Getting used to home

The second day (1-2-09, Saturday) was pretty good, and the night was awesome! Malina woke up each night to feed but that was all. We were so impressed, and hoped this was her sleeping pattern from now on.

Sunday, 1-3-09 , EXACT opposite of the previous night. She was amazing during the day. The Dirs and the Ruyeras were here watching the Charger game and she was loving all the attention. She went from arm to arm, and swing to bouncer, she was in heaven!! We kept telling them how bad of a temper she has and how mad she gets, yada yada, and they didn't believe us because of how good she was. Once everyone left Carey and I knew it would be a loooong night for us. We were soooooo correct. Every hour on the hour she woke up. She must of had her days and nights completely mixed up. It was a rough night for Carey and I , but somehow we managed to work together and manage not sleeping.

first few days

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HOME SWEET HOME!!!

We are home now and Malina is getting adjusted to her new house. Last night, was very tiring! Malina wasn' sure if she wanted to sleep, eat, or play. So mommy and daddy were up the majority of the night. Luckily Nana Norma is here too, so about 3:30 she took Malina so we could sleep.

Happy 2010!!

1/1/10
Happy 2010!! We didn't even greet anyone, we totally forgot it was New Years, SORRY. I guess being in the hospital does that to you. Our doctor's (mine and Malina's) decided we were both able to go home today!!!!!We were very excited to finally get to have Malina with us 24/7 and to GO HOME!!!!!!

NEW YEAR'S EVE?!?!

12/31/09
We didn't even realize it was New Year's Eve because we were so preoccupied with mine and Malina's recovery! Malina started to do much better , so her nurses started bringing her to our room more. At this point, I knew she was okay since she was able to leave the nicu more and stay with us for longer periods of time. Her nurses kept telling us how great she was doing, but she had to remain part of the nicu to be monitored and to finish her antibiotics.

12/30/09
Apparently the medicine was working great (according to the doctors and nurses). At 5 am my cervix was thinned and I was dilated to 9 cm , so i got an EPIDURAL and the fun was really on it's away!! At 8:45 the doctors and nurses said it was time to start pushing!! So immediately I started pushing with my coaches, Carey and my mom, along side. For a good hour I pushed but Malina did not come out. We took a break because both Malina and I (mostly me) were getting tired. At 10:15 I started pushing again. We tried several postions and different methods and nothing seemed to get her out. About 11:20 the doctor said we would try pushing until 12 and then we could make a decision for plan B. At about 11:40, I was EXHAUSTED and Malina's heartrate started to drop , immediately the doctors decided an emergency c section was necessary NOW. At that point, everyone's concern was Malina's decreasing heartrate :( , which at this point I had no idea was even occuring. This point on was all like a scence from Grey's Anatomy and a HUGE BLUR to me. I was rushed in for the c section and at 12:33 Malina was born. After she was born the doctors realized she was not positioned right, so that is why she she wasn't able to come out. She was stuck behind the pelvic bone, so it was good they did a c section when they did.

When Malina first came out the doctors immediately started working on her. She came out and was very pale and not breathing. She also was not moving around like newborns should. This along with a few other things caused a lot of concern, so she was immediately rushed to the NICU and started on antibiotics. I was not able to see Malina until later than evening. I was very bummed that I wasn't able to see her neither was any of our family. Carey did go and see her for a bit , but he wanted to wait until I was able to see her. About 9:30 that evening her NICU nurse brought her into our room so we could see her.

After her birth, the doctors said she immediately starting doing better. She had reacted to all the medications I was on and the stress of the delivery had caused her heartrate to decrease at first. While in the NICU she was closely montiored and tested to ensure she was ok. She passed all of her tests and immediately the doctors and nurses knew her as "Ms. fiesty" and "Ms. Temper". However, she had to remain in the NICU to finish her antibiotics and for observation.

Our last visit with our midwife!!

12/29/09 This was supposed to be our last visit with our midwife before Malina's birth. When we got there all my vitals were checked. When the nurse took my blood pressure it was high, immediately, Carey and I looked at each other and knew we may not be going home from the visit. When our midwife walked in first thing she said was, "You have just earned your ticket to labor and delivery!" Apparently, My blood pressure was high and I had +3 protein in my urine, so I was showing signs of preeclampsia. After our visit we had to go to triage and check-in. For the following few hours my urine and blood pressure were monitored. My urine didn't change and my blood pressure kept rising, so they decided it was safest for me and Malina if I was induced immediately. Since Malina wasn't ready to come yet, my cervix wasn't thinned and I was not dialated. So, about 2:45 (the fun begins) they began giving me medicine to thin my cervix.