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Sunday, June 26, 2011
One week post partum
I can't believe I am posting pictures but here they are! It has been a week since I gave birth to my son. As I said earlier, when I came home from the hospital I had only lost 5 pounds. Now I am down a total of 13 pounds. I feel like my body is going back to normal faster than the other two. I have been cheating because I have been drinking mountain dew, prescribed by the doctor;) But now my spinal headache is pretty much gone so time to cut out the mountain dew. And I also cheated because my mother in law came over with a bag full of food, which included my favorite thing TWINKIES! I didn't want to turn down a gift. As soon as I get some energy back I plan on starting to post recipes again. We have been trying to keep it simple by using the crock pots to cook chickens and soups and stuff. But now I am getting around a lot better.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Joel Deacon Williams
He is here! Joel Deacon Williams, weighing in at 8lbs 10oz and 21½ inches long and just the cutest baby ever:) Joel was born at 8:10, which is funny because he weighed 8 lbs 10 oz. After he was born he did have some problems with his blood sugar level. It was low. So they had to give him a bottle to bring it up. An hour after they gave him the bottle his blood sugar level was normal and he was brought down to the room with us. For some reason I was losing a lot of blood. I did with Jack too. So they had to put me on medicine that helped stopped the bleeding. I can't remember the name of it. But the next day the bleeding slowed down and I was fine. We went home on Monday, which was three days after Joel was born. I was so anxious to weigh myself. I went upstairs and stepped on the scale........WHAT?!?!?! I only lost 5 lbs???? But I just had an 8 pound baby!!!! That was very frustrating. My ankles are gigantic right now from swelling. I weighed myself this morning and I did lose another 5 pounds so now I am down 10 pounds since I gave birth. I have to admit, I thought for sure by this time I would be down 20 pounds. Oh well. I am nursing Joel and that is going well. Hopefully that will help me drop some of the weight as well. And when this swelling goes down that should help shed some pounds too. I hope so! I had been having a headache off and on in the hospital. When we got home it seemed to be getting worse. By Tuesday morning I could barely stand up it hurt so bad. I finally called my doctor. Well actually I called his office because my doctor is on vacation. His backup doctor told me to go straight to triage to get checked out. I was actually on my way to the hospital anyway to get Joel's biliruben numbers checked because the doctor thought he might be jaundice. Luckily my brother took vacation this week to help with the two older boys since my husband would be at work during the days. So my brother dropped me and Joel off at the hospital and he took the boys shopping and stuff to keep them busy until I was finished. I felt bad because it took us two hours. I went to get Joel's blood drawn then headed down to triage to get checked in. The anesthesiologist came in and asked some questions then told me that I was experiencing a spinal headache. In my head I was excited because they figured it out. Now I just wanted it fixed! Then he went on to say that there is no medicine for me to take and to just keep taking my pain medicines, which obviously were not helping. It should last anywhere from a week to a week and a half. The only good that came out of it was he said to drink plenty of fluids including caffeine. Mountain Dew it is!! Doctor said so!!! And he said if it gets worse or doesn't start to improve by this weekend to come back in and they will put and epidural in and take some of my blood and put it in where the air hole is. But since there are risks involved with that they want to wait and see if it will go away on its own. It is starting to get better. Thank goodness! The epidural thing did not sound like too much fun! It still hurts pretty bad when I lean forward and when I am nursing. So after all this we get home and the doctor called with Joel's results. His numbers are still just a little high so they sent out a biliblanket for him to wear. He has to have that on him at all times until his levels go down. We go back in Friday morning to have it checked. It is very hard because I feel we are confined to the one little corner in our basement and I can't just grab him and walk around with him. It also makes feedings and diaper changes very challenging. I feel bad complaining about something like this because other than Joel being jaundice, he is a very healthy little baby and I am very thankful for that. I am hoping to start my pictures and weigh ins on Friday. But considering it took me this long to put my first post after having baby, it may not worked out like that.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Today is the DAY!!
Well, the day has finally come to meet my new baby boy! I am very excited, nervous, and overwhelmed. In just a few hours I will be holding my baby boy. Saying goodbye to the boys last night was really hard. Poor little Jack was so emotional all day. I just wanted to hug and rock him all night. Jeremiah was just excited to get to go play transformers at Grandma's house. I didn't get too much sleep last night. I went to sleep at about 9:30 and tossed and turned all night. I woke up at two and tried and tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. Finally at 3:30 i just got up and started getting ready. I am 38 weeks and 6 days today. I have gained a total of 38 lbs. Yikes! I have been slacking off a lot at the end of the pregnancy. Still did way better than I did with my other two. But I can't go back now. What's done is done. So now I just have to start working on bettering my diet now. I am hoping with a strict primal diet, I will be able to lose the 38 lbs in 3 months. At least that is my goal:) I am a bridesmaid in a wedding on September 24th. So I am hoping by then I will be back down to my pre-pregnancy weight...or even better less than my pre-pregnancy weight! I still haven't decided how I want to do the pictures. The thought of putting pictures online of my fat ass not pregnant scares me. At least when I was pregnant I had an excuse! But I know when I am reading blogs I love to be able to look at pictures and see peoples progress. It is very motivational. BUT...we will see. Maybe a tank and shorts....maybe. I will be posting my daily food log for anyone that is interested and the workouts I do. I can't remember when I can start working out again. I think 6-8 weeks. Me and my husband have been married for 5 years now. Out of that 5 years I have had 3 kids. So I have been pregnant for about half the time we have been married! I have been gaining and losing baby weight my whole married life. lol. I am ready to get my body back. Not that I had a great body before I started having kids but I am ready to really start working on it now. I am almost 100% sure we are stopping with 3 kids. But I guess we will see. My body for sure needs a break though! So here comes the next chapter. Well, off I go to have a baby now!! I hope to post pictures as soon as I can. Our laptop broke so I probably won't be able to post until I get home. Is it just me or does my belly look smaller than last week?
Monday, June 13, 2011
38 week appointment and Gluten free diet
Well, I had my final doctor's appointment today! Of course nothing is going on with my cervix still. I don't think my babies ever want to come out. It must be pretty cozy in there. I never dilated on my own at all with Jeremiah, even after the doctor induced me. I was put into the hospital the night before and the doctor put in a cervidil overnight to help "ripen" the cervix and in the morning still nothing. Then I got hooked up to pitocin for 6 hours and nothing. So he sent me home for the weekend only to do it all over on that Monday. So again, I came in and they put in another cervidil and in the morning still not dilated. This time it did at least thin a little then I got hooked up to pitocin and I started to dilate. Finally after 17 hours of pitocin I was finally fully dilated and ready to push but he got stuck coming out so I had to have a c-section. They never even checked me with Jack and just scheduled a c-section. But from past experience and my experience now, I am guessing I didn't dilate at all with him either. I am thinking this may run in my family. My sister had the same problem with both of her girls and my mom was a month overdue with her first son. But the fact that I am not dilating doesn't really bother me as much now because I know either way my precious little boy will be here on Friday! So I am very excited about that! I will try to post one more picture Thursday night and check my weight and everything then it will be time to lose the baby weight! So I will keep updating my blog on my weight loss. On top of being stressed out about having a baby on Friday, I am starting to think my son Jack might have a gluten allergy. I have been reading a lot about it online and they say that most people can't tolerate gluten. I did notice when we were feeding the kids mainly primal that Jack didn't complain about him belly as much and his bowel movements were getting normal. Jack has always had harder bowel movements and he only goes like twice a week and they are very painful for him. He also complains a lot that his belly hurts. Considering I have Crohn's, it is very likely Jack can't tolerate gluten products. A lot of people are finding relief of their Crohn's symptoms when they go on a gluten free diet. That is why I originally wanted to go primal. But with the end of pregnancy and being tired from chasing after two kids I started getting lazy with feeding the boys primal foods. It's hard enough to keep myself eating mainly primal. It seems like when I started feeding the boys more things like peanut butter and jelly and other non-primal foods, Jack has gone back to complaining more that his belly hurts. So, I am going to try the gluten free diet with him. Yes, the primal diet is pretty much gluten free, I say we are going to put him on a gluten free diet so that I still have the option of getting gluten free bread or gluten free products that aren't necessarily primal. Although I do want to work on them going 100% primal. One website I was reading said to eliminate all gluten products for three weeks then try to introduce something that has gluten in it and you will be able to tell if they have a reaction to it. Yes, it would be easier to go to the doctor and have him tested to see if he is allergic to gluten but after being diagnosed with Crohn's, I have realized how hard it is to get insurance or anything that I would hate for Jack to have to be "tagged" with Crohn's or Celiac disease and have to go through that same trouble. Although I do not think it is Celiac because he would get a lot more sick when he ate gluten products and Crohn's takes a while to develop so cutting out gluten may prevent him getting it. I decided to wait until we got home from the hospital because he will be spending the whole weekend with his grandparents and that is asking a lot of them to totally cut out gluten from his diet while we are doing this "experiment". That is just a lot to throw onto someone.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Feeling quite large lately...38 weeks
Monday, June 6, 2011
37 weeks
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