Lucy's Weigh-in

Today, Lucy weighs a WHOPPING 19.5 lbs! WOWZA! She truly is my chub-a-wub (Andrew didn't hit 20 lbs until he was 13 months old!

Her second tooth should be popping through any day now. It is right next to her first tooth.

First Tooth

Lucy's first tooth popped through her gums yesterday. I haven't seen it, but I can feel it--it's SHARP! It is on the bottom left. I will take a picture when I can make her open her mouth long enough.

28 Week Update

• At her 4.5 month checkup, Miss Lucy weighed a whopping 16 lbs.
• She is still in her 3-6 month clothes
• She has eaten peas, peaches, bananas, green beans, sweet potato, carrots, rice cereal, apple--she really likes sweet potatoes and apple sauce mixed with rice cereal.
• She is still waking up 1 or 2 times during the night to eat (she will drink 6 to 8 oz of formula each time!)
• She loves to jump in her jumperoo
• She loves her big brother and laughs and laughs at him
• She is almost turning over from back to front, she gets to her side and stops
• She constantly kicks her feet
• She blows raspberries incessently
• I feel a tooth coming through on her bottom left
• She LOVES fuzzy blankets--that's how she self-soothes and falls asleep; the blanket has to be touching her cheek
• She loves watching TV, even though she is not supposed to
• She loves to be held by her Lala and Backaw
• She can hold her own bottle at times
• She loves to snuggle
• She drools a lot, but is not a big spitter-upper
• She LOVES her mobile; it has to be on before she will fall asleep
• She loves when I sing "Good Morning, Good Morning" from Singing in the Rain (I substitute "You didn't sleep the whole night through" instead of "We talked the whole night through")
• She loves to take baths in her Bumbo seat
• She got her ears pierced at 4 months old--she cried with the initial pinch, but hasn't been bothered by them since
• She was a ghost for Halloween
• She has survived 2 natural disasters and 2 major power outages (one for 5 days the other for 7 days) in her short lifespan (Tropical Storm Irene and Winter Storm Alfred)
• When you poke her tummy when it is flexed, she giggles and giggles

Labor Day 2011

Lucy giggled for the first time today! She had spit up all over me and I tickled her belly up to her neck saying "Grody, grody, grody" and she laughed so hard!

Lucy is Born!

So, because I had gestational diabetes (but not really as my blood sugar never hit above 90, I actually was hypoglycemic as my blood sugar would drop to the 40s most days after breakfast), they thought Lucy was going to be well over 9 pounds if I went to term (June 6, 2011). They wanted to induce me, but they were booked solid and therefore had to wait for labor to come naturally. The 2 weeks before my due date, I tried all sorts of things to go into labor (I was already at 3 cm and 70% effaced at that point and hoped that I could go into labor naturally and quickly). I tried a breast pump, bouncing on an exercise ball for an hour (THAT was tiring), sex...but Lucy was not wanting to leave her cozy home (my stomach)! So, on May 31st my doctor called and said, "We have a cancellation for Thursday, June 2nd. Do you want to be induced?" I of course said yes, even though my mom was coming in on Friday the 2nd from Seattle (after having visited Maria and Jenny). I was schedule to be in the hospital at 9 am. They told me to eat a good breakfast beforehand. We dropped off Andrew at 7 am with some friends, who kindly volunteered to watch him. I had had no contractions since week 34, but when they checked me, I was at 5 cm! I couldn't believe I had been walking/working at 5 cm dilated. I had strep B, so they started me on antibiotics. I started a little late as I am allergic to penicillin and they didn't know that. So, by about 10:00 am I was on antibiotics. At 11:00 am, they put me on pitocin. At 12:30 pm, they broke my water. At 2:30 pm I received my epidural. At 3:08, my lovely Lucy was born! I pushed her out in 3 pushes and I felt almost everything (I had only received 10 ccs of the 100 ccs of the epidural when I had her). I pushed out her head, then they had me wait for the next contraction and I pushed out her shoulders and she was here! She weight 8 lbs 7 ozs and was 20 inches long. She nursed right away and had a great latch! I hemorrhaged a little, so I couldn't go down to the nursery right away, but I went down to post-partum soon after they took her. She stayed in my room and we nursed every 2 hours. She pooped 4 times within the first 24 hours (Andrew pooped once and then didn't poop for a whole week!). She unfortunately lost 10% of her body weight so she had to stay an extra night and I had to supplement with formula (which we still do, since I have a horribly low milk supply).

Lucy In My Tummy

These pictures were taken on April 22, 2011. I was approximately 34 weeks pregnant at this time.