Carson arrived on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 2:19am.
On Wednesday, January 18th I had my Dr. appointment in the morning. The Dr said Carson didin't look like he would be here in the next couple of days so I planned to have a Dr. appointment for that following Monday to talk about induction. My original due was January 27th.
Later that day I decided that me and the kids should go for a short walk to the mailbox. Hoping that I could walk the baby out. So around 3:55pm we made it to the mailbox and I heard a pop and then my water broke.
We arrived at the hospital around 5pm because I had to wait for Aaron to come home from work and for Mee-Maw to come pick up the kids. We got to the hospital and they ask 101 questions and then they checked me and I was only 1cm. Pitocin was added and then before I new it I was 3cm and got an epidural. Epidural worked great until I reached 8cm. I believe I was 10cm around 1ish. I had to wait for the Dr to get there which felt like forever, it was only 10 minutes. I pushed for 45 minutes. I had a hard time pushing him in the beginning because the nurse lowered my potocin when we were waiting for the Dr. to get there. She forgot to increase it when I started pushing. So half way through the pushing they increased it and then it took me 15 minutes to push him out.
I am nursing him. As soon as he came out he took about 3 tries to latch on and he stayed there for 40 minutes. Neither one of my kids latched on very well at the hospital. Caden had to use the shield and Hannah never nursed long enough to get full. This little guy nurses very well considering he is tongue tied. Which means the little piece if skin that is under the tongue that connects the tongue to the bottom of the mouth is too close to the end of the tongue. It can possibly interfere with nursing, but he seems to be doing well.
Overall I had a great pregnancy and birth. I did not tear which helps healing much nicer.
Oh, and did I mention I have another perfect angel to add to our family!
Ok, so here is a picture of me, my huge belly and my sister-n-law. When I looked at this picture I did not realize how big my belly is. I was 35 weeks pregnant here.
I went to the Dr. today, my Dr. was not there so I saw another Dr. which was very thorough. I still like my Dr. though!
He said Carson is about 6 1/2 lbs and I am about 1cm dilated and 30% effaced. There has not been much progress since last week so he does not think baby Carson will be here this week. The good news is that I am not strictly bed ritten I just need to take it easy until this Friday. I will be 37 weeks then, that is considered full term.
I am so glad that Carson is deciding to wait. I would much rather him be in my tummy as long as he needs so he will be a good eater. Hannah was born at 39 weeks and Caden was born at 37 1/2 weeks so who knows when he will be here. I can't wait to see what he looks like since Hannah is blonde hair blue eyes and Caden is brown hair brown eyes.
I will be 36 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday I got put on bed rest.:( The best part is that it is only for 1 week.!:) I was on bed rest with Caden for 2-3 weeks and Hannah was 1 1/2 months. This pregnancy is 1 week, so I have no complaints.
Aaron will be off until Monday so that is a big help! I am so excited to see Carson! This is my last pregnancy, so I am so excited to complete our family!
I will not be posting until after the baby has arrived so be on a look out for baby Carson's arrival!
Christmas Eve we celebrate Christmas with my side of the family. Boy, do they have a lot of gifts!!
Caden was excited about his Lightning McQueen slippers Nonna and Paw-Paw got him. Hannah got Hello Kitty Slippers.
Virgadamo Family photo
Virgadamo Family photo with Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Dimicelli.
This was the face I got at 6:30am to open presents from Santa! :)
They are sooooo excited!
Christmas morning. Santa gifts, the best gift of all was in the back yard. Santa brought them a trampoline!!! Caden kept saying that was the best surprise ever!
Coming in to see what Santa brought them at 6:30am!
Princess!
Caden got a track.
Oh, and the best part, the trampoline!
Mary Shares her Good News Luke 1:39-56. We made whispering tubes from
Hubbards Cubbard. I had the kids whisper God Loves you and some other things to each other.
They both sorted C and G sounds from
Starfall. Our color of the month is green and Hannah colored the things that were green in her picture from Sing, Spell, Read and Write PreK. We also sing the
green song. Our shape of the month is stars. I had Hannah sort different shaped stars.
This was also from
Hubbards Cubbard. I read John the Baptist is Born Luke 1:57-80. The black dots are sin. The zig zag line is us choosing the wrong path.
Inside was a straight road and when we follow that path we have Jesus in our heart.
Letter C play doh mat.
Angel shape count from Making Learning fun.
The kids sang Jingle Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas in our Preschool Co-op Group. It was so cute!
Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem. Anticipation of the Light of the World. Luke 2:1-5. So we made candle sticks from
Hubbards Cubbard.
Caden has really been into Legos lately. He built this one all by himself he calls it Robot.
This girl insisted on me getting these pajamas for her at the store. Hannah would love to be a baby all over again if she could! lol
Silly girl!
Caden doing what he does best! Filling up his trucks with dirt. My little worker!
Hannah made mud pies! Don't you just love how she added decoration? There are flowers and grass! Too cute!
The day of Caden's Birthday party he drew this picture of Baby Jesus in the manger with Mary on the left and Joseph on the right. The 2 things outside of the stable are gifts for Jesus. He did this all by himself. Love it!
We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus with our Homeschool Playdate Group.
My little boy had his 5th birthday party!:) I can't believe he is getting so big so fast.
He has been counting down the days since November 15th! Caden had such a wonderful day with all his friends. I want to say thank you to all of my friends and family that helped me with the party!!!! I am 33 weeks pregnant and could not have done it without you guys!!!!:))))) Love you!
We had a Cars 2 party and Caden picked out this cake. I had the kids decorate wooded cars I got from Michael's. They colored them with markers, crayons and stickers. (Sorry no pictures)
Mommy and Daddy, and Hannah (mainly Daddy, lol) got Caden a bow and arrow.
Nonna and Paw Paw got him Buck Denver askes...What's in the Bible? DVD. We already have the Christmas one, which we Love. He is laughing because he calls it the "funny movie!"
Caden's friends!:)))
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