Introducing Benjamin Edward Postlewait
Born April 11, 2011 @ 8:05 a.m.
8 pounds 15 ounces
20 1/4 inches long
We left for the hospital at 4:45 a.m. to arrive at 6. My C-Section was scheduled for 7:30. Everything went so smooth…but I was by no mean calm. I was so nervous I thought I was going to throw up! Everything went perfect and before I knew it, I heard my little boy cry. I couldn’t be happier!
39 weeks pregnant (2 days before Ben was scheduled to arrive) I got food poisoning. Oh my goodness! You are miserable enough being that big and uncomfortable and then for this to happen… It was a good 14 hours of being sick. Not something I would ever want to happen to anyone. It started Friday night and I was pretty sick till Sunday morning. I was so miserable I couldn’t sleep. Oh and have I mentioned my muscle problems? Well, the constant vomiting made it so much worse. And then who can sleep the night before a C-Section? Going into meeting our son, I had no sleep for 3 nights and was running off adrenaline.
Here we are right before we left for the hospital.
I was 38 weeks pregnant on Monday! I can’t believe we will be meeting our baby boy in 5 days (unless he decides to come early). Last week was a little interesting. We had Monday and Tuesday off (extended Spring Break with budget cuts). We went back to work on Wednesday and it was a LONG day as I was having my conferences all evening.
I had NO swelling with Callie Beth so this is so strange to me. I have been swelling (ankles, feet, and legs) the last couple weeks but it always goes down with rest and it hasn’t been too bad. Well, last week it wasn’t getting better. My wonderful husband would run them at night to get the swelling down but the minute I got on my feet in the morning, they were swollen again. The only shoes I could fit in were my Crocs. It makes me feel so disgusting! I was feeling a little off Wednesday and had them check my blood pressure at school. It was a little high but not bad. By Thursday I was not feeling well and my feet couldn’t even fit in my Crocs. I had indents from the little holes on top. I was scheduled for my 37 week appointment that day. By the time I got to the doctor, my blood pressure was 142/84 where my normal is 110/60. My doctor and nurse informed me I would not be working anymore and I am put on partial bed rest (meaning I need to take it easy and stay off my feet when I can). They ran some tests to make sure it wasn’t preeclampsia or anything else going on. If something was wrong, we would have been having the baby right away. Everything looked good!
I feel bad about school and not having a good transition for my kiddos but I realize I need to take care of myself and Baby Benjamin!
I am feeling MUCH better after resting!
Here are a few cute pictures of Callie Beth trying to play baseball in heels. I could definitely handle that….athletic but knows how to wear heels too! :)
I first want to say a huge THANK YOU to Merrie (Grandma) and Tia for taking such good care of Callie Beth the last year and a half.
I went back to work when CB was 5 and a half months old. The bank has been planning on opening a daycare since before Callie Beth was born. When I went back to work, it wasn’t open yet. Tia and Merrie helped us out by watching Callie Beth a few days a week until the daycare opened (short term agreement). Little did we know, it would take a lot of work to make it happen with many ups and downs. A year and a half later (and after all of Aunt Jill’s hard work, it opened yesterday). Thank you!
Another change for CB….I was a little sad. She doesn’t know the ladies at the daycare. All she has known is Grandma and Tia and she LOVES them so much. But I must say she is a pretty good with just going with the flow. I knew she would be in good hands, I just wondered what she was thinking.
Since I am not working anymore, I was able to go and get her settled in on her first day. I knew she would do great with the other kids and playing. Grandma, Aunt Jill, and Grandpa (Poppy) all went to see her yesterday. My concern was naptime. She is so used to being in a quiet room by herself. Now she would be taking naps with other kiddos in the room???
She had a great day yesterday and napped for about hours! Yay! Lets hope it continues. She will continue to go two days a week starting next week and through the summer. That way I get some one-on-one time with Benjamin and she gets the socialization she needs.
In order to only have one diaper bag, I figured this was the perfect time to switch to a backpack. Callie Beth LOVES it!
Here she is showing it off before daycare this morning:
We had Callie Beth’s 2nd Birthday party yesterday at our house. We all had a great time and thank you to everyone who came!
Now…time to focus on Baby Benjamin’s arrival!
Callie Beth had her two year check up this morning! It took her a few minutes to warm up. She was scarred from that E.R. visit not long ago. She kept yelling “owie” when Amy was trying to measure her. She calmed down and was happy as can be. She is a healthy little girl and developmentally perfect :)
Here are her two year stats:
weight………24 pounds 6 ounces………20th percentile
height………34 and 3/4 inches…………75th percentile
No shots today too because we were a ahead of schedule! Wa hoo!
This was from last night. She loves to lay down in the tub :)
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Callie Beth’s 2nd Birthday was yesterday! We had a great day! It involved lots of playing, a little bit of Dora watching, a 3 hour nap, trip to see Daddy at work. Then home for pizza, cake, presents, and a visit from Grandma Postlewait.
Now that we actually have the deck space and drive way where she can ride it, we got her a Cozy Coupe (she loves it at Grandma’s and Tia’s). She calls it her truck…
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My 34 week appointment was great. His heart rate was at 142 and my BP was perfect. Nothing exciting to report. My C-Section is still scheduled for April 11th at 7:30 a.m.
With everything going on, I have not updated on Baby Benjamin as much as I would have liked. I am 36 weeks pregnant and doing okay. I am ready to be done but really need to make it to April 4th to finish conferences at school.
My rib pain is better this pregnancy but my upper abdominal pain is worse. Uhh! I did not swell with Callie Beth but I have been swelling (big time) the last couple weeks. I know it is because I am not resting. I would work all day and then come home and work on the house till 10. My blood pressure is perfect through all of this so no health concerns. And the swelling goes away on the weekend and now no swelling over Spring Break now that I am not on the go all the time. I am fully taking advantage of nap time this week :)
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We decided it was the perfect time to switch to a big girl room and bed when we moved. That way, we cut down on the transitions. New house…new room…new bed. Especially since there will be new daycare and new brother here in the next few weeks! Poor girl!
She was SO excited…we had been talking to her about it for awhile. She just wanted to sit in it while we were putting everything together. Adorable.
There has been a few nights where she wakes up and wants our bed. (Thank you last molar which is giving her a hard time). But we can usually talk her into going back to sleep after a quick trip to the potty.
One night going to bed, she would NOT stay in bed. She kept asking for cookies, or Dora, or Daddy’s bed. I think I put her back in bed 100 times within that hour. I was strong and she finally surrendered! She has not gotten out of bed since. Hopefully that was a good lesson learned.
I am waiting on some curtains, letters for above her bed and a new door and her room will be complete! I will post pics of the complete room soon.
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