Livy's birthday

Sullivan "Livy" Ann Haynie

Born September 22, 2010 6:15 PM

6 lbs 9 oz and 20" long

Wednesday September 22nd I had my second doctor visit for the week with Dr. Nix to check my progress. I went in and was still at 3 cm and 80% but Livy was a little lower so the doctor suggested inducing again. He asked how I was feeling (not well) and I had to admit I hadn't slept in several days due to discomfort. He asked me what I was waiting on (my house projects to be completed) and said the baby would just get bigger. He guessed the baby was weighing 6lbs 4-8 oz and made another good point that I had to have stitches last time with a 6 lb 2 oz baby. So I finally let him send me to the hospital to be induced despite not even having our bassinet out of the attic.

38 weeks 5 days pregnant, at the hospital to have Livy!

I ran by the house and threw a few things in a bag for me (Livy's diaper bag was packed) and picked up Jarom, leaving Addie with Grandma. We got to the hospital around 12:30 pm and back to a room around 1 pm. By the time we were changed and paper work was completed it was about 1:30 pm. The nurse tried to start my IV and blew two veins in the process causing me to shed big crocodile tears from the nausea it caused. I asked for another nurse and they found the nurse that delivered Addie for me and she finally got my IV in after some digging... ouch!

No sooner than they could hang the bag of pitocin on the IV stand Dr. Nix arrived to break my water. It didn't hurt as bad as with Addie and the nurse suggested I have regular contractions before I got my epidural. Pretty soon I was feeling some serious pain with my contractions but they weren't really registering on the monitor and looked like tiny anthills. I was feeling like a weak sauce when the nurse came in asking if I was even having contractions so I told her I was, just lower than the monitor. She moved the monitor and immediately the little anthill contraction jumped off the page. I was finally able to get my epidural around 3:15 pm, relief! The same doctor that did my epidural with Addie did it again this time, and was so nice to come do it when his shift had just ended.

The nurse checked and I was at 4 cm around 5 pm. She had me lay on my back and within about 20 minutes I was feeling some pain. The nurse checked me again and I was 6 cm with Livy at 0 station and she felt Livy's finger on her head! So she had me roll to my left side and gave me another bag of medicine for my epidural. She left the room and within about two minutes I was feeling some serious pressure and I told Jarom I thought it was time. He wanted to get the nurse but I wanted to make sure, so I waited about 10 minutes until I was positive it was time and had Jarom go get her right then! She came in and said I was probably only 8 and was just transitioning and I told her no, I was pretty sure I was 10, because it felt like it did with Addie. I had her check me and sure enough I was complete and baby was ready to come!

I asked if I could do little pushes until Dr. Nix arrived to help with the pain so they were going to let me until I laughed and almost had the baby right then, haha! Dr. Nix arrived a few minutes after 6 pm and told me to do a practice push while he got suited up but quickly changed his mind when they got me in the position to do so, so he quickly got ready and we got started! 4 1/2 pushes and 2 contractions later and we had our little angel! She let out a yell until I snuggled her close and then she was content. Oh and happy side fact... no stitches for me this time, woohoo! Made recovery SO much easier!

Our first Family of 4 pictureDr. Nix with Livy

Livy was a 9/10 on the apgar test and managed to pee on Dr. Nix and then on me. She was covered in vernix and Dr. Nix said she was really "cheesy" and he ended up super messy between the blood, pee, and vernix. I was telling Mom about it once she came into the L&D room and apparently Addie heard it. Addie told Jarom the next morning when he was making her breakfast and asked if she wanted cheese on her eggs "sissy loves cheese and ate cheese in mommy's tummy all the time and got it all over her face, that's silly!"

Addie checking out Livy for the first timeLivy's first morning

Livy hated her first bath just like her big sis did. We came home from the hospital Friday night with Livy weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and a juandice level of 8. Dr. Cochran, the girls pediatrician was happy with her weight so our first doctor visit was scheduled for Sunday. We picked up Addie on the way home from the hospital and she thought it was so great to have sissy next to her. She insisted on holding Livy's hand and still does EVERYtime we get in the car no matter how long the drive. The other day she said "mom, my arm is tired!" so I told her to let go of Livy's hand but she insisted that Livy wanted her to hold her hand.At the visit Livy still weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and her jaundice was at 12 so we didn't have to go back for two weeks. At her two week appointment she was weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and was 20.25 inches long, so we don't go back until her two month visit.

Livy was a champ sleeper that first week with the exception of Friday night. She slept in 5 hour stretches and the last good night we got a 6.5 hour stretch in! She then decided she was done spoiling me (her jaundice wore off) and we've been on 3 hour stretches since except for two nights which were AWFUL. Just as I was at my whits end the last bad morning after being up with Livy for 5 hours and only having 3 hours of sleep I held her up to my face and said "why are you doing this to me? why don't you sleep???" and Livy looked at me then gave me the biggest smile yet. Ah little stinker already knows how to melt mommy's heart! Last night we got a 5 hour stretch so I am happy!

One of Livy's first asleep smiles

Livy is a great eater and is chubbing up fast. She won't really take a pacifier yet for more than a minute or two and the ONLY paci she will take at all is a soothie because that is what they gave her at the hospital. I love the way Nuks look and you can buy them anywhere...but Livy will have nothing to do with them so I finally gave in and my friend picked Livy up some soothies. Sigh.

Addie has been a super big sister. She will sit and hold Livy and love on her forever. Livy gets covered in kisses and hugs all day and I have to remind Addie all the time to let Livy sleep. Addie wants to always be holding Livy's hand or touching her. Addie is a little momma and gets her sissy fresh diapers, wipes, cream, or anything I ask her for all the time. I'm proud of Addie for doing so well with change! The main issue we've had is sleeping arrangements... The first night home from the hospital Addie wheeled the bassinet into her room, so I had to explain that sissy needed to sleep near me, so since then Addie has been in our bed. Luckily our new king sized bed came in a few weeks ago, so we aren't too cramped. The only other issues have just been Addie wanting me to help her do things she did on her own before such as putting on her shoes, helping her pee in the potty, getting her panties and pants on, etc. She also wants to be carried a lot now, which isn't easy when holding a newborn, but we've figured it out now and I do it all the time to keep meltdowns at bay. Addie has truly been great though.

A few other fun facts...

Livy LOVES real baths. She hated the sponge baths, but is all about some time in the water. She especially loves showers with Daddy and fell asleep in the shower Sunday. She even likes for me to wash her hair under the sink... and coos. Addie HATED that.

After her first sponge bath at home

Livy screams more than she cries... she lets out little short yells until you do what she wants unless she gets really upset, and then she cries with big crocodile tears.

She only poops big once a day... she saves it all for night then blows out the diaper and anything around... I made the mistake of taking off the diaper when I thought she was done at 3 AM Wednesday night and ended up with poo on me from my lap to my chin and it dripping off my hands, arms, shirt, and pants. Livy was dripping in it from her waist down... I let out a yelp when it happened and woke Jarom so he got to assist in the clean up efforts. Nights are never dull in the Haynie house now.

Livy is very ticklish and squirms all over the place if you touch her feet.

She hates being wiped with wipes around the front... talk about major screaming!

She loves to sleep on your chest... and will snooze on Daddy all day. We found that out the fun way a few weeks ago and we had two really bad nights!

Her eyes are really blue, I wonder if they'll darken up.

She hates having her arms swaddled at night.

She had a huge outie belly button when she was born and even once her umbilical cord fell off (at 2.5 weeks) but it has been shrinking the last few weeks and is almost an innie now!

She makes a laughing noise every time she goes to nurse, it is like she's SO happy to be getting fed.

And if anyone knows Jarom you know this is his favorite hobby and this picture cracked me up.

Well hope you hung in for this monster of a post... we love and adore Livy and can't imagine life without her. She's so perfect and my heart is bursting with love for our new little angel.

P.S. Look below for my baby sprinkle post!