May 27, 2009

CAILIN FRANCES HERGENRADER

BORN MAY 21, 2009 at 7:38 pm

8 lbs 7 oz 20 inches long

She is absolutely the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life. She is healthy. Had a bit of jaundice, but it is working its wayout of her now that she is getting breast milk...finally. She ended up losing 10% of her birth weigh in a matter of a couple of days, but she is now gaining it back.

I had to have a c-section because my labor wasn't progressing and the doctor didn't feel comfortable with it. Getting that news devastated me. Of course, I wanted to do whatever needed to be done to keep Cailin safe, but a c-section was just never an option for me. I won't go on too much about it, but I'm still having a tough time with it. Luckily I have a beautiful baby to cuddle and love to get me through it.

Nick has been fabulous. He's taking care of me and Cailin whenever I can't. I think he may be more enamored with her than I am, which I didn't think could happen. He had a tough time watching me go through the surgery. He hates seeing me in pain, plus he knew how upset it made me. But he has been so great. He's a great dad and is so stinking proud of his little girl that I didn't complain when he went and bought 25 "It's a Girl" cigars...at $2 a pop! If you had seen how he disappointed he was when we found out we were having a girl and not a boy, you wouldn't have complained either :). I've just never seen such a proud daddy.

April 30, 2009

Hopefully this works...it took me 15 minutes to get her to move around. Well, she would move around until I hit record. I can't tell you how many 15 second videos got deleted because she has a 6th sense about camera...quite annoying. I hope that changes since her aunt Darbi is a photographer. http://www.darbig.com/

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April 13, 2009

34 WEEKS!!

Our baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. She urinates nearly a pint a day. In fact, the urine, along with sweat and other fluids from the baby, help to make up the amniotic fluid. This amazing amniotic fluid completely replenishes itself every three hours!

My sister found an amusing website: http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/. On this site is a quote for week 34 that pretty much sums up my life right now....
"It's a good thing there is a Starbucks every two blocks because that's how often I need to pee."

I went through an entire double roll of t.p. yesterday...BY MYSELF!!!

This website also gives this info on the baby:

Our baby kind of looks like she's coated in a layer of cream cheese these days. The thick, white substance that protects her skin from pruning in the amniotic fluid is called vernix. When she's born you'll probably see some vernix lingering in her "hard-to-reach" places like under her arms, behind her ears and around her va-jay-jay, if she's a she.. Other news from the womb this week:The soft fur, lanugo, that covered your baby's body for much of her stay in the womb is now almost completely gone. Our baby begins to develop her own immune system, instead of relying solely on antibodies received through the placenta. This will come in handy when some grubby relative manhandles the baby without washing his hands first.This week, our baby measures about 17¾ inches, as almost as long as an American Girl Doll (!) and weighs almost 5 pounds, as heavy as a bag of sugar, minus the cup you put in your decaf this morning.

6 weeks to go!

April 2, 2009

I don't have much to post today. My internet is still not working so I have to sneak this in at work. Shhhhh. Don't tell.

Things are going fairly well. After having 3 really good nights of sleep last week, I am back to waking up every hour or 2. Last night I woke up and my right side of my belly hurt so bad. I could tell that's where she'd been for awhile. When I started walking towards the bathroom I almost fell because the pain in my belly hurt so bad I couldn't put weight on my right leg! I had to walk along the wall. I bet that would have been funny to see.

Baby Hergie's been moving quite a bit. She moved all day yesterday and nothing hurt...until I got home. She must have grown some muscles between 4:30 and 5:30 yesterday! All of a sudden all her movements started hurting me. And it lasted 4 hours! And today has been about the same. Little stinker. I think her goal is to push my belly button out.

My last doctor appt went well. Baby's heartbeat is in the 140's. I'm not measuring right on, but it's close.

Next week I'll hopefully get to post pics from the nursery that is finally done. But not until next week because I want my mom to see it in person first.