Nothing better than being a mommy! Finally!!!

Nothing Better Than Being A Mommy-FINALLY!

It has been almost 2 weeks, time is flying by! We have changed a couple hundred diapers- had many sleepless nights, and have found out we know nothing about being parents-but we are learning and I love every part of being a mommy.

When Nate and I were first married we decided to weigh the pros and cons of having children. It was something we had always talked about doing someday-but we thought that we should make sure it was what we wanted. There were so many reasons not to have children-travel, careers, money... but in the end we both knew we wanted a family. Well it has not been an easy road to travel, we have had a lot of pain, heartache, and fear to deal with. But here we are now with a beautiful baby girl in our arms, and her angel brother watching over us. I know we made the right decision, life could never be complete without our babies, and they have taught me so much already. Nothing in our lives worth while comes easy, but we can appreciate it all so much more.

So all is well in our little house right now. Makayla is doing very well-keeping us busy and teaching us new things every day.

Makayla's Here

Makayla is Here!

Thanks everyone for all the thoughts and prayers! I wanted to give a quick update on how things went-but I am pretty tired so hopefully this makes sense.

Makayla was born Friday Feb 15th at 5:34 pm weighing in at 10 lbs 4 oz and 22 inches long!!! It was not the easy labor and delivery we had hoped for-she gave us quite a scare at first, but thankfully she is home and doing well!

We went in on Friday to be induced at 7am, I was already having contractions and was dilated 3 cm. They started pitocin and things slowly progressed. At about 1pm my doctor broke my water which set me into active labor. I was unable to get the epidural I had wanted b/c my platelets dropped extremely low and they were afraid of clotting issues. It was not an easy labor but by 5pm I was ready to start pushing. I pushed for a short time but due to her size and the fact that her heart rate was dropping during contractions they had to use suction to get her head out. Once her head was out we could tell she was larger than anyone had expected! Her shoulders got stuck and and with every contraction her heart rate was still dropping. They called in the NICU team and after some manipulation we finally got her out! Immediately they started working on her-but she was limp and refusing to breath on her own. It was one of the scariest moments of my life! They intubated her and brought her to the NICU. Luckily she rebounded from all the stress very quickly and they were able to extubate her after only about an hour! They kept her in the NICU for the remainder of the hospital stay to keep an eye on her, but she has done amazing. Makayla was discharged with us today-after only a two day stay. She has a small problem with her right shoulder b/c of the stress and manipulation during the delivery-they told us she has a 90% chance of regaining full movement-but may need PT- they are giving her a little time to see if she starts moving it on her own. She also was a little jaundice-so we need to get that checked again tomorrow, but hopefully that will also resolve itself. Overall she is a VERY long and large HEALTHY baby girl!

I have a website with some pictures if you want to check them out:

http://www.totsites.com/tot/makaylanava

37 Weeks 1 Day

Well its February! The month I will meet my little girl. Last weekend we took a mini vacation to New Hampshire, which was nice and relaxing. We didn't do much of anything but enjoy being away. It's nice to know that the next time we go up there Makayla will be coming too! This week I have started to get things in order for her arrival-finally! We started working on the nursery and cleaning it out, we got the carseat put in, and the cradle in our bedroom. There is still a lot to be done, but at least we are moving in the right direction. Going through the nursery was difficult, brought back a lot of memories, but it wasn't quite as bad as I had anticipated. I guess I am learning to live with the grief a little bit more every day