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Mandy and Emma's Progress
7-02
Her appt
went well again. I was sick and waited at the coffee shop
but from what Mandy said, she is in good health
12 lbs 11oz
and 24.5 inches
5-03
Emma's
Appointment went well again. The doctor called us, and asked
if we wanted to come in early because of rain and a cold
front moving in on the evening. We thought that was very
kind of him to do that. We accepted and was home before it
got to bad. The pediatrician is doing a graph of the growth
of Emma for us. She is now 9lbs 6oz and 22 inches long. She
got her 2 month vaccinations which were very painful for her
and me. She let out one scream and daddy let out one scream
then all was better. Mommy took care of both of us very
well. I was shocked we did not get a sucker. All the other
kids did!
3-28
Emma's
Appointment went well. She is now almost 8lbs and 21 inches
long. The Pediatrician was very pleased with the growth of
Emma.
3-8 9:45pm
Emma had her
one week Dr appointment. It went very well. Emma was a good
girl. She grew a half of inch and gained back her birth
weight. She was right at 3 kilos/6 lbs 10 ounces. Dr said
Mandy and Emma are a great team with the feeding.
Emma and I
are bonding very well. It seems every time I pick her up to
hold her we bond. I have her for about 5 minutes then she
has a "blowout"
3-4 - 6:00pm
Update on
Mandy is that she is doing well. Her headaches are about
gone. She has rested well during the day thanks to the
grandmas. We sure appreciate their help
3-4 5:00pm
We have had
Internet problems. Sorry for the delay. A lot has happened
these past 2 days. Our first night at home was exciting. We
all went to bed around 12:30am or so. The first night was
great only waking up one time when the alarm went off at 4am
for Mandy to feed. I got up telling everyone the night went
great. Mandy on the other hand said it was not. She only had
2 hours of sleep because Emma was up all night. I said,
There is no way. I didn't hear her one time. Mandy said, I
know I kept her quiet to let you sleep and didnt ask for you
to help.
AWH! I have
a great wife!!
Well the 2nd
night was not that way. Emma was up the whole night and so
were Mandy and me. Mandy told me I had my one night freebie
so get to work. As a team, we took care of Emma. The good
thing is Emma is only fussy not screaming her head off, even
though sometimes she does use those powerful lungs.
Emma
received her first bath. This was an exciting time. We were
all in the bedroom trying to do exactly as the nurse showed
us. Of course, it never works out that way. I wanted to do
the first part, because it was easy, and Mandy do the last
part. Well, I get the diaper off and began to do the prep
work when all of a sudden Emma pees. It scared the daylights
out of me! It took me a couple of secs to realize what was
going on. Of course, GG Thompson got a big laugh, but I
talked with Emma, and she got GG back today. Mrs Thompson
went to change a dirty diaper and Emma shot her! It was
great!
3-2 7:30pm
We left the
hospital today around 1pm today. It was our lucky day for
there was a huge soccer game about to start. Emma was
hungry, and we just decided to feed her when we got home.
Lesson number one - when the baby is hungry feed her then,
do not wait. There was traffic and lots of people. The bad
thing about it is the only way to get home was to drive BY
the stadium. There were vendors, police, people, and traffic
everywhere. It was stressful going to the hospital with
Mandy having contractions 2 mins apart, now we are in a
traffic jam with a hungry baby! Anyway I took an alternate
route and missed my turn which put us farther away from our
home. In Sao Paulo, if you miss your turn on a major highway
it could be many miles before you can turn around. We went
about 30 minutes out of the way before we finally made it
back to where we needed to be.
We made it
home and now enjoying Emma. She has slept the whole day and
evening. I think the car ride wore her out. I just pray she
will sleep through the night! She will hear her first church
service tonight via internet.
3-1 1:14pm
Emma is
doing fine. She is in good health and eating well. Mandy is
having bad headaches again from the epidural. The doctor
said she will have to stay another day. Our departure time
is tomorrow afternoon.
New pictures
will be published soon
2-29 11:22am
Today is
leap day! We were praying Emma would not come on this day.
We are so thankful. Well Mandy is getting a shower and doing
very well. Breastfeeding is a chore, but Emma will get the
hang of it. Last night, Emma cried or should I say screamed.
I think she has a temper. She may have been aggravated
because of learning to eat. Anyway, we appreciate the emails
and will try to respond shortly.
We lost
internet connection last evening. I was not able to update
like I wanted to. Mandy did have a severe headache. When she
received the epidural, it went a little to far and started a
leak which caused much pressure on her brain/head. Of course
she did not know it until everything wore off. The
Anesthesiologist had to come in and draw quite a bit of
blood and do the procedure again, but this time he did a
blood clot to stop the leak and it should dissolve on its
on. As of last night the headaches were gone and Mandy was
doing much better
2-28 1:14pm
Mandy is
having bad headaches. The doctor just gave her some strong
medicine. She is now out and I have gotten my 2 hour nap.
Grandmas are at our house sleeping. I am about to upload
some pics for you!
2-28 9:15am
Mandy is
sleeping and EmmaLee is in the nursery. Our pediatrician is
on his way to meet EmmaLee. She will return to the room in
an hour. I better get some shut eye. Grandmas are doing fine
and enjoying their grand daughter.
We are all
exhausted but hope to call some of you in a bit
2-28 6:30am
EmmaLee
Gayle Crews was born at 5:32am after an hour of pushing.
Both Mandy and the baby are doing well. Mandy had tears to
the muscle and needed a stitch up. She is better but will
have to recover. Emma has Mandy's eyes and lips but my nose!
EmmaLee is 6lbs 10 ounces. By the way,
Emma was
born on my Mom and Dad's (Crews) Wedding Anniversary
2-28 3:52
Mandy
received the epidural. Her contractions were still painful
after 20 minutes. She is all the way dilated. She received
another small epidural and all is well.
EmmaLee
should be here within the hour
2-28 2:20
Mandy's
contractions are now coming quickly and harder. She is in
the shower relaxing. The next hour I think we will be
pushing.
2-28 1:40am
Ok we
finally got internet access in the delivery room. Mandy is
now at 6cm. It has been a long battle. She stopped
progressing so we have been doing a lot of walking. The
doctor is about to check her again and may break the water.
Let me go she is here
2-27 10:30pm
We are at
the hospital! Mandy was having contractions 3 minutes apart
when we decided to go to the hospital. On the way it
was down to 2 minutes apart. I was stressed out! The doctor
happened to still be here. She checked Mandy and she was at
5cm. Doctor checked her into the room. We are now waiting on
the midwife. Let me go Mandy is having contractions.
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