Brynlyn Madison Pollard is Finally Here!!!

Brynlyn was finally born. We went in at 9pm and started the induction. Around 2:30 am I got my epidural and we rested until about 12 on 3-4-08. Then it was time to push and at 1:27 pm Brynlyn made her appearance. She weighed 7 pounds and 6 oz and is 21.1 inches long! She is such a sweet baby. Here are some pics from the hospital. This first one is us leaving, and then Brynlyns first ride in her carseat. Then some pics with just Mommy and Daddy and then Brynlyn and the cute orange bow they put on her head. We are so blessed to have her. I am doing pretty good even though after she was born I ended up having to have an emergency D & C because not all of the placenta came out and I
started to hurt really bad and bleed pretty heavily. Thankfully the doctor got there quick and found the
problem so I was out of danger quickly. I did have to have 3 transfusions of blood though. It was an experience I hope I never have to repeat, but you never know. The awesome thing is that Brynlyn is super healthy and I am doing well now too!! Enjoy the pics, I probably won't post again until I feel a little better. We love you all!

Great News!!!

Ok, so we went to the doctor this morning and we finally have scheduled an induction!! I made it all 40 weeks and the doctor doesn't want this baby to get any bigger, so tonight at 9pm we head to the hospital to be induced!!! I couldn't believe it when he said tonight we would be going in but I am so super excited. This baby needs to get here, she is so big, I have still been getting bigger even though all the books say you don't at this point so we are going to help Brynlyn come out. By tomorrow there should be a new Pollard in our family! We will keep everyone updated as best we can. We love you all and wish me luck!

More Waiting!

Well I had my doctors appointment for the week today and again nothing has changed. So I am going back on Monday and we will probably (cross your fingers) schedule an induction. I am getting tired of waiting!! I guess I really need to learn patience but it has never been my strong suit. Other than that I have been walking in the mornings, eating spicy food and trying to reason with this baby that it is time to meet everyone but so far my efforts have been fruitless. We shall see. I definitely think this is going to be a March baby. Well I am also posting a picture of the cool board I painted to hang in Brynlyn's room. It took me a while but I think it is awesome. Well that is the news for now!! I'll either post pics of the new baby next or the outcome of my Monday Dr's appointment.

See ya!

Quick Update

Ok, so according to my Dr. appointment this morning not much is happening. The baby is healthy and wiggly and getting big, but I am still only dilated to a 1 and haven't had many contractions this week. So basically I am still waiting until Brynlyn gets tired of her nice warm comfy home. I guess I can't blame her. So we will keep everyone updated but for now it looks like she will be born closer to her due date of March 4th and not anytime soon. I guess you never know but we will see. Other than that I bought a super cute bouncer today and that just about completes our baby shopping! Isn't it cute? And it is all microfiber. I wish my chairs were as comfy as this one! Well anyways I better go, just thought I would keep everyone updated. I would post pics of me but really it is pretty embarrassing. So maybe after she is born and I lose some weight I will post them so everyone can see how big I USED to be instead of the fat cow that I am right now.

Finally Done!

We are finally done with the paint and border for the baby's room! It took us about 2 months but we finally did it. Here are some pictures. This first one is while we were painting the stripes.

These next 3 are after we finished just from different angles around the room. This is by the closet.
This is just a closeup of the border - the stripes look good with the border finally up!
And here is a shot by the window. We really like it. It is so colorful and it turned out better than I thought it would.
Well other than that I am just waiting for this baby to decide that it is time to come. She doesn't seem to be too impatient to be born so we will see how close to my due date I get. Anyways that's all the news for now!!