Labor and Delivery....

Sorry for the delay, but as promised here is the big story. We went in for an induction on October 1st at 6:00 a.m. They started my IV and petocin(sp??)and broke my water, and we went into labor immediately at that point. I went in to the hospital 3 cm dialated. I went from 3 cm to 6 cm by 9:30 a.m. I had not had an epidural at this point. My nurse kept asking me if I wanted to get one, and I was refusing to get one until she told me I might want an epidural when I start to push. I started thinking at that point well I am at 6 cm, and we will be pushing within the next couple of hours so I said go ahead at this point and administer an epidural. This is when then problems started. The epidural only took in my right side so I felt everything on the left side. The nurse decided to give me a boost in my epidural to see if it would take on the left side, but then it only numbed the right side even more and numbed my arm and hand on the right side. My OB doctor (Dr. McKenzie) came in and said back off the epidural completely because I could not hold my leg with my hand on the right side and when we start to push, we will need to be able to do that. So I was only 8 cm at this point when they took me off the epidural completely which means we only had the epidural for 2 cm. If I could do it all over again, I would have never gotten the epidural because it slowed my labor way down and I was really doing okay feeling everything naturally. Don't get me wrong, it hurt a whole lot, but my mom was helping me breathe through it so it wasn't too bad with her help. She has had 4 natural childbirths. Okay, back to the story, it took me 4 hours to get from 6 cm to 10 cm. Then we got taken off of the epidural completely for the pushing part which I felt every bit of the pain on both sides. Anyway, we finally met our little Hannah at 4:30 p.m. on October 1st. After seeing her sweet little face, I forgot about all the pain I was in. She is such a blessing, and we honestly cannot imagine life without her. And as promised we have posted a some pictures. I have loaded several on facebook so check them out at your convenience.

The Stork Has Arrived....

Sorry it took me so long to post the big news. We have been a little busy adjusting to a newborn and no sleep at night so I rarely get on the internet right now. However, I am getting better at planning my personal sleeping patterns around Hannah so I will get better at getting online and updating the good ole blog. HANNAH IS HERE!! We are so thrilled to have her here with us. She weighed in at 8 lbs. and 7 oz. 20 1/4 inches long. Even though it has just been a week, it is hard to imagine our lives without her now. Pictures to come soon! We have so many to upload it will take me a while to upload them so I will do it when I have more time. Well it looks like we are up for another feeding so I better run. Stay tuned for more of Hannah!

Patiently waiting.....

Well we are officially playing the waiting game. At our last doctor’s appointment, Dr. McKenzie informed us we are 1 cm dialated and 50% effaced. There has been some talk of an inducement in the past because my blood pressure was elevated and still remains elevated, but my doctor feels like we are not looking at pre-eclamptic numbers so he is comfortable with the situation. He informed us we are no longer looking at inducement because she is dialating and my cervix is thinning out just fine on our own. Sorry for the details if you are one that does not like that kind of stuff. I kind of have lost all modesty about the subject. Anyways, the latest news is the doctor reassured us we would meet Hannah within the next two to three weeks with her coming on her own. We go back to the doctor tomorrow so all this could definitely change. You know how those week to week appointments go. Anything could happen from week to week. We are getting very excited!

On to other news, we are moving into our new house this weekend as well that is if Hannah holds off from coming. I think I posted a while back about building our house, but we are officially done with the building and moving this weekend. So we are excited about that too. Lots of news changes with the Bankston’s, but we are looking forward to them and the adjustment period. The good thing is we will all be adjusting together as a new family in a new house so it will be different for all of us. I will keep you updated with the changes as far as Hannah is concerned, and I will post pics of the news house when we get it all decorated and settled in.

Housing and Pregnancy...

I am so sorry we have not blogged in forever. We have been super busy with the changes that are coming up in our lives that we have not had time to really sit down and think about writing what has been going on recently. For starters, we have been going out to the construction site on our house just about every weekend to see what has been done lately. Everything looks so good and is coming along so fast. We are closing on the house the last week of August and plan to move in that following weekend on September 4th. We are so very excited and ready to have our own place again! I have several construction pictures, but I have not loaded them on my computer yet so pictures will come soon.

As far as pregnancy is concerned, I am feeling pretty good these days. I have right at 8 weeks left to go. I am so ready to meet my little Hannah. I am starting to feel really tired again. It’s funny, I think the third trimester feels a lot like the first trimester but without the throwing up. Well at least that’s how it has been for me. My energy level is shot completely. Oh yeah, and I had a fun experience in the shower the other day. I absolutely am having such a hard time shaving my legs. I guess it’s because I am carrying Hannah so high, my tummy only allows me to bend over to a certain extent. So anyways, it looks like Jordan will have to help me shave around my ankle area. He will be thrilled about this….not really!! My sister Keli is due in 4 four weeks, and we are super excited to welcome little Trenton into the world. I will also post pictures of this event soon enough. Until next time, I hope all is going well out there in the blogging world for all of my good friends!!

Pregnancy Insomnia....

And pregnancy insomnia begins. I read in my What to Expect When You’re Expecting book that I would be experiencing this now. So this past week, I have been experiencing the woes of getting woken up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. I go to sleep just fine to start out with, but then about 4 hours later, I get woken up to use the bathroom, and I find it hard to get settled back down and go back to sleep. I think Hannah is confusing the late night potty breaks with “It’s time to officially get up for the day”. After the potty break is over, she bounces around like a wild woman in there which tends to keep me up for about 1 to 2 hours a night before finally falling back to sleep. I do enjoy feeling her kick. It is a relief every time she gives me a nudge but can’t we do these things during the day while I am at work and pretty active? I read somewhere that I needed to lower my intake of fluids before going to bed so I will not have to get up in the middle of the night. So I started doing that. Well the person who authored that book apparently forgot the fact that Hannah is using my bladder as her own personal trampoline. I guess this is just preparing me for the late night feedings and getting woken up every 3 to 4 hours. I am by no means complaining about that. I look very much forward to meeting my little girl. In fact, I find myself hoping time will speed up so we can meet our little girl who is such a blessing already. Come on October 1st!!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!

Well we went to the doctor yesterday and found out we are having a little girl! Hannah Morgan Bankston will be here hopefully no later than October 6th. YAY!!! We are so very excited!!!

Waiting...........

So as we wait for our doctor’s appointment on Monday to find out the sex of our baby, I am reminded of how precious this time has been of not knowing. I am extremely anxious and nervous about finding out what we are having. For so long, we have been referring to our baby as an “it” or as “he/she”. I am going to have to get used to calling “it” what it officially is. My prayer this week is that the Lord will just bless this time Jordan and I have together taking in the last few moments of the unknown, and that everything will be okay as far as growth is concerned as we look at the ultrasound on Monday. I cannot believe I have not seen my baby since I hit the 9 week mark. The past few appointments have just been heartbeat visits which are just as important and exciting. I find myself feeling a sigh of relief everytime I go to a heartbeat appointment and hear how strong little peanut’s heartbeat is. But I am super excited to actually see my baby again!!! Don’t worry, I will update all you readers out there on Monday when we find out. So stay tuned:)