The day my life changed.

Over the weekend I realized that I didnt have Brinley's birthstory written anywhere where I could easliy go back to read it again and in efforts to not forget, here we go....

March 20, 2012.

I had been to the Dr the day prior and we were ready to schedule the induction. We had done a amnio the week prior to make sure that Brinley's lungs were developed enough to be delivered early. I had gestation diabetis and high blood pressure and a few issues with a rapid heart rate throughout my pregnancy so when we saw Dr. Scobie on the 19th he said that tomorrow (the 20th) we would have a baby!

I know that it isnt the typical "OMG its time" moment, but it was so surreal...We were going to have a baby...TOMORROW!

** I was going to type out the whole birthstory again, but I found this post that I made on thebump.com that I wrote 2 weeks after her birth and I thought it would be a little more accurate**

Brinley is here!!...well she has been here for over 2 weeks now, her due date was acctually yesterday, but I can't imagaine the last 2 weeks with out her little angel face. Anyways, I havent had much time to be online latley, but I still wanted to share her birth story.

On March 20th I went into the hospital for a scheduled induction at 38 weeks (due to high blood pressure, GD, Bad swelling). We arrived at 7:30 am and by 8 am I was on a pitocin drip. When I got there I was already 2 cm dilated, at Noon they came to check and I had only progressed to 3 cm. They decided to break my water, which was painful. at 1 pm I had progressed to 4 cm and was having contractions every 2 minutes or so it was time for the epidural, that also hurt, and was kind of scary since they go through this big long list of terrible/bad things that could happen to you - including anything from a head ache to being paralized. Once I got the epi everything was much better, alothough it is very strange not being able to feel the entire lower 1/2 of your body.

at 8:30 pm I had only progressed to 6 cm and my Dr thought a C-scection might be the best option for us. He mentioned something about the "cord not floating" and her head haddnt dropped any more. He left the decision entirly up to my husband and I, but also said that since I have only dilated 4 cm since being on the pitocin that I could be in labor for 20 more hours or longer. At that point my DH and I both decided that it was in mine and our baby's best intrest to go ahead with the C-Section.
I'll admit that I was so scared at first and it all kind of turned into a blur. They prepped me for surgery and wheeled me into the operating room. They didnt let Brandon come in until right before they were ready to begin, and within 5 minutes our daughter was here!! She was born on March 20th at 9:45 PM. 20 inches long and weighed 8 lbs 2 oz (less then a week prior I had a growth US and they had estimated her to be 6 lbs 4 oz- just more proof how wrong those things are)

I just remeber hearing her little cry for the first time- It was the most amazing sound in the entire world. The dr held her little gray blood covered body over the curtain so we could see her and it was the most overwhelming feeling rush of love that I have ever felt. The nurses took her over to be weighed and cleaned up some and then Brandon brought her over for me to see...Amazing is the only word I can think of to describe those moments. I didnt get to hold her until we got to the recovery room where we stayed for about an hour, but I got to do skin to skin contact and she nursed right away. Like I said AMAZING- Love at first sight really does exisit.

The first 2 days are really rough recovering, but I'm doing fine now. Brinley is just perfect which makes everything worth it.

Where has the time gone?

Its already been 3 months since we welcomed Brinley into our lives. I honestly can not believe that its been that long. I've said since I was pregnant that I would start a blog to try and document some of my favorite things about being a mom and the cute things that Brinley does, and here I am 3 month after she was born, just getting around to it. I'm going to be very honest. I'm a terrible blogger. I am the queen of putting things off, but I am going to TRY very hard to write about all the things I never want to forget.

Brinley turned 3 months yesterday 6/20/12. She is already bearing weight on her legs and loves to sit up (with help from someone, or her bumbo seat) She smiles all the time and coos...no laughs just yet, but I am not so patiently waiting. She is now sleeping through the night (9pm-5am) and usually goes right back to sleep after she eats at 5. 

3 weeks

3 months 

Its crazy how quickly my life has changed. It was a good change, but now its almost as if she has always been here. She has brought so much joy into my life, and my heart overflows with love for her. It saddens me that time is flying by so quickly. I want to remember every precious moment of her babyhood, but I am still so excited to see her grow and change. Everyday brings something new.