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For those of you who know Krissy this won't surprise you... shortly after being cleared to walk on her own, Krissy (of course) went over to the baby crib and dressed Danielle up in a new pink outfit.



This is my love, the new happy mama just a few hours after delivery. Krissy did so great, and is recovering very fast. She is tired, but able to walk and get around ok.

First Pix

Here is Danielle with her proud papa. She is clenching my finger with her hand which was good. When she came out her right arm was numb for a while. She seems to have normal strength and movement now. Curiously, baby prefers Starbucks Hazelnut latte's to mama's milk.


Here is baby after her first bath. The nurse swaddled her up really tight in 3 blankets. She looked like a mummy but seemed to enjoy it.

Welcome Danielle!

Danielle Kyla DeRemer was born today at 12:23 pm. Weighing in at 8 lbs, 11 oz, and 20 1/2 inches.

Details: Krissy went into more serious labor that rapidly became very painful yesterday at 2:30 pm. Krissy had what they call a "back birth", meaning that the pain centers in your back, and hurts so bad you feel like you are going to die. They are apparently much worse. Went to the hospital around 5pm, but weren't formally admitted until 630'ish as she was on the cusp, though the pain at that point was unbearable. Krissy had to wait until 8 for pain medicine, and when that did little good she got an epidural around midnight.

Since midnight the experience has been much better. At 6am dilation was speeding way up. Krissy did great and the staff all told me Krissy is one of the "best pushers" they've ever seen (I hope they don't say that to everybody??).

One scare was that apparently Krissy's water broke some time ago. Nobody knows when, not even Krissy or the doctors!! In fact at first they thought the baby head was the water and poked it to break the water... so baby has a couple small cuts on her head from this. They look more like cat scratches, nothing to worry about. Had the doctors know her water was broken they would have induced a while ago. Anyhow baby had muconium (sp?) in her lungs that the staff seemed to be freaking out about for about 15 minutes, but Danielle slowly started to breathe normally and eventually cry. It was really scary for a short time as doctors were running everywhere and we can't tell if this is all normal or if something is really wrong.

Poor Krissy had to wait 2 hours after birth to see baby as she was whisked away and all sorts of sensors were hooked up.

Good news though, baby appears to be healthy, and baby was delivered without inducement. I had some pictures but I think the camera cable is at the hospital so I can't download them yet. Look for the pix sometime this weekend.

Thank you all for your support. It has been appreciated by us both.
Cheers!
-Grant

Induction scheduled for Friday

We were very anxious to get to our doctors appointment this morning, only to find out that I haven't progressed as much as we hoped. All the walks and water areobics aren't really making me progress much. (I LOVE MY GENES!!)
We told my doctor about the early labor contractions and ALL the discomfort for the past 4 days. I asked if I could be induced as soon as possible. she said that was a possibility, but the Birth Center only takes a certain amount of inductions a day (today was booked) so we're scheduled for Friday morning. They will call me at 7AM and tell us when to come in. If things go smoothly (as hoped), we'll be holding Miss D. in our arms on Friday evening!!

As Grant and I were driving home we were discussing that it's a little frustrating because we think of this experience as the BIGGEST and BEST day of our lives, but the doctors, nurses, and staff think it's just another day on the job so I shouldn't be too discouraged. I know this pregnancy has prolonged for a reason (maybe she's waiting for those extra couple strands of hair to grow in... point being is that we've waited long enough so come out already!!

Think happy thoughts for a quick and easy labor on Friday. We'll be posting photos shortly after she's born so you can see how cute she is. Who knows, she might surprise us and come early... but I'm not betting on it. ~K :)

She's Grounded.

Well due to the baby's stubborn refusal to come out, we've decided that she's grounded for 6 months. There, that'll teach her.

Krissy has now been in "early labor" since Sunday early afternoon (no joke). She can hardly sleep, and is generally in pain most of the time. We're not to go to the hospital until the active stage so we're still sitting and waiting. We're going to the Dr. at 10:30 this morning so we'll update after that. Krissy is pushing for being induced at this point.

One request to those of you calling Krissy: Please be gentle and nice to her :-) She's had a rough week.
-G

The Long, Sweltering, Weekend...

Ugh. What a long, hot, miserable weekend we've had here. Poor Krissy has been having pre-labor contractions on and off for days now. They had us come in this evening for an evaluation, and it appears there is very little change since Friday. However, her contractions are getting more frequent and regular, so it could happen soon....

I've been doing my best to keep Krissy comfortable, mostly by creating air conditioning by filling up out cooler with ice and blowing a fan on it. Works pretty well. Sorry to keep you all waiting...
-g

It's a BIRD, It's a PLANE, It's BRAXTON HICKS!!!

Last night around dinner time I was experiencing distinct cramping- a different feeling from what I've recently experienced. We went on a walk and started tracking them- 20 minutes apart and 30 seconds to a minute in length. This lasted for a couple of hours. After a while they were getting further and further apart. Before we thought about calling the hospital we looked online and to our dispair it was only BRAXTON HICKS.
Today is a new day, but I haven't experienced very many contractions. I have a Dr. appt tomorrow morning and we're really looking forward to learning how much I've progressed and to see when my Dr. will induce me.
~K

Our bags are packed....

All we're waiting for is little Miss DeRemer!! Of course, the most anticipated event of our lives and she's fashionably late. We've been walking daily and have started some 'home remedies' in hopes she comes by the weekend. Let's pray she does because it's going to be in the high 80's by the weekend and god for bid I'm still pregnant. Plus she's been marinating in there way too long.... it's time for her to join the rest of us!!

Here's a couple of picture from our camping trip. Boy do I look like I'm going to POP and a cute one of Grant enjoying a brew & the sun!

Any Day Now...

July 16 Update: I finished my carpet job early on Friday, and Krissy's computer was on the fritz so work sent her home (that was her last day). We weren't planning on being able to get to the annual camp-out at Granite Falls, but decided we might as well jump in the car and head out there for a day. So we made it to the camp-out. Of course, we took the inflatable bed/mattress so Krissy would be some-what comfortable. People were pleasantly shocked that we made it, and Krissy was able to get around and have lots of fun. We took a few pix which we'll try to get up here in the coming days.

Krissy continues to do very well, all things considered. I'm very proud of her. As of Friday, the Dr. said she wasn't dilated, but the cervix was compacting, and the baby was starting to drop. We are guessing at this point the baby will make her appearance late this week, around Thursday-Saturday or so. Though sooner would be welcomed at this point.

-Grant

Happy Parents-to-be!!

5 days and counting... it's been a long S-L-O-W week since we are anxiously waiting for her to make her appearance. It's a'waiting' game now, but I must say the weather has been nice and cool lately!!

Posting

Sorry all. It has been brought to my attention that the settings of the blog were such that you could only leave a comment if you had a blogger account. This has been fixed, so now anyone can leave a comment, even anonomously.

-Grant

10 Days and counting...

We had our Dr. appt today and she's still "marinating". 10 days and counting, but I have a sick motherly feeling she'll be fashionably late!!

Everything is set, we've taken the classes, toured the childbirth center, washed all the tini tiny clothes (mostly pink), we've practiced using the baby bjorn, the cats have had fun helping Grant and I put the adorable froggy nursery together. All we are waiting for is our precious little princess to meet us!!

These days I find myself day dreaming frequently about baby DeRemer and what she's going to look like. I hope she has my eyes and her daddy's auburn hair (yes, Grant had auburn hair back in the day, I have photos to prove it!!) Whatever she has or doesn't, we are just really excited to kiss her tiny face and love her unconditionally.

As the days pass slowly but surely... the late pregnancy perks (or lack there of) are defintely kicking into full gear. I find myself making 4 or more trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night, I snuggle 5 pillows now instead of Grant, I have a fan blowing on me at all times, my ankles, feet, hands, face, you name it, it's swollen!! And the best of all consuming more tums than I wish upon anyone. BUT IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE, right moms?!!

I called my mom today to tell her about my appt and to complain about the perks of late pregnancy and the advice she gave me is to relax and to enjoy the last couple of weeks with Grant because the next 18 years are going to be pure heck!! All I can say is BRING IT ON!!

Welcome to the DeRemer Blog!

Hello friends and family (and possibly the rare curious onlooker). We are creating this blog to share our thoughts, feelings, and pictures with all of you regarding the pending arrival of our bundle of joy.

At this time, we are about 12 days from the "due date", and with Krissy's pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome getting worse by the day, the baby's arrival will certainly be a welcome one.

As time goes by we will use this blog to share pictures with you all, so bookmark this blog and visit once in a while. Also, we welcome your posts, comments, etc.

-Grant