I LOVE baby feet!
She's growing!!
Cutest little sister!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Sister Love
I will admit that before Kinley was here I was worried on how Presley was going to react with a new baby around. Presley wasn't a fan of me holding other babies, or even with me playing with other babies. She would literally scream and cry, "THAT"S MY MOMMY!!" anytime I held someone that wasn't her. When we found out we were pregnant with Kinley that was to say the least topic of conversation throughout my whole pregnancy.
When the day finally came and Kinley made her debut into this world, I couldn't wait for Presley to meet her. I wanted to see how she reacted to her. When I was pregnant with Kinley something I tried to do with Presley as much as possible, was to play with her baby dolls and pretend it was the real thing. I would show her how to hold the baby and that the baby was in my tummy. At the time I wasn't sure if she understood any of it, but I figured the results would show when the real test came and Kinley was here. I was nervous when Presley was walking up into the hospital room. Once she came into the room we introduced her to Kinley and Presley just knew this was "the baby" we had been talking about for so many months.
Now that everyone is home and healthy Presley really does love Kinley. She kisses and hugs her constantly and when Kinley cries she's the first to run to the crib and greet her. Don't get me wrong Presley has her days where she asks me "mommy, put baby in swing and lets play!" but that is to be expected. I think they will be very close once they start getting older and I will witness my fair share of fights that these two will have :)
When the day finally came and Kinley made her debut into this world, I couldn't wait for Presley to meet her. I wanted to see how she reacted to her. When I was pregnant with Kinley something I tried to do with Presley as much as possible, was to play with her baby dolls and pretend it was the real thing. I would show her how to hold the baby and that the baby was in my tummy. At the time I wasn't sure if she understood any of it, but I figured the results would show when the real test came and Kinley was here. I was nervous when Presley was walking up into the hospital room. Once she came into the room we introduced her to Kinley and Presley just knew this was "the baby" we had been talking about for so many months.
Now that everyone is home and healthy Presley really does love Kinley. She kisses and hugs her constantly and when Kinley cries she's the first to run to the crib and greet her. Don't get me wrong Presley has her days where she asks me "mommy, put baby in swing and lets play!" but that is to be expected. I think they will be very close once they start getting older and I will witness my fair share of fights that these two will have :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Labor/NICU Experience Part II
After Kinley was born the nurses did their jobs by checking her and cleaning her all up. We were admitted into our recovery room around 4:30 am where I held my new little girl. Wade and I were both exhausted and I was still trying to get feeling back into my legs. I laid in bed breastfeeding Kinley and I just couldn't keep my eyes off her, let alone stop smiling. Wade ran out and grabbed us some breakfast because I was starving! When he got back I had two bites and realized quickly that after puking the whole night before I wasn't sure I could hold down eggs. Once I finished breastfeeding her, she fell asleep and I fell asleep also knowing that I had to wake up in two hours to feed her again.
That morning as I was getting ready to wake up to feed Kinley again and that's when the new morning nurse came in to check on the both of us. It was 8 am exactly. She came in and took one look at Kinley and lost it. She started ranting about "how bad this was!" and "We need to get a doctor in here immediately!" This is how I was woken up. I jumped up not caring on how much pain I was in (considering I just gave birth a few hours ago) and looked at Kinley. First thought that ran through my head was "is she dead?!" Once I saw her breathing and the nurse running in and out of my room frantically I immediately broke down in tears. I looked at my husband and no words could come out of my mouth. I saw the fear in his face and a million of terrible thoughts ran through my head in seconds. It seemed like eternity for someone there to tell me what the hell was going on with my baby. Finally the nurse came in a vaguely explained the situation. It went something like this... "Your baby's jaundice is very high for the number of hours she is, and we need to do blood test to make sure my monitor is reading it right. This is really bad!" Okay now I'm sitting there thinking well what the hell does all this mean? what are the next steps? Could this be fatal? Did my husband and I do something wrong? Could we have prevented this? Did us sleeping have anything to do with this? I had so many questions but nurse "speedy Gonzalez" kept running out of the room before I could ask anything.
It was the most terrifying feeling I have ever had. I couldn't possibly explain the feeling nor the thoughts that were running through my head or the intense feeling that my body and mind encountered. I sat there hopeless and praying like I've never prayed before for Kinley. The thought of something bad happening to her literally ripped my heart out. There was nothing we could do but to just wait for results. That wait was endless.
Our pediatrician finally walked through the door and talked to us about what was going on. He said Kinley had a bad case of Jaundice called ABO. It's a blood type disorder. He told me because I'm O+ and she's A that those two blood types are like oil and water. That my antibodies were attacking her good blood cells inside her. All I have to say is F U antibodies!!!! I know we all need them but right now I really hate them for doing this to her.
Fortunately they caught her levels right in time and placed her under light therapy (pictures below). Once she did her time under the light therapy they wanted to check her again to see if just that helped bring the levels down. She was at a 9 when they first put her under the lights and a few hours later when they got the results back she jumped up to a 12.8 which meant that the jaundice was moving fast and they needed to be more aggressive with the therapy, so they put her in the NICU.
Once they had her all set up in the NICU Wade and I were allowed to see her whenever we wanted. Seeing her in the incubator with IVs in her arms and the triple light therapy was extremely painful. I just wanted to hold her little body and make this all go away. The NICU nurses and the neonatologist made everything so much better. They were amazing and so kind to us. We could never explain or show them how grateful we are for taking such good care of Kinley.
Kinley was in the NICU for about a week before she was discharged. I finally got to take her home. I'm not going to lie as happy as I was to be taking her home I was sad to be leaving our new family. We all hugged each other and made our promises to keep in touch. They will for sure be on the list for people to send Christmas cards too! I'll be forever grateful for them. They were our angels.
That morning as I was getting ready to wake up to feed Kinley again and that's when the new morning nurse came in to check on the both of us. It was 8 am exactly. She came in and took one look at Kinley and lost it. She started ranting about "how bad this was!" and "We need to get a doctor in here immediately!" This is how I was woken up. I jumped up not caring on how much pain I was in (considering I just gave birth a few hours ago) and looked at Kinley. First thought that ran through my head was "is she dead?!" Once I saw her breathing and the nurse running in and out of my room frantically I immediately broke down in tears. I looked at my husband and no words could come out of my mouth. I saw the fear in his face and a million of terrible thoughts ran through my head in seconds. It seemed like eternity for someone there to tell me what the hell was going on with my baby. Finally the nurse came in a vaguely explained the situation. It went something like this... "Your baby's jaundice is very high for the number of hours she is, and we need to do blood test to make sure my monitor is reading it right. This is really bad!" Okay now I'm sitting there thinking well what the hell does all this mean? what are the next steps? Could this be fatal? Did my husband and I do something wrong? Could we have prevented this? Did us sleeping have anything to do with this? I had so many questions but nurse "speedy Gonzalez" kept running out of the room before I could ask anything.
It was the most terrifying feeling I have ever had. I couldn't possibly explain the feeling nor the thoughts that were running through my head or the intense feeling that my body and mind encountered. I sat there hopeless and praying like I've never prayed before for Kinley. The thought of something bad happening to her literally ripped my heart out. There was nothing we could do but to just wait for results. That wait was endless.
Our pediatrician finally walked through the door and talked to us about what was going on. He said Kinley had a bad case of Jaundice called ABO. It's a blood type disorder. He told me because I'm O+ and she's A that those two blood types are like oil and water. That my antibodies were attacking her good blood cells inside her. All I have to say is F U antibodies!!!! I know we all need them but right now I really hate them for doing this to her.
Fortunately they caught her levels right in time and placed her under light therapy (pictures below). Once she did her time under the light therapy they wanted to check her again to see if just that helped bring the levels down. She was at a 9 when they first put her under the lights and a few hours later when they got the results back she jumped up to a 12.8 which meant that the jaundice was moving fast and they needed to be more aggressive with the therapy, so they put her in the NICU.
Once they had her all set up in the NICU Wade and I were allowed to see her whenever we wanted. Seeing her in the incubator with IVs in her arms and the triple light therapy was extremely painful. I just wanted to hold her little body and make this all go away. The NICU nurses and the neonatologist made everything so much better. They were amazing and so kind to us. We could never explain or show them how grateful we are for taking such good care of Kinley.
Kinley was in the NICU for about a week before she was discharged. I finally got to take her home. I'm not going to lie as happy as I was to be taking her home I was sad to be leaving our new family. We all hugged each other and made our promises to keep in touch. They will for sure be on the list for people to send Christmas cards too! I'll be forever grateful for them. They were our angels.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Labor Experience Part I
Let me begin by first saying that the first week of Kinley arriving was to say the least, terrifying. Kinley came two weeks early which was pretty much expected considering that she tried to arrive at an earlier date (29 weeks). When I went into labor again with her at 38 weeks it was not scary because she was considered a "full term baby". I went into labor on Sunday 8-8-10 in the morning. Of course I thought my labor contractions were just Braxton hicks but once they started to increase in pain and not stop I knew this was it. I drove myself to the hospital (Wade was at home with Presley waiting for his parents to arrive) and I checked myself in. They monitored me for a few hours before deciding that they were going to admit me in. Once I was admitted, they put me into the L&D room and the journey began. I was already dilated 3-4 cm and was feeling the contractions pretty well. The nurse came in and asked if I wanted the epidural, and of course I said YES! They actually had to call the anesthesiologist from home because I was the only patient at that time (I got lots of attention and speedy service!)
This is where the fun really started. I was sitting on the edge of the bed and the anesthesiologist started the epidural process. She didn't miss it just once but she missed it twice and finally THIRD TIMES A CHARM! Yes, I had that wonderful needle placed 3 times into my back which caused a bruise to be a size of a banana with 3 nice holes. I thought in my head from that moment something isn't right and this is a sign of things to come. As I tried to convince myself to snap that thought out of my head, it kept creeping up in my mind like pesky gnat flies! Once the epidural was finally in and the numbing started to work I felt a little more relaxed. Once I started to kick back it started....the puking...I knew that it was going to happen but I guess I hoped that it was just a bad experience from my first labor with my first daughter.
I told the nurse on shift that my puking constantly will result in my dilating really fast. She kind of heard me, but I think she thought she knew more than I did and dropped the ball a little bit. As she was outside the room probably mingling with her nurse friends I tried to sleep. While I was sleeping for a whole 20 minutes I felt that pressure...and for those of you who have had a baby know what I mean. I called the nurse in and asked her to check me. She did and I was fully dilated and baby was coming quick! It was 2 am and doctor rushed in barely having enough time to get scrubs on. I pushed half a push...yes, I said HALF a push...And she was HERE!! PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL! I was SO in love again!
This is where the fun really started. I was sitting on the edge of the bed and the anesthesiologist started the epidural process. She didn't miss it just once but she missed it twice and finally THIRD TIMES A CHARM! Yes, I had that wonderful needle placed 3 times into my back which caused a bruise to be a size of a banana with 3 nice holes. I thought in my head from that moment something isn't right and this is a sign of things to come. As I tried to convince myself to snap that thought out of my head, it kept creeping up in my mind like pesky gnat flies! Once the epidural was finally in and the numbing started to work I felt a little more relaxed. Once I started to kick back it started....the puking...I knew that it was going to happen but I guess I hoped that it was just a bad experience from my first labor with my first daughter.
I told the nurse on shift that my puking constantly will result in my dilating really fast. She kind of heard me, but I think she thought she knew more than I did and dropped the ball a little bit. As she was outside the room probably mingling with her nurse friends I tried to sleep. While I was sleeping for a whole 20 minutes I felt that pressure...and for those of you who have had a baby know what I mean. I called the nurse in and asked her to check me. She did and I was fully dilated and baby was coming quick! It was 2 am and doctor rushed in barely having enough time to get scrubs on. I pushed half a push...yes, I said HALF a push...And she was HERE!! PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL! I was SO in love again!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
NICU Pictures
Little memories from the NICU
Presley meeting Kinley for the first time...
Kinley starting light therapy before she is placed in the NICU
Presley meeting Kinley for the first time...
Kinley starting light therapy before she is placed in the NICU
Monday, August 9, 2010
Welcome Kinley Tena Jones 8-9-10
Introducing......
Weighing in at 7lbs 3 oz.....
18 1/2 inches long!!....
The second female of the Jones family...
Arriving 2 weeks early....
The very determined...
Breatfeeding champ......
KINLEY TENA JONES!!!!!
Weighing in at 7lbs 3 oz.....
18 1/2 inches long!!....
The second female of the Jones family...
Arriving 2 weeks early....
The very determined...
Breatfeeding champ......
KINLEY TENA JONES!!!!!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Nine Months
Kinley is officially full term and that makes me so happy! Now, it wouldn't surprise me since she tried to come out at 29 weeks that this time she will wait till the last possible minute to make her appearance.
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