So the wait is finally over!!

I just got a call from the doc that ordered my blood work and his nurse said that my HCG was 1,610 so it more than doubled and my pregnancy is going well according to the numbers anyways..... So this will be a short post but everything is a-ok!!!

The waiting game....

So as you all know Thursday I had my 1st HCG in this pregnancy and it was kind of low for being 4wks and 6days at the time. I had my 2nd HCG done this morning around 10:15 and am waiting to find out what the results are just to make sure that they are doubling like they should be. I am worried becuase I am having similar symptoms to what I had right before the M/C in June and I dont think I can stand to loose another part of me if it was to end up in M/C. I guess I just need a little extra prayer and who knows... everything may be ok but I can't help being negative a bit... I am prepared for the worst, I guess that is a good thing, at least maybe it wont hurt so much this time.

HCG level 4wks 5days

So I had an HCG drawn today to just verify my hormone levels and make sure that they are high enough for how far along I am and they came back as 235. I at first was pretty upset since according to my old OB/GYN, the one who ordered the test, I am only 2-3wks pg when according to my new OB and my LMP which is 12-5-08 I am 4wks and 5days and I am not about to alter that in any way, besides, how would I have gotten a positive urine test last friday and saturday when I would have barely been past the implantation stage... Quack...
So anyways, I immediately got freaked since I had an M/C in June of '08 and really didn't want that to happen this time... DH and I want this baby soooooo bad that I think it would literally break me for this to not be a successful pregnancy. I called my husband and let him know what was going on and he really didnt seem to worried! We have an appt on the 21st with our newer OB and hopefully he will be able to shed some light on wether or not things are going good. When I called yesterday about my cramping that I have been having the nurse at his office (my new ob) said that the cramping was a healthy sign and as long as I wasn't having any bleeding or severe pain than I was a-ok.... my concern is that I was 9wks pg in June and miscarried a 2wk old embryo.. that time I had an HCG done when I was 6wks and it said that I was only 2wks (75) so that should have been a clue. Now, my HCG level is much higher than that at only 4wks and 5days so that is a good sign but I am still quite panicked....

Delaney's birth story

It was 9am on Sept 18th, 2007. Not a bad day out but sort of cloudy... I pulled into the Doctor's office alone since Preston and I weren't on good terms and walked into Dr's office knowing that today very well could be the day that my little girl graced me with her presence. I get in the office and only have to wait a few minutes which was awesome! I get in the room and the Doctor checks me and to my surprise says "well, you are 1cm dilated so lets go have a baby!" I started crying right there... I knew it, I had walked all over God's green earth the previous weekend and few weekdays and was sure that I had made some progress. So, I walk across the parking lot to the "big house" I work at this hospital and whenever referring to the main building where the birthing center is we say "big house" LOL.... So I am walking over, well, waddling, and I stop to say hello to all of my old co-workers and let them know that this is the day!!! I get upstairs and get checked in... I think I forgot to mention that I am being induced... Woops.... so I get in my gown, hooked up to the monitors, and then I call my mom who has been my knight in shinning armor throughout this whole experience and she leaves work to come be with me. At 11:00am they start my pitocin which is the drug they utilize to induce labor... after that I call my real dad and the rest of my family so that they can come and keep me company during what is expected to be a very long labor.... My contractions never really got bad and at 1pm my nurse comes in and checks me only to find that I hadn't dilated at all!!! UGH!!! So she stretches me to a 2 to get this show on the road and at 2pm my doc comes in only to say, well, I am going to go ahead and break your water. OK, I say, sounds wonderful... boy was I wrong, what a painful experience that was..... so after she breaks my water she proceeds to tell me that she thinks I should go ahead and get the epi since it looks like I am in for a crazy long labor...

Around 5pm the NA comes in and begins the epi. He sticks me twice but I am a trooper and didn't whine out loud anyways... so I lay somewhat comfy until about 11pm, everyone had already gone home, mom was only a mile away on call and ready to go if something was to happen when I want to switch my position and realize that I cannot move my entire body. My lower half was numb from the epi but my upper body was contracted so I had no use of my arms or legs.. laying there pretty much paralyzed, I freaked... I only had to holler one time pretty loudly and a nurse came in... she checked me again and loan behold I was only 2.5cm so she tried to stretch me to 3. She went out after getting me as comfy as she could and called my doc to tell her that I wasn't progressing much at all and should she turn of the pit so I could get some rest.... this whole time my contractions were coming 2mins apart and very strong but I wasn't progressing at all! I fell asleep only to wake up around 1:45am to the machine attached to my tummy going off like crazy. The doc comes in my room(she had just finished up a vaginal delivery) and says somewhat frantically (she is slightly dramatic I think) your babies heart rate is 190bpm and you have a fever of 102(I'm slightly fuzzy on the exact temp I had but I'm pretty sure that is it) and that they needed to deliver my baby immediately. AHHHHHH!!!!! Well, OK, So I call my mom and she rockets over to the hospital and is in my room in what seemed like 5seconds after I called her, and my granny, where mom was staying that night, was placed on call so to speak for the birth of my little bean... So I get prepped.. it was an odd process... and wheeled into the c-section room my mother in tow. Well, mom has to wait outside until they get me on the table and such. So they go to transfer me onto the table from my bed and I let out an involuntary shriek! My back was still contracted and to lay me flat was agonizing.... I am begging half delirious to be put out of my misery but the NA that I had this time (diff from earlier) promised me that as soon as the baby was out she would pump me so full of drugs that I wouldn't know what year it was... (she did) anyways, the refill my epi and I am numb so they bring mom in and begin.... everything is peaceful until about 5mins into the cutting when I feel an immensely sharp horrible searing pain in my lower abd. After that I could feel just about everything... it literally felt like they ripped my daughter out of me, well I guess they kind of did... but any who, as soon as I heard her scream literally the pain was forgotten... I started balling and I think it is because of all the Morphine LOL but my little girl was safe healthy and had an awesome set of lungs..... So needless to say it was a rough road but at the end of that road was the greatest reward.

Family of four!!!!

We are the Swihart's!!! Soon to be a family of four!!! My name is Kerra, my Husband is Preston and we have a 15mo named Delaney and are due with our 2nd bundle of joy on Sept. 12th, 2009!!! To give you a little background.... I met my husband in high school although we didn't actually start dating until we were in our 20's. He was in a band, I loved bands so we hit it off from the start. It didn't hurt that we had already known each other but we definitely liked each other now!!! Any who.... we started dating late November 2006 and found out we were pregnant for our daughter on February 1st 2007!! Crazy, it was such a whirl wind. We ended up splitting up until after our daughter was born which was 9-19-2007 and he came back 5 days after she was born. Now the road has been rocky but we are happier now than ever. We got married in April 2008 at the local court house and are so in love. Our daughter was truly a blessing and our saving Grace which is why her middle name is Grace. He and I were headed down a dark path until found out that we were having a baby and she saved our lives! He and I are forever grateful for her love and will cherish her till the end of time and beyond.