A boring update, but an update

So today I officially have 1 week until I get to meet my baby girl! I am sooooooooo excited and scared, ready more then you can know, but not feeling ready at all! I keep telling Austin everyday to tell her it is time to come out! He puts his little head on my belly and gives his sister a talking too. It is really cute.
At my appointment last week, I was 3cm dilated and 80% effaced. I had had contraction for 4 hours the night before, but alas....they went away. Dang. So really, I am hoping she comes sooner, like right now, but I guess if I HAVE to I will wait.
I cant wait to sleep on my back again, or my stomach, I cant wait to walk again, and bend over. I miss my feet, and wonder what they are looking like these days. My left rib feels broken, and sleep is something I will have to live without for the next little while, since I am not getting any now! If you ask me, that is a total design flaw! Shouldn't we be getting the best sleep of our lives before the labor?? AND taking care of a newborn and 3 1/2 year old??? I am ready for the challenge, and really ready for the next adventure! BRING IT ON!!!!!

My wonderful shower

My cute mom with baby Sophie!

My little helper. This is the only picture of my belly you are getting!

Everyone smile!

My Aunt Chris made these favors out of paper! How cute!

she also made this diaper cake. How cute and cleaver is she? I still have it all together. I just cant take it apart!

My cute Grandma Burr, and Aunt Chris threw me a baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun and relaxing. We had it at the Olive Garden with my closest family members and 3 of my very best friends. They did an amazing job and I feel so blessed to have so much support from my friends and family. And now baby Lily wont have to wear blue!!!!

The date has been set!

I went to my Doctors appointment on Wednesday, and was asked if we had spoken with the Anaesthesiologist. I told him yes, and explained what they said. Then to my surprise, he told me that he wanted to schedule me for an induced delivery, so we can be sure to have her during the day, when the anaesthesiologist we want to have perform the epidural will be at the hospital.

I absolutely love the OB clinic I go to. They are not taking what happened last time lightly at all, and are doing their best to make sure that I am well taken care of. It really has given me confidence that we can do this, and that it is going to be an amazing experience.

So hopefully she doesnt decide to make an early appearance. My date....March 31st!

Turns out, I am VERY shallow...

We finally got to meet with the Anaesthesiologist last Wednesday to go over what exactly went wrong with my last epidural. If you haven't heard that story, here it is in a nut shell. When I was in labor with Austin, they put in my epidural and I almost flat lines. Medical term for your heart stopping. They didn't know what was causing it so the crash cart (the heart shocker) stayed outside my room for the whole labor and delivery. And After a second epidural I finally had him. Then my eyes went weird, one dilated the other was a pin prick size, I couldn't take a deep breath and ended up having to have a CT scan that night. I also got the epidural head ache that is caused when the anaesthesiologist hits your spinal fluid. Those hurt really bad, and last about a week.

So needless to say we want to make sure that we don't have a repeat, since having a natural birth is right out. Sorry all you out there that do, I think you are crazy. So anyway, it turns out that most people have about 4cm to there epidural space before the needle hits a ligament like layer that is covering your spine. They hit mine and broke through with the 3cm needle they give you the general anaesthetic through, which is about 100 times stronger then your epidural medication (before they put in the giant epidural needle so you cant feel it).

The doctor had NEVER heard of this before. The odds of hitting with a epidural needle is one in a million, so you can imagine what the odds are of this happening with that tiny needle. So I am extremely shallow, less then 3 cm. It also turns out I had a condition called Horners syndrome, where the medication goes up the spine instead of down, and that is why my eyes went crazy, why my heart tried to stop, and also why I couldn't breath.

Luckily for me, they are quite confident that we will not have a repeat with this birth, since they know exactly what to expect. I am still nervous, but can not wait to meet my little girl!