12 weeks....

I can't believe that my Boogie is 12 weeks old today!

She had her first day at "school" yesterday while mommy went to work for a couple of hours; I officially start back full time on Tuesday, 1/3/12. She didn't take a single bottle while at school, so I'm worried now. So the whole weekend will be consumed with trying out different bottles...AGAIN! Whew! The teachers at school said that she was smiling and happy, just wouldn't take a bottle! :-( But everyone there is so nice, so I know that she's in good hands! I'll just feel better when she eats there!




Below are just some random pics that I've taken over the past couple of days:

1st Christmas!

We traveled up to Killeen for Genesis' first Christmas. It was a wonderful relaxing weekend. She received her first presents from Omi/Opi and Aunt Gina/Uncle Chris and Gina's parents, Rose & Dale. She loved every single present! :-) I can't wait for next year when she can enjoy it a little more and comprehend whats going on.

She got her first picture with Santa; sadly she slept thru meeting him! lol But the picture turned out really cute!

Below is a bunch of pics of the great weekend!

Awesome giveaway!!

I've been following this awesome mommy blog since before Genesis was born. Lisa is an awesome stay at home mom to her daughter, Aubrey. Go check her out!!

http://www.talesofayounghousewife.blogspot.com

2 months.........

I can't believe my Boogie is 2 months old already! Crazy!! Her little personality is so sweet! Little facts:

~ When she eats;she rubs my arm, my side/back with one hand and boobs with her other (like I rub her thighs/arms/face while she eats)
~She always smiles in the morning when I open the curtains and blinds. Its awesome to wake up to that smiling face!
~She loves music and the sound of the shower. (which has allowed me to shower daily! YAY)
~She loves water! I take her into the tub with me; no crying, just smiles!
~She makes the cutest lip smacking sound when she's done eating.
~She loves to snuggle with mommy in bed. She'll actually put out her arm looking for me if I'm not right next to her.
~She has a pink giraffe that I think will be her best buddy growing up.
~She hates pacifiers and bottles (worried about going back to work!)
~When she's really hungry and I go to put her on my boob; she dives in with her eyes crossed eyed...its the cutest thing!
~She has started to "talk" to us...lots of ooohs and aaahhhs and gurgurly cuteness!

Diaper size: Newborn-1
Clothing: 0-3 (finally)
Shoe: 1

She has been showing signs of reflux; spitting up after eating, hiccups following the spit up, fussy after eating. We see our pediatrician on Friday, Dec 9 for her 2 month shots; I'm going to bring up my concern. Hopefully he'll prescribe Zantac to help her out. I've been trying to give her Mylicon before some meals to help out. At night time she's congested because of eating while laying flat with me in bed. I try to prop her up on my arm but she scoots down when she's sleeping, and she'll start snoring, so I'll wake up and her head back on my arm. Whew...its always a long night! LOL

I am still breastfeeding and loving every minute of it! We have bonded so much! I started pumping in November for when I go back to work Jan 2.
Speaking of going back to work; we found a daycare that we like called, Kinder Care. They were so nice and I felt very comfortable with them. She has to be enrolled full time, even though she'll only go 2 times a week. But on the bright side, no other baby will sleep in her crib at the center.

Daniel and I decided to trade in my Vera Cruz for a Chrysler Town and Country Touring Edition. Its got soooo much more space and I'm so excited now about going up to Killeen for Christmas. Our trip up for Thanksgiving was torture with boogie and then our 2 dogs! Now the space is awesome and not worrisome! And enough to add 1 or 2 more kids! LOL

Can't believe that my maternity is coming to an end...wishing I could stay home with my boogie. I'll write again soon. BYE

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Sorry for the photo bomb, but she's so stinkin' cute!!

Miss Genesis had a wonderful first Thanksgiving with mommys' family in Killeen, TX I never realized how much items you need to pack for a 6.5 week old, but holy moly, my poor SUV was loaded. It started our thinking that we need a different vehicle..especially if we plan to expand our family soon. whew, now what to get and will we be able to find it used?

The food and company was fantastic...its been a year since we've been up to see my family (they're been coming down my way to visit) since I got promoted at work and wasn't able to break away to head up there.

Speaking of work; I've decided to go back as a Charge Nurse and take a demotion from being a Facility Administrator. I'm looking forward to just going to work 3 days a week and enjoy my evenings with my family; no more 16 hour days; no more calls at 2am from an employee calling in sick (constantly) I'll be able to clock in and clock out and just be with my family with no extra after work responsibilities. With the days that I'll be Charging (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) Genesis will only have to be in daycare one day a week!! Thank god! Daniel travels for work usually Sunday thru Wednesday! So Daniel will be able to watch Genesis while I"m at work on Thursdays and Saturdays! Whew.
Hopefully we can get my car paid off and then soon I'll be able to quit entirely and be a stay at home mommy! At least thats my dream; so I guess we'll see if I can make my dreams come true! LOL

Well I will post again soon..she'll be 2 months next Saturday; so be ready for those pics!

Tough Decisions

Its been almost 6 weeks since my life changed; and the more time I spend with Genesis the more I don't want to go back to work. But I will b/c I have to pay for everything. For the past almost 7 years I have been supporting Daniel so he can achieve his dream of his soccer league. I know that he's almost there with the league; but I can't help but feel resentment towards him. When will it be my turn to be taken care of? When will I get to be the woman in the relationship and have a man take care of me? Sometimes I think maybe it'll be better to just do this alone........just me and Genesis. If I have to pay for everything, why have another child(adult) that I have to take care of? I'm tired of the responsibility of paying for everything!!!!!!!

Originally I was going to stop being a Facility Administrator and drop to being just a charge nurse.....3 days a week/12 hour shifts....no after work responsibilities; just go to work and go home. Problem is: shift starts at 445am....there are no daycares open that early! Daniel won't quit his job at Vantage b/c he needs the money for his soccer league, UGH!! So now I have to shell out $1K/month for daycare...me, not him! If I decide to stay being an FA, then I'll wind up charging anyways b/c they don't have a TTS charge hired right now. I can't do that b/c hence no daycares are open and Daniel travels too much!! Whew

I really don't know what to do anymore.............

One month

Already?!?! I can't believe it!!



Days are pretty routine and kinda like Groundhogs day...but its been wonderful with my little Boogie. She has such a sweet personality already! She's starting to make more "oohs" and "ahh" noises and playful grunts while she's trying to eat. Its funny to see her get a little frustrated when she can't get on my boob fast enough!

She enjoyed her first Halloween, she even helped mommy & daddy pass out candy to a couple of kids; then she passed out! She went as a pumpkin, thanks to Uncle Chris & Aunt Gina for buying her awesome costume!


Miss Genesis is an aspiring model. My friend, Becky has a cousin who makes dresses, etc and made a modeling card for Genesis.

She can only do hair bows for right now because she's so little, but eventually it will be dresses. She booked her first gig so just waiting to get the bows in the mail and i'll start the pics! YAY

At her 2 week appointment she weighed 7lbs 13oz..so happy because 4 days after she was born she was down to 6lbs 11oz. She also grew an inch & a half..she's now 21.5 inches! Our next appt will be her 2 month appt; she's going to get shots, not looking forward to that one!!

Well i will continue to update; especially after Thanksgiving!! :-)

Breastfeeding....

Well Miss Genesis is 16 days old and is definitely a boobie muncher! She is always on my boob; and when she's not feeding she's resting on my boob for comfort! HAHAHA She makes the best noise as she's eating and when she's finished, she actually smacks her lips...its the cutest thing in the whole wide world! :-)

I couldn't imagine formula feeding at all; waking up in the middle of the night to get up and get a bottle ready? No thank you. Its awesome to just roll over and breastfeed sidelying!! AWESOME!
I just love looking into her eyes as she's eating and rubbing her head and playing with her hands....she's so innocent and I love how she trusts me so much. I can't imagine how there are parents out there that can be so mean and violent to their newborns! Looking into Genesis' eyes are the most wonderful thing in the world...I couldn't imagine loving anyone more than I love her!

10 days old........

Well its been an interesting 10 days! :-) I officially feel like a dairy farm; Genesis loves the boobie and I feel like she's on it all the time! She had her first Pediatrician appt on Wednesday the 13th where she weighed 6lbs 11oz...so thats 13 oz lost from her birth weight. Her next appt will be on the 26th of October....so I'm hoping that she's put some weight back on; especially since she's been eating a TON. She's definitely a mama's girl; but I think for right now its b/c I have the boobie! :-)

I am still healing up; swelling has gone down, but stitches are still very sore; but everyday gets a little bit better!

My mom and family left on Monday, so Daniel and I are on our own. Definitely a surreal experience being here with my little family without help. I have family coming this weekend to meet Genesis and then the following weekend. Trying to somewhat get into a routine, but I know that its not possible. Its definitely Genesis time all the time; but I wouldn't have it any other way! :-D

AND...........

We are finally parents to a little baby girl; Genesis Juliet Coronado was born at 1033 on 10/8/11. Weighing in at 7lbs 7 ounces and 19 inches long.

My birthing story: On Wednesday, 10/05 I went in for my weekly OB appt; I was still only 3cm/80% effaced; she then stripped my membranes and it was decided that if I didn't go into labor naturally by Sunday, 10/9 that she would induce me due to my elevated blood pressure.

Starting from Thursday 10/6 I started having contractions at night time only ranging from 7-10 minutes...I would get into the bath and they would stop.

On 10/7 I had the same thing happen with contractions starting in the evening again ranging from 7-10 minutes....these were more intense then the day before; so I thought that this was definitely it. Surprisingly, they stopped again around 10pm and I was actually able to sleep thru the night. The contractions started up again this time around 10am, but this time around 5-7 minutes apart. My OB suggested that I go in when I reached every 5 minutes in between contractions.

Come 2 o'clock we were in triage at St. Lukes L&D. I was 4-5 cm dilated/90% effaced and since I was going to be induced the next day; the OB decided to just admit me to L&D and let me settle in and relax before induction the next day. I got put into a permanent room by 330pm and was going to start to get settled. The contractions then started coming every 3 minutes with tons of pressure in my vagina/rectum. My OB came in to check me; by this time it was 430pm; I was a full 6 cm dilated 100% effaced with a massive bulging bag; which was then ruptured. My water breaking was the most nasty thing to experience; gross warm fluids that felt like it was going everywhere!

As soon as my water broke the contractions were coming every 1-2 minutes; and within 45 minutes of my water breaking the contractions were one right after the other; most I couldn't even recover from the previous one before the next one started. I couldn't catch my breath and I started to panic. The pain was unlike anything I could explain and it got so severe that I requested IV pain meds and then finally requested the epidural.


Even though I had prepared for months to do this delivery naturally; it was just not happening. I didn't feel like I was a failure; the pain was too extreme that I couldn't enjoy the birthing experience. Anesthesia was called and came almost immediately; by the time he was finished placing the epidural I was at 10cm dilated; and I started pushing to bring the baby down.


After 2.5 hours of pushing; our baby was born. Complete shock that the baby turned out to be a girl; I was so convinced that I was having a boy.


Well, when Genesis was born; my OB placed her on my chest and I was able to keep her there for a good 20+ minutes since she was doing so well. I wound up tearing something fierce; a deep 3rd degree tear down to my rectum. My beautiful decided to come out with both her hands to her face; so her hands and elbows helped with the tearing....lovely! 50 raytex sponges and about an hour of stitching later I was cleaned up and moved to my room upstairs for the duration of my stay.

So I'm in couplet care in the hospital really swollen and VERY sore. I was moved here around 130am; and I spiked a bad fever and was super dizzy, increased heart rate and even had some hearing decreasing!! LOL (classic symptoms of increased blood loss) So I was started on antibiotics around 3am; Genesis was taken to the nursery for her first bath around 2am and was returned to me around 4am; so I tried to get my 2 hours of sleep. When she was returned to me I attempted to breastfeed her but she was just too sleepy. So I tried to catch some zzzzzz's again....no such luck; now everyone started coming to visit and seriously allI wanted to do was take a shower and sleep! LOL

But things are getting easier; going pee is still a crazy task since I"m soooo swollen. Not sure if I've peed my pants or what! LOL Most of the time I just imagine it b/c I can't really feel a whole lot b/c of all the swelling. But I've had wonderful nurses who have helped me out; taught me about sitz baths and taking a baby diaper, soaking it and placing it in the freezer...AWESOME!! I could sit on those forever!

Genesis was having some issues with throwing up; she had tons of amniotic fluid in her tummy; so she kept throwing up and had no desire to breastfeed. So they took her to the nursery and aspirated about 20ml of amniotic fluid from her tummy. After she came back we finally got our poops and she was able to latch on to breastfeed like a champ....so proud of my little girl.

So crazy to think that i"m now a mommy! CRAZY I'm so in awe every time I look at her....She's the most beautiful combination of the both of us......I can't stop staring at her. She has my hands but daddy's feet.

38 weeks 4 days....

Well had my OB appt today and I'm at 3cm dilated and 80% effaced now. So I"m hoping that it happens any time now! I've been cramping off and on since yesterday with the Braxton Hicks; so hoping it'll continue to get stronger!!

Spoke with my awesome Doula, Susan today and she thinks it'll be this weekend...I really do hope so! I'll definitely keep you informed as things progresses!!!

XOXOXOX

Baby Shower

Sorry I didn't post any pics from the awesome baby shower that Tricia Contreras threw for me on August 28th!!

This awesome person is Tricia; the shower thrower!! This was the first shower that she's ever done!! Great job!!








My handsome husband doing the "guess what chocolate is in the diaper" game!


Isn't this THE best cake EVER? It tasted sooo yummy too!!

Below are the pics that Gina (my sister-n-law) took in my backyard:

38 weeks and 1 day.

Well its been a month since I've written or updated on here! Its been crazy lately! I went on pre-maternity leave a week and a half ago; its been wonderful. The stress from work was really taking it toll on me; my blood pressure was all over the place. The diastolic number (the bottom number) was elevated and had one scare where I had some serious swelling in my ankles/feet/calves and had to go into L&D for some labs. I wound up going home and needing to do a 24 hour protein urine collection; luckily everything came back fine; no pre-eclampsia. But I had to monitor my BP daily and I noticed that it would elevate as soon as I was in my work parking lot and would continue my entire work day until I went into bed. This just wasn't healthy for me and my boogie, so the OB placed me on pre-maternity leave until Boogie arrives. Its been wonderful not having to go into work.

I sleep less now due to having to pee every 45-60 minutes and its not even a pee worth getting out of bed for! LOL And rolling over in bed is a major event!! LOL

On September 24th, my brother and sister-n-law came into town for the Heart & Def Leppard concert. This concert was rescheduled from July and man was it awesome!! Besides Ozzy, it was the best concert I've been to!! AWESOME! Even Boogie loved it!!



So at my 36 week 5 day appt I was at 2cm dilated and 70% effaced and at the 37 week 5 day appt I was only at 2.5cm. BOOOOO So I've been doing extra stuff to help things along; I hope that it does work...we'll find out on Friday at my 38 week 5 day appt.
I've been bouncing on my yoga ball, inserting Evening Primerose every night, drinking Red Raspberry Leaf Tea, using my manual breast pump for nipple stimulation, walking (TONS), sex and even ate Eggplant Parmesan. I'm hoping that at this upcoming appt I will have progressed somewhat. If not, I'm thinking of asking my OB to strip my membranes.

I have been having cramps that are in the front all the way to the back. Braxton Hicks are still coming sporatically, but nothing to prove that its coming soon. Also, all these girls on the babycenter.com website talk about having diarrhea and then going into labor....okay, I haven't had any diarrhea, just normal poops, so not sure if I should expect that or not?!? (Sorry if TMI LOL)

But the baby room is done and the car seat is in the car; just need the baby!! Well I finally have my first set of stretch marks...right in the front around my now popped belly button. I can definitely feel that the baby has dropped but also has put on a lot of weight....whew. Wonder how much this booger will weigh? At my 35 week appt, the ultrasound tech told us 6 pounds already....so I'm thinking 8 pounds? AHHHHH

Well I'm going to go back to bouncing on my yoga ball and pray that this baby is coming soon, I really don't know if I can be patient enough to go to my due date!!!

8 months preggie......

I can't believe it! Seems like only yesterday, it was January and I tested positive on a pregnancy test....and here I am 8 weeks shy of my due date! CRAZY!

Well in the last two weeks I've been pretty busy including a flight to Denver for work and baby did wonderfully on the first flight out...not a peep; just a little bit of stirring around during take off and landing (just like mommy)

Trying to get everything together before D-Day....the baby's room and things at work. Starting to collect things for my hospital bag; so much to think about! Anyone have any input on what I should be sure to take with me....besides a camera and goodies for myself, daniel and baby. I'm open to any suggestions.

I also started Hypnobirthing...a wonderful way to get myself into a state of mind to deliver my boogie drug free! The more I learn, the more excited I get about it! Now I just need Daniel on board! LOL He's been traveling so much in the last 6 months; that we really aren't connected in regards to delivery!! Luckily, he has told his boss that he will not travel out of the state starting September 1st!! YAY. So hopefully Daniel and I can get on track on how to figure all this out!! LOL

I have a baby shower coming up next weekend; the 27th...I'm so grateful to have a wonderful friend who offered to throw me a shower...Tricia Contreras!! I can't thank her enough!! I will definitely post pictures of the baby shower afterwards!! Should be tons of fun! YAY!!

We're still trying to set up and finish the baby room....with Daniel's travels, I really can't hang up a curtain rod! LOL So been washing baby clothes and blankets and trying to set something up...not really sure what I"m doing! LOL

We also started the "talk" about if its a boy, whether or not we will circumcise......after much research, we've decided that we will not snip our little boy (if he is one in there) There's no medical reason to do it and its been researched that a baby will hemorrhage by losing only 1 oz of blood...that's such a small amount that I'm not willing to risk the life of my baby. Also, statistics show that circumcision isn't popular anymore, despite what most people thing. Even insurance companies will not cover the cost of it for newborns since it isn't medically necessary; that should be proof enough that society now only does it for aesthetic reasons, not for any other reason!

Well off to do some more work; trying to get things organized for Kerry, the awesome nurse/FA who will be covering my facility while I"m out for 12 weeks of maternity leave! I'm honestly excited about all the time off...its been so chaotic that I'm needing the time away; even though it is for a very tough job; but it'll be wonderful to be away from work for a while! Well I will post again soon. I can't believe that in 7 weeks we will get to meet this little booger that nudges me every day!! And to find out what the heck it is!!!! Boy or Girl?!?!?

30 weeks down.....

Well I can't believe it, but I'm at 30 weeks preggie....that means 10 weeks (or less) to go!! I can't believe its been almost a month since I"ve last written on here. Lots to catch up on.....

+ I failed the One Hour Glucose test; but I passed the 3 hour...thank goodness!!

+ I started a Hypnobirthing class. I've done lots of research about this and I think that this is the awesome & positive way to achieve a natural child-birthing experience. So far I've only had one class; my next one is coming up this weekend. I spoke to my Doula about it and she thinks its a wonderful thing to combine with her assistance. I'm so determined to deliver my Boogie naturally; to have him/her not be affected by any medication that doesn't need to be introduced to him/her. To have her/him be completely awake and aware when we first meet face to face.

+ On a note about Boogie; he/she has been been so active lately! Especially on my right side. Whew, are my ribs sore! I wish he/she would move to the left side and let the right side be for a little bit! Sleeping has been a pretty eventful experience, especially for the last several weeks. Rolling over is such an enormous act that wakes me up all night long.

+ HEARTBURN. This deserves its own bullet. Heartburn is an all day long experience for me. Even milk gives me heartburn!! It wakes me up in the middle of the night and its so difficult because if its 4 hours before my scheduled time to take my Synthroid, I have to suffer with the heartburn; I cannot mix Tums with my Synthroid. So I try to prop myself up when I go to bed, but of course during the course of my sleep I'm back down to my comfortable position but unfortunately always gives me heartburn! YUCKY!!

So on my last meeting with my Doula, Susan; we discussed pressure points to start around 36 weeks. Also around 32 weeks starting to do Perineal massage and again at 36 weeks starting to insert Evening Primrose herbs to start softening my cervix. We also discussed getting a gift bags of sweets ready for the staff on D-day! So today I went shopping and purchased a baby gift bag and bought some sweets (chocolates, worthers originals, and strawberry creme livesavers) for my awesome staff who will be taking care of me and my Boogie. I'm really hoping that my girls will be there and not a new person that I don't know; from when I worked there. We'll see.

There's still so much to do before D-Day! I finally found my letter from the VA to prove that they are covering my pregnancy; I'm supposed to have it with me at all times just in case I go into labor and I couldn't find it after our move...but luckily I found it in the last box I thought it would be in. I still need to pack up an overnight bag; I did buy some travel items today while I was at Target (shampoos/conditioners, lotion, kleenex, listerine, toothpaste, etc) but really need to get crackin'; knowing me I'll go into labor early and have to depend on Daniel to pack things!! LOL

Well gonna hit the sack; I'll update again soon!

Getting tougher.....

I'm heading into the home stretch of this pregnancy...3rd trimester...and at first I would read all these articles about emotional issues & hormones raging during pregnancy & I would laugh at it. Well unfortunately its now starting to hit me.

Daniel is traveling too much with his work-due to 2 people quitting-so he's been covering more regions than he should be. So I don't see my husband as often as I would like. Then he has his soccer league; which consumes the rest of his time. So I'm starting to resent him and his work (both surgery and soccer) It started out a feeling of loneliness and then escalated to feeling abandoned and unloved. Then anger hits.....I hate being an angry person...but I honestly don't know what more to do. His work takes him away so much that i'm starting to lose who he is anymore and that scares me with the baby coming. And I really don't want the baby to feel the way that I do.

I work too, but its mainly a 8-4(ish) job monday thru friday and sometimes some phone calls on saturdays (if some drama goes down and my employees need to get in touch with me) but I always make time in the evening and weekends for Daniel, but his priorities are different than mine.

It just gets really frustrating and I'm at a lost of what to do. Daniel says that he wants to reconnect and I do too; but I just have all this anger/sadness/resentment built up in me. I'd love to blame it on hormones (and maybe thats what it is) but I don't know what to do to get rid of it.

*sigh* I feel better after my vent....but not fabulous! :-)

26 weeks 2 days!

I can't believe that I"m almost in my 3rd trimester!! Crazy!! As you can tell there is absolutely a baby in there!! LOL
I have started feeling Braxton-Hicks contractions...especially after a long day of work! I also don't drink as much water as I should...I know that I should; but I can't find the time.......I just need to make the time; its pretty uncomfortable and I worry that its hurting my Boogie! Speaking of Boogie...its moving a TON now! And its loving the right side of my ribs! LOL

This next upcoming OB appt is my glucose tolerance test! YUCK, I really don't like the drink...it tastes horrible, and it makes me so jittery afterwards!
We almost have the baby's room completed; and when we do, I'll be sure to post a pic!
Well nothing much to report right now; pretty uneventful; well besides the Braxton Hicks! :-)

6 months (24 weeks) preggie..............

4 more weeks and I hit the 3rd trimester!



WHAAAT? Its going by so fast! My little boogie is moving so much now and its awesome when she/he moves to the sound of my voice...so I've started talking to the baby and singing to the baby...its such a personal conversation between us! LOL
Went today and got to hear the babys' heartbeat...161 bpm and I'm measuring at 23.5 (when they take a tape measure from my pubic bone to the top of my uterus; which is now about 2 inches above my belly button)

Everyone thinks I'm having a boy due to the way I'm carrying, but my OB Aspen told me that it has nothing to do with the way I'm carrying what gender the baby is...its all about my pelvis shape! LOL But we'll be seeing soon!! :-)
We've started putting the baby room together....bought our furniture and put it together; painted it; just need a mattress and I can finish setting things up. Daniel will be putting up curtains this upcoming weekend; can't wait to see it come together!


On that note as well; Daniel and I are somewhat settled in our house!

good pic with the sunset in the background. I'll post some inside pics as we get boxes packed up and the house decorated! LOL
Well time to relax before work again tomorrow!! Night