Thursday, October 25, 2012
All Smiles!!
I don't think there is anything better than baby smiles!! I'm so glad this little guy is growing and learning new things (a little too fast it seems, but I love it!). He started smiling a couple weeks ago while we were visiting my parents in st.johns. He has also learned how to coo which is so cute! He tells pretty good stories! We love you G- Man!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
A little behind..
BUT our baby is already MORE than a month old! I can't believe this little man is already 6 weeks old, I love him to pieces! 
Sunday, September 16, 2012
He's a Keeper!!
FYI this blog I am pretty sure will now be all about this wonderful little man that has come into my life..
Garrison is doing so well! He is still on a two hour schedule of wanting to eat. Last night he went four hours which was heavenly! I feel like he is already getting big which I love but I know he is going to grow up too fast so I just want to soak in every moment. It's amazing how you just instantly fall in love with your kids and its like you forget how your life was before.
I absolutely love being a mom!
Garrison is doing so well! He is still on a two hour schedule of wanting to eat. Last night he went four hours which was heavenly! I feel like he is already getting big which I love but I know he is going to grow up too fast so I just want to soak in every moment. It's amazing how you just instantly fall in love with your kids and its like you forget how your life was before.
I absolutely love being a mom!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Garrison Edward Foy
Wow.. Our little guy is here!! It was quite a long road to get him here but I better write this all down so I don't forget it all. My doctors recommended a while back that we deliver the baby at 37weeks because he was measuring big but that we would need to do an amniocentesis a day or so before to make sure his lungs would be mature.
We had this done on Monday the 27th but ended up having to do it in the hospital because the doctor in the office didn't feel comfortable doing it there. Waited all that day and half of Tuesday but did find out his lungs were ok and we could deliver on Wednesday!
SO, we showed up at Banner Desert on Wednesday morning at eight and finally got hooked up to the pitocin around noon.. I was feeling good and starting to have some contractions and then the doctor came and said "let's break your water!" I figured this little man would get here super fast!! Boy was I wrong!! I continued to labor for the next few hours until I knew I needed the epidural.. I asked for it but since my platelet counts have been low the doctor wanted to check them before placing the epidural. This particular doctors "cut off" line for a platelet count that was too low was 75,000. Earlier my cout had been about 86,000 so I figured we would be good there... Wrong again! The nurse came in the room with the second lab draw and said she was so sorry but my count was right at 75,000 and the doctor didn't feel comfortable doing the epidural. I cried a lot while trying to breathe through contractions. Bless my moms heart for helping me breathe. I had lots of support from her and Jaron and Kelsey and my dad but I was completely miserable!! God bless you women that do that naturally!! They were giving me pain meds but it wasn't doing anything for my pain and by the time 18 hours of labor came around I had nothing left and I begged the nurses to re-check my platelets And see If an epidural was at all possible. Thank goodness I was right for asking for that because my platelets went up to 76,000 and the doc put in the epidural... Instant relief!! We all got some sleep and the pitocin got turned up but by the next morning I had only progressed to a nine and was not moving past that despite the Pitocin being turned up.
I also started spiking a fever and things just seemed to be taking a turn for the worse and it looked more and more like having him naturally was just not going to happen. The doctor came and talked to us and said that he would be ok with us trying for another hour or two to see if I would dilate to a ten or he would be ok doing a C-Section at that point too, especially with me having a fever. After talking about it for a little bit, we decided that we had gone long enough with no progress and worrying about the fever, decided it was best to have the C-Section. After we told the doctor that, they had me in the OR in about an hour.
Everything went fine in surgery (except me throwing up a couple times...) and Garrison Edward Foy was born at 11:24 am. He came out screaming and crying but after being assessed by the nursing staff was grunting and kinda having a hard time breathing so they rushed him up to the NICU and put him on a CPAP (a machine to help him breathe) and started him on IV antibiotics as well as me since we both had fevers. They figured I had an infection in my uterus because I had my water broken so early in the game.
Garrison was able to come off the CPAP that night and continued to make progress every day. He ended up having to stay in the NICU to finish a 7 day course of antibiotics. He had a hard time eating enough in the beginning also, but he has truly just amazed all of us and in a week's time is a very healthy strong good boy!
WE finally got to bring him home last night and it has been awesome ever since. It was seriously one of the hardest things I have ever done having to leave my son at the hospital every night after I was discharged from the hospital. I feel like life can begin now with our little boy! He is just awesome and wakes up about every 2 hours to eat but other than that is a little angel. I feel so blessed that God let us have this little boy. Can't imagine life without him now! sorry about the really long post. but I will finish with some pictures!
We had this done on Monday the 27th but ended up having to do it in the hospital because the doctor in the office didn't feel comfortable doing it there. Waited all that day and half of Tuesday but did find out his lungs were ok and we could deliver on Wednesday!
SO, we showed up at Banner Desert on Wednesday morning at eight and finally got hooked up to the pitocin around noon.. I was feeling good and starting to have some contractions and then the doctor came and said "let's break your water!" I figured this little man would get here super fast!! Boy was I wrong!! I continued to labor for the next few hours until I knew I needed the epidural.. I asked for it but since my platelet counts have been low the doctor wanted to check them before placing the epidural. This particular doctors "cut off" line for a platelet count that was too low was 75,000. Earlier my cout had been about 86,000 so I figured we would be good there... Wrong again! The nurse came in the room with the second lab draw and said she was so sorry but my count was right at 75,000 and the doctor didn't feel comfortable doing the epidural. I cried a lot while trying to breathe through contractions. Bless my moms heart for helping me breathe. I had lots of support from her and Jaron and Kelsey and my dad but I was completely miserable!! God bless you women that do that naturally!! They were giving me pain meds but it wasn't doing anything for my pain and by the time 18 hours of labor came around I had nothing left and I begged the nurses to re-check my platelets And see If an epidural was at all possible. Thank goodness I was right for asking for that because my platelets went up to 76,000 and the doc put in the epidural... Instant relief!! We all got some sleep and the pitocin got turned up but by the next morning I had only progressed to a nine and was not moving past that despite the Pitocin being turned up.
I also started spiking a fever and things just seemed to be taking a turn for the worse and it looked more and more like having him naturally was just not going to happen. The doctor came and talked to us and said that he would be ok with us trying for another hour or two to see if I would dilate to a ten or he would be ok doing a C-Section at that point too, especially with me having a fever. After talking about it for a little bit, we decided that we had gone long enough with no progress and worrying about the fever, decided it was best to have the C-Section. After we told the doctor that, they had me in the OR in about an hour.
Everything went fine in surgery (except me throwing up a couple times...) and Garrison Edward Foy was born at 11:24 am. He came out screaming and crying but after being assessed by the nursing staff was grunting and kinda having a hard time breathing so they rushed him up to the NICU and put him on a CPAP (a machine to help him breathe) and started him on IV antibiotics as well as me since we both had fevers. They figured I had an infection in my uterus because I had my water broken so early in the game.
Garrison was able to come off the CPAP that night and continued to make progress every day. He ended up having to stay in the NICU to finish a 7 day course of antibiotics. He had a hard time eating enough in the beginning also, but he has truly just amazed all of us and in a week's time is a very healthy strong good boy!
WE finally got to bring him home last night and it has been awesome ever since. It was seriously one of the hardest things I have ever done having to leave my son at the hospital every night after I was discharged from the hospital. I feel like life can begin now with our little boy! He is just awesome and wakes up about every 2 hours to eat but other than that is a little angel. I feel so blessed that God let us have this little boy. Can't imagine life without him now! sorry about the really long post. but I will finish with some pictures!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Thoughts
I have been thinking lately how crazy it is that my life is about to change so drastically. I have thought about all the people before me that have become mothers and how natural it looks and feels. I hope that I am that way. I hope motherhood is something I step into with ease and grace. I'm scared but SO ready. I cannot wait to see this little one and hold him and love him!!
So many exciting and scary changes but the best part is that those changes are for someone that I already love and feel connected to.
On that note.. I can't wait to post these any longer, my wonderful sister in law Amber took my maternity pics.. Love how they turned out! (oh and thank you pinterest for all the great ideas!!)
So many exciting and scary changes but the best part is that those changes are for someone that I already love and feel connected to.
On that note.. I can't wait to post these any longer, my wonderful sister in law Amber took my maternity pics.. Love how they turned out! (oh and thank you pinterest for all the great ideas!!)
Friday, July 27, 2012
Closer than we thought!
Well our little man is not so little!! We found out this week that the little chunker is already weighing in at six and a half pounds! So... That being said he will probably make his grand entrance the last week of August instead of September!
I always knew I would be giving birth to a toddler!! I have to say I think he looks just like his Dad...
I always knew I would be giving birth to a toddler!! I have to say I think he looks just like his Dad...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
4th of July
This year our fourth of July was kinda low key.. Jaron and I both had to work so after we were both home we grilled up some hamburgers and had some watermelon! Chandler had fireworks right down the street from our house at tumbleweed park so we parked in the church parking lot and set up our chairs and had a good time just the two of us!!
And of course an update on the baby: i have ten weeks left and probably even less than that if I get induced.. Holy I can't believe we are gonna be parents so soon! Of course growing up you always dream about being a mommy but it is SO crazy that now it is actually happening. We are so excited to meet this little guy and welcome him into our family. His room is all ready for him! Just needs some finishing touches.. How early do you pack your bag for the hospital?? :)
And of course an update on the baby: i have ten weeks left and probably even less than that if I get induced.. Holy I can't believe we are gonna be parents so soon! Of course growing up you always dream about being a mommy but it is SO crazy that now it is actually happening. We are so excited to meet this little guy and welcome him into our family. His room is all ready for him! Just needs some finishing touches.. How early do you pack your bag for the hospital?? :)
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