08/28/2016: Pete and I went to church and a on a walk that evening to kill some time before we needed to go to the hospital. We headed to Orem Community at about 6:30 and when we arrived all the nurses were confused because my OB forgot to schedule my induction. They eventually figured it out and got me a room. At about 8 o'clock my nurse, Tammy, started me on Cervadil. Pete and I got settled and then Jann came to visit for a few minutes before heading to our apartment. We ended up watching some Harry Potter before turning in for the night.
08/29/2016: I woke up at 6:20 by my new nurse, Debbie who was training a new girl named Carly. They were super nice and I really enjoyed them! They removed the Cervadil and at 6:50 they started me on Petocin. The first two rounds were a piece of cake and then my OB came in at 8 to break my water since I was still only dilated to 1 cm. That third round was not fun, so I asked for my epidural since ya know, why not? By the time the anesthesiologist arrived I was dilated to 4 cm. Once he was done I took about a 45 minute nap. When I woke up I felt as if I were leaking (TMI?) so I called the nurses and apparently I was dilated to a 10!
They quickly called my OB to let him know I was ready to start pushing. Debbie had me start pushing at about 12:20 and my OB arrived at roughly 12:30. Hazel made her debut at 12:45 screaming her little heart out since she came flying out. She had inhaled a lot of amniotic fluid and since she had a bowel movement while in utero the respiratory doctor quickly started sucking out as much fluid as he could. Her poor little nose was stuffed up for a few days and she gagged a lot which was terrifying!
She weighed 7lbs 13oz and was 21in long. :)
Once her and I were mostly cleaned up we cuddled for about an hour, hour and thirty minutes. The nursing staff just let Pete and I hangout with her for awhile before taking her to the nursery.
That evening we were visited by my brother Travis, my mother-in-law Jann and sister-in-law Laura. They brought me In-N-Out since I was starving! We shared Hazel with them, especially Jann since it was her birthday. :)
Once they left we hunkered down to figure out her name. Pete liked the name Alice and I liked Juliet, but she just didn't seem like either. I had a list of baby names on my phone so we went through that and decided upon Hazel. Pete wanted a one syllable middle name, he was routing for Rae, but it didn't quite flow. He googled middle name ideas and we both liked Paige and decided to use the spelling of my father-in-law David's middle name which is also Grandma Johnson's maiden name of Page.
08/30/2016: My friend and old roommate Lexi came and visited us and brought some delicious kolaches for breakfast. Hazel however spent most of the morning in the nursery so I could sleep and start making my comeback into health.
Pete ended up leaving that afternoon to help Jann and Laura clean and move things out of our apartment. I don't recommend moving and having a baby at the same time. It was not fun for anyone involved.
My hormones went a little crazy that afternoon, but Debbie my nurse was super helpful and took Hazel back to the nursery so I could sleep.
Once Pete came back we had dinner. Then Jann and Laura came to visit and brought chocolate cake to celebrate Hazel and Jann's birthday. It was so cute!
Later that night I got a text from my mom saying my Grandma McCulloch had fallen and dislocated/broken her hip. She was in the hospital and hopefully wouldn't need extensive surgery.
We were with Michelle and her little boy Miles for about an hour before we were asked to evacuate do to an electrical fire in the apartment next to hers. We quickly grabbed kids and keys and went outside. I called Pete to come get me since I knew I'd be needing to feed Hazel very soon, but poor Michelle forgot to grab Miles's carseat and shoes for herself. So I left her my flip flops and gave her some water to hold her over till one of her sister-in-laws could bring a carseat.
Pete took me to our old apartment so I could change and feed Hazel. However the carpet cleaners showed up about 30 minutes early so I was trying to find a place where I could nurse Hazel. We ended up in our car and it was super hot! It was almost 100 degrees that day and there were two lovely construction workers parked behind me in our parking lot. It was all very awkward.
Pete ended up calling one of our friends/neighbors in the ward to get the code to their apartment so I could finish nursing and burping Hazel and not have to sit in our car. Thank you Jaxson and Lacey! Lifesavers you are!
After our bed was moved to our new place we went there to find Lexi cleaning and putting all my kitchen gear away. It was super nice of her! However the previous tenants definitely did not clean before they left and it still slightly smelled of paint from the maintenance workers earlier in the week.
Lexi made dinner for Pete, Jann and I and we had a little picnic on our living room floor since we didn't have a couch yet.
I ended up calling my mom to see how things were going with my Grandma and apparently she needed a full hip replacement and was just coming out of surgery. The nurse had told her and my aunt Ruth that it went very well and that my Grandma should make a fun recovery. I also found out more about how my little sister Monica's car was broken into and how my sister Kirstie had past out and had a seizure at school the previous day. As you can probably guess my mom and the rest of my family were pretty frazzled by this weeks events.
This being the first night at home for us I woke up to every single noise that Hazel made during the night. She was still pretty gaggy and congested from all the amniotic fluid she ingested, so I kept thinking she was choking. It was awful.
09/01/2016: Jann went grocery shopping and cleaned our bathroom before heading back to Rexburg and the boys. Thank you for coming and for all of your help! And later that evening my family showed up and my mom stayed with us the next few days.
09/02/2016: Hazel had her first pediatrician appointment with Dr. Adams. He is super nice and she did awesome! She gained the 10oz she lost in the hospital back and was eating and sleeping like a champ. (Still is to this day!)
Everything after that is kind of a blur. I can't remember what days we did things with my family other than we blessed Hazel on September 4th while our families were in town. Pete gave Hazel a beautiful blessing and it was so nice to have our families here to celebrate her coming into this world.
We're still getting the hang of things, but we have a pretty good routine that Hazel usually abides by. She is gaining weight beautifully and only wakes up once in the night. She is still getting use to her baths; sometimes she likes them and sometimes she just screams. She loves to go on walks and usually likes her carseat unless she's really tired and wants to be held. She loves tummy time and occasionally being read too. She often chuckles as she's falling asleep and has the best farts. She loves to be swaddled, but you have to keep her legs loose or else she hates it.
I feel like Pete has started desensitizing her to being pestered. She just takes whatever he is dishes out on her, but I know that she loves him too.
Overall she's been an awesome baby and I can't wait to she what her cute little personality will be like! :)
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