Sydni -- 3 Weeks!

The last three weeks with our little princess has been SO FUN!! She is such a doll and we are so in love! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks!

Too close for comfort

On Tuesday, May 15, at 1:30am I got up to feed Sydni. While I was nursing her I felt like I was bleeding. I had been bleeding on and off heavily for the previous few days so I didn't worry about it. I finished feeding her got a drink of water and went into the bathroom to check the bleeding. That is when I realized that I was bleeding a lot more than I thought. There were two clots the size of small lemons and I was bleeding very heavily. I knew that I needed to get into the shower to at least clean up the mess. I went to get in and dripped blood all over the floor I knew I was in trouble. I got in as fast as I could but got blood on the wall and on the tub. I started to panic and called for andy. When he walked into the bathroom I started to feel light headed and felt myself start to collapse. I laid on the floor of the shower with a steady flow of blood while I gathered myself enough to stand up. Sydni started to cry and andy left to go get her. Two more clots the size of lemons and several that were smaller. After 20 minutes and the blood wasn't stopping I hollered at andy to get my phone so I could call the hospital. When I told them what was going on they told me I needed to go to the ER.  We took Syd to JaNae, downstairs & explained what was going on and left for the ER. On the way I bled through the new pad I put on, my garments, my pants and the sweatshirt I was sitting on. We got checked into the ER, at about 3am, they had a room for me, but no bed. I sat on a towel in a chair while we waited for a bed. We then waited what seemed like forever before a doctor came into see me. When he did, he put a speculum in with a light and tried to suction the blood out. He pushed on my abdomen feeling my uterus and tried to push blood out? Is all I could think he was doing. It hurt so bad that I couldn't hold back the tears. At 4:30 they told me that I was going to have to have surgery, but never explained what kind of surgery. They needed to get ahold of the OB that was on call, which just happened to be Dr. Robison. I was then taken to ultrasound. The tech told me that there was a lot of gunk inside my uterus causing the bleeding. When I got back they told me my surgery was scheduled for 6:30 and they were going to move me to the 3rd floor to wait. When I got to the 3rd floor they told me my surgery was moved up to 6 and they were going to be on their way to prep me soon. I had barely gotten checked into my room when surgery came to get me. Outside the operating room Dr. Robison came to talk to me said the procedure would only take 15 minutes and they showed Andy to the waiting room. An hour later Dr. Robison went to talk to Andy and told him I lost a lot of blood that there was a "satellite placenta" in my uterus that had caused the hemorrhaging. (they think I had more than one baby at one point early on). They had to suction it all out, have ultrasound check to make sure he had gotten it all and then my uterus didn't want to contract back down and they needed to give me 3 medications to get it to contract.  I was very out of it when I got back to my room. I remember hearing voices but don't remember seeing anyone. Andy & my grandpa gardner gave me a blessing. At lunch time I ate a good amount of my food and started to feel better. My grandparents came back to check on me and brought me a strawberry shake. I was feeling good! I told the nurse I needed to  get up to the bathroom.  I was doing really good, except my blood pressure, it was really low, I think the lowest reading was 65/34. Andy went to grab lunch. When sitting in the bathroom I started feeling nauseous and shortly after started to throw up. Mom went to grab the nurse when I started to feel light headed & very dizzy. Andy got back and was holding me up on one side and mom on the other keeping me from falling. Mom, Andy and the nurse tried to help me back to the bed, as soon as I stood up Andy said that my eyes rolled back and I went stiff, Mom said that all the color drained from my face and I went a scary grey color, I was unconscious. The nurse ran to get more people to help. The charge nurse did a sternum rum to get me to wake up. I don't remember any of it! They had 2 male nurses, my nurse and the charge, plus mom and andy trying to help me back to bed. At that point my nurse called the doctor to see if I needed to have a blood transfusion. At that point it was decided that I needed blood...I got 2 liters of blood, it took 6 hours to transfuse. The doctor told me that after I got the blood if I could get up and walk the halls without getting sick, dizzy or passing out again that I could go home. I was determined to get out of that place! I ate as good as I could, and waited patiently for the blood to finish. When I got up to walk I was in quite a bit of pain, but was determined to walk!  I never felt sick or dizzy & I wanted to go home! It was 10 O'clock pm. The nurse came and asked how I was doing and if I wanted to go home, she started getting all the paperwork ready. I was out of there by 10:30. The next 4 days were, for lack of a better word, HELL! I was so sick, VERY weak & so exhausted. I could barely get dressed without feeling like I had run 100 miles! My family came to my rescue. They took the kids, helped me clean my house, made meals for us and made sure that I was never alone. On Saturday I finally started to have a little energy, but the smallest of tasks would wear me out. It was Monday before I started to feel somewhat normal. 

Through is whole experience I learned that I am not ready to go. I had thoughts too many times about leaving my kids without a mom and my dear husband alone to raise my babies. I know that I was never that close to actually dying, but it was close enough for me. I was terrified to think about all the possibilities that could have gone wrong, and there were a lot. I'm just grateful for the priesthood and knowing that everything worked out.

Sydni Sue-- Birth story & picture overload!

On Thursday night May 3rd we went to the hospital, hoping it was the night! My contractions were 3 minutes apart for 1 1/2 hours then sped up to every 2 minutes for another 1 1/2 hours before we went in at 10pm. However when we got there they slowed down. I did dilate from a 4 to a 5 but didn't thin out enough, they sent us home at 7 the next morning. :( They told me if the contractions picked up intensity to come back. I had contractions the whole next day, not consistently and were like they had been the following day. Getting very nervous about doing more than I thought I scheduled an appt with dr. Steve Robison, just to make sure that I wasn't in labor. He checked me out and said that I was in early labor still at a 5 and only 50%. I told him about my worries and how my labors are fast. He stripped my membranes again and told me when my contractions picked up intensity to go to the hospital and he would start me.  Relieved I left the office and went to my moms and walked up and down the road a few times. After feeling like my contractions were sortof picking up I went home to wait. We decided to go back in about 9 O'clock afraid they were going to turn me away again. Dr Robison told the nurse to admit me and he would help me out. At 10:30 he came in and broke my water. I was at a 6 but still not thinning. Her head was not engaged. I got the epidural at 11. At 11:30 I was at a 7 and 85%. At 12:30 I was at an 8 and 95%.  At 1am I felt pressure and called the nurse, I was ready to go! As soon as Dr. Robison came in I pushed through 2 contractions total of 5 times.  The cord was around her neck. As soon as the shoulders cleared a WHOLE bunch of amniotic fluid came out! Almost soaked the doctor and nurse! Sydni Sue was born at 1:14 am. 9 lbs 1 oz and 21.5 inches long. Her head was 14 inches!! Bigger than both of the boys! She cried a little as soon as she came out and they worked on the cord. As soon as they had her under the heat lamp she stopped crying and was content! Barely cried the rest of the night, unless getting poked by a needle!  She LOVED the bath.

She slept the whole next day, not even really waking up to eat. You are one loved little girl, Sydni! We are so grateful for you in our lives! You have been such a joy already!!  Your brothers love you so much too, maybe too much!

Nursery Pictures

I have been slowly getting this nursery ready, and have been having so much fun!  Here are some pictures! I got nursery set for Christmas and have gotten all the clothes from my sister. I finally feel ready! I finished this morning and can't wait to meet this little girl!

Our little monkey :)

We decided on Sydni Sue for her name

Crib is ready to go

My small collection of bows

 

Closet

Lots of Clothes

and even more clothes... don't look in the drawers... you'll find more! She had more clothes than I do!

Andy's snowmobiling trip in Palisades

29 weeks and counting!!!

I am nesting so much these days!! I feel like I am going CRAZY!  However this pregnancy has been a breeze compared to the other two. I have been way more sore this time and very uncomfortable. I have actually been going to the physical therapist and have now been finally able to sleep at night without constant pain, which has been fabulous! I love feeling all the movements and she moves SO MUCH!  I am so excited to dress this little girl up and I am so curious what she will look like! My family is all voting that she is going to be a red head, Andy is not excited about that idea and doesn't think so, but we'll see. I just can't wait to meet her!

29 weeks

First visit to the ER

Being a good patient

Bandaged up

Getting a little impatient

OUCH!!! 

Getting stitched up!

He negotiated popsicles after getting stitched up

The day after

Waiting for the Dr

Kyler fell at my mom and dad's house last night and ended up with 8 stitches!  He'll have a nice battle scar!  He did so good at the hospital, the drs and nurses called him Patient of the day!