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It all began Friday at 4:45 a.m. when my water broke. So...., I immediately took a shower, shaved, painted my toe nails; you know, the important stuff. At 6:45 am we called the doctor whom advised us to go to triage. Upon arrival at triage it was confirmed that my water had broken and I was having contractions that were about 2-3 minutes apart. In the early afternoon, I went ahead and received an epidural, which was wonderful for the most part. We had some issues with certain areas not receiving the anesthetic but I made it. Around 4 I was feeling pretty bad due to issues with the epidural. I was feeling my contractions, having TONS of pressure, and was nauseated. Then the babies and my heart rate dropped so I was put on oxygen, which only made everything worse; as far as how I was feeling. At 5:06 she was born after only having to push through 8-10 contractions. She weighed in at 6 pounds and 3 ounces and 19 inches long.

We can home tonight and all things are going well so far. Recovery has been soooo much easier than I had anticipated. I keep on waiting for it to get worse. She weighed in this morning at 5 pounds and 12 ounces. So, she's lost a little weight but this is normal. All and all, I have been very blessed. The labor and delivery could have been many times worse. But most important of all, she is a beautiful healthy girl. Above are some more pictures!

KELSEY MARIE COBB

Finally baby cobb has a name; Kelsey Marie Cobb. We have tons more pics to download but I wanted to get at least one out there for everyone to see. She is a healthy 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long. Probably more like 18 inches; she had somewhat of a conehead and boy is it covered with hair. It's amazing how much hair she has. Currently she has brown hair and blue eyes. Although, this can change in the weeks to come. So far, she's been just sleeping a lot and not wanting to eat much. I will post more pics and information once I've gotten some sleep. Thanks to everyone for your prayers.

Baby Bump!

Above are pictures of my 38 week baby bump! Also, I was able to get all of my pictures back from the Dr. that were erased. So, above is a picture of her 4D ultrasound last week. I am beginning to drop a little. The doctor's appointment went well today. She passed her BPP again and I have dilated to 2 cm. I am beginning to finally feel the discomforts of late pregnancy, but nothing unbareable. In fact, the Dr. today commented that she couldn't believe I was still wearing heels this late in pregnancy. So, I must not feel too bad. Today was my last day at work. Finally, maternity leave! She'll be here before we know it. If not I will be induced on December 3, 2008. Our next and probably final appointment will be next Wednesday; one last BPP and exam.

Baby Update

Today's appointment went well. She is doing just fine and growing consistently. She weighs approximately 5 lbs 9 oz. This is an estimate though. This puts her in the 8th percentile. So she is moving up already. She once again passed her BPP. My dilation hasn't changed since last week. She was so cute today during the ultrasound. She was moving her mouth all around. She stuck her tongue out at me it was so cute! I planned on posting some pics. However, when I inserted my CD I realized that somehow the DR. office erased all my ultrasound pics off my CD, except for the ones from my very first ultrasound. Luckily, I have print outs of all of them and had re saved most of my older ones. It's still upsetting though. There were some really cute ones. We'll see how things go next week. Hopefully, I will have dilated more. I am ready for this little one to be here.

36 Weeks and Counting

The picture above is an ultrasound showing that she has hair. If you can see the skull, the light/white areas around it are hair. She definitely has more than peach fuzz they say. We'll see what color soon!

We had another BPP (Bi-lateral physical profile) today. This is the ultrasound that measures her well being. They were actually training a USI student today, so I got to learn a lot about reading ultrasounds and the BPP and what it's purpose is.

BPP measures three things in an ultrasound; amniotic fluid, tone/movement, and breathing. When measuring the tone they look for a good strong movement whether it by a kick, finger flick, or squirm, and it has to be within 30 minutes of the beginning of the ultrasound. If the baby has a good tone this means her movement is great. Basically, an infant in distress would not be able to move much, let alone give a good tone. So whenever I feel her moving inside me this means she is doing great.

Today she passed her BPP again. Fluids were down but still with in the normal range. I have lost a little weight and my blood pressure has dropped a little but these are of no concern. It could be due to swelling that has gone down and/or improper measures. Also, baby has now turned and is in proper position meaning she is no longer breeched. Yeah! I am currently 1 cm dilated which according to the Dr. is normal and a good starting point for 36 weeks.

As mentioned in previous posts, IUGR babies tend to be delivered by Cesarean and/or early. I asked about this today and the Dr. is planning on NOT inducing labor. As the facts stand currently we are shooting for the same due date and a normal delivery.

It is getting closer with each passing day and I am getting really nervous about the whole labor process but I know I will be fine. Thanks again to everyone for all of your prayers and support!