Okay, Tim and are stuck. We don't know whether to spell our daughter's name with one "n" or "nn" . At first we really liked the two "n's" but when we started to write it out it felt unnatural. At this point we are leaning toward Brooklyn but we wanted the opinions of our friends and family. Please try writing her name out a couple of times as we think it helps determine what's natural vs. unnatural.
As a side note, I was determined not to have a name on the top 100 list which "Brooklyn" wasn't at the time we chose her name. Now that our baby is clearly a Brooklyn - can't think of naming her anything else - the name is now #52! Brooklyn went from not even being on the top 100 to #52 in three months! Brooklyn is going to be this year's Emma or Sophia...yes, I'm totally bummed out. I really wanted something original and unique but had roots from long ago, classic with a modern twist.
Bummer
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The exponential rate of hospital hours
First of all, I would like to extend thanks and gratitude to everyone who was praying and thinking about Tim, Brooklynn, and I during the last week.
Now for the specifics:
On Wednesday night, I thought it was possible that I might be leaking amniotic fluid. I called the Labor and Delivery line and they said to come in immediately. We arrived at the hospital around 9:30. The staff was great and even though they were incredibly busy that night, (they had eight deliveries, usually they have 2) the nurses put us in a triage room quickly. After the intial intake questions, the doctor did an exam and although she couldn't see any pooling fluid one of the tests she did came back positive for amniotic fluid.
At this point, they noticed I was contracting regularly every 3-4 minutes for 30 - 60 seconds each time. The Dr.'s thought I was very dehydrated (which can cause contractions) and Tim made me drink more water in 3 hours then I had my entire life prior to this moment. After a few hours of drinking water my contractions didn't get better, in fact now I could feel them and the contractions were coming every 2 - 3 minutes.
The Dr.'s decided to hook me up to IV fluids, which took six tries and finally they had to call in the Ansethgioligist. I remember joking that I should just call him the first, to which he replied, "I have better things to do" and I said, "Well, I have better things to do than be poked 6 times." We all chuckled but I'm pretty sure I made my point. Tim was trying to hold it together as his anger was mounting as he saw me being pierced again and again. (These were the thick catheter type needles)
The Dr. came back and repeated the amniotic test which also came back positive. The Dr.'s were pretty stumped at this point so we were left alone for awhile (around 4 am). The perinatal specialist said we needed to do an amniocentisis and they were going to inject blue dye into the fluid and if blue came out we could be positive that my water had ruptured.
At this point, they started preparing Tim and I for a long stay in the hospital and the very real possiblity that our precious baby girl was probably going to born in the next week or so. Very scary (I'm only 28 weeks now).
Well, the test came back negative (yay) and in a few hours my contractions became irregular and we left. We did have a bit of a blue dye scare later that evening so we needed to head back to the hospital where they administered the test again and monitered my contractions. Then we left.
That's the update -
Now for the specifics:
On Wednesday night, I thought it was possible that I might be leaking amniotic fluid. I called the Labor and Delivery line and they said to come in immediately. We arrived at the hospital around 9:30. The staff was great and even though they were incredibly busy that night, (they had eight deliveries, usually they have 2) the nurses put us in a triage room quickly. After the intial intake questions, the doctor did an exam and although she couldn't see any pooling fluid one of the tests she did came back positive for amniotic fluid.
At this point, they noticed I was contracting regularly every 3-4 minutes for 30 - 60 seconds each time. The Dr.'s thought I was very dehydrated (which can cause contractions) and Tim made me drink more water in 3 hours then I had my entire life prior to this moment. After a few hours of drinking water my contractions didn't get better, in fact now I could feel them and the contractions were coming every 2 - 3 minutes.
The Dr.'s decided to hook me up to IV fluids, which took six tries and finally they had to call in the Ansethgioligist. I remember joking that I should just call him the first, to which he replied, "I have better things to do" and I said, "Well, I have better things to do than be poked 6 times." We all chuckled but I'm pretty sure I made my point. Tim was trying to hold it together as his anger was mounting as he saw me being pierced again and again. (These were the thick catheter type needles)
The Dr. came back and repeated the amniotic test which also came back positive. The Dr.'s were pretty stumped at this point so we were left alone for awhile (around 4 am). The perinatal specialist said we needed to do an amniocentisis and they were going to inject blue dye into the fluid and if blue came out we could be positive that my water had ruptured.
At this point, they started preparing Tim and I for a long stay in the hospital and the very real possiblity that our precious baby girl was probably going to born in the next week or so. Very scary (I'm only 28 weeks now).
Well, the test came back negative (yay) and in a few hours my contractions became irregular and we left. We did have a bit of a blue dye scare later that evening so we needed to head back to the hospital where they administered the test again and monitered my contractions. Then we left.
That's the update -
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Contractions
Ruff week this week. I'm sure when Kristens is feeling up to it she'll give you the full story from her perspective, but here are some of the highlights for now with some pictures.
- We had a private room for most of the first night after the ER part
- We know all about the early labor process now :]
- We know to ask for the anesthesiologist early since after 6 IV tries by various nurses, they had to bring one in to do it. (Poor Kristen)
- When you go to the hospital at night at 9pm and you haven’t had dinner yet, remember to bring food…
- Kristen knows what it feels like to have a very large needle pushed into her stomach and I got to watch, both them putting it in as well as on the sonogram so they could guide it. Crazy.
- Kristen is far braver than I am
- Nurses don’t really let you sleep
- All the staff at this Kaiser Labor and Delivery department are really really awesome (except one incompetent nurse)
- There is no place like home…
- tim
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