Birth Story

At 39 weeks we had an induction scheduled for 8:30 at night on February 1st, 2010.

At around 7:00 my best friend Amanda, and her brother Josh, came over to our new townhouse that we had just moved into over the weekend.
They wanted to see it for the first time.
We were rushing to go out to eat at Olive Garden for our last family dinner as 3
We were way behind on time, because by the time we got to Olive Garden and were seated it was about 7:45ish. We noticed the woman sitting behind us was Rebekkah from the Mommy meeting, one of the leaders who was being induced the next morning.
What a coincidence.
Well we ate very fast and took Rylee to my parent's house so we could get going to the hospital.
I was feeling kinda guilty for leaving Rylee and just going and changing her life so much.
It was weird, I definately didn't expect to feel like this.
Well we get to the hospital on time, and I have to wait in the waiting room for my room to be prepared! So we rushed for nothing.
We sat in the waiting room talking to some weird old guy who was talking about his 15 year old having a baby. It was kinda uncomfortable, and I was happy when they came in and got me!
Well I got in there and took my 39 week pictures before I had to get in my gown.
And then it was time for the millions of questions they ask you when you are in labor.
They told me that Jake couldn't be in the room for it. Neither one of us really liked that, because there's nothing he can't know and I wanted him there for the whole thing, just to make me feel more comfortable.
He said "No I am not leaving." Because they tried to tell him to leave when I was having Rylee and he said no, and they didn't make him leave.
And we weren't even married then. This time, they kept telling him that he had to leave.
Finally she said she would go ask her boss if he could stay and he just decided to leave on his own so he wouldn't start alot of drama.
It was pretty dumb. The reason he couldn't be there was to ask me if I am being abused.
I guess I see the point in it but if I, the patient want him to stay, he should be able to stay.
So once all that was over, I got my IV! I was so worried about it because its always hard and painful to give me one because my veins roll.
We told the nurse that and she was like Im pretty good. and she was. It was quick.
They checked me and said that I was 1 1/2 cms dialated, like they had said in the drs. office.
I got started on my cervidil at around 9:00.
At around 10:00 Jake decided he wanted to try to sleep a little, anticipating a long labor like with Rylee (23 hours)
So I watched tv for about 30 minutes and went to sleep too.
It was soooo hard to sleep, I had the monitors on my stumach to monitor the babys heart beat and his heart beat was already hard to pick up by the way he was positioned, so everytime I would try and turn over or move it wouldn't pick up.
And the nurse would come in and fix it.
And then every 30 minutes or so, the blood pressure thing on my arm would start.
It was almost impossible to sleep. They said I could request something to help me sleep, but I wanted to stay away from as many meds this time as I could.
So I said no.
I fell back asleep, and around midnight I started to feel contractions already, which I hadnt expected because I was only on cervidil. I didnt think that would give me contractions.
At 2:00 AM it was time for me to come off of cervidil and start pitocin. I was soo not looking forward to the pitocin because I know it makes your contractions awful!
But before I got my pitocin, the nurse said I could take a shower if I wanted, which I was pleasantly surprised by that.
She taped my hand up in a bag so my IV wouldn't get water in it. It looked pretty funny. lol. I'm glad I got the videos I did from it. :]
I couldn't even feel my contractions in the shower. It was so nice I never wanted to get out, but I knew the longer I stayed in the shower, the longer it would be until I had Aedyn.
Once the pitocin started, I felt bad contractions probably less than an hour later.
Jake went back to sleep and I was trying to fall back asleep.
I was able to sleep for a little while. I was told that Dr. Patel would be coming in to check on me before her office opened around 8-9 AM.
Well around 6 AM i was very exhausted and I couldn't sleep from the pain, so I asked for the sleeping medicine that they earlier offered me but I said no.
And now they said it was too late to get it! I thought I should be able to go to sleep whenever I wanted!
But they said I couldn't have it because it would probably still be in affect when it was time to have the baby and I would be asleep. I wish they had told me I would be cut off from it, I would have taken it before.
A couple hours later this male doctor that I had never seen before came in to break my water.
For one, it was already hurting extremely bad when he was checking how much I had dilated. So I was tensed up, and he kept saying "relax, relax". And I was trying but I was just in too much pain and couldn't relax.
So he tries to break my water and it hurt way way more than the contractions were hurting, I was crying and I didn't want anyone to know.
So the doctor says to the nurse, she isn't going to relax, in a rude way.
Like excuse me? I hated that doctor.
I asked if I could get the epidural and then get my water broke so I would be able to relax. And he said that I can only have an epidural when I am in active labor, and the way to get into active labor is to have my water broken.
Well he said he would come back later and try again. I knew that wasn't going to be the case, I knew I did not want him back in my room at all.
At this point I was pretty upset because it hurt so bad and I was not looking forward to anyone trying to break my water again!
The thought crossed my mind to get the other kind of pain medicine before i get my water broke, but my plan was to not use that medicine this time because it makes you so loopy and out of it.
I asked the nurse if it would help and she said probably not.
Then about an hour later, Dr. Patel came in and broke my water and it really didn't hurt at all. She is a much better doctor than that guy was.
Well I got the pain medicine anyway, because I was trying to hold off on the epidural as long as I could. I knew for sure I would be getting the epidural, I just wanted to wait because when I was in labor with Rylee, the epidural slowed down my dilation. And while the pain med was going into my IV, I could already feel it starting, I couldn't keep my eyes open. The next thing I knew Jake was gone, and apparently he went to the cafeteria to get food.
I was really sleepy and out of it. I could still feel my contractions some but no where near how bad they were before.
So I went to sleep for a few hours. I woke up from the pain from my contractions. And I just couldn't hold in the pain I was feeling, I knew Jake was asleep on the couch, but I just started yelling every contraction. I immediately knew it was time for an epidural. I asked for it and the nurse was like, I don't know if you can have one yet because at this point I was only about 4 cms. dilated. They asked Dr. Patel, and she said to give me the epidural whenever I wanted it.
So I got the epidural and right after they checked me and I was 6 cms.
Right after that, Meagan Odell, and her kids came to visit me, which I didn't know that they were coming because of the meds I was on.
After they left, My mom, dad, & Rylee came to see me.
While they were there the nurse checked me and said that I was 8 cms. I was dilating so much quicker than i did when I was having Rylee.
They stayed for a while, I was very happy to see Rylee. And about an hour later I was checked again and they said I was 9 1/2 cms.
It was starting to seem more and more real. I had everyone but Jake go to the waiting room.
They prepped my room for delivery. Dr. Patel was trying to get to the hospital in time to deliever him.
She got there and checked me and said that I was 10 cms. but I had a "lip", just a little bit of cervix blocking the way.
She said to try to push and see if he could just push past it. I did and it didn't work. So we waited through a few more contractions that I couldn't feel thankfully!
I pushed for a few minutes, Dr. Patel was much better than the doctor that delievered Rylee, she was more supportive and telling me what a great job I was doing.
They put the mirror in front of me so I could see what I was doing. It was crazy to see, but I am glad I did.
While I was pushing his heart rate was going down and there were times when they couldn't even pick up his heart beat. So they put an internal fetal monitor in. Which I later found out cut his little head :/
But while they did this I couldn't push and like 2 contractions later, while I wasn't even pushing, his head was coming out on its own.
I pushed for maybe 20 minutes and he was out!
At 1:21 pm on February 2nd, 2010. He weighed 7lbs. and was 19 1/2 inches long.
I am so happy to have my baby boy here! He completed our family.

GETTING INDUCED!

35 weeks pregnant with Aedyn Levi in the picture above. :]

At 36 weeks I went to my weekly doctors appointment with Dr. Patel and she asked if I wanted to be induced, I pretty much immediately said "no" because I hadn't really considered that option yet.

Ofcourse I would rather have him myself on my time... When Jake got home that night I was telling him about it and he seemed to think it was a good idea.

So I had the whole week to think about it and I decided I wanted to be induced, but I rememebered from being pregnant with Rylee that she told me she wouldn't induce before 40 weeks. Which isn't too good, becuase this is my second baby and I feel like he would come before then.

& I am a serious "worrier", and I have been stressing so much over just the thought of going into labor while Jake is at work and having to try to get in touch with him (which is really hard to do with cell reception where he works). And then him having to rush home to get me and take me to the hospital,when he works like an hour and a half away!

On top of that, I would be in labor while having to try to get Rylee all ready to get to her nana's house.

And also, I have been thinking of how cool it would be for all of us to have this pattern with our birthdays.

My birthday is 1/1 and Rylee's is 5/5, so I thought it would be cool if Aedyn's could be 2/2. But that is only 39 weeks and 1 day.

Jake found out from work that he can take off a week for me having the baby, so we had to take that into consideration, and the 2nd is a Tuesday, so he could have Tuesday-Friday off and then a free weekend off. So this idea was sounding better and better to me. All the while assuming Dr. Patel would refuse to induce me early.

ANOTHER issue of the week, circumcision. The whole time I knew we were having a boy, I assumed I didn't want to have it done.I just don't see the point in it really. I feel like he is born how he is supposed to be. And its just un-necessary pain for him to go through. Jake and I haven't talked alot about it. The conversations about it went about as far as -ME "Aedyn's not getting circumcised." JAKE- "yes he is" ME-"no, he's not, you will see." But I really thought he wasn't serious. I didn't think he cared as much as he does. Finally he started to tell me how seriously he cares that he is circumcised. His main reason being that he doesn't want him to get made fun of one day. Which I think is pretty dumb. I never thought of this to be an issue? I have never known of anyone to be made fun of for this? But apparently.? So after seeing how strongly he felt about it, and me not really feeling that strongly about him NOT being circumcised, I decided to give in with the condition of only if it is numbed! I definately wouldn't be ok with it if he has to feel it all, that is just cruel, I don't care if it does just take 10 seconds. I wouldn't let someone cut me for 10 seconds without me being numb!

This whole week me and Rylee were sick and just layed around together, I began to notice that Aedyn wasn't moving too much throughout the week.

I know that it is normal for the baby to run out of room and not be as active, but I thought it was weird that it happened the same week I was sick, so maybe the baby is sick too? I don't know , but it makes me feel kinda bad :/

Well, going into my 37 WEEK appointment, I had a few questions.

She didn't seem worried about the baby not moving as much, she just asked me if the baby is moving 5 times in 5 hours. And he definately is. So she didn't worry about it.

I asked her about the circumcision and she said whichever OB/GYN working in the hospital the day I am released from the hospital would be doing the procedure. And she said that none of her partners numb the baby! ahhh. I told her that is a must for me, and she pretty much said that if there is nobody at the hospital to do it numbed, then I would have to wait for someone on the "surgical team" I think she said. So I think I am going to call Aedyn's pediatrician (Dr. Wiley) to see if he does circumcisions and make sure that he uses numbing medicine. I really couldn't believe that it is so common to just do it with nothing. I think Jake agrees with me on this situation. I know he doesn't want the baby to feel pain if he doesn't... So this is still in the process! I really don't want to wait and look around for someone to do it until after hes born, I want it done as soon as possible so hes less aware.

About being induced--- Right away I asked her about it and I said " I was wondering if you would induce at 39 wks and 1 day." And right away, she said yes. So I don't know if it is because this is my second baby or if she has changed the way she does things now? or what. But I was worried for nothing. I told her my reasons why and she said thats fine. She even made a better suggestion, she said I could come in the evening of February 1st to start getting induced and then have him on the 2nd :] It couldn't be working out better! I still don't know the time I go in yet, she said she would set it up and tell me on my next appointment when to come in. So it all seems very very real now, that it is almost time to have a baby!!!

We have been trying really hard to get out of our apartment before the baby comes, and into the nice townhouse we have been looking at for about a month. Everything has been in a process, and we told the manager we wanted to be moved in before the 1st and she said we will be able to. Now we just have to hear that we are officially approved. So it is going to be crazy moving in and then a couple days later having a baby! It will be so hectic having a newborn in a messy house that nothing is in it's place yet. MY LIFE IS SO CRAZY :]

Aedyn Levi

Will be his name :]

we decided around 34 weeks...It wasnt mine or Jakes top picks, the name is more of a compromise. Pretty much how Aedyn was.

I had been complaining to Jake for forever about how Aedyn needs a middle name and how bad I just wanted his name to be complete.

So he promised me that he would think and look online for names for 30 minutes one day.lol

And he had already brought up the name Levi a couple of weeks before, and I was just sort of like, i dont know?

And he looked up the sons of Jacob in the bible and one of the sons were Levi, so it seemed like it worked and gave it more meaning.

I like it alot and I am so happy to have his name finally complete!

Aedyn Levi Foraker! :]

Also at 35 weeks - I was 1 1/2 cms dialated already!, when I was pregnant with Rylee I was 1/2 cm every time I got checked until I went into labor. And when I made it to Labor and Delivery I was 1 1/2 cms.
So it really makes it seem more real that he is going to be here sooo soon.
Dr. Patel asked me on my last visit if I wanted to be induced. I said no without much thought about it because I really do want to go into labor on my own, but the more I think about it, the more it does make sense for me to get induced.
Mainly becuase I am a big time stresser... I worry about everything!
I have so much to plan for this time around. I have to make sure Aedyn's bag is packed, mine is packed, Rylee's is packed for staying with her nana and pappaw.
And Jake has to take off time from work for the days I am in the hospital and probably about 3 more for bonding time with the baby and just helping us get settled down.
Not to mention that Jake works an hour away from home, and it is pretty hard to get in touch with him at work (with bad cell reception).
So if I were to go into labor at home alone with Rylee I would have to call Jake and wait an hour before I could even get to the hospital.
I am thinking I would rather have everything all planned out and ready to go now.
But... I will have to see when Patel will induce, becuase I remember when I was pregnant with Rylee she said she wouldn't induce early. Most doctors I hear about will induce at 39 weeks.
I would like to have Aedyn on 2/2/10.
I would like him to follow mine and Rylee's pattern of 1/1/92 and 5/5/08.
I just think it would be cool.
But I would technically only be 39 weeks, 1 day.
If she says no to that I would consider 2/5/10- because Rylee's birthday was the 5th and also this is a Friday and Jake would have the weekend off without messing with the budget.
or 2/10/10, because it is kind of like the pattern?
Its not a huge deal, but somehow it really has turned into one, lol. Jake even wants the baby born on 2/2/10.
Another new factor in all of this is that more than likely we will be moving at the end of January! not the best time to be having a baby!
Thats got me a little worried, but Jake seems to think we will have no problem. I hope he's right!

I have already packed Aedyn's things for the hospital, and I have made a list of all the things I need to take.
I think I have figured out my birth plan and everything. And how I want things to go with Rylee while Im in the hospital.
So I feel pretty in control of the situation at this point, I just hope it stays that way.

I am 36 weeks now and I have been having awful ligament pains where I cant do anything, I cant move at all.
On top of that I have been having what feels like very mild contractions, mainly at night time.
But the only difference is that I don't feel a pause in between the pains, like you would with contractions.
It is more of a constant discomfort.

I haven't asked the doctor about it yet, but I will at my next appointment.

Middle name!

So we have been set on naming our baby boy Aedyn for about 5 weeks or so? Probably longer.

But we are still yet to agree on a middle name for him.

Aedyn was a good mix of mine and Jakes taste.

He likes more traditional names and I like more young and cool names.

So we have not found another name like that yet...

I really like Wyatt, Bentlee, Chance, & Maddox.

Bentlee is deffinately my favorite.

But Jake said he did like the name Chance but he didnt think it was right for his name.

So another no!

The only options Jake has brought up for a middle name are Reid and actually I think thats it.

I want to love his name! and I definately dont love Reid.

I havent come up with any more names that I like. I just keep trying to convince him to go with Bentlee.

He isn't coming up with anymore names either.

I dont know how he will get a middle name! I dont want it to get to the end and Jake be like o well, we didnt come up with a name, lets just name him after me.

Because that is what he wanted in the beginning, to have a JR.

& the scary thing is that if Rylee has been a boy I would have named the baby Jacob Jr.

I just dont like the idea of having 2 people the same name. I dont like the tradition of naming your baby after people.

Obviously everyone will know that he is his baby.

And I dont really want to budge on this because when I was pregnant with Rylee I really really wanted her to be named Khloe.

But he wouldnt have it. It meant more to me than I think he understood.

So I dont want to give in on his name if he isnt willing to do that for me.

I am just so ready to have his name complete...

Aedyn ....... Foraker :/

I made the shirts I have been wanting to make since I found out I was pregnant.

One says Big sister Rylee

And the other says little brother Aedyn.

Theyre cute. It'll be good for pictures and keepsakes.

But I still have more shirts and letters and I want to make a shirt that says his first and middle name! So I am just waiting and looking for cool ideas!

Shopping!

I have been waiting for a couple of months to finally get to go shopping for Aedyn!
We got paid some extra money for staying with my Granny in the hospital.
So it really made me feel like it was ok to go spend some money.
But I really felt alot of anxiety about it weirdly.
I was really worried about spending so much money at one time even though I knew we were ok on money.
I had planned on buying him this 10 piece crib set for $70 on ebay, but when I got to the store I saw alot of blue & brown (my theme).
And I saw that I could buy everything seperately - like the bumper and sheet and everything to mix and match.
So I decided to do that. It was a little bit cheaper but I didn't get as much stuff so I didn't know what to do at first.
Jake was just trying to stay out of it and not help me make a decision because this was more for me than for him because I love to shop.
I got him a baby book and 2 pairs of little shoes, 2 Pajamas, -(I really tried to stay away from clothes becauase I THINK my mom will help me out with clothes.
And I already have some for him that I have bought from yard sales and consignment sales.
I also got him recieving blankets, passies, bibs, and i think thats it?
I don't know, it didn' seem like I got very much for my money, but I still had some left over out of the budget I made for this trip.
So it was over all a good trip, now I'm really excited to make his bed up and see it all come together.
I love my little boy :]

23 Week ultrasound.

Its a boy!

I am really happy to be having a boy.

After the ultrasound technician told us that she thought it was a boy but she wasnt for sure, we started buying boy clothes and telling everyone it was a boy, especially Jake.

He thought it would be a girl too just like everyone else did.

We are almost set on the name Aedyn, but anything can change.

We have already taught Rylee to say Aedyn and that is what she calls my belly now.

Now if we could just come up with a good middle name that we both like.

It is so hard for me and Jake to agree on names!

I like Aedyn Wyatt or Aedyn Maddux, Jake likes Aedyn Tyler.

I just cant believe I saved all of Rylees baby clothes for this baby. And now I have to start over again.

It will be really hard for me to sell the clothes.

Really we are very much prepared for this baby already, we have all the big stuff, we just need more clothes and diapers.

We are going shopping for him soon hopefully!

I feel him kick almost all the time now, he is just as active as Rylee was.

I am really not having much pregnant symptoms still.

I have the "pregnant pees" thats about it. lol

I have stopped losing weight unfortunately and gained back what I lost and then some :[

Im really hoping and praying that I can breast feed the weight off this time!

ahhhh

only 16 weeks to go!

I love my Little girl & my Little boy!

Ultrasound at 19 weeks

I had my 19 week ultrasound about 2 weeks ago.
When I got to the doctors office they told me that I wasn't down for an ultrasound.
I was so upset immediately because Jake took off work early to make it to the appointment.
And it was the end of the day and the ultrasound technician was booked for the day.
They told me they would SEE if they could fit me in.
They did thank God.
I would have been so disappointed if they hadn't.
So we go in and the ultrasound technician is looking at the baby for about 5 minutes and I can't even see the screen.
Rylee was freaking out the whole time wanting me, I think she also thought I was getting hurt.
It was cute, but it was ruining the occassion a little bit.
Her daddy calmed her down by the time I got to see the baby.
The woman kept referring to the baby as a she and "her hands" and stuff like that.
So the first thing Jake said was, You know the sex of the baby don't you?
And she said , well the baby is at a bad angle and I can't see anything so I'm assuming it's a girl.
And as she was showing us the babys legs and trying to see the private area she said she thought she saw a boy part.
The woman said that she never gets it wrong because she doesn't guess.
But she said she was leaning towards it being a boy.
So Jake totally has his hopes up, I hope that it is a boy for that reason.
He has started to tell everyone that he's having a boy,
He is really excited, but we aren't going to go shopping until we know for sure what the baby is.
We go back for another ultrasound when I'm 23 weeks.
Lets hope the baby is at a better angle.
I feel like its a boy though, because I haven't had any morning sickness, and I haven't had any weight gain.
So we will seee..
ALSO... on the day I had my ultrasound I felt some of the biggest kicks yet,
When dr. Patel was listening to the heart beat he kicked the dopler machine really hard.
And that night was the first night Jake felt the baby kick for the 1st time :]
It makes me so happy when he feels the baby kick.
He can feel him kick alot more now because he's getting bigger and stronger!