Well, so much for updating the blog regularly ... Levi is a month old already. Here are some things we have noticed so far that Levi has done or is currently doing:
1 week - we all survived! :o)
2 weeks - Levi stopped crossing his eyes (thank goodness ... that looked weird)
3 weeks - Levi started following things with his eyes (very cool)
4 weeks - started smiling occasionally (and no...it is not always gas) :o)
We go Thursday for his one month appointment so I will TRY to update the blog with the latest news.
4.11.2011
3.17.2011
He's Here and a Week Old!!!
Ok - so I haven't been as disciplined as I thought that I would be with this blog. Hopefully that will come with time and lots of pictures! :0)
So...delivery went well and little Levi Curtis Sockwell is here at home and has adjusted to living outside the womb quite nicely. It is me that still needs to adjust to the naps throughout the day and night verses the nice sleep that I used to get. It is ALL worth it though...every poopy diaper and every cry.
He is truly a miracle from God. It is amazing how something can start out (you know where babies come from) one little swimmer out of MILLIONS makes it to the egg and poof...life begins. Not at a heartbeat, but then.
He grows and grows until you can feel movement and then you start growing too! :0)
With us, it was just like that. A wonderful pregnancy (thank you Lord)! I never got sick or felt bad. He grew just like "normal" and I did too.
I actually carried him 41 weeks and 6 days...one day shy of the latest that the doctors will let you carry a baby these days. We wanted to wait and see if nature would work its magic and make my body go into labor naturally....we walked and walked and walked, but nothing ever happened. So on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 we walked into the hospital (I still felt great and was not realizing that day would forever be different. We chose March 9 (41 weeks and 1 day) because that was Preston's mom's birthday...Levi's grandmother. He had already missed my dad's birthday (Feb. 28), so we decided to try another grandparent's birthday.
So - we walk in with our bags and go up to the third floor to labor and delivery (feels really weird to just walk in knowing that I am going to have a baby). They get me in a bed and there I am in the hospital at 8 a.m. waiting to see what will happen.
They start me on Pitocin and break my water at 8:46 a.m. The doctor/midwife announces that we are going to have this baby before 9 p.m. tonight and if we deliver before 4 p.m. one of my nurses (Debbie...she was wonderful) gets Starbucks! Nothing happens for a few hours and then finally the contractions start and they are about 2 minutes apart around 11:20 a.m. I am not in too much pain, just have to breath through the contractions.
Finally at some point in the day (not sure of the time anymore), I get some Nubian to help relax my body between the contractions and encourage little Levi to move on down and encourage my body to open up more. I finally feel the urge to push but it still isn't time yet and I also feel like I am going to pass out, so they give me some oxygen and I continue on.
Again...at some point in time...they tell me I can start pushing. I pushed for over an hour before Levi decided to come on out, but at 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Levi Curtis Sockwell is born and it is another miracle. For 9+ months, he got everything he needed from the umbilical chord. Now that he is out of the womb, he gets everything he needs from his mouth. Truly a miracle!
Levi weighed in at 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 22 inches long. He fed well and continues to eat well! :o)
The pictures I am going to post are as follows:
I will try to be more disciplined at blogging, but we will see how that goes! I have to adjust to the new schedule just as much as Levi does! :o)
Thanks for reading and praying for our family!
So...delivery went well and little Levi Curtis Sockwell is here at home and has adjusted to living outside the womb quite nicely. It is me that still needs to adjust to the naps throughout the day and night verses the nice sleep that I used to get. It is ALL worth it though...every poopy diaper and every cry.
He is truly a miracle from God. It is amazing how something can start out (you know where babies come from) one little swimmer out of MILLIONS makes it to the egg and poof...life begins. Not at a heartbeat, but then.
He grows and grows until you can feel movement and then you start growing too! :0)
With us, it was just like that. A wonderful pregnancy (thank you Lord)! I never got sick or felt bad. He grew just like "normal" and I did too.
I actually carried him 41 weeks and 6 days...one day shy of the latest that the doctors will let you carry a baby these days. We wanted to wait and see if nature would work its magic and make my body go into labor naturally....we walked and walked and walked, but nothing ever happened. So on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 we walked into the hospital (I still felt great and was not realizing that day would forever be different. We chose March 9 (41 weeks and 1 day) because that was Preston's mom's birthday...Levi's grandmother. He had already missed my dad's birthday (Feb. 28), so we decided to try another grandparent's birthday.
So - we walk in with our bags and go up to the third floor to labor and delivery (feels really weird to just walk in knowing that I am going to have a baby). They get me in a bed and there I am in the hospital at 8 a.m. waiting to see what will happen.
They start me on Pitocin and break my water at 8:46 a.m. The doctor/midwife announces that we are going to have this baby before 9 p.m. tonight and if we deliver before 4 p.m. one of my nurses (Debbie...she was wonderful) gets Starbucks! Nothing happens for a few hours and then finally the contractions start and they are about 2 minutes apart around 11:20 a.m. I am not in too much pain, just have to breath through the contractions.
Finally at some point in the day (not sure of the time anymore), I get some Nubian to help relax my body between the contractions and encourage little Levi to move on down and encourage my body to open up more. I finally feel the urge to push but it still isn't time yet and I also feel like I am going to pass out, so they give me some oxygen and I continue on.
Again...at some point in time...they tell me I can start pushing. I pushed for over an hour before Levi decided to come on out, but at 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Levi Curtis Sockwell is born and it is another miracle. For 9+ months, he got everything he needed from the umbilical chord. Now that he is out of the womb, he gets everything he needs from his mouth. Truly a miracle!
Levi weighed in at 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 22 inches long. He fed well and continues to eat well! :o)
The pictures I am going to post are as follows:
Preston and I (with a big belly) was taken the night before - Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Our new family of 3 right after he was born
Levi now one week old
I will try to be more disciplined at blogging, but we will see how that goes! I have to adjust to the new schedule just as much as Levi does! :o)
Thanks for reading and praying for our family!
3.08.2011
Tomorrow is the day (unless he comes before)
Well...our little booger is waiting until the last possible moment before making his appearance into the world.
If he doesn't come tonight sometime I will be at the hospital tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. to start the induction process.
Please pray for a smooth delivery and a healthy baby, mom and dad.
Will be posting pictures soon!!!!
If he doesn't come tonight sometime I will be at the hospital tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. to start the induction process.
Please pray for a smooth delivery and a healthy baby, mom and dad.
Will be posting pictures soon!!!!
2.15.2011
4 weeks or less
Well, I went in for my check up on Friday and the doctor said that I was "term" so no more Wimpy White Boy Syndrome (during our birthing class, the nurses said that white boys are the last to fully develop their lungs, so they like to keep white boys in the womb as long as possible).
She said that I wasn't dilated at all, but that if my water broke or if I started having steady contractions, then to call the hospital.
This seems so crazy to me!!!
She also told me that he had dropped (which I thought I could tell). I have carried our little man so high that now as he is getting lower and lower I am getting more and more uncomfortable. I have a new respect for women who carried their babies low. I feel like he is laying on my bladder and kicking me in the lungs at the same time. My lower back is starting to hurt...enough whining...
I cannot believe that in four weeks or less we will be holding our little man. It still doesn't seem real!
She said that I wasn't dilated at all, but that if my water broke or if I started having steady contractions, then to call the hospital.
This seems so crazy to me!!!
She also told me that he had dropped (which I thought I could tell). I have carried our little man so high that now as he is getting lower and lower I am getting more and more uncomfortable. I have a new respect for women who carried their babies low. I feel like he is laying on my bladder and kicking me in the lungs at the same time. My lower back is starting to hurt...enough whining...
I cannot believe that in four weeks or less we will be holding our little man. It still doesn't seem real!
2.06.2011
T minus 20 days...(or something like that)
Well...we are doing to about 20 days (+ or -)...
The due date for our little guys is the 26th or at least that is what I have been saying. The original date was Feb. 28. When I went back for the second appointment they guesstimated Feb. 24, so I averaged the two dates and have been saying Feb. 26. We will see when Baby Boy Sockwell desires to come for sure.
Things are going well. We are pretty much moved in to our house. We need to fix the heat system (which the new system is currently on the back of the trailer and just needs the right hookups).
We have been blessed by one baby shower and will be blessed by another on the 17th.
If you have played any part...we are truly grateful and we thank God for you!
The due date for our little guys is the 26th or at least that is what I have been saying. The original date was Feb. 28. When I went back for the second appointment they guesstimated Feb. 24, so I averaged the two dates and have been saying Feb. 26. We will see when Baby Boy Sockwell desires to come for sure.
Things are going well. We are pretty much moved in to our house. We need to fix the heat system (which the new system is currently on the back of the trailer and just needs the right hookups).
We have been blessed by one baby shower and will be blessed by another on the 17th.
If you have played any part...we are truly grateful and we thank God for you!
10.24.2010
Finally!
Preston finally felt some movement tonight!
I would grab his hand and try to get him to feel what I have been feeling for a week or two now, and he could never feel it or the baby would stop.
Tonight (10/24/2010), Preston felt a kick for the first time....Preston's words were, "I felt that!" :o) It was cool!
He (the baby) is already growing too fast! It feels like yesterday that I found out I was pregnant and that was 22 weeks ago or about 5 months ago. Wow! Time flies!
I would grab his hand and try to get him to feel what I have been feeling for a week or two now, and he could never feel it or the baby would stop.
Tonight (10/24/2010), Preston felt a kick for the first time....Preston's words were, "I felt that!" :o) It was cool!
He (the baby) is already growing too fast! It feels like yesterday that I found out I was pregnant and that was 22 weeks ago or about 5 months ago. Wow! Time flies!
10.22.2010
I like to move it, move it...he like to ______ __ !
MOVE IT! That is right I am starting to feel some movement in my belly! Our little man is moving around like crazy recently. It is really cool to be sitting around and feel him move. It is makes it a lot more real!
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