https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:07:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1512839 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:15:17 +0000 googly-eyes 1512839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: too funny about the hoagie!! A late congratulations on your beautiful girl. Fiona is a great name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1512695 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:52:58 +0000 avivoca 1512695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great birth story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1512688 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:48:43 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 1512688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love her nickname! Great birth story! congrats :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1509139 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:28:19 +0000 mrsjyw 1509139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>great story, love her name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1509135 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:27:50 +0000 BabyMats 1509135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is a really good story.. beautiful baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1508946 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:51:01 +0000 birdofafeather 1508946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lovely name and lovely girl. Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1508670 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:00:24 +0000 LuLu Mom 1508670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a lovely story and a GREAT name. Love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1508647 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:55:51 +0000 MrsH 1508647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww, so sweet. Love her name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507777 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:25:18 +0000 kjpugs 1507777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a beautiful story and beautiful baby girl!! Our labors were similar in some ways... while mine started with contractions and not my water breaking, I also had a huge increase when it broke fully and I also had to be sat up to get her to move down. Although I pushed for something like 5 hours, haha. No fun no matter HOW many hours, though!</p> <p>Thanks so much for sharing!! Glad you got your baby and your hoagie :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507770 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:24:32 +0000 psw27 1507770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw congrats! She is gorgeous!</p> <p>(p.s. love your obsession with the hoagie, I think I will be the same way) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507739 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:18:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1507739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great story! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507726 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:14:05 +0000 Mae 1507726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw, this totally made me cry. Awesome birth story, and hits close to home because our Fiona is due in 6.5 weeks! </p> <p>Also I literally lol'd at your motivation being a hoagie. Man do I miss cold lunch meat sandwiches….. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507598 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:57:53 +0000 Chillybear 1507598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: So far its been the hardest, most exciting, best day of my life - we had a lot of fun in early labor looking at the day's wiki page seeing the historical significance and birthdays on Sept 26<br /> @snowjewelz: @Grace: @LovelyPlum: @CupQuakeWalk: @Smurfette: @mrs. wagon: @Alivoo01: @coopsmama: Thank you!! Some days it feels so very long ago other days like it was yesterday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507568 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:53:37 +0000 coopsmama 1507568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is one beautiful baby and that sounds like a great birth experience. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507549 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:50:42 +0000 Alivoo01 1507549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's beautiful!! Congratulations!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507429 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:34:21 +0000 MediaNaranja 1507429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a great story! And dare I say Seeptember 26 is the best birthday? It's mine, after all!!</p> <p>Congrats, she's a cutie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507395 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:30:01 +0000 mrs. wagon 1507395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a lovely and incredible birth story. Congratulations!! She is beautiful, and fierce!! I have a fierce little one who has been screeching since the day I evicted her at 39 weeks and hasn't stopped since ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507282 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:11:54 +0000 Smurfette 1507282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing. She is beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507274 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:10:45 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1507274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's beautiful. Great story. Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507272 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:09:57 +0000 LovelyPlum 1507272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a beautiful baby and great story! I agree, Fiona the Fierce is a good name for her :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507268 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:09:26 +0000 Grace 1507268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww. Great story and she was (is) gorgeous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507264 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:09:05 +0000 snowjewelz 1507264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great story! Thanks for sharing and so glad that your pregnancy was smooth despite a few scares! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507261 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:08:40 +0000 jetsa 1507261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507253 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:07:08 +0000 Chillybear 1507253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: Time flies when you're having fun and sleep deprived! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507227 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:03:06 +0000 jetsa 1507227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh what a beautiful story. I should post Jacks, I can't believe its been 6 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/better-late-than-never-1#post-1507207 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:58:46 +0000 Chillybear 1507207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fiona’s Birth Story</p> <p>Its hard to believe she’s been an outside baby for almost 6 months, here we are in the last days of winter and she was born on one of the last lingering days of summer. </p> <p>A little background about my pregnancy and me.<br /> Jon and I were married in 2010 and we decided we would start trying for a baby in the fall of 2012 after my best friends wedding. As our third cycle was ending, I got a positive pregnancy test on January 27, 2013 putting my due date at 10/9/13. My first trimester was manageable I wasn’t too sick and I still had energy. At 20 weeks we found out we were having a girl, the following Tuesday, I woke up in an immense amount of pain. We were sent to our hospitals L&amp;D and discovered I had a fairly large kidney stone. I spent 3 days in the hospital on IV pain meds waiting to pass the stone that we named Mick Jagger. I healed from that ordeal only to get in a car accident 3 weeks later on my way to work that landed me in different hospital’s L&amp;D to be monitored. Luckily Baby Girl was fine and I just had some bruising and black and blues. My car on the other hand, not so much, and it took almost 7 weeks to be repaired. It was at this point that everyone started telling me how fierce she was. The summer was a whirlwind of trying to get our basement finished and the nursery done all the while I was getting bigger and bigger. We had our shower on September 8th, just in the nick of time. At my 37 week appointment, my doctor checked me and I was 3 cm. The following Wednesday night, I had my 38 week appointment and my doctor checked me and said I was 4 cm and 50% effaced. She thought it would be highly unlikely that I would make it to my next appointment the following week. After that appointment we ran some errands and I called my mom to tell her about my appointment, she half joking responded “just tell her to wait until after Friday, I’m so busy at work.”</p> <p>Delivery day – Thursday 9/26/13<br /> 5am - At this point in my pregnancy I was not really sleeping well. I woke up to pee and when I stood I felt liquid running down my leg. I suspected that it was my water breaking and I called out to Jon, “Honey, I don’t think you’re going to work today” I wasn’t having contractions so I called our OB, who told us to get our stuff together and head to L&amp;D to do a test to see if my water had ruptured. I showered, ate a bowl of cereal, threw some last minute things in our bags, we called our parents and our jobs, and we headed down the street to the hospital. </p> <p>7am - Once in L&amp;D Triage they did the ferning test, I had indeed ruptured. They were keeping me and I was having this baby! They also took a look at her position and estimated that she would weigh about 7lbs. I was still 4 cm, same as the night before’s doctor appointment. At this point, we could walk the halls of the hospital and I got monitored about every hour. I still wasn’t having contractions and the staff was hoping that by walking I would get them started. </p> <p>11am -They moved us to a delivery suite and had me hooked to monitors and an IV of fluids and Pitocin. Little to no contractions. I was pretty comfortable standing and squatting over the end of the bed. The nurse came in every 20-30 minutes to dial up the Pitocin. </p> <p>3pm - My mom arrived at the hospital and hung out in the room keeping us company. My OB checked on me occasionally, she laughed saying if I was still smiling and being polite, I wasn’t nearly ready and she wouldn’t check my dilation for fear of introducing bacteria since I was ruptured. </p> <p>5pm - I had a slow leak going on all day, when all of a sudden we heard a “pop” on the monitor and I felt a gush. My water had really broken and I was starting to feel each contraction intensely. Within a half hour I was in a lot of pain, the contractions were coming so hard and so fast that I couldn’t catch my breath between them and I was having trouble breathing through them. I was hyperventilating and my hands and fingers were going numb, it was at that point I was yelling for drugs in between breaths. </p> <p>6pm – They checked me before being prepped for the epidural and I had progressed to 6cm. The anesthesiologist arrived to start my epidural. My mom left the room, Jon sat in front of me holding my shoulders and I tried to stay as still as I could during contractions until the catheter was in my back and I started to feel some relief. Once it had fully taken effect I could relax, breathe and I just felt the pressure of each contraction. </p> <p>7:30pm – I’m starving, it’s been 12 hours since I’ve eaten and I’m craving a turkey and cheese hoagie. We ordered food to be delivered so I can eat as soon as I get this baby out. </p> <p>8:30pm – I’m checked and I’m complete I’ve reached 10cm, however the baby hasn’t moved very far down and my doctor wants to wait another hour before I start pushing. They have me sit up in the hospital bed hoping gravity would help move her down. </p> <p>9pm – The doctors and nurses start prepping the room for delivery</p> <p>9:30pm – They’re ready for me to start pushing. My mom goes to the waiting room to meet my dad and brother. Jon’s plan to stay behind my shoulder and cheer me on is foiled when they make him hold my left leg and a nurse had my right leg. </p> <p>11:00pm – I’ve been pushing for almost 2 hours and it’s hard and it hurts. My main motivation at this point was not meeting my baby but the hoagie I had waiting in the nurse’s fridge. JOn and I start to wonder if she'll be born that night or the next morning</p> <p>11:23pm – Fiona Marie enters the world. I had been pushing for so long and so hard, that my eyes were clenched shut. So when they placed her on my chest the Doctor had to tell me to open my eyes and she was beautiful! We did some skin to skin, we tried nursing and they bundled her up. She was so alert! Scored 9s on her Apgar tests. I needed a couple of stitches and once I was cleaned up, they let my parents and brother come back to see us. They got to watch her get her first bath and I got to eat my hoagie. My little brother took a ton of pictures of Fiona’s first moments. </p> <p>1:30 am- My family headed home and they moved us to a recovery room and I was unhooked from my IV. We settled in and got some sleep, even though I was so excited to get to know my little Fi. </p> <p>Fiona Marie<br /> September 26, 2013 – 11:23pm<br /> 7lbs 12oz – 19 in<br /> She came into this world 2 weeks ahead of schedule and was immediately nicknamed Fiona the Fierce </p> [attach=132/14/n2qpm0.600x600.993715_10100678882665596_642354198_n.jpg]