3.30.2010 Labor!

Ok so I'm going to try and write this post before miss Averi wakes up so her it goes...

3.26-have had contractions for 2 days now but they are no where consistant. Go into the dr's and am told that I am 2 centimeters and very thin.
3.30- I am woken up at 2 am with contractions, 4 am they are consistantly 10 minutes apart. Tell daddy not to go to work but to work from home. 11 am go into dr's and i'm at a 3 dr. Biter strips my membranes and sends me home (Membrane stripping could possibly be the worst feeling. He is half way done and I tell him to get out I've changed my mind...nope he finishes and sends us home and tells us to call when they are 3-5 mins apart and/or my water breaks) At about 330pm Daddy and I try to take a walk to get mail... totally didn't work out very well. We get home I try to finish getting the ipod ready for labor music and I tell him I think its time to call the dr. At this point they were every 2-4 min's apart and lasting approx. 2 minutes each. We call and off to the hospital we go.

We got to the hospital about 5 pm, and we are at 4 centimeters! what it took me 4 days to go from 2 to 3 and i'm only at a 4. daddy thought that we were going to be at the hospital forever butI knew that we were having you on the 30th! So we are hanging out having contractions and at 7pm dr Capetankis comes and checks me and i'm at a 6. He asks about breaking my water but I'm no dumb girl I remember the membrane stripping so i'm like heck no! (later I'm told this does not hurt at all.) oh well. At some point Jakes Dad and Dora bring him fast food... All I could smell was those dang onions and being that we really don't eat fast food Jake during labor got sick, not sure if it was due to the fact that we don't eat that food or the fact that he ate it in maybe 3 bites. so back in the shower I go to start having 2 contractions in a row! both lasting about 2 minutes with approx. 15 seconds inbetween each. so between the shower and the bed for monitoring we bounce between the two. At some point in the shower I loose my plug and thats when daddy and I start having "the talk" I'm telling him i want drugs and he is telling me that everything that I think I can't handle I'm handleing and I say "I can't do this" and he says "but you're doing it" this goes on for a good 5 minutes. Finally I tell him "fine this is the deal, when they check me in 10 min if I'm at an 8 I will continue drug free otherwise hook me up with the goods!"

10 minutes later I'm in bed, get checked and the nurse says "you're at a healthy 8" dang! but never again did I mention drugs :) ok so at this point I tell her that I need to push at which she replies "you can't push until your 10 otherwise you could make your cervix swell which makes delivery harder" crap! so my body is screaming push this dang kid out and you're telling me to not push. So for the next hour or so Jake and I are breathing in eachothers face with him telling me not to push. i'm holding onto the bed bar like its my life line and Jake telling me to try to relax. hahaha funny! So now I'm like holy crap call dr cap get him in here to break my water so I can push because whether I'm at 10 or not I'm going to start pushing! so finally 10 pm in walks dr cap confirms that I'm at a 10 and ready to go! Those words never sounded so good! so now we are ready for the good stuff so with 4 sets of pushes Averi Ann Gonzales makes her way into the world. I got to feel her head as she was coming out and Daddy was down checking it all out! onto my belly she came and with one tiny cry she let us all know that she was here and doing good. The rest of the night she was wide eyed and greeting all her guests. (uncle Ralphie was the first person to hold her after me and daddy and then Aunt Kara, Aunt Lindsay, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Julie) After everyone left she got her first bath and all cleaned up and back to mommy.

We had an interesting stay at Encintas Scripps and it is one that will have to be told later as little miss Averi is ready for food!

Funny things husbands say while your pregnant

1. "wow you gained 5 lbs... see thats not too bad" The nurse automatically asks if he would like to go sit in the waiting room, hehe

2. " I'm just looking for something for dinner that isn't too much work for you." He quickly trys to laugh this off and says "wow that totally slipped out" hahaha yeah and that knife totally slipped hehe no this was actually quite funny.

3. now remember this is at 40 weeks and 3 days he say's this while pinching my cheek, "wow you're definitely ready to have this baby." I start laughing and ask him what he means and he says while laughing "ummmm you have this glow about you" hahha why do I find this funny?

Things Efrain has said to Jillian:
1.Well, Efrain told me that my hips are getting bigger, and after I gave him the death look, he added, "But I like that"

2.Or when he asked me if I would be upset if I hit the 200 pound mark again like I did with Addyson...again gave him the death look and he said "What? I don't know anything about weight"

Haha there should be a class that tells men that when we get pregnant they need to keep their mouths shut even if we are chasing them with deadly objects they are in the wrong, they need to apologize and just realize that we might be slightly crazy at the moment but we are building the next generation and its normal to act a little crazy, but with them saying these types of things it just makes it worse. Even if we both find it funny its still no wonder that we have moments :)

40 weeks and 4 days....

Ok baby Girl it is now about that time to start packing your bags! Thats right you are going to be evicted very soon! Had a dr appt last Friday (40 weeks and 1 day) I was told that your head is so low that he can feel you! and my cervix is very thin and dilated to 2. That means that while you are painfully grinding your head you are getting your mama ready. But now its 3 days later and your mama is ready. I have had contractions all night and here it is 1 pm and still having them but haven't had one in a little while so i'm starting to think they have gone away again. They have been coming and going all last week but not to this extent so I started to think that soon you would be here but I'm guessing it was just another trick you wanted to play on me. And you daddy is sooo ready for you to be here he just can't wait any longer to see you and hold you, I know that we are going to be crying fools when you finally get here all this pent up anticipation is starting to kill us! Yesterday we went to see your favorite movie (Alice in Wonderland) and just like when I read this story to you, you started kicking like crazy when Alice fell down the hole and daddy was amazed at how much you moved throughout the movie especially when it got really loud. Well baby girl mommy and daddy and big sis Barley are ready for you (well almost let me finish cleaning the house and the laundry) then you can come. Love you a million times a million!

Love Mommy!

March 25th week 40

Well D-day has come and is almost gone and here I sit infront of the computer updating the blog organizing pictures on the external hard drive and finishing up all the Thank you's. I've gone on two walks today and had contractions since 3 am and yet here it is 6pm and they are gone... I had one at 2pm worth mentioning but other than that the other ones were all cramp like sensations... So I think she likes her warm little home and doesn't want to come out. I am hoping that this weekend she will start making her way into the world and it looks like Jake is taking me to the LPGA to see Grammy D and to walk... fun right :( Everybody says to have sex and to eat spicy food and to walk A LOT. But yeah my back hurts I'm tired and I have no energy and you want me to do stuff. Good luck with that.

So yesterday our baby sling got recalled. ugh I'm so bummed I really want a sling to walk around with so what did I do I made my own. It probably isn't as nice as a store bought one but for my first attempt I think that I did a heck of a job now I just need her to come out so I can see how it works. Well at least we are ready for her... Thank you cards are done, laundry done, grocery shopping is done, the stroller is built (we got the bob and I love it!!) the carseat and extra base have been installed, dr's office called to confirm what we need to do to select our peditrican. I think its all done I still need to do some organizing and last minute hospital bag check and oh yeah some returns but other than that we are ready. I figure tomorrow I can do a lot of it and then this weekend she can arrive.

Well I will have to get a 40 week pic and post it.
A

Maternity pics

Ok these were done at RB Inn at 37 weeks

39 Weeks

So I have been so bad about updating my blog and I'm sure there are tons of pics that need to be posted so I will try to add some while I'm thinking about it. But as of right now we are officially 39 weeks. I'm off of work and running around trying to get everything done before she comes. I have returned and purchased everything I think we need, cleaned and organized the entire house, got laundry done and groceries purchased. Now I just need to finish thank you cards, her first baby book that will take you through the entire pregnancy and her baby blanket. I had a dr appt yesterday and I lost 5 lbs which is fine especially since my appetite is non existant right now. I only eat because I look at the clock and feel guilty or my daughter starts kneeing me letting me know that she wants some food. Any who so the doctor said everything sounds and looks good. A few weeks ago he was guessing that she is probably weighing 7.5 lbs so with .5lb gain every week she should be a pretty good size. And of course that is a guestimate so its always plus or minus a lb.



Anywho so a few weeks ago Jake and I did a maternity shoot with an old work friend Megan (meganannphotography.com) we went to Rancho Bernardo Inn where we got married and spent almost 2 hours taking pictures of us and the belly! It was so much fun and we got some amazing pictures. I can't wait to do the newborn pics after she gets here I know its going to make the best photo album and the best family wall. I can't believe that I could be taking a child with me to my grandma's house for easter. well hopefully we will be. Who knows I could still be prego! Anywho nothing too exciting going on just hanging out pregnant trying to keep it low key until Sunday (my dr is on vacation from today Thursday to Sunday) So no long walks no cleaning so I should be able to get the thank you's blanket and book done and then Sunday I'm going to start doing things again! ok well I think it's nap time :) yep I'm super super tired. Oh and I didn't tell you so at the doctor's I asked him about my back pain and guess what my little lovey did she seperated or dislocated my ribs from my spine or something like that so thats why I'm unable to really sleep comfortably.

Any who gotta go take a nap :)

week 35 Family baby shower

So I'm completely behind on posting so I'm attempting to catch up so sorry if these are not too exciting.

So before I start with the amazing baby shower lets go back to the week... well lets just say it was a crazy week. My work now has 2 sites one in San Diego and one in San Fran which is great, but that means that I am responsible for getting all the information needed to get a proposal together to try and obtain the site in SF. So between the constant meetings and trying to prepare my staff for Maternity leave I have also been dealing with my HR who is in Chicago so they have no idea how CA law works. So back and forth constantly and we have decided that they will force me to be paid out for 2 weeks of vacation time and I will be out 12 weeks after delivery. I swear this went on all week and I had to go to the State office to prove to HR the time that I am allotted. Anywho hopefully this all is settled and we don't have to deal with HR anymore throughout this because maybe I'm a little emotional right now but um hello I have a child trying to rip through my abdomen and I'm working my butt off and now I'm having to do HR's job. ugh and the way that she was saying things to me it was just enough to make anyone go crazy!

Any who onto my amazing shower! ok so we had the shower at Grammy D's and Grandpa Ralph's house (not sure if he has a special name picked out yet hehe) so any who so I got there and Daddy and Grandpa went golfing while the girls partied down. There was the cutest sign welcoming the guest's letting them know while Baby A was not there to thank them she was so happy to have them there. it was adorable! And then there was a table set up with Fabric Markers so that you could write or design a onsie. I seriously have to remember that idea because it is so cute looking at all the designs that everyone did. We were completely overwhelmed and spoiled at all the gifts. Grammy D made her first quilt and Aunt Debbie made you a knitted blanket that is perfect to grow with. I think I might need to snuggle down in both of these blankets until your ready for them :)

The following Tuesday work had a baby shower for us and again I was amazed at the generosity of everyone who attended! We had a delicious cake that I probably ate too much of and we proved that at the next dr weigh in :) Hillary made you her first quilt and Angelina and Sandra made the coolest toy box painted pink with animals all over. Still haven't released your name yet so Gonzales is on the top:)

So the Dr appt went well gained more weight and he still doesn't want to tell us how big he thinks your going to be... but he pointed out a cute little 7lb baby girl and laughed as he said you definitley won't be that little. well I feel like your going to be 8.5-9.5 lbs so we will see.