tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53007520561085560712024-02-02T15:08:09.804-08:00Desires of the HeartAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868036971902162708noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300752056108556071.post-49226293710355945322011-03-19T09:30:00.000-07:002011-03-19T09:35:07.880-07:00"Is there something on my face?!?"<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq6rp9H3aQtX_srCLhjHBtVi2_pl041rOCVyINAw8Ltop4ft7_bVBYS_ipdrHGWqalWWTH9QEPxc-b_g2DjaMvf64VWOWrSuovsWaEG-b6Ay7O4S2CeADSQQiiFYLhMXGGHyxTt-fDgoH/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq6rp9H3aQtX_srCLhjHBtVi2_pl041rOCVyINAw8Ltop4ft7_bVBYS_ipdrHGWqalWWTH9QEPxc-b_g2DjaMvf64VWOWrSuovsWaEG-b6Ay7O4S2CeADSQQiiFYLhMXGGHyxTt-fDgoH/s400/007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't see it, but I can feel it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl1M669k-pUwcNJRoUhvtGBn6UcPUy1aVxVUbY9uE_fZmNKsLgQRxI4holGTH4oCq-FFgKQOvpnKSO2CVcThimnXYE79JtsRQSTovQgqORrjigV0mwqrSUKO5e5_GbP1CJUXwTG0vVSXn/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl1M669k-pUwcNJRoUhvtGBn6UcPUy1aVxVUbY9uE_fZmNKsLgQRxI4holGTH4oCq-FFgKQOvpnKSO2CVcThimnXYE79JtsRQSTovQgqORrjigV0mwqrSUKO5e5_GbP1CJUXwTG0vVSXn/s400/009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stop laughing Mommy! Please wipe it off!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodHbomgKjE9r24gs9O_-j7wPfiBxls-haVp5vN2X2ut1XmGTiIiwOvoGLZi9s33mnIkBjiLF0dtT_2xr1aQgdMAyW0mB46Fl5zU0qkLE7allx4B_-_osiLFFmJ0Ip5ZX3mrMMkx8VWjon/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodHbomgKjE9r24gs9O_-j7wPfiBxls-haVp5vN2X2ut1XmGTiIiwOvoGLZi9s33mnIkBjiLF0dtT_2xr1aQgdMAyW0mB46Fl5zU0qkLE7allx4B_-_osiLFFmJ0Ip5ZX3mrMMkx8VWjon/s400/014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">So, you think I look pretty funny, huh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFMXfg-IMEyelGGe954JrXbR0wMR9O3Ke47HkWMFhV2XSugLke4t9d96CyG-y2CIZGKyEiYN5lVFWqAoSG5ltbr2ILE7dt3-gZJJvQ5BmyrinHDwY0Rg2DK6yJHy-VI_TiQCa4ylmwKzz/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFMXfg-IMEyelGGe954JrXbR0wMR9O3Ke47HkWMFhV2XSugLke4t9d96CyG-y2CIZGKyEiYN5lVFWqAoSG5ltbr2ILE7dt3-gZJJvQ5BmyrinHDwY0Rg2DK6yJHy-VI_TiQCa4ylmwKzz/s400/018.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"></div><div align="center">I bet you wouldn't be laughing if YOU had food all over your nose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFpH7aSpJ7msQDL7oAZaq9MoHZNUf67qxsAZJyUsemXJO1aK9B1DujI0TEyOahM9lJax-Ha_VEdFHqNbP-Hkz9C2ZUbs9HbFzrN6L1-JJtjYg_j5Kcdfo8qm3XXY5gXaPkYFzMEPkzZIp/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFpH7aSpJ7msQDL7oAZaq9MoHZNUf67qxsAZJyUsemXJO1aK9B1DujI0TEyOahM9lJax-Ha_VEdFHqNbP-Hkz9C2ZUbs9HbFzrN6L1-JJtjYg_j5Kcdfo8qm3XXY5gXaPkYFzMEPkzZIp/s400/019.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why don't you come alittle closer so I can get some food on YOUR face...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh699zdLjphHGae6ElpyKXYy-8g1jwZh074lCKHjncl6e3ZEKR37w1CiQXbVGcvlwRrcrngTSgqKuM6Djfu-uIMv-tQurXG-OlaU0f-ajPKkFHOtvNfG_OhI79ENNFmma6Mnwo7HagOKhF3/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh699zdLjphHGae6ElpyKXYy-8g1jwZh074lCKHjncl6e3ZEKR37w1CiQXbVGcvlwRrcrngTSgqKuM6Djfu-uIMv-tQurXG-OlaU0f-ajPKkFHOtvNfG_OhI79ENNFmma6Mnwo7HagOKhF3/s400/020.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">COME CLOSER!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGtuqCwq4b-g70HZzNMPx8F_EbxF0WWTmB8Roo7sR_E8EIZYZuLNb51hIOa7N475hBZAVFhy6GSmKOFBj9eGVAIMu6zrG8HY8q70gPiWu2Y-c83feGbQ6ObO89m-opGbZDdUBO39zxdgP/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGtuqCwq4b-g70HZzNMPx8F_EbxF0WWTmB8Roo7sR_E8EIZYZuLNb51hIOa7N475hBZAVFhy6GSmKOFBj9eGVAIMu6zrG8HY8q70gPiWu2Y-c83feGbQ6ObO89m-opGbZDdUBO39zxdgP/s400/024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new blog will be coming soon. It's a tad slow going because my friend and I are so busy with life :) But a button will be available soon and you will be able to visit the blog before our<span style="font-size: large;"> Big Giveaway</span> starts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been forever since I have hosted a give away - but I absolutely LOVE giving things away to people who visit my blog. This give away however, will be held at my new blog. I won't be giving the address out at this point yet because things are not quite ready. I will have you know that my good friend will be hosting the blog with me and we will take turns sharing our creativeness :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Now I am here - raising a 2 year old and a 4 month old and I don't have time to regularly blog about my life. Much of my time now is just taking things a day at a time. I don't have as many concerns and questions with my daughter because I have nurtured a newborn before. I feel pretty confident this time around :) But I also have the added bonus (or blessing) of a more 'at ease' attitude. So while I don't at all feel relaxed at the end of the day - I do have more patience and the ability to take a <em>deep</em> breath when my toddler dumps his shaved nuts all over my couch rather than frankly attempt to clean them up.<br />
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I do feel as though a weight has been lifted now that the holidays are over and I think you all can agree in your own ways. The past six months for me has been one project after another.<br />
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<strong>June</strong> - <a href="http://alt-ourhiddentreasure.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-toddlers-reading-corner.html">Redecorate Jackson's room from "baby boy" to "little boy</a>"<br />
<strong>July</strong> - Was a million <a href="http://alt-ourhiddentreasure.blogspot.com/search/label/Sewing%20Projects">projects</a> to prepare for baby #2<br />
<strong>August</strong> - <a href="http://alt-ourhiddentreasure.blogspot.com/2010/08/project-nursery-complete.html">Jaelyn's Nursery</a><br />
<strong>Sept & Oct</strong> - From Sept. 7 - Oct. 22nd, we have <em>7 little kid's</em> birthdays including our own two children. I handmade alot of their gifts which took a while.<br />
<strong>Nov & Dec</strong> - started making christmas gifts (many of which I had shared, but didn't get into detail) including all of those <em>7 little kids</em> I mentioned above.<br />
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My current project is Jaelyn's Dedication dress. My sweet mother in law has been helping me make her dress out of my wedding dress. YUP! I took a scissors to my wedding dress and have used the fabric to design a dress for Jaelyn. It's almost done and I can't wait to show you! It's precious and I absolutely love it!! <br />
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So now that January is here, I am able to exhale a good long sigh of relief. I loved making the gifts/projects and would really like to share the tutorials I discovered with all of you. I would like to show you how simple these creative projects were and take you through how I did them. I just love exploring other blogs that generously offer up their talents for the world to behold and I would love to participate as well. Having said that, I believe I will be abandoning this journal blog (for a while at least) and focus more on a crafty blog. <br />
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I had started AprilAccents two years ago and didn't do anything with it this past year (by my own chosing). I have still been selling some pieces I have made to friends and family, but I don't have the energy to keep up with a "business blog". So I would like to incorperate that into the new blog that I start. I hope that you will all venture into this next journey with me and give me feedback and encouragement, project ideas and your own tutorials.<br />
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I haven't started creating the blog yet, so it will be a little while until it's ready. Until then... <br />
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I am sure alot of you hadn't even noticed I was gone, but if anyone did - here's why. <br />
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<em>I don't have the time</em> :( <br />
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<em>Jaelyn is a fanastic baby. Right away, we could tell she was going to be an easier newborn than Jackson was. And that was saying alot because we had it good with him too. She was always very content sitting in her little rocking chair which made things simpler for me because Jackson is quite demanding of my time. Now she is 3 months old and has discovered that being held is tons more fun. Jaelyn smiles and laughs alot and does enjoy laying under play gym for a shortwhile. She was sleeping awesome at night for weeks up until last week. Now she is back to waking for 2 feedings. What is that? Not happy about it at all. Her naps aren't great either. I am lucky to get an hour nap - but most are only 30-45 mins. Jackson was a fanastic sleeper as a baby. At 3 months, he was sleeping from 7pm-6:30pm straight and took a good long 2.5 hr morning nap (and 2 shorter afternoon naps). Jaelyn goes to bed around 7pm and is now waking at 1-2am AND 4-5am to eat before waking at 8am. Something has to change here because I am not getting much sleep at all! She's 3 months now...</em><br />
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<em>Jackson's verbal skills really started to take off when he turned 2 (Oct. 22nd). He can speak in sentences of 5-7 words, however not all of them are understandable to people other than my husband and I. He knows ALL of his letters and numbers up to 10. His newest thing is wanting mommy and daddy to sign the ABCs and he claps and shouts when we finish. He is a whiz at navigating through our smart phones. This is helpful when we are situations when we need him to be still/quite and happy. There are a few numbers games on there for him now :) He enjoys playing with other children, but at home wants to watch too much tv. Sometimes it's easier to let him watch a few shows (of Elmo & Monster's Inc) than to keep him busy myself when things need to get done. That sounds terrible of me, but Christmas has been a challange this year with trying to save money. I decided to make alot of the gifts myself (which I had mentioned in my last post). So that has taken up much of my free time. They are finally ALL completed now, with only 2 days before Christmas to spare. Which is why I am actually able to write a blog post. Today is only the 2nd day ever when both of my kids were napping at the same time.... yesterday was the first and boy is my house clean!!</em><br />
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<em>I hope to show you all the fun things I made in future posts. They are all easy enough to complete, but when you're making 3 of each item... then it can be time consuming. </em><br />
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</div>I have been thinking ahead to christmas already for what kind of gifts/handmade items I need to get working on. Handmaking most of the gifts is quite time consuming, but when the budget is so tight it squeaks... what other choice do I have? We just came off the crazy busy birthday season. From Sept. 7 - Oct. 22nd we have 7 little kid birthdays. It's a hectic time of year for us. I had made about 4 different toddler sized purses that I just LOVED, but of course it didn't occur to me to take a photo of one before I gave them away. I did make Jax a pair of monkey fleece pj pants. Those turned out pretty well, I show you those soon. I have found several patterns for the Christmas gifts and will be starting those soon :) <br />
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Many of you responded sharing that you also fed your babies on just one side per feeding. Here's my question then... if you nurse on the 1st breast at one feeding, and roughly 3 hours later you nurse on the opposite breast... then 3 hours later you're back to the first breast. So do you allow your breasts to go a full 6 hours between every feeding without any stimulation? Do you need to pump during that time to maintain your supply or does your body automatically know how much to produce by the boob's next feeding (6 hours). Wouldn't the body start to think that the baby doesn't need much milk because there is no pumping/feeding for a full 6 hours around the clock? I have done that before and my breasts have still been soft when that 6 hour mark comes around. Am I wrong to think that my breast needs to have a FULL feeling in order to fill my baby's belly? Do I need to pump if she only nurses on one side at each feeding? How many of you have barely touched the pump after your supply was established?<br />
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I know I must really sound like I have never breastfed before. This child I am taking a different approach. With Jackson, I pumped before going to bed - in the middle of the night (because he slept thru the night VERY early on) and in the morning. I was able to store four - 5oz. bottles each day (20 oz total). This time around - I am trying to be more regular with breastfeeding and don't want to get that crazy about stashing my freezer. So trying to establish the appropriate amount of milk that my child will take from me - is a new concept. <br />
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Now a few of you have advised me to wake her up after 3 hours to feed her, even though she wakes herself up after 4 hours. I understand the reasoning there, but she never ate that close together. Even in the hospital when I tried to wake her - she wouldn't wake up enough to actively nurse. However, when she did wake up - she would be hungry enough to nurse. I have never been fond of waking a sleeping baby if it wasn't necessary. She has surpassed her birth weight by 2 weeks and has about 7-8 stools/wet diapers a day. She literally has a full wet diaper with poo splatters at every diaper change. She also sleeps for one cherished 5 hour stretch at night. Should I really begin to wake her after 3 hours when she has made this progress on her own? My pediatrican didn't bat an eye when I told her Jaelyn goes 4 hours between feedings. But I do value your opinions and views on the matter as I know many of you really know what you're talking about :) <br />
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I feel as though if I had waited 3 more days to write that post, it wouldn't have sounded so negative. All of a sudden, my body got in check. As if over night my boobs got on board with what they are suppose to do (supply wise) and I am a MUCH happier mother because of it. I think because I had breastfed Jackson for 10 months, the freshed memories I hold from that whole experience were from the last few months - when I considered myself a "pro". When all I had to do was put Jax up to the breast and he did the rest. I think there is a reason those early memories of struggles and tears were no longer on the surface of my mind... so I could enter motherhood again with an open mind and not have preconceived notions about the difficulties of breastfeeding a newborn.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://s759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/?action=view&current=Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="40" border="0" src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" /></a></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868036971902162708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300752056108556071.post-64838909157870556252010-09-27T17:17:00.000-07:002010-09-27T17:17:32.463-07:00Calling All Expert Breastfeeding Moms!!Jaelyn will be 2 weeks old on Tuesday of this week. Making the adjustment from one kid from two kids has been quite a trip! I had several concerns about how Jackson would react to having a sibling and how he would react to ME dividing my attention between him and another child. The first jealous reaction Jackson had was actually when we were still in the hospital. However, it wasn't towards me - it was towards my husband. Paul was holding Jaelyn and immediately Jackson perked up and ran to him, "Baby Down, Daddy - Baby Down!" Thankfully that was the last we saw of that. Now, he will ask one of us to put the baby down only if he wants something that requires our assistance. Over all, he is adjusting very well. The first time he saw me nursing Jaelyn, he acted concerned. He wasn't quite sure what he was looking at and I explained that Jaelyn gets her milk from mommy, just as Jackson gets his milk from the frig :P He was a little freaked out at the breast pump - but who isn't the first time they see how that works?!? RIGHT?<br />
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Nursing has been a difficult task for Jaelyn and I. Jackson and I were slow learners as well, but I don't recall the uncomfortableness lasting this long with him. I guess I wrongly assumed that this time would be easier since I had breastfed one baby already. Sure I knew the positions and how to correctly get her to latch on - but in the end, she's still a different baby and nursing is a learned skill for some. Jaelyn nursed perfectly right after being born. But the next morning was a different story. Because of her jaundice, I attempted to fed her even during her sleepy states just to encourage more poopy/wet diapers. A few things I have learned: 1) Babies in high risk bilirubin levels are even more sleepy than normal newborn babies. 2) Trying to breastfeed a very sleepy baby will tear your nipples apart!! <br />
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Needless to say, after 4 days of my good intentions to get more colostrum/milk in her system - my poor boobs were in sad shape. I was prepared for this ahead of time and started wearing nipple shells right away to prevent friction from my bra. That did heal alot! I tried nipple shields and they weren't for me. I was advised to see a lactationist the day after we were released from the hospital. She had concluded that my nipples were so badly damaged that I could no longer tell the difference between a proper and improper latch. From what she saw, Jaelyn was latching on correctly. But I was still in so much pain, didn't help that the swelling made it nearly impossible for her to stay on the breast. The consultant told me to pump and bottlefeed for a few days to allow time for my breasts to heal. So I did that from Friday afternoon to Monday night when I felt I was healed enough to try again. During that time however, I was miserable! I absolutely hated pumping every 3 hours. I was still very swollen so I had to pump each breast one at a time because I needed to do compressions to help express the milk. Come Monday - my body was used to completely emptying my breastmilk every 3 hours. This was a problem because when I started breastfeeding her again - I would be lucky if she was drinking 25%-50% of my supply. Within 30 mins after her feedings, I was painfully full again. This is slowly getting better - but often times I still have to pump out milk either at the end of the feeding (because she didn't take enough to comfortably soften my chest,) or in the beginning of the next feeding to soften it enough to get her latched on. My breasts haven't been completely emptied since those days of pumping and bottlefeeding. So I assumed that my body would get the point by now and stop producing SO MUCH. Maybe all these issues are completely normal and you all are reading this thinking, "Yeah April - THAT's breastfeeding!!" But I just don't remember it being like this with Jackson. I don't recall it taking so long to regulate the appropriate amount of milk to produce. <br />
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Am I just extremely impatient? <br />
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Do you remember having to express after each feeding (still at 2 weeks) to make yourself comfortable? <br />
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Did you ever find yourself pumping off a little before the feedings? <br />
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After any initial nipple damage was healed and your baby was latching on appropriately, was the first few mins of nursing still extremely painful? I find that even when I'm not engorged, the first few mins of her proper latch on are painful - like "take my breath away" painful. This does subside and go away after a few mins. My nipples are NOT getting damaged, so I know her latch is correct. <br />
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Is your let down painful? I have read that some women don't even know their milk is letting down. I feel my let down all the time, it feels like my boobs are exploding from the inside out! It's even more painful when I am already really FULL - <br />
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I am on a prescription for vasospams. Know what that is? Blood constriction of the nipples - the nipples turn white and even blue when the blood can not flow back. Those symptoms of the condition isn't the problem. What's bad is the intense crushing sensation in my nipples. It feels like they are being pinched - OUCH! This comes after each feeding and after I take a shower - any time I feel cold. It's horrible! I dealt with this condition for about 5 weeks with Jackson because I didn't know it wasn't normal. This time I asked for the prescription while still in the hospital. The medicine doesn't stop the constriction or color change, but it does take the pain away... thank goodness something does. When I would breastfeed Jackson at night, I would crawl back into bed with a heating pad on my chest to keep me warm and help the pain. <br />
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I am a sad case! I am envious of mother's who are able to easily breastfeed their babies. I am jealous of those babies who just catch on so easily. I wish I was a graceful breastfeeding mom who would confidently nurse my baby whereever I wanted. I still need a third (maybe 4th) arm while I nurse.<br />
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I hate that it sounds like I am whining and complaining about these problems. Breastfeeding isn't easy for me!<br />
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I would really be encouraged if I could hear your stories. Can you share with me your troubles and how you solved them? <br />
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<em>I need to hear that I am not the only mother who has troubles breastfeeding.</em><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I suppose it's time for me to finally get Jaelyn's birth story down on paper. I haven't had much time for the computer lately, Jackson has been demanding a bit more of my attention since his sister arrived and I am trying to get a new routine to my day. He is alright with me holding her unless he wants something, "baby down" he says and has a hard time waiting for me to finish feeding her. And when I get on the laptop, he says "Mommy down," and tries to close the laptop or goes crazy pushing the buttons on me. Goody! Hence, I haven't gotten this post out in a week and half. This is my second day home alone with the two kids without help. My parents were just a wonderful support the past week, I was very grateful for their help.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>As my friend Allison had posted, after my 2pm 39 week appt on Monday, Sept 13th - I was quite discouraged. I was told by my doctor that Jaelyn STILL wasn't engaged in the pelvis and so she wasn't going to strip my membranes again. Dr. K said if she accidently broke my waterbag while stripping, we would be running a risk of the umbillical cord slipping between the head and cervix which would result in immediate C- section. She said she was able to stick her entire index finger thru my cervix and that's how far the baby's head was floating away. My goodness!! So we pretty much assumed that my scheduled induction on Friday would be the day for Jaelyn's birth.<br />
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Then around 6pm, I started having contractions. They didn't seem to be anything special because during the past week I would contract in the evenings due to the day's activity. Around 7pm I thought I would start to count them because they were getting stronger and pretty regular. Well, just like Jackson's birth - after my 39 week appt, my contracts were 5 mins apart lasting 1 mins. It only took an hour before they were that close together. I was still doubting myself about whether to call the neighbor and head to the hospital. I knew with being GPS positive, I shouldn't wait long - but was still in the mindset that Friday would be the day because of the way my appt went. <br />
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By 8pm, we had taken Jax over to the neighbors house and we were on our way. The contractions were pretty intense at this point. I knew that since I was 4cm at my appt earlier that day, that it wouldn't take long to fully dialate. When we reached the hospital, we had to check in at the maternity ward desk - which took <em>forever</em>! The desk lady kept on answering the phone while trying to hand us all the papers to fill out. She would repeatedly say, "Are you alright, how are you doing?" as I was braced up against the wall heaving thru the contraction while Paul was pushing on my back (yup - more back labor with this delivery too). I wanted to grab the phone from her and hit her over the head with it! Do I look alright?? <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">When the nursed checked me, she said I was 7cm. I had gone from 4cm-7cm in 2.5 hours (6pm-8:30pm). I knew that the quickest part of labor was the transition from 7cm-10cm, so when the nurse told me that the anesthesiologist and on call anesthesiologist wouldn't be available for 20 mins - 1 hr because they were in surgeries - I started to panic. I told the nurse how I had torn during my first delivery (if you haven't read Jackson's birth story - I tore from the top of the vagina all the up to the clitoris... yes, apparently that IS possible!) I told her if I had to push without an epidural and I tore like that again, I would die in the hospital bed. :P Needless to say, the anesthesiologist took it upon himself to call in a 3rd dr. who came from home to administer my epidural. I ended up getting it at 9cm. Those contractions were so heavy, I had my epidural during jackson's labor at 4cm... so I hadn't experienced those intense ones before.</div><br />
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</div>I will share more on how our time has been since bringing Jaelyn home in the next post. Thanks for reading!!<br />
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I plan to share Jaelyn's birth story in the posts to follow. But for now I am happy to share that she was taken off of the bili-bed today which she has been on since Wednesday night. That cursed bed has made it hard for her to sleep at night because we can't swaddle her - we all know how newborns LOVE to be swaddled (and I am a huge fan of it too!) The bilirubin still has her sleeping most of the day, although she seems to have trouble sleeping at night (hence the less than 3 hour sleep stretches for me and my husband). <br />
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My parents have been here since we came home from the hospital. They have been a God sent to help out so much, mainly with Jackson. He has gotten so much Deedee and Papa time and just eats up the attention. My mom will be here until Tuesday night, so that means Wed. will the first day on the job for me - a stay at home mother of TWO. Jackson seems to be getting more interested in Jaelyn with each day, although for the most part he is quite indifferent. When he has someone to play with him all day long, what's so interesting about a sleeping baby, right? ;)<br />
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Nursing has been a huge hurdle for miss Jae and I. I have been through this difficult time with Jackson once already when he was born and I was hoping that Jaelyn and I would catch on faster. Unfortunately that isn't the case. Currently, I am expressing every 3 hours and bottle feeding her. My nipples were so damaged from 4 days of improper latching, that even when she does <em>properly</em> latch - the pain is still so great that I can't tell the difference. I wasn't too keen on bottle feeding a 5 day old baby running a risk of her not breast feeding again, but when the lactationist explained that she will mostly likely go back to the breast without problem and in order to solve our latch on problems - I need healed nipples... I really don't have a choice. They are healing now however I don't like taking twice as long to first - express and second - feeding her the bottle. But she's taking about 2-2.5 oz. every 3-4 hours and she is gaining weight really nicely so I can't complain when the plan is working. :)<br />
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I will be back soon to share more pictures. Thanks again for your thoughts and lovely comments. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><strong>Poor jaelyn is in high risk category of bilirubin. She is in the lightbed tonight and maybe staying another day at Children's hospital if her count continues to rise. Apparently her blood and my blood are not "mixing" that well, which makes her jaundice worse. Sadly, she is poked alot these 2 days.</strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Just had my 38 week appt and I had several "fanasties" doing into this appointment. Aside from being terrified about having my membranes stripped - I had envisioned my doctor accidentally breaking my water while stripping and sending me right upstairs to L and D. I had everything all packed at home, secretly hoping I would have to call my husband and have him bring everything up to the hospital.<br />
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I have dialated from 2/3 cms last week to now a full 3 cm. But she is still at a station of -2! <em>How can a baby who has been head down since 30 weeks not be engaged yet</em>?? Because she wasn't engaged, the stripping wasn't as successful. When the head is snuggly fitting in the cervix, my dr is able to "run" her finger along the inside of the cervix to separate it from the waterbag and baby's head. If the head isn't engaged, then it begins to float away from the cervix as she presses her fingers there - leaving very little for counter pressure to be a successful stripping. Her fingers came out mucousy, but not bloody like I had expected them to. What a bummer! It still hurt like the devil - and all for nothing!<br />
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She basically told me in so many nicer words that this probably wouldn't be enough for my body to respond to. She said that once Jaelyn's head is engaged, it wouldn't take long. She explained Jaelyn's head most likely hasn't engaged yet because I have experience many real- labor inducing contractions yet. Honestly - the first I felt of those was just last night. I have had my fair share of the useless, waste of time braxton hick contractions - but those do nothing for me. Of course my water bag is really thick (like it was with Jax) so I can't really count on that breaking on its own either. <br />
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So, from here - I have my 39 week on Monday. If her head is engaged - I will choose to have her strip me again. I would like my body to naturally start labor on its own. If she's not engaged by then, forget the stripping. It's too painful if it just isn't going to be effective. Either way - if all else fails, I have an induction scheduled for Friday Sept. 17th at 7am. I would really really like to believe I won't be pregnant for another 10 days... it's just too long!! I need to grab on to the hope that my body can do it on its own - sometime before then!<br />
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My appointment went well today. <br />
2-3 cm dialated<br />
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So she isn't engaged yet, and hasn't moved down since last week. I have gained a pound and half since last week, probably all of the tootsie rolls I have been snacking on. I bought a huge variety bag from Sams Club to fill Jax's pinata - and I shouldn't have opened it already :P<br />
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I tested positive again for GBS. No surprise there, I figured I would. Basically that means that I need to be at the hospital within 30-45 mins if my water breaks OR need to be there early enough during active labor to get 2 doses (4 hours apart) of antibiotics to prevent transmission to the baby. Well, with Jackson - I only received 1 full dose and they started the 2nd dose early because I was already 9cm by then. <br />
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5pm - started contractions after being stripped for the 2nd time at my 39 week appt.<br />
8pm - omitted into the hospital<br />
1am - delivered Jax<br />
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So my labor and delivery was pretty fast. I pushed for only 40 mins and that was delayed because my doctor wasn't there yet. I have concerns this time around because my doctor said that second deliveries almost always go much faster. How am I suppose to get to hospital with at least 4-5 hours of laboring time to ensure I get the 2 full doses of antibiotics... if this delivery is going to go <em>faster</em> than my first? I am worried that I won't have enough time to administer the antibiotics. Basically - if I even THINK that I am in labor - I need to get in the car. At 38 weeks with Jackson, when I was stripped the 1st time I went into laboring contractions 2 days later. I went to the hospital to be checked out, spent 3 hours there before being sent home. While it was a pain (and truthfully sad to be sent home) - I can't take the chance this time to either "wait it out at home" to determine if the contractions are the real deal or not.<br />
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I am such a planner, list writer, note taker, list REwriter.... having every detail of this event completely at random and not planned ahead .... drives me crazy! I know that in the moment, I go with the flow very well. But it's all the time <em>proceeding</em> that moment where I drive myself nuts making up scernarios just so I can "create a solution" for them and make myself feel like I have a good handle on things. <br />
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I am struggling a little bit with knowing that the time is fast approaching when I will say goodbye to my son, kiss his lips and tell him mommy will be home soon. I will climb into the passenger seat of my car, heaving through contractions - thinking that it will be the last time I was with my son - just us 2. I will soon be bringing home a baby and no longer be able to give him my 200% attention. That makes me kinda sad. I have been taking extra long hugs, extra long looks at him lately. He's my little boy, all I have ever known of being a mother. Soon our time will all change and life will be hectic for a while, but I hope that he will know just how much I love him and that my love will never change. <br />
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We are going to be throwing Jackson's 2nd birthday party a month early because we really want him to have the party he deserves. I was afraid that by holding a party on his birthday, having a brand new baby girl in the house - everyone would be so interested in meeting her for the first time, that Jackson wouldn't get the attention he should on his birthday. Not to mention that last year, 4 out of the 5 little kids had terrible colds (end of October) and I don't want to expose a 4 week old baby to all of that. So I have begun planning Jax's 2nd birthday, the theme will be "Trains". I certainly won't be taking it to the level as I did for his 1st birthday, so I still have plenty of things to gather and plan.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I had my 36 week check up today. First exam and I was quite thrilled to see the progress I have made already. </div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Way more progress than I expected. At the same time, I have this inkling that I will be at this stage for about 3 weeks :P But to try my best so that doesn't happen, I plan to be sitting/bouncing on the ball a lot in the next few weeks and continue our evening walks around the block. I haven't gained anymore weight since my 34 week appt (which is perfectly alright by me). Baby's HR = 150s.</div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirGNMWr5RTa0oYZH1b1NPmuJvm5TkJge6289AQ4mtjlFVmmERPW9sxOmi2cKlfqgLXxF0cKw3YaqyJHER-5phcQ_cK4kgETPrU3lQCdJe002eg14iNZdWUQ46-gzBeCqcz_FLwfHheEmw/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirGNMWr5RTa0oYZH1b1NPmuJvm5TkJge6289AQ4mtjlFVmmERPW9sxOmi2cKlfqgLXxF0cKw3YaqyJHER-5phcQ_cK4kgETPrU3lQCdJe002eg14iNZdWUQ46-gzBeCqcz_FLwfHheEmw/s320/006.JPG" /></a>I also have started to make a few props for a friend of mine who has her own photography business. I have been making a few different crochet hats for newborn/infant photos. I am about to start on a stork/cocoon sling that you can place the baby in and gently hang for an adorable photo opt. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RAKJpatterns">Visit this Etsy site</a> to see the creations I plan to make. I purchased 3 patterns from the seller at $9 total. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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We had a wonderful visit last weekend. My good friend Allison and her family came up to spend part of the weekend at our house. It's so fun seeing how the kids interact with each other as time goes by. I also love posting older photos of them all together! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you like the room as much as I do!!</div><a href="http://s759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/?action=view&current=Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="40" border="0" src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868036971902162708noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300752056108556071.post-67970681434450097642010-08-12T14:05:00.000-07:002010-08-12T14:05:57.121-07:0034 week update<strong>How far</strong>? 34 weeks and a couple of days :P<br />
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<strong>Weight Gain</strong>? A whopping 21 lbs already!! That was my total weight gain with Jackson's pregnancy, guess I am surpassing that one with 6 more weeks to go! <br />
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<strong>How am I feeling? </strong>Decently well. I still sleep pretty well but get fairly tired during the day. Especially with Jackson being cooped in the house all day. The humidity is unbearable here with a steady 92 degrees. It just isn't practical to be outside playing, even in the kiddie pool in this heat. <br />
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<strong>Labor Signs</strong>? Still having several Braxton Hicks each day. Nothing painful, although I am getting a bit of dull back pain when they occur. <br />
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Doctor says that Jaelyn is still head down (as been since 30 weeks), so measuring 33 cms at 34 weeks could be explained by her having dropped down a little. I carried Jax at -1 for the last month (thanks to the exercise ball) and wouldn't mind that again :) Made pushing during delivery go faster.<br />
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Last week Jackson was struck with Roseola. We didn't know that was the fever culprit until the 103 fever broke after 3.5 days and that terrible rash delevoped all over his body. The fever subsided on Thursday morning and we kept with our original plans to have him visit my parents for a few nights. This sickness effected him the most out of anything he's encountered so far. He was all out of sorts for quite along time after the rash started to dissipate. He was extremely needy, short tempered and demanding, didn't know what he wanted and fussed repeatedly (all of this began <em>after</em> the fever passed). My parents were a huge help in returning to me the little boy I used to know. It was a trying week last week. Now he has another Eye Tooth coming in and that has brought forth a truck load of diarreah that won't quit! I would love to take him to the local outdoor pool - but not with that I won't! Hopefully that will eleviate soon. Until then - no milk (which he's been off for over a week now anyways), no raw fruits (his favorite), no yogurt (another favorite) and just pounding as much Pedialyte as he will tolerate. Poor little man really wants his milk back!<br />
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We are going to finally get all of the wall decor up in the nursery tonight so I can NOT wait to post Jaelyn's finished room. I am just waiting on the her crib mattress which I had to order from Babies R Us. I have all the other projects finished!! I believe I have exhausted my sewing machine :)<br />
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<a href="http://s759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/?action=view&current=Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="40" border="0" src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868036971902162708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300752056108556071.post-2057201344036946082010-07-30T12:20:00.000-07:002010-07-30T12:20:58.319-07:00<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Most of you know that we had to change our home office into the nursery. We have a three bedroom house with no finished basement at this time and it was more inportant to us that the children have their own rooms, than it was for us to have a full on office space. So in making the room, we have taken down our main computer in the house. A few months back, we got rid of Time Warner Cable's cable service. We couldn't justify spending $70+ a month on cable that we hardly watched. All of the main broadcasted channels are free over the airways (and are in HD with an HD antenna). Plus, with television access to Netflix and so many channels airing their shows online (and lets not forget HuLu)... what's the point of having cable? </div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We have mounted our 32 in flat screen above the fireplace and hidden the cords within the wall. Paul then set us up with Windows Media Center, an interactive database of all the broadcasted AND online shows nicely put together in one program system. The cost to set this program up (a video card for your computer) was about $200. When saving $70 a month on a cable bill - it was paid off in a matter of three months! We can watch the normal main channels (ABC< CBS< FOX etc.) in HD, along with the online shows of HBO and HuLu, listen to the radio, play DVDs and access our Netflix from this program. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my monkey man! Please excuse the complete misuse of White Balance and the horrendous flash effect. Sometimes you just don't have the time to change the settings on the camera when you're literally RUNNING after a toddler to get a photo of his silliness!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://s759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/?action=view&current=Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="40" border="0" src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/april_puerling84/Signature-AprilFlowerDrop-1.png" /></a></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11868036971902162708noreply@blogger.com6