now. I hope everyone is Happy & Healthy! :-)

Chrissy

Ultrasound / Post January 7, 2009

Went and had my Ultrasound yesterday. (January 6, 2009) They did the 4-D, and I can tell you those are just AMAZING!!!!!

There's just a few of the pictures. They are thinking it's a girl but she was breach and it was hard to tell so Adam is STILL hoping for his boy! The ultrasound tech said if we do buy anything pink to keep the receipts just in case.

Well there's a lot going thru my head right now that I really don't feel like blogging about right now so I'm going to end it w/ this!

Hope everyone is happy & Healthy! :)

Chrissy & Family

Do you ever wonder... January 5, 2009

if things are really going the way they should be? Sometimes I think things are wonderful between Adam and I, and then other times I feel like he is just "settling" for me because I am pregnant. Sometimes I feel like my depression is taking over again and other times I try really really hard to fight it. I don't think I am winning, but I can't, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, figure out why I'm so depressed. Adam does everything in the world for me! Yeah we have our problems but WHAT relationship doesn't? What relationship is perfect? I'm sure there are plenty of things about me that just drive Adam absolutely insane, and there are some things about him that drive me NUTS, but to be very honest with myself, I love him! Quirks and all. Yeah I know from past experiences that life will go on without him...BUT I DO NOT want to go on without him!

I understand him and Tommy have their differences and a lot of the problems with them 2 is me. I baby Tommy way too much. I'm used to being the only CONSTANT adult in Tommy's life for 12 (almost 13) years, so it's hard for me to let go - even just a little bit - and accept help from someone else.

I guess there's just a lot going on in my head right now, and I'm not real sure how to express some of it. I don't know how to verbalize alot of it, so I guess this is the end of this blog until I get some of my thoughts straightened out.

I just wish sometimes that I could make sense of some of the stuff going thru my brain. I really hate that my doctors took me off all my meds because I'm pregnant. I've talked to alot of women who have been on meds and pregnant and there were no negative side effects. At my next Dr's appointment I'm going to ask them about putting me back on something, because I am SICK of feeling like this all the time!

Here is a current picture of my belly! I'm 20 weeks now. HALF WAY THROUGH! WHOO HOO!!!!!