Ah...so. tired.
Cian had a bad night last night - I went to bed at 10:30pm, got up at 8:30am and was fully awake 8 times in between (nursing 4 times!!), and several more times half awake as he wriggled and made noises. Gah. I think it's his teething that's bugging him.
Now he is content in his little play station, playing with toys and watching the Backyardigans. I love that show. :)
Last night we had one of the meals from our Big Cook and it was so nice to only have to thaw it, put it in the oven and then we had a delicious, healthy meal all ready. We're going to have to keep up our stock of those meals! It was a lot of fun putting them all together too, though it was hard with all the nursing breaks, fussy babies, sleepy husbands, etc. Next time we'll have to start earlier in the day, I think, so that we all have more energy and the little ones are more content.
It's nice to have the meals available to bring over to someones house if they are in need of a bit of help too. I'm going to bring one or two over to a friends house this weekend who just had a baby. She had a nightmare story...Her water broke and she didn't start labor in the 12 hours doctors allow now-a-days, so they induced her. The induction started the really hard, painful contractions that it always does, so she asked for an epidural (she had been planning on going natural). Well, something went wrong with the epidural and it made her whole body go numb - so numb that she couldn't breathe! She blacked out and doesn't remember anything more. She said she thought she had died. She was told later that she had been rushed into an emergency c-section where she gave birth to her little girl. Unfortunately, she didn't stop bleeding because her uterus couldn't/wouldn't contract and nothing they did could get her to stop. I guess she lost 7 pints of blood! In order to get her to stop bleeding they had to do a hysterectomy. :( This was their first baby, and they had been planning on having a lot of kids. What also makes this hard on them is that she is from the Philippines and all her family is there, and he is from Utah or some such place and all his family is there so they are all alone. :/ Poor girl. So anyway, we're going to go over there this weekend to see if we can help them out at all.
On a completely different note, we got the Wrath of the Lich King! :) I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet, but Tim played for awhile last night. I can't wait to get on and check it out. :)
Well Cian is tired of his toys so I gotta go get him. I hope everyone has a good day - and has a full night's sleep tonight!!
Cian had a bad night last night - I went to bed at 10:30pm, got up at 8:30am and was fully awake 8 times in between (nursing 4 times!!), and several more times half awake as he wriggled and made noises. Gah. I think it's his teething that's bugging him.
Now he is content in his little play station, playing with toys and watching the Backyardigans. I love that show. :)
Last night we had one of the meals from our Big Cook and it was so nice to only have to thaw it, put it in the oven and then we had a delicious, healthy meal all ready. We're going to have to keep up our stock of those meals! It was a lot of fun putting them all together too, though it was hard with all the nursing breaks, fussy babies, sleepy husbands, etc. Next time we'll have to start earlier in the day, I think, so that we all have more energy and the little ones are more content.
It's nice to have the meals available to bring over to someones house if they are in need of a bit of help too. I'm going to bring one or two over to a friends house this weekend who just had a baby. She had a nightmare story...Her water broke and she didn't start labor in the 12 hours doctors allow now-a-days, so they induced her. The induction started the really hard, painful contractions that it always does, so she asked for an epidural (she had been planning on going natural). Well, something went wrong with the epidural and it made her whole body go numb - so numb that she couldn't breathe! She blacked out and doesn't remember anything more. She said she thought she had died. She was told later that she had been rushed into an emergency c-section where she gave birth to her little girl. Unfortunately, she didn't stop bleeding because her uterus couldn't/wouldn't contract and nothing they did could get her to stop. I guess she lost 7 pints of blood! In order to get her to stop bleeding they had to do a hysterectomy. :( This was their first baby, and they had been planning on having a lot of kids. What also makes this hard on them is that she is from the Philippines and all her family is there, and he is from Utah or some such place and all his family is there so they are all alone. :/ Poor girl. So anyway, we're going to go over there this weekend to see if we can help them out at all.
On a completely different note, we got the Wrath of the Lich King! :) I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet, but Tim played for awhile last night. I can't wait to get on and check it out. :)
Well Cian is tired of his toys so I gotta go get him. I hope everyone has a good day - and has a full night's sleep tonight!!
November 14, 2008 at 12:30 PM
1) I want to do those meals. I want to. They sound like a downright smashing idea.
2) Regarding your friend's painful birth: that is awful. Like, mind-numbingly horrible.
3) Okay. Lich King, Holly? Amazing. Not only are the graphics greatly improved, but so is the gameplay. And the scenery is wonderful! It's completely different from BC, which is all I had hoped!
We're just over halfway through Howling Fjords (which is the best zone for starting in for Alliance), and it's a beautiful Nordic theme. Adore it.
November 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
That is such a sad story about your friends recent delivery of her daughter. Deanne went well over 12hrs after one of her kid's water broke w/o much adeau other than she had to fend off the doctors. What EXACTLY is the threat and how great is it that this scenerio was worth going through with life long consequences? I have heard several times of women becoming completely paralyzed temporarily after an epidural and requiring assistance breathing and that the uterous does not know to naturally clamp down after being artificially endused, but to loose your uterus because of it is tragic... Do what you can to encourage her, Hol. She has a wonderful option of adoption!
November 14, 2008 at 2:54 PM
What an awful thing to happen to your friend!
The reason they induce after 12 hours (some places its 18-24) is that they are concerned about infection for mom/baby. Once the water breaks, its a open system and any bacteria (normal or otherwise) can travel up and cause an infection. To be honest, the risk isn't super high, and all that is required after is extra monitoring for mom/baby.
While the whole body numbness is a risk from an epidural, they are supposed to monitor the level very often to make sure it doesn't get to high (ie. nerve level that controls breathing) and then respond accordingly.
Its the hysterectomy that really breaks my heart. How awful! Especially on the first baby! It happens more often than most people realize. Its not just isolated to people with epidurals, it can happen with normal natural deliveries as well. The uterus doesn't cramp down despite pressure, medication, or even surgical intervention, and all thats left is to take out the uterus to save her life. Women can lose a liter of blood in minutes, and after 5 minutes, you are in serious trouble! Where the placenta attaches has large blood vessels that will just pump blood. It would be like cutting a major artery in your arm/leg.
I'll be praying for them!