William Alfred Parrish

I have finally "allowed" my family to watch William for a bit so I can update everyone about his birth (only 4 days late!)

Saturday, 5/2/09, Kyle had plans to celebrate his best friend Christopher's birthday at the Pizza Port. It had been a very normal day. A few contractions but nothing out of the ordinary. I drove Kyle and Christopher to the Pizza Port around 7:00 pm and went home to enjoy a quiet night to myself. I got home around 8:00 and sat down to the computer with my McDonald's chicken sandwich. I was getting ready to play a nice hand of poker on Facebook and my water broke. Naturally I freaked out a bit. I called Kyle to tell him to quit drinking, get his pizza to go, and get a cab and come home. Him and Christopher came home about 30 mins later totally giddy and high on adrenaline. We got to the hospital around 9:45. We had to wait for a room before they would check me. When they finally checked me, I was still only 2 cm dilated so they wanted me to walk around to see if I could dilate more. I walked around for about an hour and started having really bad contractions. My nurse was amazing. She came and checked me again and I was still only 2 cm but she called the anesthesiologist to give me an epidural so I could try to get some sleep anyway. Around 7 am, the nurse came to check me and I was dilated to 5 cm. My mom showed up around 11:30 and by 12:30 I was fully dilated and started pushing (I apparently was waiting for her so she says). I pushed for about a 1/2 hour and the nurse decided to give me a break while she set up the room. By this time I was getting really uncomfortable on my left side and we realized that my epidural wasn't working. Not fun! We got that all situated and the doctor came in and I started pushing again. 3 1/2 hours later, my epidural started wearing off completely and I still wasn't making any progress. William was laying face up, sideways, and had his hand by his face. They also found out after he was born that his cord was wrapped around his body so every time I pushed, he would be pulled back inside. At this time we decided to use the Hoover Maneuver. It was so painful!! William Alfred Parrish was born at 4:00 pm after 4 hours of pushing. He weighed 7 lbs and was 21 1/4 inches. He was born with quite a cone head but was very healthy. Kyle was absolutely amazing. He was so helpful and was quite the cheerleader. We are very blessed!!

Doc Appt

Yesterday I had a dr's appt and everything is looking good. The dr did another internal exam and pretty much told me he's not quite sure how I'm still pregnant. My cervix is almost completely effaced (just a little piece left) and the baby is as far down as he can possibly get without coming out. So...We're playing the waiting game now. William can be here tomorrow or two weeks from now. We're just playing the waiting game now.

My hubby

I have to brag about my hubby for a quick second. Throughout the pregnancy he's been very vigilant, loving, caring, sweet.....You get the picture. Kyle is a very deep sleeper. So much so that Jack can bark right next to his head in the middle of the night and he won't even notice. That was until I got pregnant. Every time I get up to go to the bathroom or move, he leans over and asks me if I'm ok. The other night, he kept waking me up to check on me. Of course during the night when I was being woken up in between the times I got up, I was not very happy about it. Now that I'm fully awake and I've had more sleep, I am very blessed to have such a loving and caring husband. I don't know how I got so lucky but I thank God that I did. I found these pictures the other day and I thought I would share them again. I love the look on Kyle's face. Mom took these pictures when we fould out the sex of the baby.

Exciting news from the DR

Yesterday I had a doctors appointment and everything is looking good. The baby and I are both healthy. The most exciting news was that the doctor said he would be shocked if I made it to May 16th. The baby is measuring big and I'm already dilated and my cervix is almost completely gone!! WOHOOO....I'll keep everyone updated!

Maternity Pics

Our friends, Mike and Rebekah, took maternity pictures for us and they turned out so good!! For some reason, I'm having an issue downloading the pictures onto our blog. My mom was able to put some of them on her blog so you can check them out there or on Facebook. Here's her link, http://lisa-lisasfamily.blogspot.com/2009/04/anna-lisas-maternity-pictures.html. Mike and Rebekah, thank you again for the pictures and all the time you put into them. They are amazing!

Thankfulness

Apparently God is trying to teach me a lesson on being thankful this week because that seems to be where all my thoughts are this week. Last night I was laying in bed thinking about how uncomfortable I was because William was in playing in my ribs, I was having bad reflux, I had already gotten up three times to go to the bathroom since I went to bed, I was hot, so on and so on. I suddenly realized I hadn't thanked God for the miracle growing in my belly. After that I got to thinking, are we supposed to be thankful for everything we experience even the bad? Is a cancer patient supposed to thank God for the cancer that could take their life? I did a study this morning and I'm still a little fuzzy on what God wants from us when it comes to being thankful. Obviously we are to thank him for everything in our life, but what about the bad stuff or the uncomfortable stuff? I do remember hearing that we should thank God for whatever test and trial we are going through because we are still blessed and God has a plan for our lives and the test or trial we are going through is part of that plan and even though we don't know what the experience will teach us, we should thank God for that lesson. In 1 Thessalonians 5:18 it says, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
So, my what I learned is I'm still confused. I'm still going to have to do some research but this may be one of those things that God is going to have to show me himself. If I am to read into the Thessalonians verse, I would say that we are to thank God for EVERYTHING in my life no matter how difficult the experience is. This is definitely something I'm going to have to work on. Please feel free to add your two cents in on this subject because I am totally unsure and a little lost.

Rant of the day

Sunday was the miss USA pageant and like every year there is always some answer that draws a lot of attention. This year, it was Miss California's answer. Perez Hilton (who is very openly gay) asked her if every state should legalize same sex marriage. Why or why not? Her answer, "Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. Um, we live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and in, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised and that's how I think that it should be between a man and a woman."
Of course, Mr. Hilton was not happy with her answer and has now made a statement stating her answer to that question lost her the competition. Here's where I have an issue. You asked her opinion, she gave it, and it wasn't the same as yours, and now your acting like she's the anti-Christ. When did we become a country that didn't accept that everyone has different opinions? I thought that was one of the things that made America great. I am very impressed that she didn't bow to the pressure of being asked the question by a gay man and give an answer she thought he would want to hear. Here's the YouTube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0&feature=related and here's the link of Perez Hilton's comments after the pageant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_QhM3TK2UE&NR=1 (There is some cussing in this one and it makes me SO MAD!). Today I am thankful that I live in a country where I can express my opinions and not have to worry about government backlash even though other people may be offended by my opinion.