Maya Rose: Day 3

Day 3 was pretty uneventful, which is good when you are in the hospital and you have a newborn! Neetie and Cole came to visit for a few hours and so did Aunt Kate. We felt Cole needed some time with us, so we  sent Maya to the nursery and we all went to lunch in the cafeteria here at Good Sam. 

After lunch, Cole helped bring Maya back to our room from the nursery and he wanted to "pretend sleep." This is a new game he started last week. We realized this was the opportunity to try and get him close to Maya since he still did not want to hold her. This was a pretty big success as you can see from the pics below! Also, Cole is the master of the elevators here at the hospital. He ALWAYS has to push the buttons, both to call the elevator and once we are inside the elevator. He announces everything he is doing to anyone who will listen and the elevators are always full, so there is usually someone who engages Cole and lets him push buttons for them as well. He loves this!! 

Neetie, Cole, and Kate left after a while and the three of us were by ourselves until Emily Taylor visited us. We roped her into picking up dinner for us (Dewey's pizza, YUM!!) and she was thrilled to meet Maya and hold  her for a while. 

Maya was a little more alert on this day and we were able to get a few pics with her eyes open. We also received flowers from Megan's "family" at TGG and we also received flowers from Gran, Grandpa, Aunt Sarah, and Aunt Kristen!! The room smells WONDERFUL and not so much like a medicine cabinet! Cole also brought his sister some balloons and he was very proud of himself. Overall, it was a pretty quiet and uneventful day!! Stay tuned for more updates!

Maya Rose: Day 2!!

We had lots of visitors today! Neetie, Paw-Paw, and Cole were obviously back again. Cole had speech in the morning, so they came up later in the evening, around dinner time. Cole is still figuring out what is happening, but he is doing a great job as a new big brother (for the most part). He helped me push Maya to and from the Nursery and he was more willing to sit with her and get his picture taken. Still not ready to hold her yet, but he was definitely interested in her and her crib (see pics below).

Although we didn't get pics with our camera, Stephanie Honebrink (one of Megan's good friends) and a majority of the Bain clan (Jordan, Ann, Catherine, and Spencer) stopped by to see Maya on Tuesday as well! 

Kate Reshoft (Aunt Kate) was here early in the day and was super excited to hold Maya!!

Danielle Simpson (another of Megan's good friends) and her new son Bryce stopped in as well. Yes, Bryce's shirt says "Hide your daughter." Bryce: I have a shotgun, just letting you know!!!

Amy Diesman Raible, a high school friend of Megan's, stopped in and, even though she has 4 of her own, she did mention that she would like to have another! Ahh, the power of newborns!!! 

We loved seeing everyone and we continued to get many well-wishes and prayers via facebook, text, etc.! Thank you to everyone, these are greatly appreciated here in the hospital!!

Other than all of the folks who came to see us, all is quiet here in room 1313 (no, the hospital is NOT on Mockingbird Lane). Maya is feeding relatively well, although she did lose some weight when they weighed her in the evening. She was down to 5lbs. 11.5 oz., which is about a 7% loss. They don't get too concerned unless her loss is over 10%, so hopefully she feeds better today. If not, we will supplement with formula in order to get her gaining the weight she needs. 

More to come Wednesday evening or Thursday morning!

Maya's 1st pictures....

Maya got her first photo session at the Hospital on Tuesday.  Below  is the link to see them:

http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=77424dbc-9278-446a-84f8-ec003ce2763a&babyid=4faa2f3b-aec8-4a85-8401-ba99fa6e9e78

ENJOY!!

Maya Rose Baughman is HERE!!

Maya (pronounced Mie-a) Rose Baughman

Well, despite bed rest and literally gallons of water for the entire weekend, Megan's fluid levels were lower at Monday's doctor's visit. Dr. Lautman gave us 2 choices: 24-hours in the hospital with IV fluids and then check again OR deliver a baby. With our concerns about what happened during the labor and delivery of Cole, we were more comfortable with moving forward with delivery. The doctor was fine with this decision as everything else with baby looked great and he did not have reservations about delivering her at 37 1/2 weeks. We were excited to meet Baby Girl Baughman (we had not decided on a name until after she arrived).

We went back to Neetie and Paw-Paw's and got Cole squared away. Then, Megan and I were off to Good Samaritan Hospital to check in at 1:30 in order to prepare for our scheduled 3:30 C-Section. All went smoothly and according to plan with pre-op, C-Section, and recovery (much to the delight of the ultimate planner Megan!). 

While in pre-op, Megan's original OB/GYN (who was put out of commission at the end of May due to a surgery and wasn't expected back until the end of June) arrived and surprised us! She told us she would be assisting Dr. Lautman with the surgery. Megan was ecstatic!!

Neetie left Cole with Paw-Paw and headed to the hospital and waited for us during surgery. The C-Section was flawless; it was pretty much the complete OPPOSITE of what we experienced with Cole! Megan did not feel any cutting (besides the normal "tugging" and "pulling" that is expected) and was able to stay awake for the entire procedure. Baby Girl come out crying, much to our delight, and had absolutely NO complications! She scored a 9 on her initial APGAR test and followed with another 9 on test #2 (Cole scored a 1, 4, and 7!). I held Maya for about 85% of the time in the O.R. until it was time to move to recovery. Megan held her from the O.R. to the recovery room. Maya officially arrived at 3:51pm and we were in the recovery room by 4:30ish. I immediately went and retrieved Neetie from the waiting area where she was anxiously anticipating any news about the baby. It was my pleasure to inform her that everything went as planned (Again, this was the opposite of our experience with Cole when I had to inform Neetie and Paw-Paw about the extreme complications that occurred with him). 

We spent a peaceful and relaxing 3 hours in recovery with Neetie, much to her great pleasure, getting a majority of the time holding Maya. We were moved to our room on the 13th floor around 8pm where Paw-Paw and Cole were waiting for us. The next 2 hours consisted of Paw-Paw getting his turn with Maya, multiple visits from our great RN's and other specialists, feeding, etc. However, a majority of the time was spent watching Cole as he was introduced to his new little sister! This was comical at times, but what else could we expect with Cole! He wanted to see her, then he didn't. He didn't want to hold her, then he did, then he didn't. He LOVED his disposable camera (although he was confused about why he couldn't immediately see an image of the pic he took) and he took 23 of 27 pics almost immediately. He opened "his" gift TO Maya and then he opened his "gift" FROM Maya. He was super-excited!!

At the end of Day 1 Megan and Maya were doing AWESOME! We were blessed with a TON of well-wishes from family and friends! Cole is struggling to call his sister by her name, he simply wants to call her "my baby sister!" We guess that's our fault since we didn't have a name for her during the entire pregnancy. Oh well, if that is the worst thing going for us on Day 1, then things are pretty good! 

Stay tuned for more pics!!

Bed Rest....

Meet my friends for the weekend!!!  After an ultrasound showed I had low fluid on Friday, I have been placed on Bed Rest till Monday morning with the strict order to drink at least a gallon of water a day..  That is a lot of water!!!   I will go back on Monday and get a re check.  If my fluid is low still, then off to the Hospital, if it is up, then I will have to continue the drinking of a gallon a day, but will be off bed rest.  I will also continue getting checked every 3-4 days as well..  WISH US LUCK!!!

Cole singing the ABC's

Cole is getting so BIG!!  Here he is singing the ABC's  He can even recognize all 26 letters and he can count to 29.

C-Section Date is Set!!!!

So Baby Girl Baughman will be here on June 21st at the latest!  The C-section date is set and we are Ready!!!

Here Cole and Daddy are helping my cankles!  They are sweet boys!

Here is a picture of me at 35 weeks and 2 days!  Getting big for sure. 

Cole is really getting excited about his baby sister and has been helping get everything ready.  When we talk about things like his B-day party, summer activities, etc, he always ask "and my baby sister will be there"?  It is fun to finally be able to say, "yes, she will" :)

I have let Cole pick out a few things for her and he he is posing with a toy for her car seat.