Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
2010 International Day of Prayer for the persecuted Church
Yesterday was the IDOP for the Persecuted Church and I just wanted to share this video. May we remember to pray for them each and everyday not just on IDOP! We are so blessed to live in a country where we can worship God freely, let's not forget those who can't. God Bless them!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
MY OWN Birth Plan :0)
Well you guessed it! I am due to have baby #4 on January 12th and I am very excited. It is going to be another girl!!! So we will have 2 boys and 2 girls, I feel so blessed!
This will also be my first time with a doula. My cousin's wife (cousin-in-law?), Juli, will be my doula and I am so very excited. I just finished working on my own birth plan and I wanted to share it with you guys :0)
What do you think? Do you have any suggestions for me of what to add or take off?
This will also be my first time with a doula. My cousin's wife (cousin-in-law?), Juli, will be my doula and I am so very excited. I just finished working on my own birth plan and I wanted to share it with you guys :0)
What do you think? Do you have any suggestions for me of what to add or take off?
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Congrats to my client and her new baby!
Austin was born Friday morning at 1:27am , he weighed 5 lbs 9 oz and 19.5 inches long. Mother and baby are doing good, well as far as I know :/ Let me explain ...
Thursday afternoon I decided that I was going to text my client Kim and see how she was doing, this was at around 2:30. She said that she was at the doctors office then and that she had been in a lot of pain and thought it was contractions. I still do not understand why she did not call me at this point to let me know, this was my first possible hint into what was going to happen. So she said that they had her hooked up to the monitors and it was not showing any contractions. She then stated that if contractions felt worse then that pain then she would not be needing me because she would be getting an epidural!! I just sunk down in disbelief. I had talked to her about this before and told her that even if she got an epidural I would still be there by her side to help her with any possible side effects, so for her to say that, stumped me. So I told her to not give up yet, because she was just sitting in a hospital bed at that point and not being able to move and help relieve any of the pain. I also stated to her again that if she did get an epidural that was fine and I would help her even in that time. I told her to give me a call later when she had a chance, I wanted to talk to her and see how everything was going and help her in any way I could. So that was that and I did not hear from her the rest of the night.
Friday morning I woke and still had not heard a thing. That afternoon, still nothing, she hadn't even called me back like I had asked. I started to really worry so I texted her to see if she had any news. Her text back was "yep, things got crazy last night and he was born at 1:27 this morning". My heart dropped, I was completely heartbroken! I had missed out on the one thing I had spent so much time and energy on the last month and was looking forward to SO SO much!! How could this have happened? Why didn't she call me? Did I do something wrong? Was she just using me for info and then was planning on doing it on her own all along? I was so very upset. I texted her back and asked why she did not call me. Her response was that things went so fast that she did not have TIME to call me!! She said that when she arrived she was already 3cm and they asked her to walk around for a little bit and when she came back she was 5cm and then the next time they checked her she was fully dilated. She never told me how long the labor actually was but I still do not understand how she did not have the time to call the person that had spent so much time with her in the last month. First off, she lives 20 minutes from the hospital so right there should have given her or her husband enough time to call. Secondly, her husband or a nurse even could have called me once she was there. I just felt so used at this point, and not to forget I was doing all of this for FREE.
Sorry for all the ranting, I just have had so many mixed emotions the last couple days about all of this and I am still trying to sort it all out. But I am trying to humble myself and not think that this was done to me intentionally, it is their baby and their birth so if they decided they did not want me there that was completely up to them and I understand. I just wish they had told me that they were going to try and do it on their own. I am ecstatic though that they are both healthy because honestly I was very worried about them and it was keeping me up at nights. Please just pray for me to come to peace with this and not hold a grudge or let it affect my future clients or my future doula career. I tend to quit things easily when I get hurt but I am not quiting this time and I will keep moving forward :)
Thursday afternoon I decided that I was going to text my client Kim and see how she was doing, this was at around 2:30. She said that she was at the doctors office then and that she had been in a lot of pain and thought it was contractions. I still do not understand why she did not call me at this point to let me know, this was my first possible hint into what was going to happen. So she said that they had her hooked up to the monitors and it was not showing any contractions. She then stated that if contractions felt worse then that pain then she would not be needing me because she would be getting an epidural!! I just sunk down in disbelief. I had talked to her about this before and told her that even if she got an epidural I would still be there by her side to help her with any possible side effects, so for her to say that, stumped me. So I told her to not give up yet, because she was just sitting in a hospital bed at that point and not being able to move and help relieve any of the pain. I also stated to her again that if she did get an epidural that was fine and I would help her even in that time. I told her to give me a call later when she had a chance, I wanted to talk to her and see how everything was going and help her in any way I could. So that was that and I did not hear from her the rest of the night.
Friday morning I woke and still had not heard a thing. That afternoon, still nothing, she hadn't even called me back like I had asked. I started to really worry so I texted her to see if she had any news. Her text back was "yep, things got crazy last night and he was born at 1:27 this morning". My heart dropped, I was completely heartbroken! I had missed out on the one thing I had spent so much time and energy on the last month and was looking forward to SO SO much!! How could this have happened? Why didn't she call me? Did I do something wrong? Was she just using me for info and then was planning on doing it on her own all along? I was so very upset. I texted her back and asked why she did not call me. Her response was that things went so fast that she did not have TIME to call me!! She said that when she arrived she was already 3cm and they asked her to walk around for a little bit and when she came back she was 5cm and then the next time they checked her she was fully dilated. She never told me how long the labor actually was but I still do not understand how she did not have the time to call the person that had spent so much time with her in the last month. First off, she lives 20 minutes from the hospital so right there should have given her or her husband enough time to call. Secondly, her husband or a nurse even could have called me once she was there. I just felt so used at this point, and not to forget I was doing all of this for FREE.
Sorry for all the ranting, I just have had so many mixed emotions the last couple days about all of this and I am still trying to sort it all out. But I am trying to humble myself and not think that this was done to me intentionally, it is their baby and their birth so if they decided they did not want me there that was completely up to them and I understand. I just wish they had told me that they were going to try and do it on their own. I am ecstatic though that they are both healthy because honestly I was very worried about them and it was keeping me up at nights. Please just pray for me to come to peace with this and not hold a grudge or let it affect my future clients or my future doula career. I tend to quit things easily when I get hurt but I am not quiting this time and I will keep moving forward :)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Client Update
I got a call from my client yesterday, she had just had her appointment with her ob to check on the baby's heart rate. Everything seemed to be the same, except the heart rate showed some worries, so they are now talking about admitting her on Friday or Monday. She will be going back to the doctor on Thursday and they will then decide which day she will go, Friday or Monday.
I am a little worried though, they have now said that when she goes to the hospital they will first break her water and then start her on pitocin! I worry because this is going to make it very hard for her to have the labor and delivery she is hoping for. With them breaking the water early means it could compress the umbilical cord or it could get wrapped around the neck, which then means that the baby's heart rate will drop and then will most likely result in an emergency c-section. Then with the pitocin on top of that, it causes much harder contractions and makes it much more uncomfortable for the mother, which will then possibly result in an epidural (and we all know the side effects there). Plus the pitocin could cause too hard of contractions for the baby as well and the baby may become stressed, which then would result in c-section :/
So our plan is for her to talk to her doctor tomorrow and see if at all possible we could have a few hours when she first gets to the hospital to walk around and try to progress labor naturally. We will see what he thinks about that, I hope he will be okay with it. If not though then I will just try to make her feel as comfortable as possible and help her to deal with the side effects. In the meantime she is working on some natural inductions at home.
I also have a meeting with the nurses at Montgomery Regional Birth Center tomorrow to get an idea of the place and their procedures etc. This is in order to make sure I am not stepping on any ones feet and they know what to expect of me :) So wish me luck...
I am a little worried though, they have now said that when she goes to the hospital they will first break her water and then start her on pitocin! I worry because this is going to make it very hard for her to have the labor and delivery she is hoping for. With them breaking the water early means it could compress the umbilical cord or it could get wrapped around the neck, which then means that the baby's heart rate will drop and then will most likely result in an emergency c-section. Then with the pitocin on top of that, it causes much harder contractions and makes it much more uncomfortable for the mother, which will then possibly result in an epidural (and we all know the side effects there). Plus the pitocin could cause too hard of contractions for the baby as well and the baby may become stressed, which then would result in c-section :/
So our plan is for her to talk to her doctor tomorrow and see if at all possible we could have a few hours when she first gets to the hospital to walk around and try to progress labor naturally. We will see what he thinks about that, I hope he will be okay with it. If not though then I will just try to make her feel as comfortable as possible and help her to deal with the side effects. In the meantime she is working on some natural inductions at home.
I also have a meeting with the nurses at Montgomery Regional Birth Center tomorrow to get an idea of the place and their procedures etc. This is in order to make sure I am not stepping on any ones feet and they know what to expect of me :) So wish me luck...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Fun Fact Friday
Women actually do loose brain cells in the third trimester of pregnancy and then regain it after birth !
If you are having issues with this check out more info here.
This puts my mind at ease because I know I completely lost my mind in the last few months of pregnancy, I couldn't remember a thing!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Client Prenatal #3
Well I met with my client again tonight, we also met on Tuesday but just did not have time to blog about it. I am really get more and more excited every time I see her. I am such a nerd about childbirth, I get so excited and love to see it, even the parts most people turn away from, like my husband :) I think this is why I want to have so many children because I just want to give birth over and over again.
Well our visit on Tuesday she told me that she had had her checkup with the doctor about the baby's weight and heart rate, and the news wasn't the best. She was told that he was below the 10th percentile for his weight, which is what they did not want from him, even though he is 5lbs 13oz now, which seems good to me. So anyways there plan is to see her every other day and check the baby's heart rate and if he seems to be doing well then they will wait til 39 weeks. And then at 39 weeks if her cervix is ready then they will start induction. 39 weeks is next Thursday!! AAHHH!! I need to get on the move. I still have to get my doula bag together!! Anyways, I was okay with the doctor making that choice because he stated that for her cervix to be ready would mean she would need to be at least 3 cms dilated. This means she would almost be in active labor so therefore means the baby is about ready to come anyways, so it should not cause to many problems I hope. He has also stated to her that he does not like to do inductions because they often lead to cesarean section!!! To get an ob to admit that is GREAT, that is a wonderful OB.
Today we met again and she expressed to me that she is 1cm dilated and 50% effaced, which is good, but still does not mean she is going anytime soon. You can stay 1cm, especially with a first baby, for over a month! I let her know this but who knows, it could be any day! AAAHHH!!!! Did I tell you that I am not prepared yet.... So we worked on going over the labor positions tonight in order to provide comfort to her and we also went over different types of induction and found out that they will start her with just the gel on her cervix and they will do that for 2 days and see how it progresses her. This made me really happy to hear because they are not going to try and make it go fast by admitting her and making it happen ASAP! So that is that and things went great tonight again. We decided to just play it by ear for our next appt and see when she might need to meet. So until then, or until the baby is born see ya later :)
Well our visit on Tuesday she told me that she had had her checkup with the doctor about the baby's weight and heart rate, and the news wasn't the best. She was told that he was below the 10th percentile for his weight, which is what they did not want from him, even though he is 5lbs 13oz now, which seems good to me. So anyways there plan is to see her every other day and check the baby's heart rate and if he seems to be doing well then they will wait til 39 weeks. And then at 39 weeks if her cervix is ready then they will start induction. 39 weeks is next Thursday!! AAHHH!! I need to get on the move. I still have to get my doula bag together!! Anyways, I was okay with the doctor making that choice because he stated that for her cervix to be ready would mean she would need to be at least 3 cms dilated. This means she would almost be in active labor so therefore means the baby is about ready to come anyways, so it should not cause to many problems I hope. He has also stated to her that he does not like to do inductions because they often lead to cesarean section!!! To get an ob to admit that is GREAT, that is a wonderful OB.
Today we met again and she expressed to me that she is 1cm dilated and 50% effaced, which is good, but still does not mean she is going anytime soon. You can stay 1cm, especially with a first baby, for over a month! I let her know this but who knows, it could be any day! AAAHHH!!!! Did I tell you that I am not prepared yet.... So we worked on going over the labor positions tonight in order to provide comfort to her and we also went over different types of induction and found out that they will start her with just the gel on her cervix and they will do that for 2 days and see how it progresses her. This made me really happy to hear because they are not going to try and make it go fast by admitting her and making it happen ASAP! So that is that and things went great tonight again. We decided to just play it by ear for our next appt and see when she might need to meet. So until then, or until the baby is born see ya later :)
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