Baby Beni is on his way today, wish us luck!!
Chile, Jess, Cookie and Beni-to-be!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Saturday, August 4, 2007
4 1/2 cm dilated, 75% effaced.
Well, it looks like I'm still pregnant!! Though, not quite sure how much longer... our doctor has been telling us "and day now" for the past couple of weeks. On Thursday I was told that I am now about 4 1/2 cm dilated, whereas the week before I was 4 cm, and the week prior to that completely closed. I've been told that once I reach 5 cm that dilation may progress at the rate of 1 cm per minute until I reach 10, and at that point, here comes baby B! We're still struggling to finish a few things up as far as the house (remodeling) goes, but by the end of today we will finally be able to move back into our bedroom from the living room! Success! Beni's room is still slightly in the works (we still need to install chair-rail and crown moulding) but it's not so much of a concern at this point because he will be staying in our room for at least the first few months. We are so ecstatic for his arrival, I can hardly believe how blessed we've been so far!
Anyway, wish I could be a little more definitive on exactly when he'll arrive, but as the good ol' doc keeps saying, "any day now..."
Anyway, wish I could be a little more definitive on exactly when he'll arrive, but as the good ol' doc keeps saying, "any day now..."
Monday, July 30, 2007
Here we go again!
So... Angelo and I went for our weekly prenatal visit and we were told that I'm dilated 4 cm!! It came as a shock, because at the appointment following the initial labor scare, we were told that my cervix had successfully closed back up again... and yet a week from that point brings us to the last appointment on Friday where we were given the news about the whole 4 cm bout. Yikes!! So... he'll certainly be on his way out soon enough. We are just waiting for my water to break I suppose, or at least for the heavy contractions to kick in... but we were told this could be any day. Out doctor does not feel confident we'll reach August 22nd, though on the same note, he wasn't so sure we'd made it through the weekend either, yet here we are. :)
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Correspondence between Nicole and I.
From: Nicole
Date: Jul 21, 2007 5:58 PM
Hey Jess,
Sorry I haven't called you guys or made it down there to help. The Saturday that Chile posted the bulletin requesting help, I took a pregnancy test and to my surprise... I'm pregnant! :)
Anyway, I hope you're doing good. I got your bulletin about pediatricians... did you find one? I wish you could find one like ours. She's an MD and an all natural-alternative physician. She's against giving infants all there shots at once... she spreads them out... and she doesn't prescribe antibiotics unless necessary... she's awesome. I wonder if she has any colleagues in Melbourne?
Anyway, I hope you guys are closer to being ready for Beni... let us know if we can help!
I'll talk to you soon... tell Chile we said HI!
Love~Nik
From: Jessica Lynn
Date: Jul 21, 2007 8:28 PM
Oh my goodness, congratulations Nicole! Honestly, when I read that my jaw literally dropped and I was just floored with good spirits. We are SO happy for you both. Blessings come in all forms of surprises these days! It's a good thing after all that you held onto all the baby stuff. :)
As far as the house and "Beni-prepping" goes, we just put the laminate hardwood down in both bedrooms, and a friend of his is going to put up all the moulding tomorrow evening... so, slowly but surely everything is finally coming together (thankfully). And yes, we'd still love for Mister to help with tiling. Once we get situated with the rest of the house, we'll give you guys a call and arrange a good time for everyone.
I have a feeling Beni will be coming fairly soon now that I've been taken off the medication and given the "okay" for labor. I started having heavy contractions last night and I was very close to making a run for the hospital, but after a couple of hours it calmed down to just minor irritability. False alarm I guess. It seems I'm stuck at a cross between wanting him here so badly just so we can finally see his little face, yet knowing realistically we need just a bit more time to finish up the house and prepare. Inevitably though, it's his call. :)
At some point when things start leveling out around here, we'd love to plan a little drive to Orlando to get together. There's this little restaurant on West Colonial, Garden Cafe, that I absolutely love, but haven't gone to in several years... they have the best vegetarian food! The imitation meat is close to impossible to tell from the real thing. I don't know if that's something you would be interested in, but it's an idea?
Anyway, I'll talk to you soon and call if anything comes up with little Beni!
<3,
Jessica
Date: Jul 21, 2007 5:58 PM
Hey Jess,
Sorry I haven't called you guys or made it down there to help. The Saturday that Chile posted the bulletin requesting help, I took a pregnancy test and to my surprise... I'm pregnant! :)
Anyway, I hope you're doing good. I got your bulletin about pediatricians... did you find one? I wish you could find one like ours. She's an MD and an all natural-alternative physician. She's against giving infants all there shots at once... she spreads them out... and she doesn't prescribe antibiotics unless necessary... she's awesome. I wonder if she has any colleagues in Melbourne?
Anyway, I hope you guys are closer to being ready for Beni... let us know if we can help!
I'll talk to you soon... tell Chile we said HI!
Love~Nik
From: Jessica Lynn
Date: Jul 21, 2007 8:28 PM
Oh my goodness, congratulations Nicole! Honestly, when I read that my jaw literally dropped and I was just floored with good spirits. We are SO happy for you both. Blessings come in all forms of surprises these days! It's a good thing after all that you held onto all the baby stuff. :)
As far as the house and "Beni-prepping" goes, we just put the laminate hardwood down in both bedrooms, and a friend of his is going to put up all the moulding tomorrow evening... so, slowly but surely everything is finally coming together (thankfully). And yes, we'd still love for Mister to help with tiling. Once we get situated with the rest of the house, we'll give you guys a call and arrange a good time for everyone.
I have a feeling Beni will be coming fairly soon now that I've been taken off the medication and given the "okay" for labor. I started having heavy contractions last night and I was very close to making a run for the hospital, but after a couple of hours it calmed down to just minor irritability. False alarm I guess. It seems I'm stuck at a cross between wanting him here so badly just so we can finally see his little face, yet knowing realistically we need just a bit more time to finish up the house and prepare. Inevitably though, it's his call. :)
At some point when things start leveling out around here, we'd love to plan a little drive to Orlando to get together. There's this little restaurant on West Colonial, Garden Cafe, that I absolutely love, but haven't gone to in several years... they have the best vegetarian food! The imitation meat is close to impossible to tell from the real thing. I don't know if that's something you would be interested in, but it's an idea?
Anyway, I'll talk to you soon and call if anything comes up with little Beni!
<3,
Jessica
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Discharged, yes!! Finally!
Yesterday afternoon I was finally (!!) discharged from the hospital on orders of strict bed-rest. The doctor decided to use an alternative to the magnesium sulfate in order to keep the contractions at a minimum -- Procardia, a "calcium channel blocker". So far, I've only had about 6 per hour and no further dilation than the initial 2cm... so, it seems everything is running smoothly in that respect. That makes us two very happy parents-to-be when our little one gains a little extra growing time in mommabellyhotel. :)
We're staying in Rockledge at my dad's house for the time being since our home is a bit of a construction disaster... that, and we still don't have the plumbing hooked up in the kitchen.
We can still be reached on either of a our cellphones, but I wanted to let everyone know we were no longer in the hospital since I know some of you were planning to stop in and see us.
As far as when little Beni comes, your guess is as good as ours! Hahha. :)
Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and words... ♥
We're staying in Rockledge at my dad's house for the time being since our home is a bit of a construction disaster... that, and we still don't have the plumbing hooked up in the kitchen.
We can still be reached on either of a our cellphones, but I wanted to let everyone know we were no longer in the hospital since I know some of you were planning to stop in and see us.
As far as when little Beni comes, your guess is as good as ours! Hahha. :)
Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and words... ♥
Monday, July 2, 2007
Correspondence between Kellee and I.
From: Kellee
Date: Jul 2, 2007 8:00 PM
Sorry we haven't been up to see you! I've thought about you & Beni every minute of every day you've been in the hospital, trust me. I've also been having dreams with you & him in them. Everything will be alright, I just am worried about you! My car broke down and we've been stuck and in a stressful state from that too these last 2 days. I would have come to see you but I haven't had a car. How are you? How's Beni? Chile holding up? Do you guys need anything?
From: Jessica Lynn
Date: Jul 3, 2007 12:42 PM
Thanks so much for checking in us, Kellee... We were actually discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and I've just been on strict bed-rest since. He switched me from the magnesium sulfate to a prescription calcium channel blocker which has kept the contractions under about 6/hour and I haven't dilated further since then, so it seems like everything is pretty stable for now. As soon as I pull myself up out of bed though, contractions kick in tenfold again... so still not quite sure how much time we have... hours, days, weeks? Suppose it's up to little B and how long this medication holds up, hahha.
Anyway, we love you and I can't wait to pass on the good news when he finally comes. Cross your fingers! ♥
Date: Jul 2, 2007 8:00 PM
Sorry we haven't been up to see you! I've thought about you & Beni every minute of every day you've been in the hospital, trust me. I've also been having dreams with you & him in them. Everything will be alright, I just am worried about you! My car broke down and we've been stuck and in a stressful state from that too these last 2 days. I would have come to see you but I haven't had a car. How are you? How's Beni? Chile holding up? Do you guys need anything?
From: Jessica Lynn
Date: Jul 3, 2007 12:42 PM
Thanks so much for checking in us, Kellee... We were actually discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and I've just been on strict bed-rest since. He switched me from the magnesium sulfate to a prescription calcium channel blocker which has kept the contractions under about 6/hour and I haven't dilated further since then, so it seems like everything is pretty stable for now. As soon as I pull myself up out of bed though, contractions kick in tenfold again... so still not quite sure how much time we have... hours, days, weeks? Suppose it's up to little B and how long this medication holds up, hahha.
Anyway, we love you and I can't wait to pass on the good news when he finally comes. Cross your fingers! ♥
Sunday, July 1, 2007
48 hours in the hospital...
I know I haven't given any updates since the initial blog on Friday, but here's what's going on:
Despite the magnesium IV administered to stop the pre-term contractions, they've still been fairly frequent in the past three days. So, chances are I will be here until I actually give birth, which we're still trying to put off at least until late afternoon, best case scenario would be to make it to Tuesday so that his lungs are fully developed from the steroids. I don't know quite how dilated I am at this point, but as of Friday morning it was 2cm. I'm sure the contractions have made quite an impact since then, though. My doctor is delaying another "hands on" examination to check because that might throw me into full-fledged labor again. So, like I said in my last blog, we're still a little in the dark here. It's just a matter of waiting from this point on..
Anyway, hopefully that cleared up at least some confusion! Thanks for all the calls everyone! We are so blessed to have the support we do from our friends, now of all times especially.
Love you all. Wish us luck!
Despite the magnesium IV administered to stop the pre-term contractions, they've still been fairly frequent in the past three days. So, chances are I will be here until I actually give birth, which we're still trying to put off at least until late afternoon, best case scenario would be to make it to Tuesday so that his lungs are fully developed from the steroids. I don't know quite how dilated I am at this point, but as of Friday morning it was 2cm. I'm sure the contractions have made quite an impact since then, though. My doctor is delaying another "hands on" examination to check because that might throw me into full-fledged labor again. So, like I said in my last blog, we're still a little in the dark here. It's just a matter of waiting from this point on..
Anyway, hopefully that cleared up at least some confusion! Thanks for all the calls everyone! We are so blessed to have the support we do from our friends, now of all times especially.
Love you all. Wish us luck!
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