Mommy's 2 little girls

This is probably the closest that the cat has every gotten to Megan. For the most part Pearl hasn't been very interested in Megan.

Meeting Uncle Mike

Shawn's brother came to visit with Shawn's mom. He got over his fear of babies to hold Megan for just a couple of minutes.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Megan is 3 weeks old and Shawn had his 30th birthday. (That is why Megan's outfit is so big- I wanted one that said something about dad.) Shawn's mom babysat so we had our first date night. We went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for a very yummy and very filling meal.

3 Weeks Old

Megan had her ultrasound on Friday. She slept through the entire thing-no crying!!! I thought they said everything looked ok, but Shawn didn't hear them say that. I called the doctor for the results yesterday but we are still waiting for a call back. I'm sure everything was fine though or they wouldn't have let us leave.

Watch Me Grow

1 Week Old



2 Weeks Old



3 Weeks Old

Photos

My sister found a photographer to come to the house while she was here visiting. Here are a few of our favorite pictures:











WOW!!! That was difficult to narrow down to just a few favorites!!!

2 Weeks Old

Today we had our 2 week pediatrician appointment. Megan is up to 7 pounds, almost back to birth weight of 7 pounds 1 oz. She grew 1/2 inch and is up to 19 inches. The doctor isn't worried about the swelling on her head but we are having an ultrasound on Friday just to be safe. Overall, the doctor was pleased with Megan.

Watch Me Grow

1 Week Old



2 Weeks Old

Tummy Time

Megan was too tired the first time we tried tummy time



A little more awake the next time, but NOT enjoying herself

First Bath

Newborn Photos at the hospital

1 Week Old

Watch Me Grow

Copying from my sister, I have a 12 month onesie to take a picture of Megan every month so we can watch her grow into it. Here is the first picture.

1 Week Old

Pictures from Aunt Allison's visit

Picture with a cupcake from the b-day party of cousins Parker and Anna



Picture with Aunt Allison



So relaxed

First visit to the pediatrician

Megan's weight was back up to 6 lbs 12 ounces. (When we left the hospital it was 6 lbs 9 ounces)

Coming home from the hospital

Cute going home outfit



This carseat is big (The nurse put a blanket in it so I couldn't move around as much)



And exhausting



Home sweet home

First Photos

Day one at the hospital:









Dressed up for hospital pictures:





Meeting Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan:

Birth Story

Details provided by Shawn, since I don't remember most of it!

We finally went in Sunday for an 11:30 am induction. I received 3 doses of misoprstol. The 3rd dose was at 9:00 pm. After administration, you are not allowed to move for 1 hour. (Ok, you can move a little. But you have to stay in bed flat.) I was watching the clock, counting down the minutes to when I could finally use the bathroom. When there was exactly 1 minute left, I had a horrible pain and thought "did I just pee my pants?" Then realized, my water probably broke. (This was around 10:00/10:15) We called the nurse and they confirmed that it had broke. They told me that at this point, I would not be going home without a baby. I was pretty surprised that it was finally going to happen. I was expecting that I would watch the rest of the Academy Awards and go to sleep.

Contractions started immediately after and that is when the real pain began. When the doctor checked me, I was only 1 cm dilated. They couldn't give me the epidural because I was not dilated enough but eventually I was given morphine which helped a lot. (They were afraid that the epidural would slow or stop the contractions.)

Shawn went to bed at 1:00 and woke up at 2:00 when a nurse came in. I still had not made much progress. However, since I had made some progress (dilated 1.5 cm) they hooked up an IV with oxytocin. An hour later, the contractions got really strong. After about five of these contractions, we got the resident back in, and I was dilated 6 cm. An internal monitoring device was inserted to better track the contractions. An epidural was also ordered and hooked up in the next 15 minutes. By this time, I was dilated 9 cm and it was around 4:20 am. Then I started having contractions where I felt the need to push, they called the resident and by the time she came, I was fully dilated and allowed to start pushing. That was at 5:15 am. I continued pushing until Megan was born at 7:00 am on Monday March 8th.

She weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Week 39

Today is induction #3. Everyone keeps saying third time's the charm. With my high blood pressure, I don't think they will let me go home again without a baby. So this might finally be the time!

Another delay

Induction attempt #3 scheduled for Sunday.

Delay in birth

Baby Sullybean wasn't ready to come out. The induction wasn't working so they sent me home to rest more. I go back on Tuesday for try #2.