Doin' Good

I have to say for having a baby a week ago I've been feeling pretty good. The whole having a baby thing went a lot smoother than I thought it would. I scheduled an induction for 8 on Wed. the 22nd. We got to the hospital about 8:30, because apparently Ryan wasn't in a hurry. They started my pitocen around 9:30, I got my epidural around 11:30 and the baby arrived about 1:30. Three contractions and he was out. I have to say I was amazed. It took about 12 hours and 2 1/2 hours of pushing. Because everything went so well my recovery was a lot faster than I expected.
I can't thank Ryan's family enough. His mom and sister cleaned my house while I was in the hospital. Then Monday and Tuesday they babysat Ike so I could get some rest. My parents were able to be here for the birth too which was great. I even got a few foot rubs out of it. Thanks Mom. My friends Kellee, Amy and Hannah all came to see me at the hospital which was fun. We got dinner and presents from the ward. And I got a lot of encouragement ant support on facebook. So I just want to thank everyone for all the help and love. I'm feeling good and I have a cute little baby to show for it all.

New Arrival

Ian Charles Weidauer

Born July 22, 2009

7 lbs 10 oz

20.5 inches

Tomorrow is the Big Day

unless something happens today, knock on wood.
I'm scheduled to be induced tomorrow Wednesday the 22nd. Most likely we will be headed to the hospital early. I'm delivering at Timpanogos Hospital in Orem. The on call doctor that day is one I really liked so I'm happy about that even though the doctor usually ends up being there about 15 mins. Ryan's mom and sister want to help with delivery which is cool with me. I told them I have no desire to see what's going on down there but if they do cool. My parents are coming in to town to help out also.
I'll be updating my Facebook status regularly (I think) so check there for updates. I've figured out how to upload pictures onto facebook from my new iPhone but haven't figured out how to upload them to the blog so check there. Maybe one of the girls from my bookclub can show me how to do it since I'm planning on going to bookclub tonight.
Today I'm hoping to relax as much as possible while getting as much done as I can. I'm pretty much packed I just need to pick up my house a bit. And of coarse enjoy my last day with Ike as my only child. He's my little sweetheart, I'm hoping this all doesn't traumatize him too much.

1 Week To Go

I can't believe my due date is in 1 week. I had a doctors appointment yesterday and got the same Nurse Practitioner I had the week before who came in and said 'hi I'm (so and so) do you have any questions ok I'm going to listen to the heartbeat'. Note the lack of commas, that's because she didn't pause. If you are on facebook you may have read what happened this week, but to recap.
She comes in has me lay back, as she is checking the heartbeat she says. "I'm going to scrape your membrane today which will probably send you into labor in the next 24 to 48 hours." to which I said 'um really?' "yeah ok if I do this right it will hurt alot." I kind of started freaking out cause this was all in less than a minute. So she about ready to do it and I say to her 'um, I actually don't want the baby to come till next week'. She looked surprised and said, "oh, most women want me to do it. Ok I'll just check your cervix" which I'm at a 2 and 75% effaced like last week. As soon as she was done she said, OK see you next week and left.
That was the entire visit. She didn't even ask me if I had any questions which being a week away you would think I might just. The waiting room was completely empty when I got there and was empty when I left, so there was no reason for her to rush me like that. Then I realized later that she didn't even measure my stomach, which really pisses me off because I have gestational diabetes and I think monitoring the babies size is kind of important. Obviously I'm still fuming about it today. Thankfully I won't have to go back to her.
So here is what I'm hoping will happen next week based on my experience with Ike. I figure I'm going to need to be induced because Ike was 10 days late and still induced. I want to schedule it for Weds. the 22nd. I'm still a little vague on what I'm doing with Ike since my babysitters also want to be in the room when I'm delivering. I'm not really a planner, but I'm getting frustrated that I don't know exactly what's going to happen like what time I'll check in and how long I'll be in labor. I guess I need to just relax and let it happen.
On a happy note, Ryan got me an iPhone so I'm having fun playing and figuring out that. Also I should be able to take pictures and email or post them pretty quickly. I may have to do some practice posts before then.

The More you Know

Sometimes I wish I was still naive and uninformed because then things like this wouldn't make me so upset. This whole health care reform has had me intrigued for a while now. I get so frustrated when I hear the arguments against it because I know that it's all the lobbyist manipulating the politicians.

Well Bill Moyers show this week was incredibly insightful. His guest Wendell Potter who was the former head of corporate communications at Cigna talks to Bill Moyer and shares some insider secrets. In this interview he tells what is really going on in the insurance companies. I highly recommend you watch THIS.

Ryan and I were talking about it the other day and think (and wish) that Health Care reform should be something that we vote on and not something the politicians are left to decide for us.

The funny thing is, yesterday I was listening to Radio West with Jon Ronson as a guest talking about his book Them. It's about his experience hanging out with conspiracy theorists and terrorists. It intrigued me so I was watching some stuff last night about the Bilderberg Group and some other conspiracy. So today I go to watch the Bill Moyers Journal that I had recorded last night and guess what, all black. It recorded solid black for the full hour. Spooky, jk. I was irritated though so I watched in online.

This video is not short but it's the most informative discussion I've heard so far about health care so I really hope you will watch it. So much of politics today are based on scare tactics. If we are informed then we can't be scared by irrational claims. Might be more pissed off about what's going on but at least we won't be scared.

Shower in the Park

My book club girls threw me a baby shower at the park today. It was a perfect day under the trees. They all brought yummy food and got me some really nice presents. It was really thoughtful of them to do this all for me.

I guess they'd be planning it for a while. Then Hannah got a hold of me Monday and asked if I knew about Saturday, I had no clue, luckily I didn't have plans and everything turned out perfect.

Thanks girls for thinking of me, and the little fellow in my belly.

Knocked Up (WT) Pin Up Girl

Did you have a good laugh? I do every time I look at these. But I love them, can't help it. So I had this crazy idea for my pregnancy shots to do a white trash pin up girl look. Don't ask me where I get my ideas, but I wanted something different than the normal belly pictures. So I asked my friend Cathy (Cotton Sox Photography) and she was nice enough to humor me. They turned out better than I had imagined, which takes an awesome photographer. I love that Ike is in almost all the pictures too. Ryan was a little embarrassed by them so don't give him a hard time about having such a hot pregnant wife.

Young Love

Matt and Maggie

7-3-09

My little brother-in-law got married today. They make such a cute couple, I'm so happy for them. They were married in the Draper temple today and the reception is tonight. It's been fun to have so much of Ryan's family here. It's especially fun to have a new sister-in-law. Now the competition is really on for who is the favorite daughter-in-law.

Congratulations you two!