Charlene Beverly Wilcoxon has arrived

Well, thanks to ultrasound predicting I was going to have a large baby, my doc decided to induce me a few days before my due date. I was scheduled to go in on Wednesday the 20th at 6pm for cervadil and we would start pitocin in the morning.
I arrived at the hospital Wednesday evening and a nurse checked me. She said I was 1-2 cm dilated and about 50% effaced so she wasn't sure if the doc would want me to take the cervadil. She called to verify and he asked to have someone double check her findings since I was not effaced at all at my last appointment which was Monday. So another nurse came in to check me and as she is checking me she looks at me and says, "Have you had any leaking of fluid?" I responded with "No" and she told me that she could feel hair and I must have been leaking...well in that moment, I felt and heard a 'pop' and flooded the bed with fluid. So they called the doc back and he said we would see how things progressed on their own.
At this point it was around 7:00 and I was having contractions that were about three minutes apart. I hung out with my dad, Bruce and Kim just talking and joking around. They checked me at 9 and I had made it to 80% effaced, but still just 1-2cm.

Around 11:30 I had a TREMENDOUS contraction and something just felt wrong....I told Bruce I wanted to call a nurse and as I was reaching for the call button, my nurse came in muttering something about finding the babies heartbeat...she tried and tried...two more nurses came in...they finally got her on the monitor and her heart rate was only 80 BPM. I have never been so terrified in my life!
They put me on oxygen, moved me to my left side and called the doctor. Next thing I knew, my doctor was there, voice still scratchy from sleep, and I was signing consent for a C-section. My mom showed up at some point, but I don't remember when. I was terrified of the C-section, but more terrified that something could be wrong with our precious little girl. They had me in the OR and the baby out by 12:15...it almost seemed like a dream it happened so fast!

Charlene Beverly was born perfectly healthy, with no indication of why she had such major heartrate issues, at 12:15AM on 2-21-08. She is such a perfect and wonderful little bundle of joy and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!

Induction Scheduled

I had my 39 week check up today and despite having regular contractions for the last day, I have made no progress toward having this little one. :( So, I am scheduled to be induced on Thursday unless something changes between now and then. I have mixed feelings on being induced, but the doctor suggested it primarily because she measured so big at my ultrasound. So I am sure it is the right thing to do medically.
I am VERY excited to thing that I will get to meet my daughter by the end of this week! I have been so anxious to finally meet her that it is hard to believe the time is nearly upon us! It sure is exciting to know she will be here in 4 days or less!!!! Can't wait to share pictures!

Two Weeks?!?!?

Maybe!


We had an ultrasound today to check on Charlene's size. The tech said she was measuring a little ahead of schedule, so maybe we will get to meet her early! Who knows! I have my 38 week checkup on Tuesday and we will see what the Dr has to say about her measurements.


The ultrasound was amazing! Bruce and my mom came with and got to watch while the tech took all the measurements...then she turned the screen so I could see everything too. You could tell in the ultrasound that she has my nose and chin!!!! It was so neat!


The picture below is of her head. She is facing towards you...top of her head is on the right. You can see her right eye, nose, and half her mouth, but the bottom of her face is too dark to see.

I can't wait to meet her!!!!!