I'd Rather Be Barefoot: December 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Welcome to the World Shay baby

My Doctor wanted me to be induced this time around. I was so ecstatic because I knew when the day was to be, and I knew that my doctor was going to be the one delivering my baby. Also, we were hoping that since it would be 5 days early that it would ensure that she would be a normal weight and size so my labor would be nothing like last time. I wanted nothing to be like last time!

The hospital called me the night before to inform me I was first on their list..so that meant we needed to be there at 6AM!Come again?? I was not particularly thrilled about getting up so early; I had looked forward to getting up and showering and having a nice breakfast beforehand. So, our plans just had to change a little. My Mom came that night to stay with Calvin since we needed to leave so early, and I just showered before I went to bed. But, did I sleep? Nope! I tried so hard too, but my body was WIRED.

By 6:30 am I was in a bed in a delivery room, but we had to wait until about 7:30 to start the pitocin drip. Like 4 or 5 women came into the labor and delivery around the time I did, but we did not mind waiting. In fact, Jess and I got alot of sleep! Even after the pitocin was going and my contractions had started, we slept until about 10:30 which felt so good! My contractions were very close together with the pitocin, and before too long I really felt like I needed my epidural. I tried to last it out as long as I could, but I am a total wimp about pain, especially when I think about my delivery with Calvin. It still makes me shudder to remember how painful that experience was...although absolutely worth it for my little buddy CK don't you forget it!

This time my epidural went without any problems! I felt my left side regaining feeling after a while and panicked, but pushed my more meds button and rolled onto my left side for a while and it worked with the power of gravity! Go me :)

Jess and I just watched a few movies, and Aly came to join us until the very end around 1 PM. I off and on slept and watched movies while pretending my stupid ice chips were delicious foods. Around 4:20 ish, I had this strange feeling that I needed to push. I had been counting the minutes since 4 and it seemed like time was moving so very slowly. But that feeling would not go away, so I buzzed my nurse and she came in to check me. Sure enough I was fully dilated! Time to push! Unfortunately, my doctor was hung up somewhere else, so we had to wait until 5:15 for him to get there! I just laid there and tried not to think of pushing, but of course it was all I could think of, and my adrenaline was pumping like crazy. Somehow, I managed to hold out.

At 5:28 pm I started to push, and 20 mins later at 5:48 pm my little Shay was born. Pushing was a much better experience this time! I'll take 20 mins over 2 1/2 hours anyday! Whew! The cord was wrapped around her little neck, but nothing too dangerous to her. But once I laid eyes on her little naked body as the doctor pulled her out, my heart melted and I was in tears. Let's face it, I was crying and pretty much unable to push the last time because my emotions were so strong as I knew I was about to meet my daughter.

She was beautiful! And they laid her on my chest..I never go to do that with Calvin. I savored those few moments until they took her to be cleaned weighed and measured. We could not believe how big she was! 8 pounds 1 ounce and 20 inches long! Why do I have such big babies???

Our stay at the hospital was great, and too short. I love being waited on, haha, is that so bad of me? But this time around I had a much more pleasant time in the hospital than last. I still tore pretty badly, so my pain level has been pretty high, but as long as I take my pain meds I feel fine, just sleepy. Hopefully I can heal quickly!

Since being home, she has been a dream. She sleeps great, and eats great! Calvin is not sure about her still, but he will help me get diapers and helps out alot more than I thought he would. He will NOT say her name though, she is just "baby" for now to him. He is probably still hoping that she is going to leave someday soon. Oh well, I know he'll be a great older brother once he comes around to the idea!

We are in love with our little Shay Lynn! I can't imagine our family without her now :)

Introducing...

Little miss Shay Lynn Butikofer! She arrived Friday December 10, 2010 at 5:48 pm.

8 Lbs 1 Oz 20 Inches long

We love this little toot so much already! I will post more when I don't feel so stinkin tired and am more adjusted! Just wanted to show my little princess to you :)

Shutterfly Makes it Easy!

I have had a really great experience with Shutterfly in the past. My Sister-in-laws and I uploaded and created an amazingly beautiful photo book of a family reunion for my Father and Mother-in-law. It was so easy for us all to be able to access the website and create pages and post pictures to them. The book turned out amazing! It was a great gift and my in-laws appreciated it so very much.

This year, I am going to use Shutterfly to make our holiday cards. I am very excited that I decided to do this from how lovely my past experience was making that photo book! They have so many beautiful and fun card designs it is almost hard to choose one that I want! I really like the designs that have several photos on them because we are having trouble picking just one photo of our family and the many adventures we've had this year of 2010. I cannot wait to see how my cards will turn out!