Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Reflections
I was reading some of my friend's blogs regarding their pregnancies and when they went into labor. I started thinking about my experience and thought I would share it with you.
So it was May 29th, 2007. I was working at The Sport's Authority in the morning, and so miserable. I couldn't stand or sit without being in pain. A lot of people were telling me it was back labor and I was like, great. I am going to have back labor and that is horrible (I read about it and dreaded it!). I left work early and went to a schedueled doctor's appointment and told my doctor (who was the best and I will surely miss him when I eventually have anthor!) that I was in so much pain. I was even dialated yet though. I wasn't sure what a contraction felt like and was afriad I wouldn't know when I was having a baby. So, Dr. Susanka said for me to just go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:00 and tell them I was having back labor/pain. He would come in at 7:30am and break my water for me. LOL. yeah it is cheating but oh well. So, Aaron and I got ready the night before and had a good nights sleep ... kind've. I was in so much pain I really couldn't sleep. We got there around 6:10am on May 30th 2007, and the nurse was nice but told me that I wasn't dialated or anything I was worried they would send me away before my doctor got there. He arrived at 7:30 and broke my water. Theb nurse got a little mad and asked me if the doctor had asked me to come in and he'd break my water. I told her no, which was a lie, but I didn't want to get him in trouble and what was the big deal anways?
So, I was waiting and the nurse asked me if I wanted an epidural before the guy went into a C-Section. I wasn't sure ... I didn't want one too early and I wasn't having any contractions yet. They had given me the pitocin earlier and I asked how long it would take to have effect. She said, "Oh you aren't very far along so it will be a while. " Ok, so she must have been on crack because it only took 45 min and I was having contractions every 2 minutes and they were the most painful things I have ever experience. I was crying and bawling to aaron. He felt bad for me but, of course, couldn't do anything. It was about noon and the guy was still doing the C-Section so I couldn't get the drugs. Dr. Susanka came in and asked why I hadn't gotten the epidural and I said it wasn't my fault that they guy wasn't available. :(
My sis in law came and held my hand (she was there while I had the epidural because Aaron couldn't handle the big needle) and FINALLY around 2pm I got my epidural. I was having contractions for 5 hours! You'd think I would have dialated but nope, I went from nothing to 3 cm. I was horrified that I would be in labor for 30 hours. After I got the drugs I felt wonderful and watched Over the Hedge and tried to sleep. About 5pm I started feeling a lot of pressure like I had to poop and I remembered that was what they said in a book I read that you are almost ready to have a baby. I called the nurse and she checked me and said I was ready at 10 cm. I was like wow! I went from a 3 to a 10 in only 3 hours. That epidural is a amazing! The only problem was, Aaron left to get his phone charger from home (we only live 15 min away, but it was during traffic). I was scared he was going to miss the birth of his own son! I started pushing and Aaron finally arrived around 5:30. He doesn't do well with blood and all that so he was having a hard time, but held his own. I only pushed for 25 min and little Noah was born. He's so amazing and I look at him and he's so independant and on his own now... just a year ago he couldn't hold his head up. It's amazing ... what a gift.
Melissa
So it was May 29th, 2007. I was working at The Sport's Authority in the morning, and so miserable. I couldn't stand or sit without being in pain. A lot of people were telling me it was back labor and I was like, great. I am going to have back labor and that is horrible (I read about it and dreaded it!). I left work early and went to a schedueled doctor's appointment and told my doctor (who was the best and I will surely miss him when I eventually have anthor!) that I was in so much pain. I was even dialated yet though. I wasn't sure what a contraction felt like and was afriad I wouldn't know when I was having a baby. So, Dr. Susanka said for me to just go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:00 and tell them I was having back labor/pain. He would come in at 7:30am and break my water for me. LOL. yeah it is cheating but oh well. So, Aaron and I got ready the night before and had a good nights sleep ... kind've. I was in so much pain I really couldn't sleep. We got there around 6:10am on May 30th 2007, and the nurse was nice but told me that I wasn't dialated or anything I was worried they would send me away before my doctor got there. He arrived at 7:30 and broke my water. Theb nurse got a little mad and asked me if the doctor had asked me to come in and he'd break my water. I told her no, which was a lie, but I didn't want to get him in trouble and what was the big deal anways?
So, I was waiting and the nurse asked me if I wanted an epidural before the guy went into a C-Section. I wasn't sure ... I didn't want one too early and I wasn't having any contractions yet. They had given me the pitocin earlier and I asked how long it would take to have effect. She said, "Oh you aren't very far along so it will be a while. " Ok, so she must have been on crack because it only took 45 min and I was having contractions every 2 minutes and they were the most painful things I have ever experience. I was crying and bawling to aaron. He felt bad for me but, of course, couldn't do anything. It was about noon and the guy was still doing the C-Section so I couldn't get the drugs. Dr. Susanka came in and asked why I hadn't gotten the epidural and I said it wasn't my fault that they guy wasn't available. :(
My sis in law came and held my hand (she was there while I had the epidural because Aaron couldn't handle the big needle) and FINALLY around 2pm I got my epidural. I was having contractions for 5 hours! You'd think I would have dialated but nope, I went from nothing to 3 cm. I was horrified that I would be in labor for 30 hours. After I got the drugs I felt wonderful and watched Over the Hedge and tried to sleep. About 5pm I started feeling a lot of pressure like I had to poop and I remembered that was what they said in a book I read that you are almost ready to have a baby. I called the nurse and she checked me and said I was ready at 10 cm. I was like wow! I went from a 3 to a 10 in only 3 hours. That epidural is a amazing! The only problem was, Aaron left to get his phone charger from home (we only live 15 min away, but it was during traffic). I was scared he was going to miss the birth of his own son! I started pushing and Aaron finally arrived around 5:30. He doesn't do well with blood and all that so he was having a hard time, but held his own. I only pushed for 25 min and little Noah was born. He's so amazing and I look at him and he's so independant and on his own now... just a year ago he couldn't hold his head up. It's amazing ... what a gift.
Melissa
Sunday, July 13, 2008
dumb job!
Ok, so a lot of people know how much I HATE my nanny job. I've been interviewing for other jobs but nothing so far. I am tired of how bad they treat me. Here's the latest for today ...
I checked my Wells Fargo account online today because I check it everyday. I am a big stickler on money and I have to know every penny that is spent and sometimes money is taken out of my account that isn't accounted for. My finance class taught me that. It's good to keep a checkbook, but you need to check your account daily to make sure there isn't suspicious acitivity.
So, I am looking and my account balance is really low for just putting money in there. I see that there is a returned item check for $280.00 and a fee for $10.00. I am like, what the heck? So I call to see what it is, and guess what? The check that Tricia (the mom of the kids) gave me bounced for insufficent funds. I KNEW that this would happen! She struggles with money constantly and when she hit my car and had to pay $3000 to fix it, her check bounced then too. I am just so fed up. This is ridiculous don't you think?
Melissa
I checked my Wells Fargo account online today because I check it everyday. I am a big stickler on money and I have to know every penny that is spent and sometimes money is taken out of my account that isn't accounted for. My finance class taught me that. It's good to keep a checkbook, but you need to check your account daily to make sure there isn't suspicious acitivity.
So, I am looking and my account balance is really low for just putting money in there. I see that there is a returned item check for $280.00 and a fee for $10.00. I am like, what the heck? So I call to see what it is, and guess what? The check that Tricia (the mom of the kids) gave me bounced for insufficent funds. I KNEW that this would happen! She struggles with money constantly and when she hit my car and had to pay $3000 to fix it, her check bounced then too. I am just so fed up. This is ridiculous don't you think?
Melissa
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Why not me!!!??!!!
So many friends of mine are becoming Camp Directors for Girl's Camp. Why can't I get that calling? No one understands how much I LOVED LOVED LOVED girl's camp. I hope when I move back to Washington they will remember me and call me to it. Then maybe they will just give me that calling permenantly for a long time :) ... people might think I am crazy but if you knew me when I went to girl's camp you'd understand.
Melissa
Melissa
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Update
So, here's the news this past month ...
Noah started walking. He's sooo cute. He walks everywhere now and just loves it more then crawling. We got him some shoes yesterday and he is not fond of them but he'll deal.
We are in the process of selling our home. Bad news: We refinanced 7 months ago and our house appraised at $200,000 and now because the market is so bad and people are forclosing our house is worth $187,000 and we refianced at $192,000 so we are $5,000 upsidedown. Yeah it's a bit depressing and makes me really angry. I shouldn't have to suffer because of this. I would have never done the refi if I know this would happen. There is options but our realator doesn't seem to really care about us at the moment and urgency of us wanting to sell. :(
We got rid of our big pine tree and our Juniper trees outside our home. It's looks soooo much better. We are now watering our lawn and grass is growing. I love it.
I am still nannying the horrible family. I wish I didn't have to but it's an income that I need right now. The latest thing my horrible boss has done is accuse me of lying about being sick, and tell me that I need to be more flexible with her scheduele (if she needs me to stay later) even if she tells me on short notice. They take advantage of me so much and I feel like I can't do anything and they know it because I need this job and need the income. However, I am really close to just quitting and making it through with just NBO for the time being. I would rather work at Garts then this nanny job and that's a lot to say because I HATED Garts.
Aaron has lost 30 lbs and I am sooo jealous. People tell me, oh you can lose weight too ... but with what time? I work from 7 - 5 or 6 Mon-Fri and then work P/T at NBO Mon-Thurs at night and Saturday during the day. The free time I have is to clean my house and sleep. I just need to lose that much to be happy with my body. I'll get to it ... I guess i have to be more determined.
That's my (our) life in a nutshell right now. I would post pictures but I am too lazy ... lol. Next time I will.
Melissa
Noah started walking. He's sooo cute. He walks everywhere now and just loves it more then crawling. We got him some shoes yesterday and he is not fond of them but he'll deal.
We are in the process of selling our home. Bad news: We refinanced 7 months ago and our house appraised at $200,000 and now because the market is so bad and people are forclosing our house is worth $187,000 and we refianced at $192,000 so we are $5,000 upsidedown. Yeah it's a bit depressing and makes me really angry. I shouldn't have to suffer because of this. I would have never done the refi if I know this would happen. There is options but our realator doesn't seem to really care about us at the moment and urgency of us wanting to sell. :(
We got rid of our big pine tree and our Juniper trees outside our home. It's looks soooo much better. We are now watering our lawn and grass is growing. I love it.
I am still nannying the horrible family. I wish I didn't have to but it's an income that I need right now. The latest thing my horrible boss has done is accuse me of lying about being sick, and tell me that I need to be more flexible with her scheduele (if she needs me to stay later) even if she tells me on short notice. They take advantage of me so much and I feel like I can't do anything and they know it because I need this job and need the income. However, I am really close to just quitting and making it through with just NBO for the time being. I would rather work at Garts then this nanny job and that's a lot to say because I HATED Garts.
Aaron has lost 30 lbs and I am sooo jealous. People tell me, oh you can lose weight too ... but with what time? I work from 7 - 5 or 6 Mon-Fri and then work P/T at NBO Mon-Thurs at night and Saturday during the day. The free time I have is to clean my house and sleep. I just need to lose that much to be happy with my body. I'll get to it ... I guess i have to be more determined.
That's my (our) life in a nutshell right now. I would post pictures but I am too lazy ... lol. Next time I will.
Melissa
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