One week down

One week down and on to the next. It is hard to believe that Kyson is here and has been in our home now for a week, in our lives for a week and 3 days. I knew that this was going to be hard. But it is mostly just the feeding that has gotten tough. He sure does look like his dad. And is th most adoreable thing. I could stare at him for hours. He smiles when he is sleeping. And can hold his head up SO well. He will just sit there and stare at you back sometimes too. I love it. But there are hard parts. Ones that I never thought I would have to deal with. The thought just never crosses my mind.

Breastfeeding
We have finally gotten over having to use a shield. He was bottle fed for the first 5 days of his life so he would only feed with a shield. But Sunday was a magical day. He started feeding with me. But that night also started him being fussy. Ever since 8pm that night every night now he gets fussy and wont eat. He will attach for about 2 mins then cry. And so on and so forth. I don’t know what to do about that other than let him cry it out. It takes about an hour to feed him with all of his fussiness.

Gas
He has horrible gas. I know that it is very painful for him. I have no idea as to what triggers it. He has been like that since before my breast milk. So it could very possibly be something other than me or it could be me. Any ideas on what helps?

Burping
He would burp like a beer guzzler when he was on formula. But now that he is on BM he rarely burps. I have to force it out of him. It takes a very long time.

All in all my biggest struggle…FEEDING! He does not feed as long as he should either. He falls asleep. So I have taken to tickling, blowing in his face, sprinkling water on him. Anything! And rarely does it work.

Sleeping
I have gotten it down that he will sleep every two to three hours during the day. But it seems like he doesn’t like his crib or something because he won’t sleep. I know right it takes time. He is only a week old. But it should start to get somewhat better right??

Now I may seem like I am complaining and unhappy. No. I am just a new mother. I keep telling myself that I am doing a good job but hormones. They are horrible! I must say I have to fight back those pointless tears a lot.

Kyson Is Here!!

Let me just start off by saying that it has been a LONG weekend, a joyous and beautiful experience. But at the same time, painful! It actually started on Thursday night. I was supposed to be induced on Friday; however, my water broke 11:30pm on Thursday. YAY! We thought that would make a shorter labor. WRONG! Oh so wrong. I was having good contractions but did not feel one of them. I was admitted by 12:30 am Friday. By 3pm I was feeling the contractions and asked for an epidural about 2 hours later. To my luck…it went out like 3 times. He had to keep injecting me. Then by 9pm he had to give me a brand spankin new epidural. I am not sure as to what times they checked me. But they were minimal because I started to run a fever and was at risk for infection. They started to give me antibiotics. So time went on. The second epidural started to fail and I was just about to say give me that c-section when she checked me and said I was a 7-8. So I powered on. By 3am Saturday I was 10centimeters and 100% effaced. YAY! BUT, my doctor was no where to be found. I started to feel the pressure and she found out when to expect him so I started to push. My mom was in the background with her eyes closed and pushing with me. She couldn’t handle seeing me in pain. Kurtis’ mom was kind enough to video tape a bit. FROM THE SIDE! He he he. We thought that my OB would be there by 4am. No show. A nurse walked in and pulled the one helping me push out of the room. Come to find out that Dr. Guzman would be another hour or so and that he was getting yelled at because she had direct orders to NOT let me push. Nice. Well she continues to have me push for another hour and a half. Tiny progress. She thought I was crowing but that is not what my OB said he got in the room. At 5:30am he checked me and was like…that is a cone of his head. You can continue to push but I would rather not. I was in SO much pain since my epi went out again I said, “I trust you get him out!” Thirty minutes later…I was wheeled into the OR and they gave me a spinal block. That was the best decision made. I was knocked out so the next thing I remember is Kurtis giving me a kiss with tears in his eyes and hearing Kyson crying. I was so out of it that I missed most of it. Then guess what….my spinal block started to go out. So he gave me morphine which only helped a tiny bit. Nice right? Just my luck! They stitched me up and sent me off to my room. Later we found that my OB had drawn a cowboy on my belly. Made me laugh! Its so cute. So now what you all are wondering…how big??

Kyson Duane Shepherd
8 pounds 13 Ounces
20 inchs long
Born at 6:24am

Jan 11th is the BIG DAY!

Alright peeps, the Doctor has spoken. I have one more appointment next week...they are going to call me and tell me when. lol Weird I know. Then Friday at 8am I am scheduled to be INDUCED! So that means he will probably be here on Saturday.

Oh and I am dialated to a 2!! And no contractions. Fancy that!

Merry Christmas Family & Friends!!

We hope you all have a fun and safe Holiday!!!
Love the Shepherds!!
♥

Nursery is DONE

Kurtis was so proud about putting th decals on the light switch. :)

36 Weeks!! I can't believe how fast it has gone by!

What a week

This was my first week with no work. I was actually supposed to go back in on Tuesday to help out a bit moe but I woke up...throwing up! Yes. Isn't that just fantastic? I guess I got a stomach flu or something. Well NOTHING would stay down. So I called my OB and they had me come in. By 3:30pm I was in the hospital triage. Within about an hour they told me that I was being admitted. So it was going to be a LONG NIGHT!

Kyson and I both had had a high BP at my appointment and when we go to the hospital it was normal. They had a hard time putting in my IV because I was clearly VERY dehydrated. You couldn't see any of my veins and well typically they stick out like a sore thumb. I knew Kyson was ok because he had been active all day. Even though all I have was a piece of toast that didn't stay down. They gave me some medication for my nausa and then the ultrasound tech came in. She was probably there for 2 hours. Kyson wouldn't move around for her. He had scored 8/8 on his BBMI (i believe that is what it is called) on thursday but he was scoring dangerously low that night. Se kept telling me that she thought he was just sleeping since his heartrate was perfect. Well my OB wasn't on call that night soI talked to another one. She made my heart stop. After the tech left she came in and told me that if in a couple hours when the tech comes back and he doesn't start moving.....we are going to have to DELIVER! I was freaked! I was think we don't have a car seat yet...the room is a mess...none of his clothes are washed! I held in my tears as long as I could. I know that if he were to have come her would have bee fine but I was not ready to hear that. The next coupl of hours I was stressing that tonight was the night...and the tech came back in and he scored much higher. They wouldn't tell me the numbers though. I know I had woken him up by eating. So they said that they were going to do another ultra sound in the morning.

Poor Kurtis was so uncomfortable in that hospital. He stayed on a pullout couch. I was miserable as well. The room was so hot to me I kept asking them to turn it down. By morning Kurtis said he thought it was 17 degrees in there! lol. Poor thing. They kept coming in every couple of hours of course and giving me more meds or I would move and the baby monitor would move so a beeping would go off since they couldn't read the babies heartbeat anymore. It was definately a very comforting feeling to be able to listen to his heartbeat all night knowing that he was ok.

One thing was very funny to me. I am expecting to have HORRIBLE back labor..or hard contractions because I have horrible periods. My nurse came in one time and was like are you in any pain? I said no. She said you are having pretty steady contractions! I couldn't believe it. I am kinda sad they never checked my cerivx. I don't know what I am at. If I am having contractions I should have some progress right? Wether is be small or not...progress is PROGRESS! lol

So Wednesday morning they sent me home. Kyson finally scored an 8/8. They also told me to keep my OB appintment for the next day. Dr. Guzman couldn't believe what had happened. He walked in and gave me a hug and told me that my fluids still are going down. Only .5 but down. He says if it gets close to 5..which it was 6.5 on thursday...then he is going to induced me even if Kyson's lungs aren't fully developed. So now I am not going once a week...I am going twice a week which means I have another appointment on Tuesday. I don't know how that is going to go but I will definately keep you all posted.

35 Week Check Up

Todays Drs appointment went GREAT! Well it calmed my nerves and then it brought some things to our attention as well.

First...U/S..Kyson is HEAD DOWN! YAY! I guess not every woman will be able to tell when they flip. And a part of me thought me might have while I was sleeping one night. So yay!

Second...His size. Estimated...a whoping 6.5lbs! Yes. Big. He is measuring to be 3 weeks ahead now. He has a long torso and a bigger than normal head. So this means that I will most likely have to be enduced. He scheduled another u/s for me.
I am now in my once a week appointments. YAY! Its getting so close its crazy!

Third...they measured the fluid around Kyson. And I don't remember the exact numbers but normal is 8 or above. . . and we are at a 7. SO I have to DRINK DRINK DRINK...and he is going to measure it again next week. If it continues to go down it could mean....
1. Be admited into the hospital

2. Bed rest at home
3. Or being enduced much earlier

But for him to take the baby early would mean my level would have to drop to a 4 or below. Something like that. He didn't have a name for it...so I can't tell you anything beyond that. And I am retaining water really bad since yesterday so I think that might have something to do with it being low today. It could also mean that Kyson isn't peeing in the bag.

But they did that test what he called Macho Test today...meaning if he moved, if he flexed and so on. And he scored and 8 out of 8 so that means he isn't worried.

He also has me looking for signs of my amniotic fluid leaking..and its not. I am not bleeding or contracting either which made him think it could all be nothing but just low today. So that was my appointment! All in all I feel good about it...and I am SOOO Happy that he is head down. I know that I can atleast try to push him out