Snuggles from Loved Ones

Peyton came into the hospital saying 'baybay' over and over and was just so excited to meet baby Sadie. He kept kissing and hugging and pointing. It made my heart so happy!! We will see if it sticks!

  Many, but not all of the people that came to see us at the hospital to celebrate our wonderful Sadie!!

Introducing Sadie Elisabeth Hunsley

39 weeks

  Drew, Peyton and I headed to my NST/Dr. appointment last Tuesday morning. (Oct 8). We were planning on going to the fair afterwards for Audrey's birthday but Sadie had other plans. The NST showed that while she was moving around a lot, she wasn't having accelerating heartbeats which is important to see. (Because I was on medication for Diabetes they have to make sure that doesn't effect Sadie negatively) Since she wasn't cooperating they did a special sonogram that can show the same things that an NST does. They saw that she was moving, and that she was about 9 lbs, but couldn't see that she was breathing - which is one of the things they want to see. Since my due date was Oct 11, I was full term, and Sadie was definitely big enough, they knew there wasn't anything negative about going ahead and inducing me. There could be complications by waiting - if she indeed isn't breathing well or accelerating, or she gets too big and requires a c-section. So Dr. L told us to go get lunch, grab our bags and he would call the hospital to get me ready for an induction. The fair was off the agenda but having a baby was on! :)

3:00pm - we arrived at the hospital

4:15 - made it to our room. Since they ask all the questions and stuff, they also let me go ahead and eat dinner before they started the meds. 

7:30 - Started me on Cytotek - which was to ripen my cervix. I was dilated about 1-2 cm at this point. Contractions started right away - and within 2-3 minutes from each other!

11:30 - bring on the pain meds! They gave me Stadol and while it made me loopy for about 20 minutes, it didn't really help with the pain. 

12:30 am - they moved me to Labor and Delivery. I had a great nurse - 2 actually - that were wonderfully helpful and I felt like I was hanging out with friends more than the hospital.

1:45 - they gave me morphine for the pain, but I didn't feel like that helped either. 

2:15 - I was positive for Strep B so they started me on Penicillin which I quickly realized I am now allergic to... I got itchy right away so they gave me some benedryl and started me on a different antibiotic.

2:45 - I was 4 cm... sigh...

3:30 - I got my epidural. YAY. I was pretty nervous since I had a bad experience with Peyton but I decided to give it another try, and it was definitely way better!

8:00 - I was 5 cm

12:30pm - I was 5.5 - 6 cm... progressing, but slowly. Shortly after that they started me on Pitocin 

4:05 - my water broke

4:40 - I was 10 cm!!! 

5:15 - my nurse was ready and told me I could start pushing. But once she was ready for me to start she actually saw Sadie's head already and told me to wait while she got the Dr. 

5:30ish - my Dr came in and realized that Sadie was about to fall out. They fumble and try to keep Sadie in while taking apart the bed and getting scrubs on. it was a whirlwind for sure. 

5:48 - I was told I could push but I sat up and Sadie was born. Fastest delivery ever!! :) YAY

Sadie Elisabeth Hunsley

October 9, 2013 at 5:48 pm

8lbs 3 oz and 21 inches long. 

She had to go to the NICU to have her sugars monitored. There was a chance that her sugars could crash since her body was working overtime when she was in me. She was in there for 5 hours but only had 1 high sugar so was brought to the room around 11pm. Her sugar was checked about 3 or 4 other times but everything looked great! Poor baby still has marks on her feet. 

Everything looked great while we were in the hospital, but as we were waiting for the wheelchair to go home, Sadie had a scary moment. She had been coughing up some fluid throughout those two days, but Friday morning she was choking on mucous and it was coming out of her nose. Because of that her airways were blocked and she wasn't breathing. Drew did a great job turning her over and trying to clear her out while I ran out to find a nurse. She was quickly suctioned but because of that they kept us a few more hours so they could run some more blood work - to make sure Sadie didn't have an infection. The labs came back fine and we headed to get Peyton and then made it home around  5pm. I did ride in the back to make sure it didn't happen again - and we have been super aware of her breathing since being home but she hasn't had any issues in a couple days so we think she's all clear!

Celebrating Sadie

My church family threw me a wonderful baby shower last week. We were ridiculously blessed with an abundance of goodies including adorable outfits and diapers diapers diapers! :) We are now pretty much just waiting for our sweet Sadie to make her appearance. Any day now!

 (38 weeks)

 Oh yes, we got many Norah snuggles!!

Pregnancy Update (36 weeks!)

I had a pretty long appointment yesterday but received great news. :) I'm 36 weeks and I was scheduled for a sonogram to check Sadie's weight. She is looking great! They said her belly was measuring a week ahead of schedule, but her head and length were just behind 36 weeks. She weighs about 6 pounds 7 ounces and there is plenty of fluid for her to stay comfortably in my belly. Oh and she definitely has a little bit of hair, which was neat to see!

Then I had an NST (I'm still going twice a week for these) and she was very cooperative. She was moving and accelerating just like she is supposed to. That means that the Metformin I am on for Diabetes is not interfering with her at all - Praise God!

Then I saw Dr. L ( who I love by the way. I'm so glad that I found a good practice here in Mount Airy!). He looked at my sugar log. I have been a little concerned about my high sugars but I was reassured that since I have had nasty sinus junk it was normal for them to be high. He also guessed that I had been taking Robitussin which apparently has a lot of sugar in it. Whoops! He was so pleased with the NST, Sono, and my sugars and has no concern with Sadie. While I haven't been worried at all about her since Peyton was fine, I was so excited to see how well she is doing! Keep cooking baby girl!! :)

I'm definitely craving sugar and pasta these days, and I may get REALLY frustrated if my sugar is high... but Drew and I have been eating popcorn pretty much every night and I have approximately 8 m&ms with that which is something I get to look forward to and help my sweet tooth. ;)

My heartburn hasn't been as bad as with Peyton, but there are definite nights when it drives me crazy! Smoothie Tums are my friends. :)

I feel like Sadie moves more than Peyton does, I often just watch her move my belly around. That has made me more nauseous than last go round. She has gotten hiccups a few times which I have found adorable, and she definitely makes me out of breath quite often.

We signed on our new house today, and will be moving next Tuesday. So there is plenty to do, but I'm trying to take it easy when possible. I am starting to make lists of things I need done before she arrives... I'm in charge of the nursery at church so I have to get things squared away there, and pack, and make sure Peyton has a fall wardrobe, and get my toes done, etc... ;) Never a dull moment that is for sure! I am so thankful for all of our help and blessings these past several months! She'll be here soon!

Babymoon!!

Drew and I wanted to get away, alone, before Sadie came. We went away before Peyton and it was wonderful so we were excited to go away once again. He took me to Ashville, NC and we stayed at a nice hotel. Since we were kid less, we figured we had to go out on the town, but I was already worn out by 9 o'clock so we ended up grabbing some Coldstone (shh don't tell my doctors) and talked in the Kohl's parking lot til 11. Then we crashed but ended up waking up early just because our bodies weren't used to sleeping in. We took our time, found out there was a Fuddruckers so of course stopped for an early lunch, and then headed to the Biltmore Estate.

We used the audio tour and had a great time learning about the history of this crazy-too-big-for-anyone-to-need house. It was definitely exhausting, and I'm surprised I didn't walk into labor, but it was a great time away with my man. :) 

 35 weeks!! I could have stayed on that 'deck' for hours with the cool breeze and comfy chairs. It would definitely be my favorite spot in the house! 

We spent a little time in the gardens, but we were both worn out by then. Once we headed home we grabbed some yummmy Outback before squeezing the neck our our Peyton before bedtime! 

Thanks babe for a wonderful surprise weekend away!