Introducing.....

Cooper Bracken McOmie
March 21, 2009 11:07 pm
7 lbs 10 oz 19 inches



For those of you that care here is the gory :) details, for those that don't, scroll down for more pictures.
Friday at my appt. my Dr. checked me and I was dilated to a 4, and she stripped my membranes. She really expected me to go into labor within 24 hours. We thought maybe, but most likely not. And if we did, my Dr. was not going to be there.
Sat. morning we had lots of plans, clean house, and then go do some last shopping, also so I could walk around, we thought it would be a perfect day to go into labor. (I know wishful thinking) Ian let me sleep in, while he cleaned a little bit, then I got up to cut his hair. Well, I was just about done when I felt a gush, and I ran to the other bathroom. I have never had my water break by itself, so I didn't really know if that was what it was because it was really bloody, and with my other two the baby came within about an hour of them breaking my water, so we kind of started to freak out because with being GBS + with this pregnancy, I had to have the antibiotic 4 hours before delivery. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. The kids were playing dress up and Ian had hair all over him, so he just jumped in the shower quick while I threw some clothes in a bag for the kids, and told them to get dressed.
We rushed to the hospital, and they needed me to do a urine sample, but a huge clot came out. They checked me and I was at a 5, and she wasn't sure if my water had broken because of the blood. She called the Dr. on call who happened to be Dr. Bair, (he is a Stake Pres. up here, (but not mine) for those that don't know, and an awesome Dr.) and so we were happy, even though it wasn't my Dr. He told them to keep me, and get the antibiotic started. So I got checked in my room and the antibiotic started about 2:30. I was having little contractions, but nothing that I really noticed. So we just walked around and hung out until 6:30 so they could give me my second dose, and then they started pitocin because Dr. Bair would be in at 7pm. They started cranking the pictocin up every 20 min. and I was having contractions, just nothing that I could really feel, and I could walk through them. The contractions were coming about every 2-3 minutes, and so Dr. Bair came in to check me at about 9:30pm and said I was still a 5 and my water had not broken, so he broke my water at 9:41pm. About 10 minutes later I had an actual real contraction that I had to breath through. I started having them about every 3 mins. I was still trying to do it without an epidural, but at 10:30pm I was about to change my mind. The nurse came in to check me and I was at a 7, so she helped me get into a different standing position, and I had about 2 or 3 more contractions, and I could tell I was going through transition. About 2 more contractions and she paged Dr. Bair, who they would not let leave the floor because of going so fast with my last ones. She got me back into bed as Dr. Bair came in, and she checked me and said there was just a little lip left and so let me have 2 more contractions, and then Dr. Bair checked me and said okay on the next one you can push. I pushed through about 3 contractions so about 6-7 times and he was out at 11:07pm, with a nice little c-cection head they said, and a really bruised face because he came down and out so fast.
He is just perfect for being 10 days early, and started eating and sleeping really good right off. So far he seems to be a pretty calm and content baby. I had a few problems with hemorrhaging right after they got me moved to my room, which was not fun! I have never seen so much blood clots! Thank goodness for modern medicine, and they got it stopped after some more pitocin and a shot and some pills.
We were able to go home Monday. Cooper is doing really good, and Malia and Gunner are doing really good with him, and they just love him! Gunner even had to read him a story last night before bed, and Malia is the perfect big sister.
Here are a few more pictures.

Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures so I can say I posted something.
I know I say it a lot, but Malia and Gunner play so well together, I think I am just really greatful right now, I like to lay down a lot. A lot of the times when Gunner gets in trouble, he cries for Malia. He loves to lay on Malia's lap. It's pretty funny.

Here are the little posers. We got this little suit coat from a family in our ward, and Gunner won't take it off! He loves it! He does look pretty handsome in it though, when he is not wearing it with his pajamas.



I went with Malia and her preschool to the fire station. She had said she didn't want to go, so I went and she was really shy there, and didn't want to get up in the fire truck until her teacher told her she would go with her. Silly girl sometimes! It was kind of fun to see everything, and Ian's FF friend from High School was actually there that day.

I'm still here...

I know it's been a long time and no post, but I just can't sit at the computer for that long anymore. Everyone has been asking if I am still alive. I don't know what it is with this pregnancy, but sitting for any length of time has been really uncomfortable, especially on hard surfaces. Especially these past few weeks, it seems it has gotten worse. It is really hard because I am usually always on the computer!
But just an update on how all of us are doing. Ian has just been working like always, but just got a new calling as Venture Scout leader, his dream calling he says. So we won't both be in Primary anymore. So he can take the baby on Sundays now.
Malia has been taking swimming lessons, and has improved so much! She was a little like her mom and didn't like to put her face in the water, her eyes have a reaction to the chlorine. We got her goggles, and she wore them the first day of her second session and she just took off. The only bad thing is, her teacher said she didn't want her to wear them, until they started swimming in the big pool. But she didn't tell us until after she had wore them for one whole lesson. Malia was not happy about this. But just wearing them one day helped her, and she is doing great with swimming now on her own with her face in the water. She just complains a lot about her eyes, and comes home with pretty swollen eyes. She can't wait until she can start wearing them again.
She is also very excited for her little baby brother to come. She can't talk to me without asking to say something to the baby, about a million times a day. But it is really cute to see the look on her face when she feels him move.
Gunner is well, just Gunner, and is constantly making us laugh. He too talks a lot about when his baby brother comes out, and almost everytime I leave to go somewhere he asks if I am going to go get my baby out. Even though Malia and Gunner play extremely well together, he still is a little brother and will get in these little moods where he just wants to tackle her and sit on her. It is just too funny to watch, because he can get her on the ground so easy.
I am still hanging in there these last few weeks of pregnancy. Keeping busy with Primary for this next week with a quarterly activity, and sharing time, then I have no more responsibilites really until May.
I am 36 weeks now and I had a Dr. appt today. I had to have another ultrasound, it was my 4th! They just wanted to check the baby's growth and amniotic fluid levels because I am measuring 2cm small. Of course everything is just great, they estimate the baby is about 6 lbs 6 oz give or take a pound :). And for the big shocker to me, I am already dilated to a 3 and atleast 70% effaced, she said she didn't want to push around very much and get things started. I was never dilated this much this soon with the other two, but I was at a 5 with Gunner the day before I actually started having contractions on his due date. So we will see if I last another 4 weeks. It is kind of exciting, because you always wish you could come early. But kind of scary because it is still a little too early for me, and I am not ready, but now I think I better stop putting off those last few things. My Dr. is going to be gone my whole 39th-40 week. So it's likely she won't deliver me, again. We will see, maybe I will go before she leaves.
So that is what we have been up to, haven't really taken very many pictures, maybe next time!