Elizabeth’s Story

 

So I figured since I am not tired at the moment and Elizabeth is sleeping well, I will write about her joining our family.  Yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment and the doctor told me that I was dilated to a three and 80% percent effaced, which I was frustrated by because I have been  that for about 3 weeks.  So he stripped my membrane and then we set up my day to be induced for this coming Friday.  Then I went home and we had Giselle over for the night since she is 38 weeks along and her husband had to go on a business trip for a couple of days and she didn’t want to be alone incase something happened.  So I woke up this morning with some light cramps around 7:00 a.m. They weren’t too painful or anything, but did feel different, so I caught David before he went to work and told him he might just want to wait 20 minutes or so to make sure this wasn’t anything. So I went and took a shower, did my hair and make up all the while having contractions about 1-2 minutes apart.  They were uncomfortable, but not awful and I really needed a shower this morning.  So at 8:00 we headed to the hospital and Giselle graciously stayed with Parker and Maggie.  I was still a 3 this morning, when I got to the hospital, but after an hour I was a four so they checked me into labor and delivery. My doctor came by a little bit after I got settled and broke my water around 10:30. About 10 minutes later the contractions were just unbearable, so I told them to get me my best friend the anesthesiologist pronto! So he got there and gave me the epidural. After about 20 minutes I was still feeling intense contractions. So he came back and gave me a dose of some very strong medicine, which worked very well!  Apparently my contractions were just too intense and close together, so the epidural was having a hard time catching up. 

So then I was dilated to a 7 by 11:00 a.m. and a 10 by noon.  The doctor came in and I started pushing.  It was hard to push with the medication so strong. I couldn’t move my legs without help.  She was coming, but needed some help, so Doctor Dinger used the vacuum to help her out.  She came out and gave a sweet little cry. They handed her over to me and then after a little bonding time they took her and cleaned her up and weighed her. 

Then we got moved over to our new room and she got to meet her family!  We were lucky to have so many great visitors.  Then David took them all home and it was just Elizabeth and me. She got her first bath around 8:30 tonight and wasn’t a huge fan of it, but did well. She has been out cold since about 9:00 after her traumatic bath experience.  Can’t wait to get her home and have another little baby girl to dress up! 

After 38 weeks and 6 days I am so glad to not be pregnant anymore.  She is much more fun outside of my stomach! So glad to have this baby girl join our family!

Elizabeth Paige

 

There were just too many cute pictures to choose from of our newest member of the family!  Elizabeth Paige Torgerson was born on Tuesday March 26 at 12:25 a.m. weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce and 20 inches long.  She is as healthy as can be and is sleeping soundly on her own. She is eating well and sleeping well.  She is just too cute and we are so glad to have her in our family. The kids came to visit her today and Parker couldn’t have been happier to meet her.  He didn’t want anyone else to hold her and got on to his Dad for telling him he couldn’t sit next to Elizabeth. He came up to me and said balling, “Daddy, baby!”  He told on his dad.  David and Maggie were very impressed with her as well and none of them could get enough of her.  Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers. We are truly blessed to have so many great people in our life!

Stuff for Elizabeth

Trish threw me a little girl’s night out/baby shower for me a couple of weeks ago. It was great! We just went out to Chili’s and had dinner and then went to my place for some Coldstone cake.  Everyone got me the cutest stuff! Elizabeth will be very well dressed! I do love dressing up little baby girls!

Then this past Wednesday I was finally able to go to mutual and was so excited to see all the girls again. Sadly they had planned a whole night to make things for Elizabeth and I kind of ruined the surprise by being there!  The girls did an awesome job making shirts, bibs, bows and tutus for this little girls. Clearly she is already spoiled!

This is Elizabeth’s stocking  for Christmas. I went ahead and ordered it from Amazon while I was on bed rest and started it, since I figure once she is here I won’t have nearly as much free time for crafts. I forgot how many hours it takes to make these stockings, but look how cute! The second picture is the nursing cover that I made.  It was way easy to do and turned out pretty good I think! I just couldn’t find any that I liked, so there you go! Then I made the carrier cover. 

And this is what I have been doing to keep my mind off of being pregnant…hasn’t worked as well as I had hoped! Can you tell I have had some free time to kill?!

More Outside Play

I guess I took a lot of pictures on my phone of the kids enjoying the weather. They had the best time at the park and riding around the neighborhood on their scooters!

Spring

The past week has been so nice outside. The kids have loved being able to play outside again.  They just can’t get enough playtime out there.  We hadn’t seen the ground in the backyard since December.  It was the best day, when we went outside and actually saw the grass.  It has even hit the 70s this week and has been amazing. I love spring. It’s too bad I have been neglecting my camera so much these days and haven’t gotten more pictures of the kids.  Parker was hilarious for a couple of days.  I bought he a new pair of Elmo socks and he insisted on wearing them as gloves all day and would not take them off for anything. It was hilarious!  Then Maggie one night was asking about my wedding dress, so I got it out to show it to her and she loved walking around in my veil and a pair of my high heels.  She does an amazing job walking around in 4 inch heels!  That’s my girl.  Not much else going on these days.  Just waiting everyday for this baby to get here.  These last few weeks are my least favorite in pregnancy. Just a guessing game and a waiting game wondering when and if this child will ever come!  It is so not fair that I have to go weeks with having having a contraction any time I move and then once 37 weeks hit nothing.  Well except all of the intense pain that comes with getting my body ready for labor, but not leading to anything soon enough.  I am so done with this.  Hopefully just another week and a half left until I can get back to my old self and actually be able to do things again! Keep your fingers crossed that this baby gets here sooner than later!