https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:44:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403681 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:06:04 +0000 sorrycharlie 403681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What an adorable little peanut! Love the pic of her in the carseat, oh my gosh. Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403677 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:01:10 +0000 Chastenet 403677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! What an adorable recounting of the events by your husband, I think I'll my DH to journal next time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403676 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:59:06 +0000 Cherrybee 403676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, she is gorgeous!! Congratulations!! And your husband is hilarious!! I'm actually going to make my DH read this, the bit about his thinking oops to the smash burger vomit will have him in stitches! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403666 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:43:17 +0000 Rosie Girl 403666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG she was so tiny!!!!! Great job documenting it all! So much fun to read!!! CONGRATS!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403655 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:24:07 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 403655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg sooo adorable!! congratulations!! she is smiling from birth :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403588 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:07:45 +0000 Arden 403588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So tiny and adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403562 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:16:11 +0000 erwoo 403562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! How adorable! Love how your husband's version of the birth. So calm and funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403537 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:29:15 +0000 ladyfingers 403537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! What a beautiful little peanut. Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403526 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:14:25 +0000 runsyellowlites 403526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love the perspective!!! Congrats!!! Love the bitty babes, DD was 6.1 @ 41+5 so I can only imagine how tiny she woulda been at 38 weeks. *gasp*</p> <p>She's beautiful, great job momma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403522 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:12:25 +0000 mrsjyw 403522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So so sweet! Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403521 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:11:37 +0000 chopsuey 403521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOve you birth story and baby is so adorable! CONGRATS!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403504 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:55:20 +0000 prettylizy 403504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally adorable, congrats on the new little angel! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403499 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:51:11 +0000 SleepyMonkey 403499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats mama! This is hilarious. Also, my LO and yours were born on the same day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403328 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:56:34 +0000 autumnlove 403328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tiny and adorable! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403325 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:50:01 +0000 Smurfette 403325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the journal is from your DH. She is so tiny and precious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403324 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:49:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 403324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sweet! Your husbands notes are hilarious, especially about the pain meds. Good note taker (though your job was much harder and more important :) ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403306 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:34:27 +0000 Crisark 403306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love this! Your DH is so funny. Congrats!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403295 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:25:51 +0000 immabeetoo 403295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>so precious and tiny!! love his notations :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403275 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:07:32 +0000 MediaNaranja 403275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a sweet little girl. Love your husband's diary! I can tell your baby girl will grow up in a household full of love :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403271 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:03:55 +0000 Turd Ferguson 403271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403267 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:01:53 +0000 Sophia 403267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love his story! Congratulations, your little peanut is beautiful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403262 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:58:22 +0000 JessiBee 403262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love his notes!! Also, congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403260 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:52:28 +0000 Sweet T 403260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! She's so beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403255 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:46:25 +0000 NerdBee 403255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hehe, your husband is funny. Love his perspective. Your little girl is soooo sweet! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403215 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:01:37 +0000 hilsy85 403215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I love his version of this :) She is beautiful, congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403212 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:57:02 +0000 Mrsbells 403212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SO sweet. I think is awesome that your husband kept notes!! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long#post-403208 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:55:31 +0000 LemonLong 403208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lydia Lutitia was born on 10/27/2012 at 10:17 am. She was 18.5 inches long and 5.2 oz Original due date was 11/9/2012, however I was induced at 38 weeks due to IUGR. When we left the hospital she was only 4lbs 11 oz. So tiny!</p> <p>Since I was a little preoccupied giving birth and stuff, my husband tried to journal everything that was happening, so this is his take on our daughter's birth.</p> <p>Friday 10/26/12</p> <p>11:10 AM: Manda goes in for her weekly check-up. We have been concerned for a number of weeks that Lemon isn’t gaining weight fast enough and she asks for a weight ultrasound. The doctor is delivering other babies but the tech completes the ultrasound and the doc will call later with the results. Lemon is moving around a great deal, apparently already sensitive about her weight…</p> <p>4:20 PM: Manda gets a call from the doc. Apparently everything is going great except that we need to get induced right away… The doc had not completely looked through the results before calling. Lemon appears to be very healthy with the exception that she just isn’t putting on the weight that she should be and, according to the ultrasound test which can be off by up to a pound she is now at 5.25 lbs which<br /> is in the bottom 5th percentile. The concern is that the placenta is no longer giving a sufficient amount of nutrients to Lemon, so it is time to get her out so that she can start feeding on her own. Ahhh, the first small steps towards self-reliance…</p> <p>4:30 PM: Manda calls me and says: “It’s time to panic” and then proceeds to tell me what the doc said. I suddenly get nervous for the first time in a while. Over the next several hours I will have many “Holy cow we are about to be parents” moments.</p> <p>5 PM: I get home and we load the hospital bags in the car and take the dogs to boarding. The first thing Manda says to me when I get home is “Oh no, we don’t have a Halloween costume for her.” She does not think it is funny to use the old dog Halloween costumes so I think it’s better to dress her up as Meatwad from Aquateen Hunger Force. Yep, we are ready to be parents.</p> <p>6 PM: Manda suggests stopping for food which she will later say was my idea, though it was not. We stop at Smash Burger and she doesn’t eat much, but I gorge in preparation for the coming night.</p> <p>7:30 PM: We are checked into our room and Manda is getting comfortable. Well, as comfortable as it gets. We have a very nice room looking out over a lake (we are told, it is dark at this point), though her hospital gown appears to have been constructed by someone with terrible astigmatism an none of<br /> the strings come close to matching up. Hopefully the rest of their equipment is of a higher caliber of engineering.</p> <p>8 PM: We meet with the doctor who outlines the plan. Manda’s cervix is quite high and not fully effaced and only a finger tip dilated, so the first step is to try to soften it up. They’ll administer cytotec once ever 4 hours for the next 12 hours to try to loosen the cervix up. It’s possible that this will<br /> jumpstart labor but not likely. Then in the morning they will evaluate where things are and probably start the pitocin. Pitocin is a synthetic version of oxytocin which is the hormone that triggers labor, so pitocin should put labor into overdrive. So Lemon should be here by sometime tomorrow, probably early to mid-afternoon. The doc does not appear to be concerned about the long term ramifications of Lemon being so small. She is full turn so should have developed lungs and is just small, so this is really the best thing to do to give her the chance to get growing again. Manda and I are expecting a doll and a GI Joe action figure sized baby, respectively.</p> <p>9:30 PM: I leave to get pillows, make sure the cat is OK and get my computer type this timeline on. I get moderately sick but it passes.</p> <p>10:30 PM: I return to Manda who is annoyed at how long it took for me to get back, though she has not done the math on how much time I needed to accomplish my objectives. Manda goes to sleep while I finish up some work that I didn’t complete due to the phone call from the doctor.</p> <p>Saturday 10/27/12<br /> 12:45 AM: 1 cm dilated and Manda’s water broke after the cervical check. Her pain level is currently a 3. This is a very scientific system so don’t bother trying to question the value<br /> assigned later.</p> <p>3:20 AM: Manda will likely say that more stuff happened between this time and the last entry but this is when I was woken up. Manda vomits. Smells like chili from Smash Burger. I say “oops” in my head.</p> <p>3:40 AM: Contractions are now much more severe and regular. Sheri checks Manda’s cervix and she is now 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Manda is not impressed and begins talking about an epidural. Pain is now at a 5. She is several hours ahead of schedule</p> <p>3:45 AM: Manda becomes mobile to see if walking around will help with the pain and moving the contractions along.</p> <p>5:45 AM: The past two hours were very rough on Amanda but she developed a textbook labor pattern as her body is lining up great for giving birth, so far without Pitocin. But she has definitely been “singing her labor song” with many “ow”s and moans. For a little while it was relieved when she got in the whirlpool tub and actually started dozing off between contractions, but the contractions in that time got<br /> more powerful and longer. Her pain climbed up to a 6 so they called in the epidural nurse. His name was Frank and he was super impressive. Very professional, very fast, and within 5 minutes from when he started he was done.</p> <p>6 AM: Manda’s pain scale is already down to a 1 or 2. The difference was amazing and only took a few minutes. She went from essentially ignoring the rest of the world during her contractions to being back to her old self and making jokes. People who don’t get the epidural might be crazy.</p> <p>6:30 AM: Everyone has left the room to let us try to sleep. Not sure if I will but Manda is completely drained and needs the rest. That said they will be coming in every half hour for a while to turn her to different sides to let the medicine slosh around in her back and get to the nerves it needs to.</p> <p>6:45 AM: 3.5 cm dilated and almost fully effaced, so we are off to the races!</p> <p>7:15 AM: Manda just had a contraction that literally went off the charts and Manda was laughing at one of my jokes during the peak. Anyone who is considering natural child birth needs to think again. The difference is astounding.</p> <p>8:30 AM: Manda’s contractions have become a little less consistent than it was before the epidural. She will have a few contractions in a row and then may go 4-5 minutes without any. So they just started her on some pitocin to get her back to the more predictable interval and jumpstart the process.</p> <p>8:55 AM: Fully dilated and Lemon is coming. Tom was getting breakfast and was called back after just 15 minutes away. Got to go help Manda, Lemon coming any minute!</p> <p>9 AM: Our scheduled infant care class starts, with us obviously not there to take part. It will be trial and error from here.</p> <p>10:17 AM: Lydia is born!!! She is so beautiful and her Mom did so well. 5 lbs 2 oz, 18.5 inches long. Insanely red lips Mom’s first words to Lydia: “She has HUGE feet!”</p> <p>11 AM: Lydia pees on Manda for the first time.</p> <p>11:01 AM: Lydia pees on Manda for the second time.</p> <p>11:30 AM: Lydia, after much coaxing, breastfeeds for the first time.</p> <p>12:50 PM: Lydia sneezes her first sneeze.</p> <p>Pictures are of her strapped into her carseat to leave the hospital at 4 lbs and 11 oz and then what she looks like now at almost 3 weeks and 5 lbs 12 oz. </p> [attach=2482/12/mdlowk.448x600.Lemon1.jpg] [attach=2482/12/mdlowm.450x600.Lemon2.jpg]