Thanksgiving + constipation=FAIL

Thanksgiving was a disaster! S was constipated and had been for 2 days. She screamed bloody murder the entire time we were at Chris's grandma's house for dinner. I literally scarfed down some food while his aunt held her and then hauled it back to Chris's parents house to help calm her down while everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving by eating and drinking outside with no baby screaming in their ear...it was lovely.

I ended up giving her some Karo syrup in water, but that didnt work. The next day I called the dr, who told me to give her a suppository and we finally had poop!! Thank GOD! I had to do it again the next day and then she was still having issues, so I gave her some milk of magnesia. She seems to be regular now, but let me tell you that a miserable baby makes mommy 3 times more miserable =/....

Now that we are over that, she is a happy happy baby. She is smiling more, laughing more and just getting cuter by the second! We are still working on rolling over. Last night she moved alot in her crib, so I think we are getting close! She will be 2 months next week!! I cant believe how fast she is growing!! She will be 16 before I know it!! YIKES!

1 Month...oh my!

I can't believe Savannah is already 1 month old! Holy crap, time flies! We went to her 1 month checkup on Wednesday and she weighs 9lbs 10oz and is 22 inches long! She is a growing girl! She has already grown out of 2 pairs of jammmies and 2 outfits =(. I have a feeling I will miss her being this little!!

We hit several milestones this week! She started "talking" this week! When we play on her playmat, she talks the whole time! She loves it! She also started sleeping through the night this week! I thought the first night was a fluke, but she has done it 3 nights in a row now! We will likely start putting her in her crib in the next few weeks. She can now sit in her Bumbo seat and hold her head up for the most part! She is such a strong girl! Mommy is so proud! It's amazing how fast they grow....this will probably be hard for mommy and daddy to accept!

Here are a few pics =).

Happy Halloween!!

Today is Savannah's 3 week birthday and Halloween! Her first Halloween has been spent sleeping, eating and pooping...wait...that is everyday =). Oh well, next year will be SO FUN! She did wear her strawberry costume all day without incident (a miracle!).

All is well here. We go to the dr tomorrow for a weight check and if she is past her birth weight, we can quit that icky formula!! Of course, I will have to ween her since she is used to being topped off after every breast feeding. I still dont have much of a milk supply, but it is getting better and I am doing several things to help.

Other than that, things are pretty much the same here...eat, sleep, poop and play. Life is good =). Savannah is a good baby at the moment...let's hope she stays that way!!

Birth Story

Well, Savannah will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and I finally have time to sit down and write this out...well, hopefully =)
My mom flew in on Tuesday, October 5th thinking that FOR SURE I would have delivered by then...nope. I worked from home the rest of the week and my poor mom sat at my house and cleaned, cooked, read the entire time....just waiting. Saturday evening, my friend, Jo Ann came over claiming that she could help induce labor. I was skeptical, but desperate, so I did everything she said. She made me some tea made with Cumin and I drank 3 cups of it while she gave me a belly massage to move the baby down. She left the house around 9pm and I went to bed. Around 2am, I woke up with some pretty strong braxton hicks and they continued and got stronger as the night went on. Around 6am, I got up and Chris and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was a REALLY slow walk and I had to stop every few minutes to breathe through my contractions. When we got back home, I ate some cheerios and sat on my birthing ball for a good hour. My contractions were about 4-5 min apart at this point, but not too painful. At 9am, I decided to lay back in bed because I was getting way too uncomfortable and about 15 min later, my water broke! I actually heard it and felt it pop in my belly!! It was SO WEIRD! Chris and I got to the hospital around 9.30 and once I was hooked up to the fetal monitor, my contractions were 1-2 min apart and REALLY strong. I never got a break to recover in between contractions, so my Dr. (who was on call that weekend!!!!) let me get an epidural even though I was only dilated to a 2. THANK GOD I did...wow...I felt a million times better and Chris and I were able to relax, watch some football and talk for the rest of the day. I progressed about 1cm/hour and by the time I was at a 5 I was put on oxygen and taken off of the pitocin because baby's heartrate would dip after every contraction. The oxygen seemed to help and since the pitocin was actually SLOWING down my contractions, I went from 5cm to 7cm in 30 min and then to 9cm 45 min later! I stayed at 9cm for another hour or so and baby's heartrate was dipping again =(. My Dr. came in around 8pm and we talked about our options. She said I could start pushing, but that baby was still really high and she was afraid that I would be pushing for a few hours with no progress. We decided that we didn't want to put any more stress on baby and went in for a c-section.
The c-section was scary, I wont lie. I felt like someone was sitting on my chest the whole time and I couldn't breathe. I felt like it took 5 hours, but Chris swears it was more like 5 minutes. Regardless, Savannah came out at 8.41pm and was absoultely beautiful!! I didn't get to hold her, but Chris did and he got to go with her to the transitional nursery. Recovering from a c-section with a newborn should be illegal. It's pure torture, but all worth it. Although her birth didn't go as planned, I am happy with how things went and wouldn't change a thing. I LOVE her and can't imagine our lives without her.

Savannah Sue Sabin has arrived!!!!!!

She was born on 10.10.10 at 8.41pm weighing in at 8lbs 12oz and 20in long!! She is absolutely beautiful and looks EXACTLY like her daddy!!

Progression of the belly

Waiting....

Now that all of our showers/shopping sprees/prep work is done, we are just in waiting mode! Baby S seems to be very content in there as I am still not dilated at all. We still have a little over a week until her due date, so for the time being, we are just enjoying these last few days as a child-less couple. Our lives are about to change forever and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!