After an overall grueling pregnancy, Ruth finally finished strong last night, March 1st (which is Samantha's Birthday!), 2011 at 11:20pm. You're looking at Isaiah Samuel Doyle 10.4 lbs 22 inches. Ruth was called in, after 3 previous attempts to deliver, yesterday afternoon. She was never actually induced as things just began to progress naturally, fearfully, and wonderfully. Long story short, Isaiah came out in less than 5 minutes after the pushing began and everybody has good health. Ruth has always been my hero especially during these amazing moments in life and she pulled through strong yet again! This will be Isaiah's life verse for more reasons than one: Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Always Miraculous
After an overall grueling pregnancy, Ruth finally finished strong last night, March 1st (which is Samantha's Birthday!), 2011 at 11:20pm. You're looking at Isaiah Samuel Doyle 10.4 lbs 22 inches. Ruth was called in, after 3 previous attempts to deliver, yesterday afternoon. She was never actually induced as things just began to progress naturally, fearfully, and wonderfully. Long story short, Isaiah came out in less than 5 minutes after the pushing began and everybody has good health. Ruth has always been my hero especially during these amazing moments in life and she pulled through strong yet again! This will be Isaiah's life verse for more reasons than one: Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Friday, February 18, 2011
No Baby:(
Today I had fully expected to be doing some major cuddle time with my new baby boy. Turns out the doctors don't feel comfortable inducing me yet. The test they did to check the lungs came back on the low side of normal. The results needed to be above 40. They were at 39. One little point away!! The doctor said that because they are so close it means within the next couple of days they should be just fine. No plans to induce yet, but I have been told if I go into labor on my own its totally fine. I see the doctor again on Tuesday if this baby hasn't come yet and maybe then he will decide its time to induce. Then again he may decide that we need to leave the timing up to someone else.:) So for now this is as close as I can get to this heavy weight baby. 
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Baby update
Today I went in for my ultrasound. No the baby hasn't shrunk. No my fluid hasn't either. Although the fluid has stabilized. Baby per not super on it ultrasound is about 10 lbs 4 oz. He is off the charts!! The ultrasound people told me to head straight up to the doctor and the would call up the results. After the doctor heard the news he squeezed me in to his very full schedule. We decided to do an amniocentesis to check baby lung maturity. Big needle! Glad Jeff was with me. The doctor then said to go home have dinner and come to labor and delivery between 5 and 7. At the very least he wants a non-stress test at most baby will be coming!!!!! I guess Jeff and I should try to pick a name:)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Male Nesting!!
Jeff always has some sort of sympathy for me during pregnancy. Sympathy pain, weight gain, and much more. This time he is having male nesting. I am usually a big nester. This time I scrubbed the bath tub with a toothbrush. With Melia Jeff came home to a very pregnant wife on a ladder scrubbing the kitchen ceiling. Anyways, back to Jeff. I don't know if it hit him how soon baby will be with us, but projects started! Little things like Costco shopping, filling the gas tank in the van, dump runs, and goodwill trips. Then there were the big things. Like how we are going to fit all our kids into this house. So, bed building began. Samantha got the bed she has been waiting for since last summer.
All those drawers are nice space saving areas for books, but I am sure will need a regular going through. Since the girls live in an attic space it meant taking the bed completely apart to get it upstairs then putting it back together. I got that job(which I love doing). Melia moved up to Samantha's old loft bed. Kellina got a twin mattress and moved down to the bottom of the loft bed.
I call them Doyle bunk beds. Then the toddler beds the girls sleep in came down stairs. Also had to be taken all apart and reassembled(again my job again I love it!). Then one crib was torn down(by me) and taken to the dump(it was thrashed). The other crib was assembled for a baby and cute decor added.
The toddler beds became the little boys bed.
I had to also add some cute decor for them. Jeff does a poster for all our kids with their life verse and baby photos. The boys were just finished so to the wall they went.
So far all the male nesting has kept this house moving forward towards baby readiness. To review. Upstairs Samantha now has her dream bed. Melia and Kellina are in Doyle bunk beds. Due to low ceilings real bunk beds are out. Downstairs the little boys are in toddler beds(and staying in them) and the baby has a cute crib. Next on the list is reorganizing closets to fit things better. Jeff is planning to put up open shelving in the boys room and I am planning to purge the girls closet.
All those drawers are nice space saving areas for books, but I am sure will need a regular going through. Since the girls live in an attic space it meant taking the bed completely apart to get it upstairs then putting it back together. I got that job(which I love doing). Melia moved up to Samantha's old loft bed. Kellina got a twin mattress and moved down to the bottom of the loft bed. I call them Doyle bunk beds. Then the toddler beds the girls sleep in came down stairs. Also had to be taken all apart and reassembled(again my job again I love it!). Then one crib was torn down(by me) and taken to the dump(it was thrashed). The other crib was assembled for a baby and cute decor added. The toddler beds became the little boys bed. I had to also add some cute decor for them. Jeff does a poster for all our kids with their life verse and baby photos. The boys were just finished so to the wall they went.So far all the male nesting has kept this house moving forward towards baby readiness. To review. Upstairs Samantha now has her dream bed. Melia and Kellina are in Doyle bunk beds. Due to low ceilings real bunk beds are out. Downstairs the little boys are in toddler beds(and staying in them) and the baby has a cute crib. Next on the list is reorganizing closets to fit things better. Jeff is planning to put up open shelving in the boys room and I am planning to purge the girls closet. Side note about baby. Yesterday I saw my OB. He has only seen me twice. My OB was put on bed rest for her pregnancy. Last week I tried to get the point across about a lot of extra fluid and big baby. He didn't seem to care. This week he wanted an ultrasound done right away because the amount of extra fluid I have is SO great. Because of insurance I have to wait until tomorrow, but he may decide to deliver baby depending on the results. I now have to go in for weekly Non-Stress Tests because this could be a very serious situation. Because I have SO much fluid. I am not worried as baby is very active and always has a nice strong heart beat. I am dilated to 2 1/2 cm and just waiting. I am hoping that tomorrow I will be told its time to deliver, but I trust God's timing in it all.
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