Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Sneak Peak of Levi
Levi had his newborn pictures taken yesterday. He was such a cute little model! Here is one sneak peak
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Maternity Pictures
So this seems totally late, but right before Levi came I had an urge to take some maternity pictures. I was searching for a photographer and one had a free maternity session with a newborn session so we decided to try it. I have never been into big belly shots but they seemed flattering enough for 3 days before he came out.
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Levi's shoot will be on Columbus Day
Friday, October 4, 2013
Welcome Levi Matthew Kassebaum!
On September 30, I was feeling stressed out so my Mom offered to have Katie over for a slumber party at her house the next night. After gymnastics on October 1st, Katie went over to the beach for her fun filled night. I was looking forward to a relaxing afternoon with a pedicure and then going out to dinner with Dan and maybe doing a little shopping the next morning on my way to pick Katie up. I wasn't really sure what to do so I decided to watch some Criminal Minds from 2 until 3, during which I started having some mild cramps. I was so excited to be having any sign of labor since I didn't want to be induced again. After the show, I took a bath and continued to relax. I told Dan to stay at work and get some stuff done.
About 3:15 I started having very short, mild contractions. Dan left work around 3:40. By the time he got home at 4:10, I felt pretty icky and decided to start timing my contractions. The doctor said they have to be 1 minute long, 5 minutes apart, for one hour before coming into labor and delivery- oh and be very painful. Mine were like 30 seconds long, 1 to 2 minutes apart and painful, but not unbearable. I wasn't sure what to do so we kept timing them. We got through about 3 cycles before POP! My water broke at 4:18 and we still weren't sure if we should go in or call, but my contractions were getting stronger so I had Dan go upstairs and pack the bag. By this point I couldn't do anything during the contractions. We left about 4:35 and Dan drove about 90 the whole way down to the hospital. We arrived around 5:15 and Dan ran in and got me a wheel chair.
The took me to a triage room to assess me and decided I was 5 cm dilated so they said we would go to a delivery room. I asked immediately for an epidural but they had to start an IV first. Apparently my veins were terrible and I was really dehydrated. I had 3 people sticking needles into my arms in various places to get the IV going. They were trying to wait in between contractions, but I told them to just do it since there was no time in between them. Then I said I thought I was pushing. They told me not to push, thinking I was crazy and then checked and I was 10 cms dilated and ready to push (this was 20 minutes later) I told them I wasn't ready and that I wanted medicine but they said there was nothing they could give me and the only way to end the pain was to have the baby. Not exactly what I wanted to hear since I had done nothing to prepare for a natural birth. They didn't even have the baby cart in there or any doctors. A midwife happened to be walking by, stop in, and delivered the baby. I asked her for anything to numb the pain, but she would not give it go me so I peed on her ;) As I was pushing, they finally got my IV in. I hadn't even taken my normal clothes off before he was born. No discussion of our birth plan- I wasn't actually admitted as a patient yet.
Levi Matthew was born at 6:06 pm on October 1st in what was deemed as an uncomplicated delivery :) He came out with a fury. They placed him on my belly to clean him off and to cut the cord (some corpsman's idea). He was 7 pounds 13 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long.
About 3:15 I started having very short, mild contractions. Dan left work around 3:40. By the time he got home at 4:10, I felt pretty icky and decided to start timing my contractions. The doctor said they have to be 1 minute long, 5 minutes apart, for one hour before coming into labor and delivery- oh and be very painful. Mine were like 30 seconds long, 1 to 2 minutes apart and painful, but not unbearable. I wasn't sure what to do so we kept timing them. We got through about 3 cycles before POP! My water broke at 4:18 and we still weren't sure if we should go in or call, but my contractions were getting stronger so I had Dan go upstairs and pack the bag. By this point I couldn't do anything during the contractions. We left about 4:35 and Dan drove about 90 the whole way down to the hospital. We arrived around 5:15 and Dan ran in and got me a wheel chair.
The took me to a triage room to assess me and decided I was 5 cm dilated so they said we would go to a delivery room. I asked immediately for an epidural but they had to start an IV first. Apparently my veins were terrible and I was really dehydrated. I had 3 people sticking needles into my arms in various places to get the IV going. They were trying to wait in between contractions, but I told them to just do it since there was no time in between them. Then I said I thought I was pushing. They told me not to push, thinking I was crazy and then checked and I was 10 cms dilated and ready to push (this was 20 minutes later) I told them I wasn't ready and that I wanted medicine but they said there was nothing they could give me and the only way to end the pain was to have the baby. Not exactly what I wanted to hear since I had done nothing to prepare for a natural birth. They didn't even have the baby cart in there or any doctors. A midwife happened to be walking by, stop in, and delivered the baby. I asked her for anything to numb the pain, but she would not give it go me so I peed on her ;) As I was pushing, they finally got my IV in. I hadn't even taken my normal clothes off before he was born. No discussion of our birth plan- I wasn't actually admitted as a patient yet.
Levi Matthew was born at 6:06 pm on October 1st in what was deemed as an uncomplicated delivery :) He came out with a fury. They placed him on my belly to clean him off and to cut the cord (some corpsman's idea). He was 7 pounds 13 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long.
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