st. pattys day photoshoot

Audrey had her first outing today! I had a Dr. appt then her aunt debbie took us out to eat. she slept the whole time!
all the nurses came out to see how beautiful she is:)

she has arrived!

Audrey Elise Crawford was born on Feb. 28th 2011 at 2:20 pm weighing 8lbs 1 oz 18.5 inches long. She has a head full of dark hair & beautiful blue eyes.

I went into the hospital Sunday night at 9 pm, they inserted Cyotec to soften my cervix, about 1 am the nurse got a lil freaked out because I was apparently having contractions( I didn't feel them) but with every contraction Audreys heartrate dropped so she gave me something to stop the contractions & let Audrey rest.
at 8:10 Dr broke my water, by 9 I was yelling for an epidural, the contractions were coming fast & hard, once I got the epidural I felt so much better, I had to lay on my right side to keep her heartrate up,& by 12 the Epidural wasn't working evenly & my back was severely hurting, I was dilated to an 8 but with every contraction her heartrate dropped from 140s to 80s . The dr & nurse explained that if regular contractions were doing that, it would very dangerous for me to push since it was my first I could push up to 2 hrs. We decided a C-section was the best thing to do.
They took me into the OR , my back was hurting so bad, they gave me the anesthesia & It freaked me out feeling my whole body go numb, it only lasted for a minute though, then I could feel contractions again, they gave me more, I could still feel the sharpness poke, gave me more.. still could feel it, so they had to put me to sleep, Justin had to wait outside.
I woke up dazed & not realizing it was done, & she was gone, I started crying asking if she was okay, if Justin was with her.
I remember congratulating on of the nurses for getting married in 4 days.
I waited for my mom & Justin back in my room, Justin showed me pictures on his phone, it still didn't seem real, I just wanted to have her next to me.
Finally about 6 pm they brought her into me. I just held her & stared...
She is the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on .
I never knew I could love this much.

The hospital staff was wonderful, my nurses were great, my day nurse was named J-flo , and she was a ball of energy, she kept me smilin, & really supported me.
in recovery they constantly checked me, I never had to call.

Only annoying thing was every new person asking what happened to my arm, I seriously wanted to just tape a sign to my sling saying " fell on ice"

The pain from my surgery is a more than I thought it would be, mostly I think because you're suppose to use your arms to support you & not use your stomach , which is really hard to do when you've only got one arm.

we're home now & my mom & justin are completely amazing, changing her, feeding her.
I feel pretty useless & I've been trying not to let it upset me, but Its hard when she cries & I can't get up to go get her, we finally figured out how I can feed her though, I can't hold her to do it, but she can lay in my lap & I can do it.

okay I'm wore out, just wanted to get this all down.

well my mom is here, she's been wonderful refuses to let me do anything, is cleaning my whole apt so that when Justin & I come home we don't have to do anything but focus on Audrey! its been great just hangin out with her, we're best friends.
I had two Dr appts yesterday one for my arm, he said I need to exercise my hand so that its doesnt get stuck, & he wants to keep monitoring my arm, I may still need surgery.

went to my last baby dr appt, I havent dilated at all! so I'm going in sunday night to start meds to soften my cervix and then monday morning the dr will come in about 7 to break my water & Audrey should be here that afternoon!

I can't wait, finally my baby girl will be in my arms

well I broke my arm! I was walking to get in the car to go to my drs appt, slipped on the last patch of ice in the whole state and fell, fracture my elbow.
Audrey is fine, I'm in a lot of pain.

I'm being induced the 28th.
its perfect because Justin can leave work one day early & be here for the birth & then have his whole week off to be home with us.
I had an ultrasound today & she is 7lbs 9 oz and 20 in long :)
Oh & she has hair!

I can't wait!

I'm pretty bummed I'll only have one hand to hold her with the first 6 weeks of her life though, Its been very hard on me having to have help, to get my clothes on and off, to put my hair in a ponytail, Justins been wonderful though.

still no baby..
but thats okay, we got hit with a winter storm, the roads are still iced over and then tonight we got hit with snow.
my doctors office has been closed all week, so I didn't get my 36 week appt or growth ultrasound:(
but if she would've came now, my mom couldn't have came down in this weather.

I do hope this weather clears up soon, I've been in the apartment for 2 weeks, i'm going NUTS!
not to mention we need groceries!
I'm so tired of this rib and back pain.. ugh!