Haley Gray is Here!!!

Haley Gray Buchanan was born Friday 2-29-08 at 8:40pm, after almost 24 hours of labor. She has a head full of long black hair and the most beautiful eye lashes!!! She is a lot smaller than we ever thought she would be, weighing in at 7 pounds even and 21 inches long. So much for guesstimates on the ultrasounds. And her head is not gigantic like predicted either. She is just so beautiful!!! We are having to stay in the hospital one extra day than we had planned on because she is a little jaundiced, but she is doing fine otherwise. Mom is doing well also, just the typical postpartum aches and pains. You've probably heard or noticed that her name is a little different than our original name. When she came out she just looked like a Haley Gray instead of Grayce, so we decided to stick with Gray. We, of course have tons of pictures all ready, too many to fit on the website. So if you want to see more than what we have posted here, I will be uploading them onto http://www.dropshots.com/laurabs24# I can't wait for everyone to meet our little girl.

Eviction Notice has been Served!!!!

I had my LAST OB appointment today...YEAH!!!! Well, my blood pressure is still high, but Haley's nonstress test looked great. I am not at all dilated yet, so the doctor I saw today (which is different one than the one I saw last week) didn't really know my history or what has been going on the last couple of weeks, and suggested I go home, stop working, go on bedrest, and come back Monday. HELLO!!!! That is what I have been doing the last 2 weeks!!!! So I reminded her of that, and told her that the doctor last week wanted to induce me Friday or Monday if my BP was still up. Once she heard that, and saw how anxious I was to get the ball rolling, she agreed to induce me. So I will be admitted to L&D at 5pm today, and given a medicine Cytotec to "rippen" the cervix. This doesn't cause actual labor on its own. Hopefully by tomorrow morning my cervix will be "ripe" and I will be given Pitocin which will start contractions and labor and then..voila...baby. If only it were that easy!!!! So keep us in your prayers and I will update you with pictures once the guest of honor has arrived!!!

The End is in Sight

I had another OB appointment today. Good news, my blood pressure was better. Everything looked good on the ultrasound. Haley is measuring around 7 pounds 9 ounces. I am not dilated yet, but 70% effaced, which means my cervix is thinning out a little. The doctor doesn't want me to go until my due date, so she is considering inducing me next Friday, Leap Day!!! Induction depends on if my cervix is dilated at all at my appointment next Thursday, she wants me to be at least 2cm. If my blood pressure is still acting up and I have not dilated she will still induce me on Friday. But, if my blood pressure is fine, and there is no dilation, then she will wait until Monday the 3rd. She seems to think that I will have made some progress though by next Thursday. So lets keep our fingers crossed. I think a Leap Year baby would be fun....no matter what "Big Papa" says!!!

More Bedrest

I went to the OB again today. My blood pressure is still acting up. It's high when I'm up and active and normal when I'm lying down, so guess what that means.....more bedrest. One good thing that has happened because of bedrest is it helped me lose 4 pounds of water weight, so needless to say my feet and legs feet 100% better. Because my blood pressure is normal while lying down, they don't have any urgency to induce me...boohoo!!! I had another nonstress test, and Haley is doing perfectly. I'll be going to the OB twice a week from here on out, my next appointment is on Thursday, and I will have yet another ultrasound........good times!!!!!

Bed Rest

Well, I woke up Friday morning with some MAJOR swelling and I felt really bad. I had Will check my blood pressure and it was really high, so I went to the OB. I have been put on bedrest indefinately. When I'm up my blood pressure is anywhere from 145/100 to 165/100...not good. But when I'm laying down and resting its around 125/80...therefore, I am now chained to the couch or bed....fun stuff. Everything is fine with Haley, she doesn't seem to be affected by it, the danger in high blood pressure is mainly lies with me and increased risk of developing preeclampsia or eclampsia. I'm feeling a little better today, just bored to death!!! I'm actually surprised I haven't had BP problems until now, given my history with high blood pressure before pregnancy, so I've done really well until now. It's not too uncommon for this to happen in the last few weeks of pregnancy. I go back to the OB on Monday, and I imagine if I'm still having problems with my BP then they may talk about induction....I'll keep you posted!!!

CANKLES!!!!!

I went to the OB again yesterday. Everything looks good. The fetal nonstress test was normal, Haley was very active and kicking the monitors the whole time!!! I am, however, swelling like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon!!! My poor feet and lower legs are ridiculous, I will spare you the grotesque pictures The OB doesn't seem too concerned about it, my blood pressure is fine and I'm not having any other signs of preeclampsia.

31 Days and Counting!

I went to the OB again yesterday for another quick ultrasound. According to the measurements, she weighs between 6.5 and 7 pounds and still has a huge head!!! She was very active during the ultrasound and constantly kicking the ultrasound probe, guess she didn't like us making fun of her head. I start going to the OB every week now. They will also be doing fetal nonstress tests every week to measure her movements, heartrate, and how she reacts to contractions if I'm having any.

Let the Nesting Begin

Nesting syndrome is in full effect. I've been slowly trying to get things together. I got a TON of clothes (as you can see in the pic, those are just the dresses, the dresser is full on PJs and onsies!) from my cousin Carol. I'm starting to get things all washed up...now all we need is the baby!!! I've been feeling very pregnant lately, tired, swollen, lots of heartburn, backaches, and HUGE!!! Poor Will isn't feeling much better than me, apparently I keep him up at night with my snoring Only 5 1/2 more weeks until she is due!!!!

Baby Shower

My wonderful friends threw me the best baby shower yesterday. We had a lot of fun, and I got TONS of stuff. I posted some more pics of the shower in the photo albums. Thank you to all that came and gave gifts, Will and I are so lucky to have such great family and friends!!!! Now that Haley's room is filling up it is starting to seem more and more real!!!! Only 8 more weeks!!!!

Giant Baby!!!

I had another ultrasound today. Everything looks good. Haley is measuring in the 63rd percentile. The ultrasound tech kept measuring her head because it was measuring so big, and she finally said "I can't get the measurements any smaller, sorry you're baby has a huge head". Thats going to be fun in about 2 more months!!! The ultrasound estimates her to be around 4lb4oz already and measuring around 34 weeks. The OB isn't going to change my due date. Since I'm tall, she would expect the baby to measure on the bigger side. I go back for another ultrasound in 4 more weeks....any bets on how big she will be then?????

Where Did My Feet Go???!!

Its official, I can no longer see my feet when standing unless I lean over.....don't even ask if I can still reach them!!!!!

Nursery Progress

Will and I have been working very hard on getting the nursery done. All we need now is a rug, some curtains, a changing table and we should be done. Thought you all would enjoy seeing the progress.

Ho Hum

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Nothing much new is happening except LOTS of heartburn!!!! We are getting closer to finally picking the name. We are going back and forth on the middle name Grayce (pronounced Grace) or Gray. Any opinions???? I start going to the OB every two weeks now, how fun!!!

Practicing with Baxter

We just couldn't resist practicing putting diapers on the cat.....needless to say he was not too happy with us!!! Everything is going well this week, Haley is kicking stronger and stronger everyday.

Still a Girl

We had another ultrasound today, and yes Bogey is still a girl. Everything looks good. Haley was playing with her feet the whole time during the ultrasound. We got some really good pictures this time too. There is a really good one I posted in the photo album of her nose and lips. The next OB appointment is in 4 more weeks.

Half Way!!!

I'm now little over half way there!!! Haley is kicking and moving more and more everyday. Last night she was kicking up a storm and Will was finally able to feel it, and I think I actually saw my belly move when she kicked a few times. The next ultrasound is scheduled for next Monday. I've been feeling pretty good, a little tired, and not sleeping well at night.

Shopping!!!!

So Will and I were at Babies R' Us last weekend, and saw this really nice crib at a really good price and couldn't pass it up!!! I found the bedding at Pottery Barn on clearance several weeks ago. We also registered for baby stuff that day, I just couldn't wait any longer.....let the fun stuff begin!!!! (There are more pics of the crib and bedding in the photo albums)

Thump!!!

I haven't felt Haley moving around too much until today. I was sitting at home doing paperwork, and felt a "thump, thump, thump". I pressed down on my belly with my hand and I swear I felt something that went with those little thumps!!! Won't be long until they are kicks and punches!!

My Goodness

Ok, so I am starting to get over the inital shock that Will and I are having a girl. I still can't believe it, it seems so much more real now. For a name, so far we will probably go with Haley. Will's middle name is Hale. We haven't decided 100%.

Boy or Girl???

Bogey is a GIRL!!!!!! We had our 18 week ultrasound today, and the tech was very certain it is a girl. She was not in the best position to be able to see some of her anatomy, like the heart, so I'm going to have another ultrasound on Nov 1.