Greetings from Babycrowd Pregnancy Journal

Collection of greetings posted on our BabyCrowd Pregnancy Journal while I was pregnant with Sam and after he was born. No dates, since they don't record them! Oldest at the bottom, most recent at the top.

Brieshon
OMG, the pic of Sam in Justin's lap at the computer and the one of Sam playing with his toes are SOOOOOO ADORABLE!!! I can't wait until my babies can do stuff like that! Any time they do anything cute right now it's purely by accident (though Giovanna seems to purposefully pull stuff off her face already!). Keep posting updates and pics - I'll read 'em!!
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Jasmin

Hello,

Happy to see somebody with the same problems:) I was just thinking about how frustrating it is when your baby doesn't want to go to sleep. It makes me so mad sometimes. But I can't let him cry out, because we live in a small one room flat, I don't think my neighbours would appreciate it:)

Good luck,
Jasmin
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Brieshon
I love the pics of Sam in the pool! We need to visit again, soon. I miss you!!
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Grandma Helene
We are all very excited to meet you this week, Sam:0)

Grandpa Bill, Grandma Helene and Aunt Lianna

PS

Rachael,

We hope everything goes well for Rob, Susan, and the baby tomorrow. Please be sure to tell us if you know of anything we can do to help them when we're out there.
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lacyboo
your baby's hair is too cute! i have never seen a new born baby with FULL head of blonde hair...he is so handsome...congrats..
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tara_evans1
I just wanted to let you know that your story about breastfeeding and all the hardships you've had is almost IDENTICAL to mine and my son Tommy's experience! The only real difference is that when the nurse gave me the shield and Tommy latched on, he refused to latch onto my breast without the shield from then on...so I had to use the shield at every feeding (after of course always trying just me first and fighting with him and working him up into a frustrated frenzy). So he couldn't stimulate me well enough and I wasn't making enough milk....it took my milk almost 2 weeks to come in and even when it came in completely (going from a yellow color to white) there wasn't very much of it...the result was he was hungry and thus VERY fussy for 2 weeks straight...we couldn't lay him down without him screaming and at the last even holding him wouldn't console him.....when he went back to the doctor for his two week visit, he had lost from 8lbs 3 oz to 6lb 15 oz, which was devastating to me...he was placed in the hospital for failure to thrive and dehydration. The nurses tried to help me teach him how to nurse without the shield but in the end I went to the bottle because I couldn't stay letting him go hungry for one more minute. I felt like such a failure on so many levels....I wanted to breastfeed so badly, that's why I stuck with it for as long as I did despite all the obstacles, and so I felt I had failed on this level. When I realized that Tommy had been so upset for the first 2 weeks of his life because he was hungry, it tore my heart apart. I would say that only you and other women who've been through this can truly understand how that feels.

But anyway, to make a long story short....in the end, what matters most is the health (both physical and emotional) of your baby, and his health depends greatly on your physical and emotional health. He needs you to be emotionally sound and happier in order to be happier and healthier himself. Bottlefeeding is not the devil, I promise, it can be a mother's best friend if she's struggling with breastfeeding. I was afraid that I would appear lazy if I quit breastfeeding, but I know in my heart that I tried my hardest. I made the decision to bottlefeed in the best interest of my child, not because it was inconvenient for me. I know this in my heart and that's all that matters! So, if you have to make the switch, you are DEFINITELY NOT A BAD MOMMY! In my opinion, deciding to switch to the bottle is a very hard decision, especially if you really wanted to breastfeed like I did.

Tommy's doing great on the bottle...he's now 10 weeks old and on his 2 month visit he weighed 11 lbs 13oz and is already in 3-6 months clothes!

Hang in there Mom!

Tara and Tommy
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Great Aunt Ann
Hello Sam,

You are absolutely gorgeous! I can't believe how wonderful, happy and content you look after your ardurous joirney into this new world. You are a very lucky boy to have such wonderful parents. I look forward to meeting you.

Love,

Great Aunt Ann
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Kat Morgan
Congratulations on Sam and he is on time to boot....

Way to go kool kids.

Hopefully in a few weeks you will allow me a brief peek at him. Get some rest for now and enjoy Sam.

Loved the pictures and all of the updates...

KAT
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Tiffany Poulin
Rachael, Sam, and Justin:

You are all in my thoughts...hope things are moving along smoothly and that we all get to meet Sam soon!!

Tiffany
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Molly Wolniewicz
Best to you sweet Mommy! We are excited to get to know your little son!
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Ceci
Rachael - I'm so excited for baby Sam to come and wish you both good health, Justin too, through the delivery!

Take care,

Ceci
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Aunt Becky
Wow! It seems like it was just last week that I was waiting for the phone call telling me you'd arrived. Now you're about to be a mom. I think about you all the time. I can hardly wait to get the news that Sam has arrived (I'm still holding out for April 29). Love You!!
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MOM
Don't worry, sweetie. You have a true and loyal heart. You will be a wonderful mother.
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Mom
I think it's obvious why Sam is moving around so much on Fridays. He wants to get the hell out of the meeting and go home. Sounds like he has good sense to me.
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Ann Doley
Hello Rachael and Justin,

Just checking in to see how things are going. I looked at the pics and read the most recent page in your journal (the Q & A). Glad everything is good. I can't believe you are already seven months pregnant! Truly amazing. Will try to keep in touch more often.

Love and Peace,

Ann
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Momma
Sam's FIRST pirate outfit??? What does this mean? Are you planning on turning my grandson into a seafaring outlaw? Should I be shopping for a tiny eye patch?
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Mom
HA! Mark my words. You ain't seen(or felt) NOTHIN' yet! Oh, and by the way, you're son is now the proud owner of orange and blue plaid sneakers.
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Michael and Marcy
sorry, I can't believe that I spelled my own daughters name wrong! Let me try again

God bless

Michael, Marcy, Zoe & baby :-)
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Michael and Marcy
Congratulations guys!

We ran into Justin's Dad at the Nuthouse Grill about a week ago and found out that you were expecting!! This is exciting!! Maybe next time you guys are back near the old Homestead you can drop us a line and say Hi. (And if somehow it's after June, our infants can meet ;-) ) We are excited for you guys and pray that your pregnancy continues to go smoothly.

God Bless,

Michael, Marcy, Zoey & baby
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Scott & Kristin
Congratulations and well-done... well, at twenty-two weeks, perhaps 'medium well' would be a better exclamation, but there you go. English is a wierd language and i cannot be held responsible... I wasn't there when they created it. Where was I? Oh yeah! Congratulations and very very very good all the best of luck to you both... er all three of you.

bye now!
Scott (& Kris who disavows any knowledge of how Scott's mind works!)
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Mom
Sam Sam bo bam banana fana fo fam me my mo mam SAAAAAAAAAM!!
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Grandma Edie
Your photo is very cute. Do you feel an unusually strong urge to wear blue lately??? Do you think the baby is sending subliminal messages? Hmmmmmmm.....
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Kat Morgan
Hey girl---

CONGRATULATIONS

I wanted to let you know that I am very happy for you and Justin. I know you both have wanted to experience this for quite awhile and I pray that the rest of your pregnancy goes off with no more morning sickness.

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers so you have great memories and great health through April/May.

Enjoy yourselves Mommy and Daddy.

KAT
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Monica
Rachael,

Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you and your husband. You guys must be soooo happy and I know you will be a wonderful mother! I am sorry I could not write sooner but we (in South Florida) got hit by Hurricane Wilma a few weeks ago and lost power for over ten days. Our house is fine but a lot of people were not so fortunate. The city just started clearing the debris from the residential areas last week and slowly but surely everything is normalizing. I am glad you are keeping a blog like this, I didn't know they had baby blogs but it is pretty cool! I may do one when it is my time!!

Take care,

Monica
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Helene
Rachael and Justin,

We're so happy for you out here on the Doley-Anthony side of the country, sending you lots of positive thoughts. Lianna is really excited about becoming an aunt! Like your mom, I have also found myself unable to resist purchasing a few select baby items over these past few weeks (even ones that are very gender-specific, just in case:0) Perhaps because you have waited longer than you had hoped for this (and I know what that is like), your experience will be even sweeter. Can't wait to see you both at Christmas.
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Aunt Ann
Oops! If I am correct, my message was sent before I had finished it. Here's my second try.

Hello Rachael and Justin,

I am so happy for both of you! This little baby -- Abby or Sam -- will surely be treasured and loved by two very special people. I suspect that he or she will also tinker with phones and computers, have a passion for books, keep a journal, ride a motorcycle, be fond of cats and maybe even knit. Precocious to the superlative!

As the mother of your cousins, Aine and Emaleigh, I can vouch for the reality that some pregnancies are blissful, others okay and the rest just awful. Unfortunately, mine were both awful (24 hour morning sickness for months, swollen feet, sore back, big babies, long labor and two caesarians). The result, in both cases, erased all of that in seconds, well maybe minutes -- okay, possibly a few days. There is no joy like being a mom, being a dad, being a parent. I can tell that you are experiencing that already. Amazing, isn't it?

Good luck. Stay healthy. Worry less and keep your feet propped up!

Love and best wishes,

Aunt Ann
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Jennifer Short
CONGRATULATIONS!! I am sooooo excited for both of you. I also had the worst morning sickness throughout my entire first trimester. But it seemed like the day I hit my second trimester it went away - hopefully you'll feel better soon! And I'll be checking back often to see your updates :)

-Jennifer
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Suman
Oops Sorry! It posted before I wanted it to. Anywho, Congratulations!!! Jason and I are wayyyy happy for you guys. And thanks for the green arrows on the ultrasound, it still took me awhile to figure out how that was a baby... :)
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Irene
Wow, Rachael, what wonderful news! Congratulations to you and Justin. In your photos you and Justin look so happy, and you are positively beaming! Not to get maudlin, but... oh what the heck, let's get maudlin! I remember when you were very, very young (before Kira arrived) and we were having a family party at my house in Havertown, and you just followed me around the house that day as I was going from the kitchen to the living room and back, curious about what I was doing. You must have been 3 or so, and you were so beautiful that if you had lost interest after the first few minutes I would have started following you around instead. And now you are starting your own family.

When you are staggering around all sleep deprived for the first few weeks you will sometimes wish that baby was still inside, so enjoy your pregnancy!
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Scott & Michelle
Hi Guys!

This is so wonderful!!! We did know before this but this makes us feel like such a part of things since we don't see you often. We are so happy for you both! Your first child is such a wonderful thrill (well they all are, but not knowing what to expect with the first is soooo cool!!) We will keep reading, so keep typing!! Good luck with that sickness - that is the worst!! I had it both times - maybe you will get lucky and only have it the first!!!

Love you both!!

Congratulations!

Uncle Scott and Auntie Michelle!!!
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Mom
I'm so proud of you for the decisions you are making. I know you won't regret it, ever. You are one smart cookie and so is your man!
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Rachele
Ok, sorry to bother you again but I thought of a bit of advice that Im sure you will be overloaded with by everyone you know and meet (complete strangers, too). I was sick a lot and I figured out this trick while I was in the shower... Drinking warm or hot water settled my stomach when I thought I was going to toss my cookies! Hope it works, Promise this part will all be over soon! C-Ya!
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Rachele DA
Hey, Rachael! This is your old best buddy from a long time ago wishing you all the luck in the world and mountains of congratulations! I still have to say that I hope it is a girl so we Rachel's (with varied spelling) can both have two Abigail's... (everyone now say it together...) AWWWWW!!!!! Love you Lots! YTFA. Rachele DA
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Mom
I was about as pregnant as you when I decided I was NEVER getting pregnant again! I was lying across my bed wishing for God to let me die now (sounds like a bad drinking experience, huh?) before I threw up again. Just remember, every day of feeling sick means you're one day closer to feeling better. How's that for comfort?
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Aunt Becky
I am so excited for you guys. I have the number of weeks pregnant you are marked each Tuesday on my calendar. Though the due date is May 2, I'm hoping for April 29 (my bday). I will be on the first plane west after school gets out. I can't wait to be Great Aunt Becky !!!!!
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Jen
I love having pregnant friends!! It is so exciting to watch you all go through so exciting life changes!! Congratulations! I can't wait to witness this over the next 8 months(I am sooo bad at math that I can't even figure out how much is left...).
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MOM
I did it. I bought a pair of baby socks. I couldn't help it. They were so cute with little bears on them. They're really tiny and have orange stripes. This is only the beginning.....
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Brieshon )
This is way cool! I am so happy for you. Congratulations! I will be checking in on your blog regularly! YAY!!!!!!!!

Sam is Here!

According to my dad, only 2% of babies actually arrive on their due dates. But are you really surprised that mine did? I guess he takes after his Mama and likes things to happen on time!

Samuel Denn Heiner came into the world at 3:11 pm on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and was about 20 inches long, and has a VERY full head of very blond hair.

I did not have any contractions whatsoever until Monday, and they were hours apart and not strong at all. Justin and I went to bed at 1:30 am, thinking about our doctor appointment today and whether we would start thinking about implementing labor if he didn't come in the next few days. 2 hours later at 3:30, I woke up in bed to my water breaking. I waited about 1/2 an hour and had a couple of contractions, so we called the hospital and headed over to labor & delivery. We got to the hospital a little before 5 am and I stayed on the monitor for a while. When we got to the hospital they didn't do an internal exam, and my contractions were about 6 minutes apart. Since my water broke before we came to the hospital, they told us that depending on progress, they would probably start pitocin to augment labor around 9:30 (6 hours after the labor started). I walked around and Kira and Mom got here a little while later.

The contractions got harder and longer, and it was not too long before I was considering re-thinking my idea of not wanting an epidural. Around 7:30 am, the doctor came and checked me, and I was 6 centimeters already. Then, the contractions got further apart, but longer and more difficult. At 10:00 am, we decided we did want to use pitocin to speed things up, and I also decided that I wanted an epidural. It was great! I could even have pleasant conversations with the people around me during the once excruciating contractions.

Around 12:00 pm, Laurie and Rob had arrived. Around 12:20, I was still 6 to 7 centimeters, and the nurses suggested I kick everyone out so I could get some rest. So just evacuated the room, and we rested while listening to Sarah McLachlan. Since I only got a couple hours of sleep last night, it was good to be able to rest for an hour or so.

At 1:15 pm, the doctor stopped by because the baby heart rate was sporadic. I was given some oxygen and was checked out and found out that I was already 10 centimeters, and it was time to push. Since we had been told that it would be at least an hour and a half before we would even be getting close, everyone was still far from the room. We rounded up Mom and Kira, put everybody else on alert, and around 1:30 pm, the pushing began. It sure was hard work. I still was not feeling any pain because of the epidural, but I could feel tremendous pressure and (especially near the end) a very strong urge to push during the contractions. When I saw the contractions spiking on the monitor, I was glad that I could not feel them as well.

About 2:00 pm, Justin's mom got to the hospital. She had just come from Puyallup, where Justin's cousin had given birth about an hour earlier. She was so happy that she was getting to witness two births in one
day.

During the pushing, Kira, Edie, and Deanna were in the room encouraging me. For the most part, it was quiet and calm in the room, which helped me relax. The occasional joke about silent births was made as well.

When we were able to see the head, the doctor, Rob, and Laurie came into the room to cheer me on. The last 10 minutes was definitely the worst part, especially when Sam had half of his head popped out for upwards of two minutes. But then, after 1 hour and 40 minutes of pushing, it was over. A beautiful baby boy was placed on my chest and everyone in the room was driven to tears.

I know that Laurie got some beautiful pictures, and we will send some out as soon as we get them.

Although not a champion eater yet, he is definitely a world class pooper. Before being in the world for more than 2 minutes, he had already dropped his first load. And within a half hour, he had already gone twice more. It was then that they decided Justin should give him his first bath and they should put a diaper on him.

It is now 7:15 pm. Everyone is gone and Sam is sleeping peacefully in my arms. We will be going home tomorrow afternoon, and Edie will be staying with us for a few days to help out.

If you would like to come and visit, please let us know. You can call Justin at xxx-xxx-xxxx, or e-mail us. After a couple of days at home, we will see what we are up for.

We look forward to seeing you very soon!

Love,

Rachael, Justin, and Sam Heiner

It's Definitely a Lazy Sunday

Well, it's Sunday and there are 2 days until baby Sam is due. Today I just feel slightly off. It's hard to sleep at night. The combination of getting up every hour to go to the bathroom and having to change positions doesn't make for a lot of really good sleep. I was in bed for 10 hours last night and still felt exhausted an hour after getting up. I'm so sore when I get up, my back and all my muscles in my stomach. I'm still restless, but I no longer really feel like walking around carrying my bowling ball stomach. Yesterday I was having backaches and felt sick to my stomach for a good part of the day. Also, can I just say that whatever they did to this blog to make the ads appear IN my journal entry is very annoying to me. They could at least put a box around it or something so it's not running into my text.

Since we're almost to our due date, it's time to start thinking about what we want to do if Sam doesn't come in the next week. We have a doctor appointment on Tuesday, and I think the doctor is going to talk to us about induction. He said they don't usually like to let people go more than a week over because of various risks, including a big baby. I've been reading a little bit about induction and I just don't know what I want. On one hand, I am definitely ready for this baby to come. But on the other, despite my discomfort, I still want things to happen naturally. I'm concerned about going into hard labor quickly since I haven't had any contractions yet and have no idea what they are going to feel like for me. I'm afraid that by getting induced, I may be less likely to avoid the epidural. Maybe I'll need/want it anyway, who knows? I guess it's just something to think about over the next couple of days.

Some of our best friends moved to a new house this weekend, and we went over there last night. My favorite thing was they have a very big family room in the basement that will be awesome for the kids, and for hanging out. They're coming over in a few minutes to drop off their kids (2 & 4 years old). We had dinner with them last night and thought they might need a few hours without the kids to rest or work on the new house without watching the kids. Hopefully they won't be too rowdy since I'm feeling pretty lethargic. They're usually not too hard to take care of.

Not much else to say for now. I'll keep updating frequently, and hopefully soon I'll have some news about Sam deciding to join us! I think I'm going to go eat something, maybe that will get my energy up and make me feel a little less gloomy!

Okay, Sam, It Is Seriously Time to Start Thinking About Coming Out of There

Here I am, 4 days until my due date. Still have not had any contractions. Baby has still not dropped. I am officially ready to not be pregnant anymore. I didn't think I would ever get to this point, but here I am! I even walked up a flight of stairs voluntarily today. I am huge and feel like I'm carrying around a few bowling balls on the front of me. I get out of breath from titny things because my lungs are squashed up. And best of all, last night I got up EVERY HOUR to go to the bathroom. That's right. Every hour. 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, all the way until 10:00 when I finally decided to just get up. Argh! Let me rest now before he gets here! That is not in the plans I guess.

The worst thing now, though, is that I am still restless and want to "nest", but everything is already done! There's nothing left for me to get ready. The hospital bag is packed, the crib and changing table are set up, the infant seat is in the car, everything is washed and clean and in it's place. I am so distracted that I can't even read a book. It helps to get out of the house, but the days are going by rather slowly now.

The best news of all is that our bathroom is not yellow anymore! YAY! Kira came up yesterday and painted it for us. We used leftover paint, so it's blue and purple now. Today Justin and I went to the store and got new rugs and a new caddy to hold all of our stuff since we don't have a medicine cabinet. It looks great, and I'm so happy that our house has no more yellow walls!

Not much else to report. I will keep posting. My next doctor appointment is next Tuesday, so if nothing happens before that I'll post another update then!

39 Week Update

Well, 39 weeks down. I had my doctor appointment today. Pretty regular - baby's heartrate is 150-160, he's still head down, and I'm dialate 2-3 cm. So, a little progress from last week. Things are just moving along slowly I think. I still haven't felt any contractions. I talked to Mom and she said she never had contractions before she went into labor. We have another appointment scheduled for next Tuesday (my due date!), and he said that they don't like to let people go much more than a week past their due date because the risk of having a c-section or a big baby increase a lot if you're 41+ weeks. I think by next Tuesday if I am not progressing much I will be ready to think about scheduling some kind of induction. I would rather things happen naturally, but I am also getting very restless and I think now I'm ready to meet my baby. Last night I was sitting around feeling restless and realized that my mind has started to shift in the last day or so, and I'm starting to be ready for this baby to come. I've felt unprepared and unsure for the last few weeks, but now I'm ready to meet Sam and to start taking care of him and getting to know him and learning what the heck I'm doing. Mom is probably going to stay with us for a few days after Sam is born to help out. Then Aunt Becky is coming to visit in June, and Dad, Helene & Lianna will probably come near the end of July. Justin is definitely ready for Sam to get here. He wants to meet him, and he's always trying to make me walk up and down flights of stairs to help me go into labor. Ha. I have been doing more walking around in the last week though - probably just because of being restless. Yesterday I didn't do ANYTHING, and by evening my mind was jumping around everywhere and I wanted to do SOMETHING, but I didn't know what! Well, that's all for now. I've got to go get ready so I can go to the movies. We're going to see "American Dreamz" with Brooke tonight.

Happy Monday

I am sitting in our living room looking outside - it is beautiful out, very sunny! We are getting to the point where we'll probably have our sliding doors open for summer. The cats love to go out and hang out on the deck. It's supposed to be 72 today! Then most days are in the high 60s for the next week or so.

Mom and Kira came and hung out for a while yesterday (see photo album for one thing that ensued). I guess next time I see Mom, she'll be on her way down because the baby's coming! Crazy. She brought him a cute outfit with a shark on it from her vacation at Edisto Beach. Kira is coming back on Wednesday because she is awesome and is going to paint our bathroom. I wanted to have it done before Sam got here (hopefully that will still be the case), and I knew if we waited we would never do it. But it's so nice that she is coming to do it for us. Plus it means I get to hang out with her while the paint dries.

Not much else is going on! Justin's working right now and there are only a couple of things I want to get done, and we'll probably do them today. I have my bag packed and ready to go and everything. We have a doctor appointment tomorrow (Tue) at 1:30, so I will definitely post an update about what the doctor says then! I hope everyone out there is having a happy Monday even though I know that it is hard to do that sometimes!

T Minus 9 Days!

Time for another update! It's 10 pm 9 days before Sam is DUE to join us! I'm pretty tired - the last 24 hours have been busy!

Last night we babysat Seamus & Lorelai overnight so Brooke & Dave could have a kidless fun night out for their anniversary. It was part of the Christmas present I gave Brooke, and I told her that it would expire May 2! No problems there - they're so easy to babysit, good kids. They stayed up late, which was fine since we're up late anyway, but once they were asleep we got sucked into some silly TV shows (dang TLC!) and ended up not going to bed until almost 3. Then just because we are so spoiled by our bed, and because we were away from home and I don't even sleep that well at home anymore, neither one of us got much good sleep.

We thought we'd come home today and be able to nap, but when we got home, Justin's laptop had crashed. It was sitting on the desk saying it couldn't reboot because of a corrupt file or a missing file, so we had to take it to Best Buy to get looked and and ended up being out for four+ hours shopping and stuff. We finally got home and Justin made dinner, and now he's working and we're watching TV.

I posted a new picture to the photo album when we got home, so check it out. I feel enormous, but I guess that's to be expected at some point. I don't know why, but in the last week I have actually been doing a lot more walking around, so that should help move things along. Justin tried to make me climb a flight of stairs today so I would go into labor. HA!

We're sort of just in a holding pattern right now. Not much left to do except wait! We have most stuff ready, I have one more load of laundry to do, but that's it. Everything is set up and we just need to practice with the car seat a little (although since we'll just be using the infant seat/carrier at first it's a lot easier to take in and out), and set up the co-sleeper that Tara lent us to decide if we want to use it. It's another piece of furniture in the bedroom, but we'll see how we feel when it's the middle of the night and the baby's up. It might be worth it to have him closer to our bed since we don't really want him to be sleeping in the bed with us. Our diapers got delivered on Thursday so we're all stocked up and just have to call to start up the weekly delivery after Sam gets here!

We are both very excited and nervous, and everything else. We can't wait to meet Sam, and I do feel a little more ready than I did after my doctor appointment last week. I guess now that it's sunk in that it's really coming soon, I have to get used to it! I'm still scared of labor, but I am trying not to think about it since there is nothing I can do about it!

Tomorrow Mom is stopping by on her way back from Tacoma to visit, and that will probably be the last time we see her before the baby comes! Crazy. Well, I think that's all for now, my back is starting to hurt from sitting at this computer. My next doctor appointment is Tuesday afternoon, so if not before, I will post another update then!