Am'y Definition of Irony

Child #1: I had delusions of natural childbirth. I never went into labor, instead I had to be induced at 41 weeks. Dylan never dropped, and I never had many contractions before the induction. Fast forward 17 long hours, things were not going well. Dylan got stuck and his heart rate was slowing down. I get an emergnacy c section. I then find out how giant Dylan was (9 lbs 14oz, 14 3/4" head).

Child #2: I no longer have any delusions about anything remotely natural. Placenta previa guaranteed the repeat c section. I am trying to be positive that I never have to feel a contraction, and knowing exactly when I will go into the hospital. I was wrong, again. Wednesday night I had a couple of contractions while sitting on the couch resting from long day at work. I figured it was Braxton Hicks due to working too hard. The next day I had more contractions, but never more than 2 in a hour and non were really painful. I went about my day, dropping Dylan at day care, going to work for a couple of hours. I figured I would ask the OB at my visit that day at 1pm. I was fully expecting to hear that this is what Braxton Hicks feels like, and that I should expect to feel that way for the rest of my pregnancy. Apparently I had the look of a woman in labor, and the nurse immediately brought in the OB after seeing me. She immediately checked to see if I was dilating. I was once again fully expecting to hear nothing was happening. Wrong. I was 2 cm dilated. WHAT!?! I don't dilate. I don't go into labor on my own. The OB put me on the monitor which said that I was contracting regularly. Things were really quickly from there. The OB told me that I had to be at the hospital by 4:30 (it was 1:30). I had to call AJ and get him home from work, get Dylan from preschool to my Dad's house, and get to the hospital. We were not quite ready to go. AJ had not packed yet. I had only packed half of my hospital bag.

AJ and I made it just in time. Due to the previa, time was of the essence. I was immediately put me into pre-op. IV's, blood tests, etc. I was then taken to the OR. It took 2 spinals to get my belly numb (very fun). Aj was allowed in just in time to see Maya being born. Another 30 minutes and my tubes were tied and I was wheeled out.

IRONY: When I wanted to do a natural birth, I had a giant baby with a giant head and I never went into labor. When I could not have a natural birth, I go into labor on my own and have a peanut sized baby with a peanut head. FYI: pitocin contractions are 1000x more evil than regular ones.

Aj and I have our 2 beautiful, happy and healthy children. Our family is complete. No regrets about how we got here.

She is here!!!

Well, apparently Maya was ready. Three weeks early and before we were prepared, maya began making arrangements to move out. Amy had been having irregular contractions overnight wednesday night. Aj was of course at work. Amy had a doctor appointment thursday afternoon. Well one look at Amy was enough to get the nurses and doctor moving at the office. Doctor advised Amy that she was in fact in labor and she would be delivering her baby tonight. This is a problem because due to placenta previa, Amy has to have a c section! Amy had to call Aj at work, Aj had to come home, pack, Dylan needed to be picked up from school and taken to grandpa's house etc. Well Aj made it home and Amy was mostly packed. the contractions didn't seem too bad. On the way to Dylan's school, Aj noticed that Amy's contractions were approx 5 mins appart and lasting 30 sec. As the contractions became stronger and more regular, we drove a little faster. The contractions then started to come every 2 mins lasting 45 - 50 secs, drive a little faster. Before we even got Dylan to grandpa's house, the doctor called. She was already at the hospital and quite nervous we were not going to make it in time. Well, we did make it checked in around 4:30 and maya was born at 6:16pm on the 16th of April by c section. With a clean bill of health we were allowed to leave the hospital Sunday just after lunch. No we are scrambling around the house to wash and prepare all the bassinets, swings, chairs etc. Aj even boiled a pot of nipples today. So if you missed us, thats why. Hope to blog soon The Bonnetts

Update

The last Dr. visit confirmed Maya's eviction date remains May 1st. Amy is miserable and we think we are ready for her arrival. Other than that things remain busy!

Busy times

Sorry to our 4 followers for not keeping up on our blogging postings. We have been busy.
Amy is busy growing Maya. Which means her day only lasts until about 7pm. At that time she is snoring on the couch. Maya is due to be evicted from the womb May 1 at about 730am. The doctors have decided the placenta previa is marginal now. It still means pelvic rest. Awesome.
Aj has been taking a couple of undergrad classes and has decided that college algebra is the devil. Doesn't help that the instructor is chinese. Good times. Glad I finally dropped that class!
We have also painted Dylan a new "big boy" room. Since he has moved into the new room, he was nice enough to give the "baby" room to his little sister. Anyway the Lightning McQueen room has been a big hit. Surprisingly, there have been no issues with the new sleeping location.
We are trying very hard to make this a big deal for Dylan as well. Not sure how its going to work. He has recently decided he needs to play with all the baby toys we are recovering from the garage. He will not allow them to be just for the baby. I have a feeling that there will be issues as soon as he doesn't get enough attention.
Back in March I was lucky enough to be asked to assist in some really great training in Witchita Ks. The training we offered went well and I think the departments around Witchita got a lot out of it. We also learned that Kansas is the flatest portion of the planet. I don't know how the rivers know which way to flow. It's that flat!
Well, thats our excuses and here are some pictures. Enjoy.