Thanks to Nana for making Jack's first halloween costume!
And one with Jack and cousin Marcel!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween from baby Jack!
Thanks to Nana for making Jack's first halloween costume!
And one with Jack and cousin Marcel!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
40 weeks
Today is my due date...and how funny that the 40 week vegetable is a pumpkin, on October 30!
Thank goodness I never made it this far! I just had to post the pumpkin!
We are still having problems breastfeeding, we've had lactation consultants come to the house, and a nurse at the hospital is still trying to help us. Most of our day is spent trying to feed, and changing diapers.
We've had more company...
Aunt Karen the Great and Great Uncle Doug
Aunt Katie and Uncle Greg
And Jack had his first bath. Well, sponge bath.
Jack did lose his umbilical cord stump yesterday, so we will be able to give him a real bath soon!
Monday, October 27, 2008
More of baby Jack!
First, a few questions came up after my last post....
Benita asked if he was named after someone...and yes, he is named after my husband, John Gregory. We didn't want another John in the house, but since Jack is a nickname for John, we went that way ;)
Nicole asked if I was at the Alternative Birth Care Unit at Providence, and yes, I was. The ABC unit there was FANTASTIC! The nurses were incredible, and still are, even since we've been discharged! I couldn't have been happier with my experience there!
Here is a video John took about an hour after Jack was born. He was holding a camera too, so the video is really shaky.
We took Jack to his first doctors appointment on Friday. Everything is good, he weighs 6 lbs 8 oz. His only issue right now is breastfeeding. We are having a lot of trouble with it. Trouble isn't the right word. He just won't do it.
Here is a picture of him in his bouncer...he's a little young yet, I think, he didn't care about it at all, he just looked at me the whole time.
And, we've had lots of company.
Here's Grandma and Grandpa
And Great Grandma
On Sunday, Jack asked Uncle Bryant and Aunt Rachel to be his Godparents. They said yes!
And, here is Jack's first cloth diaper experience. I just love the fluffy butt!
Tomorrow John starts working again, so we'll see how that goes!
Benita asked if he was named after someone...and yes, he is named after my husband, John Gregory. We didn't want another John in the house, but since Jack is a nickname for John, we went that way ;)
Nicole asked if I was at the Alternative Birth Care Unit at Providence, and yes, I was. The ABC unit there was FANTASTIC! The nurses were incredible, and still are, even since we've been discharged! I couldn't have been happier with my experience there!
Here is a video John took about an hour after Jack was born. He was holding a camera too, so the video is really shaky.
We took Jack to his first doctors appointment on Friday. Everything is good, he weighs 6 lbs 8 oz. His only issue right now is breastfeeding. We are having a lot of trouble with it. Trouble isn't the right word. He just won't do it.
Here is a picture of him in his bouncer...he's a little young yet, I think, he didn't care about it at all, he just looked at me the whole time.
And, we've had lots of company.
Here's Grandma and Grandpa
And Great Grandma
On Sunday, Jack asked Uncle Bryant and Aunt Rachel to be his Godparents. They said yes!
And, here is Jack's first cloth diaper experience. I just love the fluffy butt!
Tomorrow John starts working again, so we'll see how that goes!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Welcome baby Jack! (photo heavy!)
In case you haven't heard...
Jack Gregory Murray was born October 21, 2008. He was 7 lbs 1 oz, and 19 1/2 inches long. A little on the small side, but that was fine with me!
The delivery was a lot more difficult than I anticpated. My water broke at 5:30 am on Tuesday morning and they had me come in right away because of my Group B strep infection. My water had only partially broken, so they started me on my antibiotics and then 2 hours later, they completely broke my water. Then we just had to wait for my contractions to start. We walked around the hospital A LOT and my contractions started around 3:30 in the afternoon. They were pretty mild until about 5:30, and they got much more intense. I had hard contractions til around 8:15 when I started pushing. I thought I was close to the end at that point, but pushed for an hour and Jack Gregory was born at 9:18 on Oct. 21. John even caught the baby! Everything went as planned, completely natural and no complications, but I really had no idea how hard it would be. But, it's over and we have a beautiful baby boy! We came home on Thursday morning and have had a lot of visitors since!
Here we are waiting for my contractions to start.
Me and Jack, just minutes old.
Baby Jack
Our family
Daddy and Jack
Lots of people came to visit Jack in the hospital
Nana
Pappy
Cousin Marcel
Uncle Bryant and Aunt Rachel
Aunt Kelly
Coming home day!
Mommy and Jack getting ready to leave the hospital
Jack in his carseat
My mom, Kelly and Christine decorated our house!
A better look at his cute pumpkin coming home outfit
Can you tell I'm so happy to be this little boy's mama? It's been crazy since we've been home. Lots of eating, sleeping, and pooping, and crying. Not a lot of sleeping at night, though, unfortunately. I'm going to try to keep the blog updated regularly so there isn't 10,000 photos each post ;) Check back soon! There is more to come!
Jack Gregory Murray was born October 21, 2008. He was 7 lbs 1 oz, and 19 1/2 inches long. A little on the small side, but that was fine with me!
The delivery was a lot more difficult than I anticpated. My water broke at 5:30 am on Tuesday morning and they had me come in right away because of my Group B strep infection. My water had only partially broken, so they started me on my antibiotics and then 2 hours later, they completely broke my water. Then we just had to wait for my contractions to start. We walked around the hospital A LOT and my contractions started around 3:30 in the afternoon. They were pretty mild until about 5:30, and they got much more intense. I had hard contractions til around 8:15 when I started pushing. I thought I was close to the end at that point, but pushed for an hour and Jack Gregory was born at 9:18 on Oct. 21. John even caught the baby! Everything went as planned, completely natural and no complications, but I really had no idea how hard it would be. But, it's over and we have a beautiful baby boy! We came home on Thursday morning and have had a lot of visitors since!
Here we are waiting for my contractions to start.
Me and Jack, just minutes old.
Baby Jack
Our family
Daddy and Jack
Lots of people came to visit Jack in the hospital
Nana
Pappy
Cousin Marcel
Uncle Bryant and Aunt Rachel
Aunt Kelly
Coming home day!
Mommy and Jack getting ready to leave the hospital
Jack in his carseat
My mom, Kelly and Christine decorated our house!
A better look at his cute pumpkin coming home outfit
Can you tell I'm so happy to be this little boy's mama? It's been crazy since we've been home. Lots of eating, sleeping, and pooping, and crying. Not a lot of sleeping at night, though, unfortunately. I'm going to try to keep the blog updated regularly so there isn't 10,000 photos each post ;) Check back soon! There is more to come!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
38 weeks
The baby is now as long as a leek, about 19 1/2 inches and weighs about 7 lbs. Our midwife told us the baby was about 7 lbs yesterday too, just from feeling my belly. I'm also positive for Group B strep, a fairly common, but harmless infection with no symptoms. Harmless to me, but not the baby, so I have to have IV antibiotics during labor. That stinks. But, lots of women have it, and it's no big deal I guess. I'm 3-4 cm dilated and 80% effaced. So I'm still making progress, but haven't felt any contractions.
We had chinese for lunch today at work, and my fortune was interesting....it said "A pleasant surprise is coming to you tonight." Hmmmm...
Monday, October 13, 2008
30 years old.
Ok so that was a little ridiculous. But, John was taping it using our new Kodak Zi6, a little tiny video camera for taping baby stuff! We practiced by taping my mom, Aunt Karen, Uncle Doug, Alex and Jillian singing happy birthday. No one should ever be video taped while being sung to, you just look silly!
That was Sunday, we all went to lunch for my birthday. My actual birthday, today, was TERRIBLE! I have developed pregnancy induced carpal tunnel, and it was in full force today. My hands have been numb, and my wrists hurting all day. I was very uncomfortable most of the work day, and I'm just ready to quit! All kinds of crappy things happened today, but I'll spare you all the details...it was just the worst birthday ever. Fitting for 30, I guess.
We are having the kitchen painted tomorrow though, hopefully that will make everything seem better!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
37 weeks
I'm full term today!
The baby is as long as swiss chard, about 19 inches, head to heel. I know, swiss chard doesn't seem big enough to come after the melons, but whatever! The baby weighs about 6 1/2 lbs. Being full term means that the baby is fully developed, lungs and all, and can be born at any time!
At my 36 week appointment, my midwife did an internal exam, and I'm already 3 cm dilated and 70% effaced. That is good news, because it means my body is getting ready, but it does NOT mean I will have the baby soon. I could, but I could also stay 3 cm dilated for 3 more weeks, easy. So, no one is to assume I'm going to have the baby early! I probably won't have any more internal exams until labor starts, either. Speaking of labor, I haven't had any contractions at all, so I think I'm safe right now.
We've done all the baby laundry, we've put together the pack n play, swing, bouncer, and we are going to Babies R Us to make some final purchases this weekend. The nursery is closer to being finished, we just need a cushion for our rocker, that Nana is making for us. We also need to get the car seat installed, asap.
Scary stuff!
Almost forgot to mention that I'm sick, again. I have had a cold every 10 weeks, since I was 17 weeks pregnant. That sucks. This one is much more mild than the other 2 though, which is VERY good. I need to get over it soon, because I don't want to be sick when I go into labor, nor when I have a newborn to take care of!
The baby is as long as swiss chard, about 19 inches, head to heel. I know, swiss chard doesn't seem big enough to come after the melons, but whatever! The baby weighs about 6 1/2 lbs. Being full term means that the baby is fully developed, lungs and all, and can be born at any time!
At my 36 week appointment, my midwife did an internal exam, and I'm already 3 cm dilated and 70% effaced. That is good news, because it means my body is getting ready, but it does NOT mean I will have the baby soon. I could, but I could also stay 3 cm dilated for 3 more weeks, easy. So, no one is to assume I'm going to have the baby early! I probably won't have any more internal exams until labor starts, either. Speaking of labor, I haven't had any contractions at all, so I think I'm safe right now.
We've done all the baby laundry, we've put together the pack n play, swing, bouncer, and we are going to Babies R Us to make some final purchases this weekend. The nursery is closer to being finished, we just need a cushion for our rocker, that Nana is making for us. We also need to get the car seat installed, asap.
Scary stuff!
Almost forgot to mention that I'm sick, again. I have had a cold every 10 weeks, since I was 17 weeks pregnant. That sucks. This one is much more mild than the other 2 though, which is VERY good. I need to get over it soon, because I don't want to be sick when I go into labor, nor when I have a newborn to take care of!
Thursday, October 02, 2008
36 weeks
Name that fruit...
Did you guess crenshaw melon? I hate it when I have no idea what the fruit/vegetable is! But I guess a crenshaw melon is a LARGE melon. It weighs about 6 lbs, just like the baby at 36 weeks! The baby is safe to be born in the Alternative Birthing Center today, which is fantastic! No more labor and delivery worries, unless something happens during labor. Now I just have to hope the baby is born before 42 weeks ;). I think the baby has dropped into my pelvis at least a little bit, because I have virtually no heartburn anymore. I don't notice anything physically different about my belly, though. My feet, on the other hand are very different. Swollen...they are crazy looking! Not much is happening with the baby at this point, he/she's just gaining weight, about 1 ounce a day.
Here's a picture of me at 35 weeks.
Here's our last Tiger game of the season...which they won. Me and my seat cushion. Only me and the 80 year old men bring seat cushions. But, it works GREAT!!
Happy 5th birthday to Jillian!
And Jillian hugging the baby.
John and I were just thinking how much happiness this baby is going to bring so many people, and it's just amazing to us how loved Baby Murray is already!
Did you guess crenshaw melon? I hate it when I have no idea what the fruit/vegetable is! But I guess a crenshaw melon is a LARGE melon. It weighs about 6 lbs, just like the baby at 36 weeks! The baby is safe to be born in the Alternative Birthing Center today, which is fantastic! No more labor and delivery worries, unless something happens during labor. Now I just have to hope the baby is born before 42 weeks ;). I think the baby has dropped into my pelvis at least a little bit, because I have virtually no heartburn anymore. I don't notice anything physically different about my belly, though. My feet, on the other hand are very different. Swollen...they are crazy looking! Not much is happening with the baby at this point, he/she's just gaining weight, about 1 ounce a day.
Here's a picture of me at 35 weeks.
Here's our last Tiger game of the season...which they won. Me and my seat cushion. Only me and the 80 year old men bring seat cushions. But, it works GREAT!!
Happy 5th birthday to Jillian!
And Jillian hugging the baby.
John and I were just thinking how much happiness this baby is going to bring so many people, and it's just amazing to us how loved Baby Murray is already!
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