2 Days Old

Baby Amelia has been doing great! She (of course) is really sweet. We haven't let her go and THANKFULLY the hospital has allowed her to stay in the room with me all the time even when Matt has been gone, I was soooo glad! I've been walking around some today and planning on leaving the hospital tomorrow. Although, I'm getting spoiled here, I want to be home (reality).

Amelia's legs have not straightened out and that's because of her being in a breech position for so long. The pediatrician checked her hips and they look fine, thank goodness. She said that breech babies could have hip problems. Also, they monitored Amelia's sugar because they considered her a big baby and that's what they do with big babies, all looks good!

Amelia Rose Stokes

She was born at 12:55 pm weighing in at 8 lbs 6 oz. She's been really good. I am feeling just okay right now but hoping tomorrow gets better. Thank you everyone that has called and prayed for us. We HIGHLY appreciate it.

The Day is Finally Here.....

So I'm up at 5:20 am! GRRRR.....I haven't had a hard time sleeping overall but last night the fan kept me up for about 1 hour, then Matt's alarm went off and then he decided to go back to sleep and of course I couldn't go back to sleep so here I am on the computer!

I can't eat or drink until after the surgery. (surgery is at noon and I have to be at the hospital at 10) Rosemary is taking me to the hospital because Matt has an exam this morning. I will have wifi in the room and Matt is not much of a phone guy (that includes texting or facebook) so most likely he would prefer to update the blog with details of the baby, so please stay tuned.......

Nursery Pics

So we finally got done with the nursery a few weeks ago. The theme is alphabets. I know that most people can't tell when they go into that room but Matt retextured the ceiling, which of those that know it is a lot of work and creates a big mess! He did great! The room is great too!

40 Weeks

Pretty much since tomorrow is my actual due date, but my surgery is scheduled for the 29th at noon. I plan to be there at about 10am. I changed my OB 2 weeks ago. She has been so great and so sweet throughout all this. She knows and understands how important it has been for me to try to turn my baby.


She was the one that referred me to Dr. Laura (the chiropractor) and I can't say but wonderful things about Dr. Laura. I went to see her everyday last week, she was so wonderful! She just seemed to understand me so well, it was great talking to her last week. I just needed to talk to someone that somewhat understood or felt why this has been so important to me.


During our last OB visit we talked to the dr. about my concerns of having such a sterile environment during delivery so we came up with a few ideas on how we can make the baby's birth a little less sterile and more personal. She was very positive about all this as well, so we are going to do some things to make it a bit less sterile. I'm glad I switched doctors!


...I am feeling good, nothing different. Matt and I cleaned house this afternoon and it feels so good to have a nice clean house! The one thing I can complain about is that I can't bend very well and the weight is really getting to me.


...Millie will be staying next door this week. I think she feels something is up because she's been following me around more than usual. She'll be staying with Diva and Moose. Hopefully she will behave and be a good house guest!


Attached picture is Matt doing moxibustion on my foot. The moxi stick sends off a smell that is a lot like marijuana so we HAD to do outside in hopes that the neighbors wouldn't smell it! HEHE

Turn Baby Turn!

As many of you may already know our baby is currently breech and we've known this since August 27th. It has been pretty upsetting to me but I'm coping with this whole situation.

We've tried everything we've been told in hopes to turn the baby, but without luck. Yesterday I had an ECV (external cephalic version) done at the hospital. The whole procedure and hospital "stay" lasted approximately 4 hours. I saw a video on-line of an ECV but what I experienced was FAR from what I saw. The procedure was very painful to say the least. I am still pretty sore from this.

Matt said that it looked as if the drs were kneading my belly, he said it looked as if it were dough. He saw the baby turn horizontally at one point but baby fell back into its original spot. The drs tried 4 different times without any luck.

I am continuing the chiropractor care, ironing board technique and the pelvic rocks. I've now added something new, warm baths + ice pack on my baby's head.

Here is what I've tried:

• Swimming with dolphin dives
• Music at the bottom of my belly
• Ice pack on top of my belly
• Moxibustion (form of acupuncture)
• Ironing board technique
• Pelvic rocks
• ECV
• Warm Baths + ice pack
• Webster's Technique (Chiropractic technique)

Surgery has been scheduled for September 29th, yes I'm still bummed about this but all I can say is that I have TRULY tried to avoid the surgery.

My baby is just comfy in this spot and doesn't want to move.

Labor Day Weekend

So for Labor Day Millie and I went over to Beth's for a pool party. Millie was so well behaved considering there were about 5 other dogs there. She just chilled in the pool on the float at times and didn't get in one fight. Brandy was in town and stayed in town all week, here's a picture of Brandy being a bit of a goofball.

I have 2 more weeks to go and am looking forward to it. I had a sonogram last week and we were told that the baby is approximately 6lbs 8 oz, not sure how accurate that is but I've been told give or take 2 lbs from that.