IT'S A GIRL!

Jared is a BIG brother!!!

Chloe Ann Beranek

6:55 pm

7 pounds 3 3/4 ounces

21" long

Everyone is doing great! We'll update soon with pictures and more details.

Epidural Heaven!

I got an epidural at 2:30 or so and it was amazing! The contractions were uncomfortable enough to get that going and I'm glad I went with it. My back pain was almost worse than the contractions so once I was numb it was heaven! As of 3:30 I was at 5 cm and 75% effaced so she broke my water. We've been sitting here relaxing... waiting for her to come back around 5:30 to check where I'm at. Hopefully I will be at or close to a 10 so we can get this munchkin out! We just finalized our boy name (girl name hasn't changed since before Jared was born) so we are READY!!! The waiting is driving us both crazy. I'm starving! Keith just went for a snack... I'm jealous! Ice chips just aren't cutting it. I had a Tootsie Pop earlier... woohoo!   

D Day!

We took Jared to daycare this morning and checked in at the hospital about 7:15. Got the dreaded IV put in and then Dr. Jorve came around 8:20 am to put in the Cytotec (tiny pill placed by the cervix to get things going). It's now 10:50 am and my contractions are 1-3 minutes apart but they are hardly noticeable. Just a little uncomfortable... we'll see how long that lasts! As for dad, he's a little worked up. I think he drank about 2 pots of coffee and a bottle of Mt. Dew already so he's ready to bounce off the walls! And he wonders where Jared gets it! =)

I'll update more later...

Ready or not...

Here we go! I guess this baby isn't coming on its own so we're set to check in to the hospital tomorrow morning at 7am. Then things will hopefully get going! The nurse called tonight to get me pre-admitted so that will make it that much easier once we get there. Jared is SUPER excited to be a big brother! Last night he told my belly (literally an inch away from it) "time to get out baby!" It was hilarious! I told him to say that that morning but he wasn't in the mood (not always a morning person) so it was totally random... and adorable. Keith went to bed... I'm wide awake... as usual. He's more nervous than I am! I'm more nervous about the pain meds... going to try the epidural this time (intrathecal with Jared). I've heard it works great for the most part. Well, I'll stop rambling... just wanted to post an update before D Day! Stay tuned...

39 Week Check-Up

I've been slacking on updates lately... sorry!

Not much to report. Another 2 weeks... no progress. :-( Still at 1cm and not really effaced (she didn't give me a percentage so I assume it wasn't much). Heartbeat was 144 bpm last week (38 weeks) & 148 bpm today. Belly measured 39 cm today (right on). 30 pounds gained.

As I mentioned previously, I talked my doctor into inducing once I hit 40 weeks so the date is officially set... Friday, April 10th is eviction day at the Beranek house! Can you tell I'm ready?!?! We are scheduled to go in that morning and get induced. Pretty much the same thing we went through with Jared... just a little earlier this time around. Hopefully this one is less than 10.5 pounds! 

So, now we wait... and hope that something happens before next Friday! I'm going to work on getting another belly pic this weekend. Hopefully we don't get all of the snow that is being forecasted!