Donna Was born!!

The birthing book for donna !

Almost time!!

So much to blog about today ! First Look at all the fun stuff Ive been making laitly! I made a really cute car seat cover :) these pictures REALLY don't do it justice! I wanted the car seat cover to be more than just a car seat cover, but be multi functional! As an utter cover when I'm nursing, another blanket and of coarse as a car seat cover :) I couldn't find any utter covers and car seat covers that were combined... So I made it!!! and it worked out GREAT!

The utter cover part

The underside of the cover

This picture in NO WAY shows how gorgeous this flower accessory is. Its a white flower with a really pretty pink butterfly.

The finished and ready to go cover :)

My cute 37 week prego picture! I am thinking I'm gonna have this baby this week so I needed to get another picture in before I POP!!

So this week has been fun :) All day Monday and Tuesday I had such terrible back pain. I didn't notice if it was regular or not, I just chalked it up to being so far along and that my body was starting to fight against the gravity finally. So I went to my chiropractor on Tuesday i kept saying "man my back is just killing me!" so he kept adjusting adjusting adjusting... the pain was a little better but not gone... SO I was like whatever.. it must just be the weight of the baby on my body is finally taking its toll! Wed I went into my Dr's appt and he did an exam to see how I am doing and guess what? the back pain wasn't for nothing! It was labor pains! I was already dilated to 2 cm, baby was at station 3, and 50% effaced! I was a little SHOCKED to hear how far along I was already! so Thursday I was feeling contractions every hour .. half hour.. whatever.. no big deal :) just getting the body ready :)

Friday I woke up with a nasty rash and needed to see the Dr. so I called them up and they scheduled me to come in in about a half hour. Getting ready to go I went to the bathroom and guess what? I lost my mucous plug :) I showered quickly then went right in. While I was there he checked me again. I was 2 1/2 cm station 2 and 75% effaced.. my labor was just moving along! I asked him if I was totally fine to go to work. He was like yeah thats ok, just stay off my feet and stay in Cedar City. I told him that would be hard cause I work in St. George. He basically forbade me to leave Cedar. Because he didn't want me to have the elevation change and didn't want my water to break down there because of how quick I had Kyra he didn't want me to be far from home.

I checked how fast my contractions were coming so I made the decision to go down to St. George and to have my sister Christina drive down with me so that if I DID go into labor she could drive me back. I was able to see all my kids, all through working the contractions were staying at 30-45 mins apart. Chrissy and i stopped at my favorite place ever (in and out) and ate some dinner. My contractions started coming every 15 mins then once we were half way home it was about 8 minutes apart. I thought.. YEAH :) I made it home I'll be ok to have this baby now!

I got home around 8, kept watching the clock and keeping track of the contractions. They were wavering from 8-5 mins apart. My birthing partner is in California this week, I texted her to let her know what was going on, she gave me her friend's number whom she talked to bout helping just in case, she was a professional doula and said she would love to help! So I called the Doula at 10 and let her know that its probably gonna be tonight. She said she wanted to come over to go over some things and that she would prefer that she be there long before the contractions become intense so that she can get things ready. At this point the contractions aren't painful AT ALL!! I feel them theres just no discomfort or pain at all right now! She got over here, the first thing she asked for was "do you have a crock pot?" I tilted my head and went Huh ? LOL she explained it was to keep hot towels warm so I was like Ohhhhhh.. LOL so she got that stuff ready then we went over my Hypnobirthing folder. She is a Bradley Birth instructor, I was a little worried about the fact that she wasn't incredibly familiar with hypnobirthing but it ended up ok. So we practiced some techniques that she will use later in the labor I was feeling really confident at this point! So I went to bed so that I could get some rest at around 12. I kept having dreams about contractions, I could feel them even sleeping. I woke up around 5-6 times every hour I was still having contractions 8 minutes apart by the time I finally got up for the day at 6:30. The Doula said that since there isn't much change she was gonna go and she suggested walking around Walmart for 2 hours. I agreed that would be the best measure too! So I went to Walmart, I thought I was gonna DIE a half hour into my walking! I want really paying attention to how fast the contractions were at that point, but I was defiantly feeling the contractions more than I had the night before so I thought that it was a great sign! I finally left Walmart after walking an hour and a half (cause I was totally pooped by then!) I picked up some caster oil to maybe put the contractions closer or something. So I got home, took only a teaspoon with some juice (to induce labor they suggest 1-3 tablespoons) so I figured it was just a little so it wouldn't hurt. I mixed it with a shot of juice mixed it up and swallowed like a shot. It was kinda chunky LOL but it wasn't gross. I was a little tired so I took a nap for like 4 hours. When I woke up I was expecting to be in further labor.. Shocked.. I wasn't! My contractions were GONE.. and to make matters worse the caster oil gave me diarrhea! (I know tmi, but I figured its IS part of the story!)

So now I'm having irregular contractions this morning and I don't know whats gonna happen! I kinda want to go in to labor and delivery just to see where it is now LOL but that would be just silly! So who knows if its gonna happen today.. but we shall see! I'm gonna go to church and go on with my day!

My sister Kathy sent me this baby cake. the pictures don't show all the cute stuff on the cake! it says on the ribbons, in cute sparkly letters Welcome Baby Donna!

Baby shower gift pictures

I'm so thoroughly annoyed with blogger right now :( it posted all my pictures in opposite order and its not letting me edit them at all ..

Oh well heres the pictures from the shower :)

My big belly picture .. 34 weeks pregnant!

Kyra made me the cutest flowers out of the tissue paper from the gift bags :)

This was a Lusciously soft blanky that Christina (my friend) got me along with 2 fuzzy sleeper outfits (pictured below)

This outfit was from Chris, it was a whole Layette set with a matching onesie, night gown, top and bottom outfit (below) bib and hat

Opening the card from Chris's gift (above)

Look... I'm so happy to get a Bumbo chair.. they didnt have there when Kyra was a baby

I'm so confused as to why they got it in BLUE!!

Hmm what COULD THIS BE?? LOL its shaped like a BUMBO box LOL This was from Sharene and Tanya

This was a whole bunch of matching clothes from Melonie. It ended up being 3 full outfit sets that were inter changable 3 pairs of socks and some shoes.

I was like YEAH!!! someone listened to my invitation and got me something from the registry! This cute little car seat toy was from my visiting teacher Emily.

Opening the first gift of the day

Amy got me a way cute onesie head band and head bow

Reading what the onesie says.

Eating snacks before the presents were opened... it was REALLY RAINY that day we thought it was gonna snow!

BABY SHOWER

The early birds getting some food :) (as a side note, Look how Kyra is as tall as Christina.. thats FUNNY! She's only 10 LOL )

The Game winner presents

The first few presents that arrived (and the travel system)
Kyra preparing the tray with the butterflies
Kyra bored waiting for the party to start already

So I just had my baby shower :) Loved it :) it was really fun, not too long, lots of people came (I was worried about that) :) So over all I was happy about it :) On a side note I have reaffirmed why I am having a birthing photographer LOL there were almost NO pictures of my guests :( which makes me sad :( and there were no pictures of the WONDERFUL FOOD that my mom and I spent DAYS MAKING!

I'm gonna try to describe everything so that you know all that we made for the party :)

First off Kyra has Celliac Disease so I made it very clear to my mom that I wanted as much Gluten free food as possible and for the most part she conformed. We even made the little cupcakes out of a gluten free cake mix :)

OK so on the "snacky table" we had made:

• pink and purple chocolates that were butterflies and flowers
• the cupcake tower with mini cupcakes decorated with pink and purple frosting and little white flowers on top and some of the butterfly chocolates on top (kinda like they were going from flower to flower.. it was really cute.
• chips and dips

On the counter where the "meal food" was we made:

• My oh so famous Grilled chicken, Spinach and cheese- bow tie pasta (I looked really hard to find the pasta gluten free with no success :( )
• A really stinking yummy Waldorf salad (normally I hate Waldorf salad but this was way good, along with the regular junk in the Waldorf salad we also put pineapple, dried cranberries, yogurt and some other stuff which dressed it up all good :)
• I don't know what to call this next thing but we made shaped bread in flowers and hearts and toasted them with a spinach dip, ham and cheese they were really good too :)

And to drink we did the typical sprite and raspberry sherbet, but then we also added frozen berries which made it different and dressed it up REALLY NICE!

The games we played were some fun ones :) we had a trivia game that had like 12 questions on it about having a baby.. some were kinda hard. I cant remember who won that game.

Then we played baby bingo (just like at Kyra's baby shower) where they had a blank bingo card and a bunch of names to choose from putting all over the board. it made it nice in the beginning because people were able to fill those out while waiting for other people to show-up :)

The final game was the baby changing game. There were groups of 4 people and they raced to: unwrap their baby from its blanket, take off its clothes change its diaper, put on a new outfit, and re-swaddle then pass it to the next team member.. then time stopped when everyone was finished. There ended up being 3 teams, with times of 10:00 5:56 and 6:10those 2 teams were CLOSE...

After the food and the games.. we then opened presents .. the funnest part for the mommy hahaha getting STUFF is always fun!

I'm gonna post all the pictures from the party and I'll just title all the pictures presents. the few presents that didn't get a picture however was Diapers, wipes, and travel bath stuff from Diane, and the travel system from my mother (but you can see the travel system in alot of the other pictures too)

(I had to post another blog to put the pictures because Blogger is acting wird about me adding too many pictures :P )

Hypno-Birthing!!

Hey all...

its been some time since I posted on my blog and lots to share!! Ill just bullet the stuff then give details .. New Picture, New due date, New Hypnobirthing class, New Dr. and NEW BABY NAME!! SO MANY NEW THINGS this month!!

First Check the new picture ...:) I'm getting ENORMOUS!! heres me on the morning before what was 4 weeks after my other picture (what WAS to be 30 weeks) the reason I say it like that is because that day I got an ultrasound and the baby was growing so well that she was marking growth for 31.3 weeks :P so the Due date was pushed BACK to Dec 28th!!

I started my Hypno-birthing classes mid October and should end this week. They are so much fun, and it just makes SO MUCH SENSE!! I'm kinda frustrated with the way some things are turning out but I think I'm gonna do just fine in the long run! Its seriously like training for a MARATHON!! I just hope I can keep it up!! Actually I KNOW I can!! and I WILL!! I have to listen to my Birthing Affirmations for a half hour a day (I do it on my way to work, on those days I make it an extra full hour both back and fourth so I get quadrupole duty those days!!) then My Rainbow relaxation... which is a half hour.. every day... then 3-4 times a week I need to practice my "Deepening exercises." its alot of work but its SO WORTH it to me!!

The basic theory behind it is that all animals.. including humans have painless birth... its only when other humans, fear and medicine interfear that PAIN occurs... because people round the world have and still have painless births. It is only in the Western Society (mainly Europe and the US) that women FEAR birth, and they let Medical model birthing occur which creates fight or flight fear in the mother, thus draining the uterus of its blood, thus creating a cycle of confirming the pain, thus creating a deeper fear of pain, stalling the labor, introducing Pitocin which doesn't produce ANY Oxytocin but ONLY Produces pushing of the baby into the Cervix which is not ready which WILL cause pain thus confirming the thought that labor = pain... and the cycle continues!! Any way .. So in nature and the other countries their women have painless births because they put themselves in a kind of "hypnotic" glazed over state while they give birth.. and just let the Uterus do its job and birth's the baby... Thus a painless birth.. with alot of "pressure.." but not pain...

So yeah, I'm very excited about it!

I've also had some Dr drama!! I have been contemplating a switch for quite some time, but I had a "rude awakening" when my Dr got very ANGRY because I was asking about his C-Section rates.. have something to hide much ? hahah so I switched to a new OB this week. I was really wanting the Nurse Midwife but she SHATTERED her shoulder riding a motorcycle this month so she can do any deliveries till Jan.. so that puts me out of the running for her... but over all I think I'm gonna be fine! The Dr. I ended up going with, his wife had 4 Bradley Births (similar to Hypno birthing) so I KNOW he is DOWN with natural!!

My baby shower is next week! I'm so very excited about it! Ill be sure to not let a month go by before I post pictures of it!!

Baby name change might happen! I'm REALLY liking the new name!! It all started when the date changed recently, and when my friend recently had her baby.... on Halloween and they were gonna give their baby a Haloweeny middle name just for celebration of the holiday. She asked if i was gonna do that if Donna was born on Christmas.. I was thinking Jeeeez... the new due date IS only 3 days from Christmas... REALLY close to Christmas.. what if I have her on Christmas?? **panic ensued** I hadn't really thought about it I was so set on her being a New years baby that the christmas thing never even crossed my mind.. So I thought about it.. and people were tossing around all kinds of names like Christa, Joy, Star, Harmony, Bell, Bella, when when someone said Noel and I was like OHH YEAH I LOVE THAT!! and with Donna.. Donna Noel... its just sound so GOOD!! So I was thinking if she's born on Christmas or Christmas eve it would be Donna Noel.. and otherwise Donna Elizabeth... but now after 2 weeks of hearing it... I'm really LOVING the Donna Noel....

so I have decided that if she is born in December PERIOD its gonna be Donna Noel... and January Donna Elizabeth.....

28 weeks Oh my!

WOW it seems this pregnancy has just FLOWN BY!

I'm already in my 3rd trimester and only 11 short weeks till little Donna joins our family!

I still sit and feel the baby move and I am just AMAZED I'm having another baby!

Lots has happened the past few weeks, I got a new job in St. George. I'm very excited about getting back to working!! Its part time so I can spend lots of time with my baby at home when she comes! The best part is that I can just hire a nanny for the couple hours I'm at work and she can just hang out in the front office with the baby while I work, Cause I'm the only one there anyway :)

My first day back on the job (this past Monday) I had to go in to labor and delivery cause I hadn't felt her move for over 24 hours, so I went in, they checked her out and she was just fine.

My mom has started planning my baby shower its gonna be in November :) I'm kinda excited about it :) I moved my registry from wal-mart to Target cause i really like the stuff at target better ;)

I just bought an intercom system, which I think will work so much better than just having a baby monitor. This way I can set Kyra's room to one channel, the baby's room to another Chanel and have that room permanently on Hold, which will make it just like a baby monitor and with a receiver in every room it will work just great! :)

I have a video monitor for when Kyra was little that I'm gonna get hooked up to the front room TV. so I will be able to see the baby's room when she is in there sleeping so I don't have to bug her if I'm not sure she's awake or not. I remember doing that alot when Kyra was a baby.

Were coming up the pass!! FINAL TRIMESTER!

Well first things first YEAh :) we made it past the countdown and were under 100 days!! I have a ticker on my phone and I thought it would never get under 100 and it is!
Little Donna is regularly kicking my butt.. **cough** ahem** RIBS... on a regular basis! I love this part! The heartburn unfortunately is a haunting that has still not gone away :(

Her bulletin board and her Hospital bag/ diaper bag

Here is my picture of my big tummy at 24 weeks.. it has SIGNIFICANTLY grow in this past 4 weeks, and I assume it will continue on that trend! Today she is just over 2 pounds! I cant believe it!

Her coat rack

I definitely feel the "nesting" bug" I keep going in the baby's room wondering what I can work on to get it even more ready!
I have rearranged the babys clothes about 10 times! I think I finally have it how its gonna be..

Her bed all ready for the baby.. I still need to hang
 that self and the Monitor camera though

I sorted the newborn clothes from the 0-3 month clothes. and its in a basket with all the plain white onesies. Then I have a basket that has all of her hats, and a basket with all of her night clothes that have footsies in one pile, and then the full outfits that don't have footsies in another pile. Then another basket with Cute onesies, plain shirts (no snap)  and pants/bottoms.  I hung up her really matchy matchy outfits too.

The diaper hanger.. A very smart idea if I do say so myself
I was very proud of thinking of it! its just a shoe rack
for the closet attached to the ceiling! 

I moved all of the toys to a new piece of furniture I just got this past weekend that has cubby baskets, and I sorted the toys into soft rattles, sensory toys, and hard toys. (there is a picture of it here somewhere!)

I took the baby swing I had been intending to take to my mom's for like MONTHS NOW. Like literally TODAY took it over, so I got that out.

The baby's room from the doorway,
Her new cubby toy shelf, her diaper bag,
and the crib in the background,
Again the shelf I need to hang with the camera

I packed the hospital bag a few days ago I put in: the blanket I crocheted and the hat Kyra made (that match each other) and her take home outfit, (all for her to go home in) 5 other outfits, 6 onesies, 3 pairs of mittens, headbands for her hair, 6 pairs of socks, 6 burp rags and 4 receiving blankets.  I had diapers and wipes and that kid of stuff but my friend told me the hospital gives me all that so I took them out haha.. I didn't remember! I haven't had a child in 10 years remember!!

Here is the compartment thingy that I have all
the shampoo's powders creams etc in 

I know its a little neurotic to bring my own receiving blankets and onesies but I just feel better knowing I washed them and that they are hers :)

I still cant believe what I still need for her though! I thought I had nearly everything then i look at my registry and go.. oooops I guess were missing things!
My mom started planning my baby shower already,  we went to one a week ago so I guess it got it in her head she needs to get moving on mine!
Its gonna be the weekend before Thanksgiving hopefully not too many people will be out of town!

All the sorted Clothes
and the pretty new fairy I just added

The newly sorted toys, and diaper bag/ hospital bag

 Even though its the fall I'm still BURNING UP! I guess thats what I get for being a human incubator! I have the fan on me constantly!
Medically I have been ok the past few weeks. No more big scares.. for now.. I have a little sore throat but I thinks its because of all the fire smoke in the air. there is a big fire in the area and its making the air really hard to breathe :( Like it isn't already hard for me to breathe these days??

I guess thats all for right now...
See ya next time!!!