Thursday, July 31, 2008
Fatty in the House
Caleb went in for his two week check up with his pediatrician today. OK, so here's the rundown, he was 6lbs. 13oz. when he was born. Most babies lose a percentage of their body weight before you take them home, right? Well, I'm not too sure exactly how much he weighed when we left the hospital on Sunday, but by Monday (remember he was born on a Thursday) he was back up to 6lbs. 13oz. Lovely weight gain. We had to take him back to see the doctor that Saturday (just 5 days later) and he was already 7lbs. 6oz. Okay...guess how much he weighed today? (again, 5 days later) 8lbs. 4oz.!!! Let's just say he's gaining weight at great rate. His doc was teasing me after Kaytin was born (and she gained just as quickly) saying that it wasn't breast milk that I was producing, it was breast cream! hahaha...apparently its true. Its definitely obvious in Caleb's features...he is starting to fill out all those little skin folds. Very cute. =) Pictures will be up soon, I promise.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Holy Mother of Two!
Now that I have a little time, I suppose I can ramble on a bit more about our newest addition. This post is probably more for my sake than anyone else's, but I have to put my thoughts down before they escape from my head into the never-neverland of sleeplessness. :)
We first found out I was pregnant with baby number two back in November of 2007. I had a gut feeling that something was a-brewing down below and taking a hpt proved me right. We'd had two miscarriages since Kaytin's birth so we were cautiously happy with the news, but still kept it to ourselves until seeing the doctor and confirming it by ultrasound. Man was that the longest two weeks waiting! You should have seen the look on the faces of the grandparents, though, when Kaytin showed them the ultrasound pics of her new baby.
The months quickly passed, althought not quick enough at times, and July rolled around. My doctors had scheduled me in for my c-section on July 17th. The night before I received a call from the hospital saying that they wanted me to come in an hour earlier than originally planned since we were being bumped up in line! So we arrived at the hospital bright and early at 6 am Thursday morning. The nurses sheepishly looked at me and said, um, we don't quite have a room for you yet since 4 people went into labor last night! I had to be prepped in the nursery and was to be taken back there after the surgery until a room freed up.
Now let's think about this. I was having a scheduled c-section this time around. No labor pains, no induction, just straight operating room bound. Most people would probably be freaked out by the fact that their insides are going to be cut open for all the world to see. Me? I was afraid of the IV. For real. Then I found out that I needed TWO! Oh my goodness. Luckily, I survived. After all the prep work, we were finally wheeled on over to the operating room a little after 8 am. More questions, more prep, then came the only other thing I feared. The intrathecal shot in my back. Ooh nelly...it didn't "hurt," it was just a really weird feeling. The shot is supposed to numb you from the tummy down. Imagine my surprise when I could move my right foot the entire surgery!! Crazy. The mood in the OR was light and airy, we talked about all kinds of things from football to Kaytin. All of the sudden the docs tell me, OK, lots of pressure now, and the next thing I knew, I could breathe again!! In the next instant, I heard Caleb crying and that set off the waterworks for me. The rest of the surgery was a blur as was my time in the recovery room. I was finally brought back to the L&D unit and got to meet my new little man! Caleb had to be monitored for awhile since his breathing was a little too fast, but in the end, he was perfect.
Its hard to describe the feeling of holding your new baby for the first time. Or seeing your firstborn interacting with your newborn. I feel like I can't soak up enough of these memories. I worry that one day I won't be able to remember them anymore. All I can do now is be there for all of those little moments. Enjoy the time I have with my two babies in the house. Fall in love with them again each morning and love them even more when I put them to bed at night. What a blessing it is to have a child...I feel even more blessed to now have two.
Caleb Yasuichi Kaulukupono was born on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:40 am. He weighed 6lbs. 13.8 oz. and was 19 1/4 inches long.
We first found out I was pregnant with baby number two back in November of 2007. I had a gut feeling that something was a-brewing down below and taking a hpt proved me right. We'd had two miscarriages since Kaytin's birth so we were cautiously happy with the news, but still kept it to ourselves until seeing the doctor and confirming it by ultrasound. Man was that the longest two weeks waiting! You should have seen the look on the faces of the grandparents, though, when Kaytin showed them the ultrasound pics of her new baby.
The months quickly passed, althought not quick enough at times, and July rolled around. My doctors had scheduled me in for my c-section on July 17th. The night before I received a call from the hospital saying that they wanted me to come in an hour earlier than originally planned since we were being bumped up in line! So we arrived at the hospital bright and early at 6 am Thursday morning. The nurses sheepishly looked at me and said, um, we don't quite have a room for you yet since 4 people went into labor last night! I had to be prepped in the nursery and was to be taken back there after the surgery until a room freed up.
Now let's think about this. I was having a scheduled c-section this time around. No labor pains, no induction, just straight operating room bound. Most people would probably be freaked out by the fact that their insides are going to be cut open for all the world to see. Me? I was afraid of the IV. For real. Then I found out that I needed TWO! Oh my goodness. Luckily, I survived. After all the prep work, we were finally wheeled on over to the operating room a little after 8 am. More questions, more prep, then came the only other thing I feared. The intrathecal shot in my back. Ooh nelly...it didn't "hurt," it was just a really weird feeling. The shot is supposed to numb you from the tummy down. Imagine my surprise when I could move my right foot the entire surgery!! Crazy. The mood in the OR was light and airy, we talked about all kinds of things from football to Kaytin. All of the sudden the docs tell me, OK, lots of pressure now, and the next thing I knew, I could breathe again!! In the next instant, I heard Caleb crying and that set off the waterworks for me. The rest of the surgery was a blur as was my time in the recovery room. I was finally brought back to the L&D unit and got to meet my new little man! Caleb had to be monitored for awhile since his breathing was a little too fast, but in the end, he was perfect.
Its hard to describe the feeling of holding your new baby for the first time. Or seeing your firstborn interacting with your newborn. I feel like I can't soak up enough of these memories. I worry that one day I won't be able to remember them anymore. All I can do now is be there for all of those little moments. Enjoy the time I have with my two babies in the house. Fall in love with them again each morning and love them even more when I put them to bed at night. What a blessing it is to have a child...I feel even more blessed to now have two.
Caleb Yasuichi Kaulukupono was born on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:40 am. He weighed 6lbs. 13.8 oz. and was 19 1/4 inches long.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Guess who's here!!
On July 17th Caleb Yasuichi Kaulukupono joined our family at 8:40 am. Oh happy day!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Home Stretch
So in a little over a week I will officially be a mommy to TWO children. How weird is that? I had one of my last prenatal appointments today (with my last one being next week Tuesdat and surgery scheduled for Thursday) and the nurse asks me, "how are you doing?" Sadly all I could come up with to reply to her was, "hanging in there, I guess." I am SOOOO ready for this little guy to get here, but on the other hand I was thinking that once he is here I will have TWO little ones to run after. I suppose if I thought having one here and on in the oven was tiring, I can't imagine what it will be like to have the both of them here! Hmmm....I guess its too late for that now!
Kaytin came with me to the doc again and was her silly little self. My doctor asked her if she was ready for her little brother to be here and her reply? Yes! And I have to go shishi in the toilet! What??? I think she's equated being a "big girl" and going to the toilet consistently with being a "big sister." Pretty funny stuff. We did the whole doppler thing and the doctor says, "do you hear your baby brother in there?" Miss Smarty-Pants replies, "no, I hear CALEB." like duh. =)
Anyway, I will be posting new pictures soon...although I always have my camera on me, I have hardly taken pictures recently. Terrible, I know, but I just blame it on my pregnancy-addled brain.
Kaytin came with me to the doc again and was her silly little self. My doctor asked her if she was ready for her little brother to be here and her reply? Yes! And I have to go shishi in the toilet! What??? I think she's equated being a "big girl" and going to the toilet consistently with being a "big sister." Pretty funny stuff. We did the whole doppler thing and the doctor says, "do you hear your baby brother in there?" Miss Smarty-Pants replies, "no, I hear CALEB." like duh. =)
Anyway, I will be posting new pictures soon...although I always have my camera on me, I have hardly taken pictures recently. Terrible, I know, but I just blame it on my pregnancy-addled brain.
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