We are finally getting used to our new lifestyle. Rylee is such a blessing and I am amazed by the fact that she is changing daily. She isn't even the same person we brought home 2 weeks ago. We went to her 2 week check up and our little girl has gained a whole pound (8.13#), I think it's all in her cheeks, and she has grown over an inch (21.4")!!! This puts her in the 93% for her height and 75% for weight...I don't know what this means exactly...I need to figure it out so I know if it's a good thing or not lol!
Here are some of the things miss Rylee likes:
eating (about every 3-4 hours)
sleeping on her daddy's chest and sleeping in general
swinging in her swing, she loves the vibration it makes
hanging out in her boppy
tummy time on her play mat
warm water poured on her head at bath time
watching/talking to her "fans" on Facetime/Skype
Riding in her stroller or in her car seat
I am loving mommy-hood, even the fact that I have been pooped on, peed on and spit up on! I was blessed to have my mom here helping out for 2 weeks, which was AWESOME, she stayed extra after my dad went home!!! She was a huge help, especially the first couple of days when it was a little difficult to move around. It was hard having her go (I could get used to her cooking and cleaning for me...heehee just kidding mom). The same day she left Vickie got here and got to hang out with Rylee for a couple days, which was also awesome. I'm so excited that Rylee has such wonderful grandparents who love the heck out of her, I know they are all going to have fantastic relationships with her, I just wish we all lived closer together.
Click HERE to see some of my favorite pictures from the last two weeks.
Love to all!!!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Introducing......Rylee May Galloway
Hooray!!! Our baby girl is FINALLY here and I honestly do not think we could be any happier! She has been amazing and it's hard to imagine what our life was like without her in it (and it's only been a week). She did give me quite the time trying to make her big entrance into the world, but now that she is here none of it even matters any more.
We decided to schedule myself to be induced at 9am Friday the 16th. I knew it could be a lengthy process but at least things would get going...so I thought. So on Friday morning my cell phone rings, it's the hospital saying that I need to just stay home; they were backed up and there was an "excessive line" of women ahead of me. Excessive?! What the heck does that mean???? So we waited, and waited, and waited and Friday seemed to pass us by and we never heard from the hospital. So, Saturday morning we got a phone call at 7am that there was a bed available so we got up and headed in. I got checked into my room at about 9:30am and the nurse came in to check my progress. NOTHING. I was only dilated 1cm and about 50% effaced. I was then put on cytotec to get things moving and this was given to me every 4 hours. Around 10pm when I was only dilated to a 2 they administered another medication called prepidil, which I got two doces of. That got me to about a 3 and 70% and didn't really do much after that...lame! However, that was enough to move on to the next thing and they started the pitocin which seemed to work (good since that is what it's used for). I went from 3 to 5 pretty fast but still not as fast as we were all hoping. It was a looooong, uncomfortable day that's for sure. At one point Ryan and my dad went home to get changed, take a shower and hang out a little before the "big event"! While they were gone I went from a 5 to a 9 really fast, like, in less than an hour. During this time babies heart rate dropped quite a bit to they got me on oxygen and we called Ryan and my dad back to the hospital. The last centimeter seemed to take it's sweet little time but around 9pm I was finally ready to start pushing!!!
** Wait, did I mention the epidural?!? Oh man...I thought I could do without it, but apparently I am not as tough as I thought I was. However I did make it a little over 24-hours. All you women who go without are seriously SUPER HERO'S!!!!!!!!! I wasn't quite sure what to expect, I mean come on a 6" needle going into your back doesn't sound too pleasant. But I will say this, once I got it, I was in heaven and was able to finally relax and get some sleep after being quite uncomfortable for a while. So my vote is YES, get the epidural if you are trying to decide which way to go!!!!
Back to the story of Rylee's arrival...I started pushing, no biggie, we all thought she would be here by 11pm. 11 rolls around and no baby. So we keep pushing...they told us that she looked like she would be here by midnight. Midnight comes, still no baby. By this point my epidural is starting to wear off and after a couple more contractions I decided I needed more drugs! They came in, hooked me up with some more drugs and we continued to push, and...nothin. At this point I was done, I was so tired and I just wanted it to be over already! Apparently I have a narroe pubic arch and she couldn't make the turn to come out. The doctor finally says we had 2 options, we can get the vacuum out and see if that will work or go straight to having a c-section. We chose to try the vacuum for obvious reasons. Why would I want to go into major surgery without at least trying everything we could. The vacuum was HORRIBLE!!!!! It hurt soooooo bad I thought I was going to explode! Doctor used it through three contractions and decided that Rylee was just not coming out. So we got prepped for surgery.
We went in, got all hooked up and it seemed like within 10 minutes our little miss was finally here. September 19, 2011 at 12:40am Rylee May Galloway changed our lives forever, and we could not be happier. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and measured in at 20 inches. We were thinking she was going to be a lot bigger than that, especially after the fight she put up. She has beautiful blue eyes and a full head of dark hair (total shocker)
I know she's only a week old but it's hard to remember what our lives were like without her here.
(These pictures were taken at about 3am, we were completely exhausted).
Thank you all so much for all the love and support, it means the world to us. She is a blessing and we look forward to all the joy she is about to bring us! More to come later, I miss my baby and have to go see her :)
We decided to schedule myself to be induced at 9am Friday the 16th. I knew it could be a lengthy process but at least things would get going...so I thought. So on Friday morning my cell phone rings, it's the hospital saying that I need to just stay home; they were backed up and there was an "excessive line" of women ahead of me. Excessive?! What the heck does that mean???? So we waited, and waited, and waited and Friday seemed to pass us by and we never heard from the hospital. So, Saturday morning we got a phone call at 7am that there was a bed available so we got up and headed in. I got checked into my room at about 9:30am and the nurse came in to check my progress. NOTHING. I was only dilated 1cm and about 50% effaced. I was then put on cytotec to get things moving and this was given to me every 4 hours. Around 10pm when I was only dilated to a 2 they administered another medication called prepidil, which I got two doces of. That got me to about a 3 and 70% and didn't really do much after that...lame! However, that was enough to move on to the next thing and they started the pitocin which seemed to work (good since that is what it's used for). I went from 3 to 5 pretty fast but still not as fast as we were all hoping. It was a looooong, uncomfortable day that's for sure. At one point Ryan and my dad went home to get changed, take a shower and hang out a little before the "big event"! While they were gone I went from a 5 to a 9 really fast, like, in less than an hour. During this time babies heart rate dropped quite a bit to they got me on oxygen and we called Ryan and my dad back to the hospital. The last centimeter seemed to take it's sweet little time but around 9pm I was finally ready to start pushing!!!
** Wait, did I mention the epidural?!? Oh man...I thought I could do without it, but apparently I am not as tough as I thought I was. However I did make it a little over 24-hours. All you women who go without are seriously SUPER HERO'S!!!!!!!!! I wasn't quite sure what to expect, I mean come on a 6" needle going into your back doesn't sound too pleasant. But I will say this, once I got it, I was in heaven and was able to finally relax and get some sleep after being quite uncomfortable for a while. So my vote is YES, get the epidural if you are trying to decide which way to go!!!!
Back to the story of Rylee's arrival...I started pushing, no biggie, we all thought she would be here by 11pm. 11 rolls around and no baby. So we keep pushing...they told us that she looked like she would be here by midnight. Midnight comes, still no baby. By this point my epidural is starting to wear off and after a couple more contractions I decided I needed more drugs! They came in, hooked me up with some more drugs and we continued to push, and...nothin. At this point I was done, I was so tired and I just wanted it to be over already! Apparently I have a narroe pubic arch and she couldn't make the turn to come out. The doctor finally says we had 2 options, we can get the vacuum out and see if that will work or go straight to having a c-section. We chose to try the vacuum for obvious reasons. Why would I want to go into major surgery without at least trying everything we could. The vacuum was HORRIBLE!!!!! It hurt soooooo bad I thought I was going to explode! Doctor used it through three contractions and decided that Rylee was just not coming out. So we got prepped for surgery.
We went in, got all hooked up and it seemed like within 10 minutes our little miss was finally here. September 19, 2011 at 12:40am Rylee May Galloway changed our lives forever, and we could not be happier. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and measured in at 20 inches. We were thinking she was going to be a lot bigger than that, especially after the fight she put up. She has beautiful blue eyes and a full head of dark hair (total shocker)
I know she's only a week old but it's hard to remember what our lives were like without her here.
(These pictures were taken at about 3am, we were completely exhausted).
Thank you all so much for all the love and support, it means the world to us. She is a blessing and we look forward to all the joy she is about to bring us! More to come later, I miss my baby and have to go see her :)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Baby Shower
My amazing co-workers planned a beautiful baby shower for Rylee, Ryan and I. When I first found out I was pregnant I was a little bummed, because I wanted to play all the cheesy games and get all my girlfriends together for a little fun. Before this was planned I didn't think I would get to do that at all, since most of my friends live up north. So, needless to say I was so excited that they planned it. We played all the games, ate yummy food and got a lot of amazing gifts. It was a co-ed shower so all the guys stood out side drinking beer, talking about "noodling" and God only knows what else (couldn't get them to come in for the games....hmmmm). Big thanks to Nicci and James for pulling it all off, you did an amazing job! And...thanks to Leah, Jamie, Carlyn, Jenn, Elaine, Sonia, Kelsey, Adrienne, Lucia and Morgan for all coming too; I know you didn't have to, but it means the world to me that you did--love you guys!
Beautiful cake done by Jenn
Kelsey won this one, thanks for not thinking I was huge like everyone else haha
All the guys becoming best friends!!!!
Beautiful cake done by Jenn
Kelsey won this one, thanks for not thinking I was huge like everyone else haha
All the guys becoming best friends!!!!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Yes, I am still pregnant!!!!
Don't you think that if I had the baby you would know about it!??!?! hahahaha That's what I really feel like saying to some people. However, I am staying as positive as possible during these last few weeks, you know gotta keep a positive environment! I have officially started my maternity leave and after 2 days I am already bored. It is nice to have time to relax and put my huge swollen feet up as well as get last minute things done around the house. I need Rylee to come out just so I have something to do.
So here is what's been happening...
1. I have our bag all packed and ready to go to the hospital
2. I have all of Rylee's things washed and put away
3. We have all of her "accessories" put together and working properly
4. Our front room looks like the showroom of a Babies R Us store, we are so blessed to have so many people who love us.
5. We have decided on a pediatrician (he went to school in MD, decision was easily made by Ryan)
6. I have read pretty much everything there is to read about labor and delivery
7. The house is all clean and ready for visitors haha (yeah, I'm weird about this stuff)
I would say we are all ready, we just need little miss to get here!!!!
At my last appointment my doctor said there was absolutely nothing going on and that if I was LUCKY things would get started this week. Not that I know what it feels like or what to expect but unfortunately I don't even feel like I am about to have a baby. I have another appointment tomorrow, so HOPEFULLY he tells me things are getting close. Here is what I think...........my original due date was set for the 14th and then based on Rylee's measurements they changed my due date to the 9th. So, I am just going to pretend that she isn't suppose to be here until the 14th and that way she might come "early" and rather than getting discouraged that she isn't here around the 9th, all will be well. We will see how this works.
I know both Ryan and myself are ready for this part to be over and the next to begin. I may be acting a LITTLE crazy and my emotions are starting to get a little out of control. The fact that it's practically impossible to sleep comfortably is also starting to ware on us. Ryan is a trooper and has been amazing, poor guy should get an award haha
We will keep you all posted...thanks for the thoughts and well wishes we love you all!
So here is what's been happening...
1. I have our bag all packed and ready to go to the hospital
2. I have all of Rylee's things washed and put away
3. We have all of her "accessories" put together and working properly
4. Our front room looks like the showroom of a Babies R Us store, we are so blessed to have so many people who love us.
5. We have decided on a pediatrician (he went to school in MD, decision was easily made by Ryan)
6. I have read pretty much everything there is to read about labor and delivery
7. The house is all clean and ready for visitors haha (yeah, I'm weird about this stuff)
I would say we are all ready, we just need little miss to get here!!!!
At my last appointment my doctor said there was absolutely nothing going on and that if I was LUCKY things would get started this week. Not that I know what it feels like or what to expect but unfortunately I don't even feel like I am about to have a baby. I have another appointment tomorrow, so HOPEFULLY he tells me things are getting close. Here is what I think...........my original due date was set for the 14th and then based on Rylee's measurements they changed my due date to the 9th. So, I am just going to pretend that she isn't suppose to be here until the 14th and that way she might come "early" and rather than getting discouraged that she isn't here around the 9th, all will be well. We will see how this works.
I know both Ryan and myself are ready for this part to be over and the next to begin. I may be acting a LITTLE crazy and my emotions are starting to get a little out of control. The fact that it's practically impossible to sleep comfortably is also starting to ware on us. Ryan is a trooper and has been amazing, poor guy should get an award haha
We will keep you all posted...thanks for the thoughts and well wishes we love you all!
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