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Home Sweet Home
We are officially home as a family of four...let the adventure begin! You can see a bunch of photos of Carina's first week that I finally got loaded at: http://samanthaleebrantz.shutterfly.com/2127
Baby Bliss
Through emails, Facebook posts and word of mouth most of you know by now but our beautiful daughter Carina Jean Brantz arrived on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 8:09 am. She weighed in at 7lbs 3 oz and is 19 inches long. She is beautiful and tiny with a head of dark hair and an adorable dimple like her Daddy. Of course we can already tell that she has a very sweet temperament and is perfect in every way. If I forgot, all the wonders of being a new mom came right back to me and I love to hold her, to stare at her and soak in all of her sweetness.
Samantha has been an amazing big sister. She is gentle with Carina, is teaching her the ropes and giving her lots of love pats and kisses. She continually comments on how cute Carina is and asks me how I'm doing with a - "Mom, are you feeling alright?".
The entire birth experience and c-section were night and day to what I went through last time and every day I keep saying how good I'm feeling. Of course it is still surgery and I'm pretty worn out from a walk down the hall, but I am up and about and doing good. My milk is in and we are off to a good start with the feeding as well. Looks like we will be home by Friday and I'm looking forward to starting life with our family of four - I am feeling so incredibly blessed.
When it Rains it Pours
I promise you I'm not a hypochondriac although lately I'm not sure what is going on.
About a week ago when all of my contractions really started gearing up, Samantha came down with her first case of the stomach bug. Poor thing, it seemed to last about 24 hours - she threw up all over me in the middle of the night but after a few days she seemed back to her old self and we assumed we were all in the clear.
Yesterday it hit me. Just when I thought that things couldn't get more uncomfortable than having contractions every few minutes, I was throwing up every few minutes with those contractions. I really, really did not want to return to the hospital but I did call the doctor to make sure I wasn't putting the baby in harms way. She reassured me that it should pass within 24 hours and truly, in the last few hours I have been feeling like I am going to survive.
Dave just arrived home early from work - the evil bug has caught him as well now. We just need to get this out of the way before Monday morning right? Wish us luck! Hopefully I won't have anything more to report until Monday, and then it will be all fabulous news about our new baby girl!
About a week ago when all of my contractions really started gearing up, Samantha came down with her first case of the stomach bug. Poor thing, it seemed to last about 24 hours - she threw up all over me in the middle of the night but after a few days she seemed back to her old self and we assumed we were all in the clear.
Yesterday it hit me. Just when I thought that things couldn't get more uncomfortable than having contractions every few minutes, I was throwing up every few minutes with those contractions. I really, really did not want to return to the hospital but I did call the doctor to make sure I wasn't putting the baby in harms way. She reassured me that it should pass within 24 hours and truly, in the last few hours I have been feeling like I am going to survive.
Dave just arrived home early from work - the evil bug has caught him as well now. We just need to get this out of the way before Monday morning right? Wish us luck! Hopefully I won't have anything more to report until Monday, and then it will be all fabulous news about our new baby girl!
Amethyst Birthstone
Was back to the hospital for the majority of the day today with painful contractions every few minutes. According to the doctor, there are strict guidelines that they can't do c-sections until 39 weeks no matter how frequent and/or painful the contractions if I don't dilate more. I have remained the same. I am still booked for first thing next Monday morning, February 7th.
Being an eternal optimist, I figure there has to to be a top ten list I can come up with here for waiting another week so here goes...
10. One week of waiting is nothing after 6 weeks of bed rest.
9. Who wants to have a baby when it is below zero outside?
8. A nice, long, morphine induced nap was well worth my time at the hospital today.
7. I'm looking to set a record for biggest baby in the family.
6. Carina doesn't want to share a birthday with anyone else in the family.
5. I don't like the doctor who was on call today, next Monday's doc is much better.
4. I always like being hooked up to the monitors to get validation of my contractions.
3. I think I can squeeze in getting one more prenatal massage this week.
2. We want this baby to bake and be as healthy as possible.
and the number one reason it is better to wait one more week -
1. Amethyst is a far better birthstone than garnet.
Being an eternal optimist, I figure there has to to be a top ten list I can come up with here for waiting another week so here goes...
10. One week of waiting is nothing after 6 weeks of bed rest.
9. Who wants to have a baby when it is below zero outside?
8. A nice, long, morphine induced nap was well worth my time at the hospital today.
7. I'm looking to set a record for biggest baby in the family.
6. Carina doesn't want to share a birthday with anyone else in the family.
5. I don't like the doctor who was on call today, next Monday's doc is much better.
4. I always like being hooked up to the monitors to get validation of my contractions.
3. I think I can squeeze in getting one more prenatal massage this week.
2. We want this baby to bake and be as healthy as possible.
and the number one reason it is better to wait one more week -
1. Amethyst is a far better birthstone than garnet.
Ready Already?
For the past ten days or so Dave keeps asking me if I am ready now and every time I say "not quite".
I've explained that it has been some time that I have been nesting, preparing and purchasing things to get ready for Carina's arrival. However, I chose two outfits for options to bring Carina home from the hospital - I ordered them online on January 5th after looking all over for something I liked at stores in the area. I know it is entirely insignificant in the big picture but I have fixated on these little outfits.
Of course, two weeks passed with no sign of the oufits. I wrote a message inquiring about where they were and received an email saying they would ship after 14 business days. Last week I sent another email and this week my pathetic email begged them to rush the order or my poor baby would have nothing at all to wear home.
Alas today the outfits arrived! I quickly washed them and packed them away in the hospital bag. Now it's official, I'm ready already. By the way, which outfit do you like best?
I've explained that it has been some time that I have been nesting, preparing and purchasing things to get ready for Carina's arrival. However, I chose two outfits for options to bring Carina home from the hospital - I ordered them online on January 5th after looking all over for something I liked at stores in the area. I know it is entirely insignificant in the big picture but I have fixated on these little outfits.
Of course, two weeks passed with no sign of the oufits. I wrote a message inquiring about where they were and received an email saying they would ship after 14 business days. Last week I sent another email and this week my pathetic email begged them to rush the order or my poor baby would have nothing at all to wear home.
Alas today the outfits arrived! I quickly washed them and packed them away in the hospital bag. Now it's official, I'm ready already. By the way, which outfit do you like best?
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