What a day we have had

Today we got to spend all morning at doctors appointments. First, mommy had her appointment to check her blood pressure. Since it was still high, reading 130/110, Doc Payne decided to put her on medicine. She is still retaining water so with more fluids and these pills, she should be better in no time! Doc Payne took her off bed rest (which you will see ended up a busy day for me with all kinds of trips to the stores after our appointments)!!!
I had my appointment with my doctor and guess what I weigh... drumroll please... 7lbs, 14oz. The doctor was amazed! I am doing VERY well with breastfeeding and she is very happy!
Daddy was proud of both his girls today!!! After our appointments Daddy went to work and mom and I went to Office Max, PetsMart, Target and Rite Aide. I think mommy was so excited to be out of the house that we had to go everywhere!!! I slept the entire time so it didn't bother me! Once we were done, we went home and napped some more! Now we can enjoy our friday night and the rest of the weekend!
Much love to all my new friends,
Aubrey Lynn

Our Family

Husband, wife, 2 dogs and a baby! We are overjoyed!!!!

Today was interesting

Well, today I had an appointment with the doctor as a follow up for my blood pressure since it was high in the hospital after delivery. The doctor took my blood pressure again today and since it was high, he ordered the red carpet treatment (wheelchair) to get me over to the hospital right away. After waiting another hour to get registered in the hospital, they put me in a room, had me lay down, and monitered my blood pressure and took blood to do tests. After an hour of this, I was cleared and able to go home. My origional doc appointment was at 11am, we left at 3pm... fun day with baby and gandma :) Aubrey was amazing though. I think it got her off her schedule as she basically slept all day, so we will see how much she is up tonight!
So for the next week I am on moderate bed rest at home. I can only get up to take care of Aubrey and need to be resting otherwise. So what am i doing now... sitting up on the computer?? Well, just keeping everyone posted as I will be a little lazy this week and hopefully we get better results on Friday... or I will have to be admitted to the hospital and given medicine. I pray this doesn't happen!
Take care all!
Sandy

Go Dawgs!

Picture of Aubrey (fourth generation bulldog fan) posing with her proud poppa after an MSU victory! Her great-grandfather Aubrey Sigrest graduated from State in 1927, 100 years before she'll go to classes in Starkville.

First Doc Appointment - Oct 10th

Since Aubrey was a little yellow at the hospital, we needed to go to our doctor on Friday to get looked at. The doctor was not concerned and she got gold stars on her weight, heart and her strength! Proud parents I must say!!! Breastfeeding is going great and she is gaining weight easily!

Going Home - Oct 9th

On Thursday Oct 9th we were able to go home from the hospital. We were kept an extra night since I am having high blood pressure. I go back to the doctor on monday to follow up, but they let me go home... thank goodness!!! The journey to get us out the door was pretty funny. First, our outfit was very big but we managed to make it work! You should have seen me and Steve trying to figure out car seat. Even though Steve had read all the directions and played with it enough that he told me not to worry... he had it under control! Well, trying to put a live baby in it was a little different! The latches were hard to close and then she says with her knees bent that it made the procedure a little tough! Then trying to get it out of the car was also fun!!!
In the end we managed to leave the hospital, drive home without geting in a wreck, and introduced the dogs to their new sister. They are taking to her great but Byron is struggling a little with being lower in the ranks around the house! Here are some pictures of our precious angel!

What a day!

Or should I say what a couple of days. On Monday morning Sandy's doctors agreed to go ahead and schedule induction for Tuesday morning which means we checked into the delivery room Monday evening around 5:30. The nurses gave her a regimen which finished thinning her cervix out so the induction on Tuesday morning would go more smoothly. Easy night, huh?

Little did we know that our brain dead neighbor in the adjoining room was going through her induction that evening and doing so "naturally" . The blood curdling screams heard through the walls began at around 1:30am followed by an ever so pleasant "request" for an epidural. Unfortunately the nurse informed her that the anesthesiologist would not be available for another hour and on top of that the treatment would take an additional 30 minutes to kick in. This left me curled up in the fetal position sucking my thumb wondering what in the world I would be in store for tomorrow until about three in the morning.

At least I got around 3-4 hours of sleep. Poor Sandy was going on around 45 minutes by the time the induction began. Our experience was exactly the opposite as the screecher next door. The induction started around 9:30am with a complimentary water bursting (kudos Dr. Evans), and the epidural was promptly administered at around 10:30 so Sandy only had to truly experience 45 minutes or so of discomfort before the I.V. goodness kicked in. She was never truly in pain from then on she diolated 4 centimeters over the next several hours. The last 6 centimeters of diolation only took around an hour to progress so around 3:00 pm Sandy had her knees in the air and after 10 minutes of pushing, out popped little Aubrey.

A huge thanks goes out to Dr. Payne, even though she is a freaking LSU fan, Mariete our nurse and especially to Izzy and Sandy's mom. Izzy's infectious laughter probably knocked a couple of hours off of Sandy's labor and her mom was the steady guiding hand helping us through the whole day.

Now begins the real journey. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I can't wait for you all to meet Aubrey share in our happiness.

Dr. Payne (Yes, that's her real name), Sandy & Steve

Aubrey all bundled up.

The apple of her father's eye