OK well I'm going to try to update on here more! Devon is about to turn 4! And Gabrielle is 20 months now! Time is flying by!
Damon has started doing real estate now, I think he's doing pretty well at it. I'm still staying home with the kids, but I'm thinking of going back to work. Staying home is really hard!
I'm finding some really cool blogs to do more activities and crafts with my kids too:) I'm also trying to figure out how to put pictures on this blog as well.
Devon is talking more he has been in pre-school for a year now and that starts back up on Sept 12th. He is going through ECSE and they are great he is learning so much there I'm very happy with them! He is going in tomorrow to get more speech help with Sister Kenny at Unity. He is also going to Childrens Hospital to see Dr Moore, his pedi right now thinks he may have PDD which is accompanied with Aspergers Syndrome. But we are really ok with this now, It's been hard to think about but we are really just wanting to know how he is going to learn in school and what make him Devon.
Gabrielle talks so much! She is associating animals with sounds now! She is so different than Devon. I never knew how different my kids would really be. She eats everything too! She loves to ROAR! most animals roar you know;) she loves Oscar Kitty too, and all cats are named Oscar too. She loves colors and bubbles too.
Well it's time to get to bed I promise to figure out pictures and post more often!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Gabrielle Grace Nelton's Birth Story
Well I'm a bit late on posting this but here it goes, I will try to remember everything it was a very long day...
Well I started to have contractions on Friday evening about every 10-15 minutes all weekend long. I went back to work on Monday morning I had to call Damon at noon to come get me I was not feeling well kind of how I felt when I went into labor with Devon. So I sat at his work for a few hours with contractions about 10 minutes apart. We decided to just go home and tough it out. I stayed home on Tuesday from work because I did not sleep well with the contractions all day and night on Monday well Tuesday morning we went back to the hospital because they were not letting up so we brought Devon to his grandparents early on Tuesday morning and off to the hospital. When we got there I was 80% and 2CM, so I progressed from my last appointment the week before where I was 40% and 2CM. Well we walked for an hour with contractions about every 5-8 minutes and nothing happened so they sent us home. Well it started to snow that night (1st big snow storm of the year I think too). I decided to stay home on Wednesday because of all the snow and I was pretty sure the baby would be coming soon! Sure as I had it the contractions started again at 7am sharp! 6 minutes apart right from the beginning and hurt a lot more than they were since Friday. So at about 9:30 I called Damon thinking it was time but so unsure (I did not want to go to the hospital again and be sent home) Well he called his mom to come and get me anyways because there was a ton of snow on the ground and it was still snowing. He left work at that time to meet us at the hospital, we got there about 10:30am Wednesday. On the ride there they were between 4-6 minutes apart. Well I got all checked in and was at 3CM and 80% so Dr Freeze decided to keep me!! I walked around for an hour then laid down for 20 minutes with the test strip on and decided to get in the tub after that, the water felt great made the contractions a lot less intense. Well at 2:30 I decided to get out of the tub and in bed to get checked I was at 5 Cm 100% effaced with bulging waters and my contractions picked up a lot since I got out of the tub. So I decided to get an epidural at that point because they wanted to break my water. I got my epi at 3 pm and was feeling much better by 3:20:) Laura came in between getting out of the tub and getting the epi. I rested right away when I got it after everyone got pictures of me happy. Well I went from the 5 to a 6 right away and 6 to 8 by 6:30 I believe, but then I was stuck at 8 CM from about 6:30pm to 10:30pm they decided to start pictocin at this time because my contractions were not regular like they should be, and that's when the doctor and nurses decided that she was sideways and stuck. I was also feeling a lot of pain in my tailbone by this time as well, but they had me flipping from side to side to get her to turn and she never did on her own. By 11pm I was having so much pain in my tail bone that I couldn't take it so they gave me a 'balsk' of meds in my epi it helped a ton:) at 11:30 pm I finally went from 8-10CM!! Well they had me doing 'practice pushes' 1 because I was completely numb from the pain meds they just put in my epi, 2 because my contractions were only coming about every 8 minutes or so, and 3 because the doctor was delivering another baby at the same time. Well Dr. Freeze came in at 12:40am and helped us a ton he used the vacuum to help me push her out and he had to turn her face down as well. I barley tore only 2 stitches. YEA! I don't think that's to bad at all:) Gabrielle Grace Nelton was born via SUCCESSFUL VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) after 18 hours of labor on Thursday December 10th at 1:01am, 7.8 pounds 21'' long. She was perfect and you could not even tell we used the vacuum to get her out.
Gabby did have to be sent to the level 2 care nursery because I developed a fever about 2 hours before she was born. So she was on IV antibiotics for 2.5 days. She was also diagnosed with Brackley Plexus Injury as well from being stuck sideways through labor. I left the hospital Saturday afternoon and Gabrielle got to come home with us Sunday night. It was hard to come home without her but we made it! Now she's just about 8 weeks old!!
Well I started to have contractions on Friday evening about every 10-15 minutes all weekend long. I went back to work on Monday morning I had to call Damon at noon to come get me I was not feeling well kind of how I felt when I went into labor with Devon. So I sat at his work for a few hours with contractions about 10 minutes apart. We decided to just go home and tough it out. I stayed home on Tuesday from work because I did not sleep well with the contractions all day and night on Monday well Tuesday morning we went back to the hospital because they were not letting up so we brought Devon to his grandparents early on Tuesday morning and off to the hospital. When we got there I was 80% and 2CM, so I progressed from my last appointment the week before where I was 40% and 2CM. Well we walked for an hour with contractions about every 5-8 minutes and nothing happened so they sent us home. Well it started to snow that night (1st big snow storm of the year I think too). I decided to stay home on Wednesday because of all the snow and I was pretty sure the baby would be coming soon! Sure as I had it the contractions started again at 7am sharp! 6 minutes apart right from the beginning and hurt a lot more than they were since Friday. So at about 9:30 I called Damon thinking it was time but so unsure (I did not want to go to the hospital again and be sent home) Well he called his mom to come and get me anyways because there was a ton of snow on the ground and it was still snowing. He left work at that time to meet us at the hospital, we got there about 10:30am Wednesday. On the ride there they were between 4-6 minutes apart. Well I got all checked in and was at 3CM and 80% so Dr Freeze decided to keep me!! I walked around for an hour then laid down for 20 minutes with the test strip on and decided to get in the tub after that, the water felt great made the contractions a lot less intense. Well at 2:30 I decided to get out of the tub and in bed to get checked I was at 5 Cm 100% effaced with bulging waters and my contractions picked up a lot since I got out of the tub. So I decided to get an epidural at that point because they wanted to break my water. I got my epi at 3 pm and was feeling much better by 3:20:) Laura came in between getting out of the tub and getting the epi. I rested right away when I got it after everyone got pictures of me happy. Well I went from the 5 to a 6 right away and 6 to 8 by 6:30 I believe, but then I was stuck at 8 CM from about 6:30pm to 10:30pm they decided to start pictocin at this time because my contractions were not regular like they should be, and that's when the doctor and nurses decided that she was sideways and stuck. I was also feeling a lot of pain in my tailbone by this time as well, but they had me flipping from side to side to get her to turn and she never did on her own. By 11pm I was having so much pain in my tail bone that I couldn't take it so they gave me a 'balsk' of meds in my epi it helped a ton:) at 11:30 pm I finally went from 8-10CM!! Well they had me doing 'practice pushes' 1 because I was completely numb from the pain meds they just put in my epi, 2 because my contractions were only coming about every 8 minutes or so, and 3 because the doctor was delivering another baby at the same time. Well Dr. Freeze came in at 12:40am and helped us a ton he used the vacuum to help me push her out and he had to turn her face down as well. I barley tore only 2 stitches. YEA! I don't think that's to bad at all:) Gabrielle Grace Nelton was born via SUCCESSFUL VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) after 18 hours of labor on Thursday December 10th at 1:01am, 7.8 pounds 21'' long. She was perfect and you could not even tell we used the vacuum to get her out.
Gabby did have to be sent to the level 2 care nursery because I developed a fever about 2 hours before she was born. So she was on IV antibiotics for 2.5 days. She was also diagnosed with Brackley Plexus Injury as well from being stuck sideways through labor. I left the hospital Saturday afternoon and Gabrielle got to come home with us Sunday night. It was hard to come home without her but we made it! Now she's just about 8 weeks old!!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
New at Blogging!!
Well here it goes since our family is growing I thought it would be nice to start a blog on us. Let's see Devon is now 28 months old and Gabrielle was born on December 10th, 2009 at 1:01am via successful VBAC! She weighed in at 7.8 lbs & 21'' long vs Devon on September 4th,2007 at 9:10pm via emergency Cesarean. He weighed in at 7.13 lbs &20'' long.
Damon is working as a Realtor and assistant with http://www.customerdrivenrealty.net/. He has gone back to school as well at Anoka Ramsey to start out with his 2 year AA degree.
Kathy is working at Supervalu as a merchandising assistant. Currently staying home with Devon & Gabrielle right now.
Devon is doing great growing big! He is an active two year old! He starts ECFE classes on Wednesday. This is where one day a week we will go to the school and he will be able to interact and play with other two year olds. He needs this interaction since it has been to cold to go outside and he is not in daycare right now. Devon Loves to play with his cars and trucks, he is very interested in planes and helicopters as well. He is good at coloring and cutting with scissors. He is currently three feet tall and 32 lbs.
Gabrielle just turned a month old. She enjoys taking long naps on the recliner. Swinging in her swing watching the monkeys. Being held by her big brother, she is very interested in Devon, she will lay there and stare at him to see what he is doing. Gabby has been interacting more now and can hold her head up really good!
Well that's it for now Happy New Year!!
The Nelton Family :)
Damon is working as a Realtor and assistant with http://www.customerdrivenrealty.net/. He has gone back to school as well at Anoka Ramsey to start out with his 2 year AA degree.
Kathy is working at Supervalu as a merchandising assistant. Currently staying home with Devon & Gabrielle right now.
Devon is doing great growing big! He is an active two year old! He starts ECFE classes on Wednesday. This is where one day a week we will go to the school and he will be able to interact and play with other two year olds. He needs this interaction since it has been to cold to go outside and he is not in daycare right now. Devon Loves to play with his cars and trucks, he is very interested in planes and helicopters as well. He is good at coloring and cutting with scissors. He is currently three feet tall and 32 lbs.
Gabrielle just turned a month old. She enjoys taking long naps on the recliner. Swinging in her swing watching the monkeys. Being held by her big brother, she is very interested in Devon, she will lay there and stare at him to see what he is doing. Gabby has been interacting more now and can hold her head up really good!
Well that's it for now Happy New Year!!
The Nelton Family :)
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