She was born four and a half weeks early so it was quite the surprise ( I thought my other neice was going to be born first!). She was in an incubator the 1st day and was out by the next! The feeding tube was also taken out and apparently she is quite the eater! This is great news!
Her weight was 6 lbs, 4 ounces. When I looked down on her in the incubator I knew that she was Michael's - she looks very Moskiou! - and I knew that I would love her forever! I was able to touch her and play "This Little Piggy" on her cute little toes. Upon seeing her I instantly cried. It was so surreal to look at a little teeny baby girl that looks like Mikie!
When we pulled in to the parking lot at the hospital we bumped into Colin and Buzz (Mike's close friends) and they were so cute! They were both bearing little pink parcels with the ribbons and all! So cute!
Kacey had kidney stones and had been in the hospital for about a week in severe pain. The stress of it all caused her to become dilated and when the doctor saw Kacey's suffering he induced labour. I knew that Kacey would be having the baby soon but I was surprised when I called Mike at 8:oo pm. I said "How's Kacey". "She's fine", he replied. "How's the labour going?", I asked. "It's over!", he declared! Say what?!!!
Ken and I were already on the road, coming home from a nice dinner date in White Rock, and we changed our destination from "home" to "Maple Ridge Hospital".
My sister-in-law Amber (Ken's sister) is 3 days overdue right now with, yet another, neice for me! How exciting!
This is one of the other reasons I am hoping my baby is a girl - so that she can grow up with her 2 girl cousins. A boy would be nice but it would be even nicer if the girl cousin's grew up together! Especially since my baby is going to be only 5 months younger than my two neices! Who knows? - depending on how things go it is possible that my daughter? could be in the very same school and class as one of her cousins! How kewl would that be?
But, if our baby is a little boy - I will still be overjoyed to have a healthy a child! The ultrasound that will tell us the gender is just 13 days away!!!! (May 20th)
I went for my 4th? prenatal visit last night and everything is great. My health is doing great (considering what I've been through in the last month) and the baby's heart beat is back up to 155.
I have heard a total of 4 heart rate recordings:
I got to listen to the heart beat 3 times (with a doppler) as well as been told the baby's heart rate when I went for my 1st ultrasound on May 2nd.
The first heart rate = 160
(April 8th - at my doctors @ 12 weeks preg.)
The second heart rate = 160
(April 19th - at Emergency after my tooth was pulled @ 14 weeks preg.)
The third heart rate = 142
(May 2nd - at Emergency the day I was having cramps & had an ultrasound! @ 16 weeks preg.)
The fourth heart rate = 155
(May 6th - yesterday at my 4th prenatal visit @ 17 weeks preg.)
The fifth heart rate = 150
(May 14th - @ 18 weeks preg ~ the day I went to see my new niece Ashley Dawn at the MSA hospital - boy, is she beautiful! Two nieces within 9 days of each other! Both so beautiful and precious! What a lucky Aunty I am! When I went to visit Baby Ashley the nurse offered to let me hear my baby's heart beat with a doppler. How could I refuse?)
As you can see the heart beat has usually been 160 and the lowest was the day I was having cramps. As a worried mother it is terrific news to learn that the heart rate is back up to 160 and 13 more heart beats than 5 days before when I was experiencing cramps!
They say it is an old wive's tale but even some doctors believe this to be true - high heart beats are usually girls. If it turns out to be a girl I am going to have to remain convinced, like many others, that the high heart rate, in fact, means it's a girl! If it turns out to be a boy I am going to have to go with the idea that it's an "old wive's tale".
We move in just 2 weeks! I woke up this morning overwhelmed! Being sick for 1 month and just being generally tired out from work and being pregnant I have not packed a single bit! I also have a GST report to put together and work an extra day per week! I started to cry this morning and exclaim that it was all just "too impossible" for me to accomplish.
When I got to work I requested to take my vacation time. The original plan was to forfeit my vacation time, work until my maternity leave, and recieve a nice hefty vacation pay cheque on my last day of work. But, considering my circumstances, I would rather have the time off to get ready for moving day.
I asked my boss first thing this morning and my wish was granted! Just like that! And on such short notice! I have from the 12th to the 20th of May off of work. I am to return to work on Wednesday, May 21st. This will give me a total of 9 days packing, uninterrupted! I really need this right now!
I am just longing for the day when we are all moved in and my maternity leave kicks in! And, of course, more than that - I am longing for the day when I finally hold my baby in my arms!
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