Friday, September 25, 2015

Lilian Rosemary Stanley

So I hardly post on my blog, I need to get better at that, but really my life is pretty boring. I get to hangout with my favorite boy all day which is fun for me, but hardly anyone wants to read that. Well we just had a huge life changing event happen last month. Lily was born! We are so happy to have her, it just wonderful. So here is her birth story, read at your own risk.

My due date was September 9th, but I had an induction date of September 2nd. I was hanging out with my parents on the 29th when I started having pretty bad contractions but they would go away. I had them all day but not regularly. I went to bed early & knew if I couldn't fall asleep I was in real labor, but I fell asleep. I work up at two with bad contractions, I timed them but they were still far apart. At around four they were so bad I went upstairs to wake up Tyler (my parents stayed with us for a few days so I slept on the downstairs couch & Tyler was upstairs) we timed them together & around 5 we decided it was time to go to the hospital. My parents stayed with Kaden & we went to the hospital. I went into triage got hooked up & sure enough I was in labor. After an hour I was taken to my room & right away the anesthesiologist was there ready for my epidural. Then we played the waiting game. I got some sleep & my sisters came we had the whole family there. I just remember hearing a lot of laughing.

My blood pressure started to drop so they gave me some medicine. That didn't help much so they put me on oxygen which helped a lot. I wasn't progressing as fast as they wanted me to so they started me pitocin which I didn't really need because after a bit I was ready to push. We did some practice pushing, then my water broke. My nurse called the dr & after 20 minutes he came & we were ready! I pushed through two contractions & then I had my baby girl! They laid her on me for a few seconds then took her to examine her. She swallowed some meconium & they wanted to make sure she didn't aspirate on it. I was crying for some reason just wanting to hold her. After what felt like an eternity I finally got to hold her. It was the best feeling in the world. We spent some alone time, then we had more visitors. My family came with Kaden & got to meet her. Kaden did not like his new sister very much.

Its been a challenge having two young children, but so rewarding. I am so grateful for all the help we have had through our family, friends & our ward. My parents stayed in town for almost four weeks, time fly by! Its been great having my sisters & parents in law so close & all the help we have had.  Kaden has now warmed up to his sister. He loves her! He is such a big helper, he gets her diapers & binky, throws her diapers away & gives her kisses. He does get a bit jealous sometimes & likes to throw things at her but its a working progress.

Lily is great, she sleeps about three hours at a time, except for nights, she likes to be a stinker & wake up every hour & a half to two hours. Its okay though cause she is cute. She is a lot easier than Kaden was but Kaden was colicky. She loves to sleep on us & sneezes with a sigh.  I can't believe she will be a month old in five days. Time goes by so fast, I wanted it to slow down.

We blessed her on September 13th, it was great to have the whole family there. She is very loved & has so many people who care about her.


























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