Magali is here.

Well, it's been three weeks since writing any posts on this blog but most of you already know that baby Magali has arrived. Here is my rendition of how she came into this world.

So here's the labor story. I went in on Sunday to have my cervix "ripened" at 8 pm. I started out at 2 cm dilated. So all they do is give you this pill. At 1:30 am my water broke with was not a result of the pill they gave me, according to the nurse. Has light labor all night and slept through most of them. At 6 am, was dilated to 4 cm with still light labor and then they gave me the Pitocin to get me into labor. At 7 am, started having some not so nice contractions and didn't think this was any fun anymore. At 7:30, screamed for an epidural, thinking I'm a wimp for getting one at 4 cm dilated. At 8:15, got my epidural and wanted to take a nap before labor would start. At 8:45, started feeling contractions and didn't think that was normal. Baby's heartbeat had disappeared and the nurses, couldn't find it (thought she was incompetent at the time). At 9:00 made a comment to the nurse that every time I has having a contraction, it felt like "his head is coming out". Nurse laughs at me and actually writes this in the charts to never be able to deleted...ever again. Nurse checks Cheryl's stupid comment about "his head is coming out". Nurse screams at Cheryl that whatever she does, she doesn't push because the baby's head is almost OUT and they don't have a Dr. on the floor at that time. At 9:14, Dr. arrives and Cheryl and Dr. have a conversation about her cute shoes. Cheryl pushes twice thinking this isn't really labor because I'm in no pain and I now have a baby girl looking at me.

So pretty much I went from 6 cm dilated to 10 cm in about 45 minutes. Thank God for epidural and how quick they work.

35 Weeks Ultrasound Pics

Everything is still going good. Baby is on the heavy side at approximately 6.9lbs. The Dr. said I'm ready to do at any time!

New Ultrasound Pics

We just came back from the Dr.'s and everything seems to be going well. The baby is no longer breached and is now in the right position. We got some great 3D ultrasound pics to share. Hope you enjoy them.

April Dr.'s Visit

We had a doctors visit that went fine and now we will be starting to go to see the doctor every week. The baby is breached so i've been sent home with exercises to do to see if it will turn around for us. It's not a pretty sight to see, but hopefully laying with my butt up in the air will work. Who knows, i've read in one post that this woman did handstands in her pool and that turned her baby around. I'm not sure I'll get to that point! We got an ultrasound but the best picture was of the foot and some kind of swirly thing at the end of it. Who knows what that is!

Some of you may be wondering what I look like now. Joel told me the other day that I can no longer go into Dick's Sporting goods store because they might think I stole a basketball. I guess thats a good way of describing what I look like.

I do have to say that Joel has been a great help. I've gotten to the point where bending over and reaching high is no longer an option. He's been there to help me roll out of bed and pull me up when I decide that I want to sit on the ground.

The beginning of the end! The Third Trimester

I am please to announce to the world that as of today, I have only 82 days to go...and I can safely say, a maximum of 89 days as insured by my wonderful doctor. How am I feeling you ask, well I feel large and, just like people describe it, a beached whale. No longer are the days were I can lay on the floor to watch TV and have my legs contorted to unthinkable positions. Now a days, I just lay straight and dream of the day where I can sleep on my stomach and turn my torso around.

On another note, the baby has been very active and may have punctured my stomach, spleen, bladder and several other organs. There is no rhyme or reason to any of the movement. It just happens every 10 seconds. Joel was please to participate in another, "hey fell my belly the baby is moving" session the other night where the baby had the hiccups. Though he thought it was funny and cute, I was a walking spasm.

Anyway, wanted to update you in the excitement of pregnancy in our house. Nothing to announce but random thoughts is always good!