Too tired for words

The past 2 weeks have been a blur. Kara has her days and nights mixed up and she is having pooping problems. She has not had an 'unassisted' poop since last Sunday. She likes to poop at 1AM, so we have to wake up to help her along. Otherwise, I am afraid she will hurt herself.....not to mention the 2 hours of crying that could go with it. She is still sleeping her best between 6am and noon....so I usually don't roll out of bed on the weekdays until 11am. We are going to try to get her into the md this week for a weight check and to see about this problem. I have no idea how long it could last. I am still not feeling 100% either, constant lower back pain has been slowing me down. Maybe my OB will have an answer for me when I see him tomorrow.

Here is a conversation I had with Jordana the other day:

Me: Jordana why do you have to touch everything? (after she brings me an open bottle of Mylicon drops, that was closed before she touched it)
Jordana: I don't know.
Me: You are impossible!
Jordana: I NOT IMPOSSIBLE...I Jordana Kerth!!!

She's finally here...

We welcomed Kara Paige Kerth into the world on 10/13 at 10:20 am. She weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20 inches long.

My labor started on Sunday but really started to intensify around 5pm. We ate dinner and put Jordana to bed and called my father-in-law to come over. By 1 AM I was admitted to the hospital. I quickly got my fluids and my epidural. Of course my doctor was on vacation, so the covering doc came in around 6am to check things out. He had am surgery and they started pitocin after he finished since my contractions seemed to slow down. Once the pitocin started, we were moving!! I pushed for about 10 or 15 minutes and there she was!! Since they had stopped my epidural so I could push, I actually felt her being born (and because she was so big). With Jordana, I guess I was too numb or she was too small. It was a strange feeling. I was so tired. When I got to my own room I slept for about an hour and was woken up by the worst contraction I had ever felt. Since I didn't have my epidural, and I didn't know that I was still getting pitocin....I was pissed. I called the nurse for some pain pills. I really didn't want them because they make me sick and I had alredy thrown up once from the epidural. I had a phenergan shot earlier and it helped me. The nursery brought Kara in and I sent them away. The pain was so bad I was shaking violently. I cried myself to sleep.

I really wanted to breastfeed Kara, since I was unable to do it for Jordana. Once again, the lactation consultant never showed up at the hospital. I knew I had a few days to decide. The first night we were home, Kara slept from 11pm to 5am. The second night, 12 pm to 6am. I have decided not to breastfeed because she is sleeping so well.. I know it is selfish, but Jordana kept me awake for 7 months. I was a zombie and had to take anti-depressants. I really don't want to go through that again!! Of course the minute I made that decision...my milk came in. Boy does it hurt.

Jordana seems to be taking it well. She stared hugging and kissing Kara right away. Whenever Kara cries, she says "it's ok baby". The only problem is there have been some incidents of un explainable crying. The past 2 nights, Jordana has become beligerent and when we try to sit down to dinner, she starts crying for no reason. Randy and I are at a loss. She refuses to listen to us, to the point where what she is doing might be dangerous (standing on kitchen chair) or completely disrespectful (yelling back at us). And when we confront her, she startes blubbering. It breaks my heart and I want to cry with her, but there is just no reason for it. We only hope it is because she is still suffering from strep and may be hurting. We have a birthday party tomorrow, so we'll see how she handles that.

Jordana and the corn on the cob....

Randy made corn on the cob with dinner the other night. He sliced off a bit for Jordana. During dinner (which we have made huge leaps and bounds with dinner time behavior), Jordana saw us eating off the cob...and she insisted she try it. Sure, why not? The first bite was unsuccessful...Jordana didn't use enough force. A few minutes later she tried again...and got a good bite. She wanted more so we gave her the cob that was left over. Jordana went to town on it for like 10 minutes, saying "I did it" all the way.

We were cracking up!!

So we are still waiting for baby to arrive, but at least now we have cable!! Just in time for me to watch the tear jerker CSI season premier last night. I know the hormones pushed along the tears, but I cried alot. It was a good farewell to Gary...he will be missed. I know he screwed up so hopefully he can get his life back on track! Today, we are awaiting Comcast's arrival again because we are still having trouble with the HD DVR box. After our cable was restored yeserday (which took all of 2 ½ minutes to do), the HD box would not boot. After calling Comcast, I took it down to trade it out and got a brand new Cisco HD DVR. It worked great....until I tried to watch a premium channel. After 4 different calls to Comcast, they finally agreed to send someone out today. Still waiting....Luckily we were able to get the premiums in other rooms, and we caught up on Entourage last night. LOVE that show!!!

Still waiting...

Jordana was a week early and came 2 days into my week off I planned on having before she was born. This baby is taking her sweet time. Thankfully I am on disability instead of using precious vacation time. I've had some pains, but they are inconsistent and usually go away when I get up and walk around...must be Braxton hicks. I'm a little concerned because I was at 3 cm last monday. I am not sure where I am at now and my MD is out of town until next Monday. I trust the MD's on call at the hospital. If this was my first baby I might be more concerned, but I know what to expect, and I know the Md is just there to catch the baby!!! I have been VERY tired. Yesterday I got a mani/pedi, ran to the dry cleaners, Office Depot and the PO and then came home. I was gone like 3 hours....and was exhausted. I laid down for a bit, and had some pains. They went away when I got up. Yom Kippor starts tonight.....another reason why I will probably go into labor tonight!!!
We still don't have cable, hopefully that will be solved tomorrow, especially the much anticipated season premier of CSI is tomorrow!!! I am at my wits end with Comcast. Everytime I call I get a different answer and a different level of service. Because I have an appointment scheduled tomorrow morning...I bet I go into labor tonight.... Channel 11 news at 6 will be doing a blurb on Comcast, with them trying to explain why their customers have no service. I can't wait to hear this!!!

A horrible accident...

Yesterday I picked Jordana up from school early to get her a hair cut. On the way I was at a light when police cars and fire trucks tore by me. As I headed down the road, traffic was at a standstill. I was pretty close to the turnoff for Jordana's school, which is at the front of a subdivision, when I realized all the police were headed to that intersection. I could not get to her school. Feeling a little panicky, I managed to find another entrance to the subdivision and wound my way through it to the back entrance to the school. Everything looked alright at the school, but the intersection was flooded with emergency vehicles. I saw children sitting on the side of the road with cervical collars on, and many of the staff members of Jordana's school sitting with them. I parked quickly and headed into the school. Once inside, I asked the first teacher I saw what was going on. Another daycare's bus, headed from a pickup from an elementary school to the daycare facility, just about a mile down the road from Jordana's school, was hit by a truck that ran the light and flipped over. I was told many of the children were not wearing their seatbelts. I ran (as fast as my pregnant ass would let me) to Jordana's classroom...only to find them outside, playing...not at all upset at the commotion happening right in front of them! That's when the news copters showed up. Jordana and I went to the car, and as I was strapping her in, I saw the bus. It was lying on the side where the door is, not the drivers side, and the back doors were open. I saw many of Jordana's school's teachers and administrators helping out. We left and still got the hair cut. I found out on the news, that 7 children and 2 adults were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The truck driver was given a citation. Because the van was just accelerating off a red light, damage was minimal. The rest of the kids walked away. It could have been so much worse. The teachers at Jordana's school assured me, that would never be a concern for the buses because all children riding the buses were required to wear their seat belts. That is non-negotiable. The accident shocked me but I am relieved...I was so scared for the kids and their parents. I hope I never see something that that again. Hug your kids tonight.....

Officially off work...

...let the waiting begin! Today was my first day of maternity leave. When we saw Dr. Stern on Monday, we found out I was 3½ cm dilated and the baby has dropped considerably. My BP is up a little, and with the swollen ankles (which are already thinner from being off them one day!!), we were able to get me out of work with "gestational edema". So now I won't go into labor at work. My first day started out pretty bad...
I had an appointment with Comcast to re-install our cable line today. It was the second time I had an appointment for this. By noon...no word. So I called Comcast and sure enough.."there is no appointment in the system for you". I lost it. The guy I talked to was of no help and said he couldn't get anyone here until NEXT Friday. No can do, I want to speak to a supervisor. They are all in a meeting, call back later. ARGH!!!! In the mean time I called AT&T and signed up for uverse. We will save over $100 a month, but can't get an install until 10/21. That's ok. I am looking foward to recording tv that I can watch in any room...not just the room I recorded in. That's an advantage...when you have kids, they never want to stay in one room for long!!! Bad news is we need a box for every TV (6 of them). With Comcast, we only needed boxes on 4 tv's, the rest we just hooked directly into the wall. But even with the 2 extra boxes...it's still cheaper. I called Comcast back and asked for a supervisor. While I was waiting, the agent asked me what the problem was. I told him we had a line down. He says "We can fix that this week". I was flabbergasted! Why didn't the other guy tell me that??!! Outside repairs are priority right now. If that is the only problem...we can do that this week. So he has me hold for his supervisor...and then when he transfers me...her VM picks up!! I still havn't heard back from her.
Then I spent the rest of the day determining what health insurance to sign up for. Cigna dropped Walgreens for next year. Our new choices are the Walgreens PPO, Aetna and a new CDHP. After hours of calculating and pouring over old claims and calling Mediclaim twice, I have decided on the CDHP. It will take less out of my paycheck, but cost more when we visit md's. That is ok, because I can claim that on Flex Pay. As long as we don't have any major catastrophes, we should save money next year on health care. It won't seem like it becuase it will cost a little more per visit, but the deduction from my paycheck will be MUCH smaller. I spend all day explaining customers health insurance to them...and I needed to have someone explain it to me!!!