Itsy Bitsy Perotti

HE's here...HE is here!!!!

2010-02-19T11:45:00.000-08:00

It only took me 3 months to update :-O

Well, our bundle of joy Joseph Matthew was born on November 16, 2009 and 9:24pm, weighed in a 7lbs 1oz, 20 inches long. Here is the story....

November 15, 2009- I had a doctors appointment that morning and NOTHING new going on...figures. I was devastated, all I wanted was to meet him/her already. So that night, I went to bed around 1030, I laid there crying....Matt must of knew something was wrong and came into our bedroom only to find me a mess in the dark (haha)....so we talked for a little while as he just laid there next to me, doing what he does best and letting me know that everything will be ok. So I said to him...tell this banana to come out already, with that he puts his hand on my stomach and puts his face down to talk to him/her..he said "You are making mommy a nervous wreck, please come out...all we want to do is meet you...." I kid you not that 10 minutes later I got my very first contraction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It freaked me out SO badly but I'm not sure what freaked me out more the fact that Matt had just asked him/her to come out OR that I actually had my first contraction. People always say...you'll know when you have your first contraction & that it's not just a cramp, ummmm they aren't kidding! So with that, I started having contractions every half hour on the dot and they were PAINFUL and lasted long.....at 3am I SHOT out of bed in pain and was like that's it...I need to call the doctor. My doctor was not the one on call, so she told me to come in first thing when the office opens since my contractions were not that close,we decided that since I had an appointment with OUR doctor at 11am the next day, that we'd just wait it out unless of course the contractions got closer, plus frankly I needed to sleep. So we begin to head out to the doctors around 1030 and holy hell, I got one of my WORST contractions, so much so that I threw myself on the floor grasping to the table b/c I just didn't know what else to do....breathing went out the window!! (I will say during this contraction Matt & I were laughing b/c I literally was going "oh my god, I don't know what to do...I just don't know what to do, help me I don't know what to do" as I'm thrashing down on the floor HAHA!! So dramatic (::insert rolling eyes::). We finally arrive and just as I'm about to be called in, I again begin having a contraction in the middle of the waiting room (that was fun!)...I see my doctor he checks me and goes...."holy cow, you are 4cms already..." I went from a fingertip dilated to 4cm within like 12 hours and that's with only having contractions a half hour apart...however while most people have contractions that are like a minute long, 5 minutes apart...mine were a half hour apart and 5 minutes long....I'm not sure which is worse. So with that...he said "time to go. pack your bags and head on up to the hospital". We went home, packed up, called our parents...and off we were!!!!!!! (I get excited all over again even just writing this)

We arrive at the hospital around noon, Matt goes to check us in and one of the nice little old lady candy stripers takes me up to L&D. Our friend Liz who is a nurse in labor and delivery at Huntington Hospital, called ahead for us to let them know we were coming (I mean, our doctor did too of course) but Liz told them to take good care of me (which I didn't have any doubt they would). I'm taken to my room and was told it was the best room in L&D haha! I get dressed, they hook me up to all the monitors and the nurse leaves the room to go grab something, Matt is still checking me and then all of a sudden I'm in there all by myself and I get by far THE WORST contraction yet, I thought I was going to die (dramatic, again I know) but I'm all alone...so I grab the side bars on the bed and begin to remember my breathing, it's not helping but I am calm, the nurse then walks in and says "this is a good one, I saw it from the monitors out there..." YA THINK!!!! It literally lasted for over 5 minutes, it just was not funny at all.

I don't even remember all the rest of the details, my mother-in-law came up to visit first, it was a good distraction to have her there. About an hour later, my parents arrived. I couldn't wait to see my mom, I needed my mom badly, she stayed with me up until my first push hours later. She kept trying to tell me to sleep, even tried tickling myself like how she did when I was little...it didn't work though, I was to anxious and starving might I add!

*more blurryness*

Finally around 3ish I think, they came up and gave me the epi.............all was right in the world after that. I cried when they made Matt leave the room for it but I had the best nurse and she did awesome distracting me. It wasn't as bad as I made it out to be in my head.....actually I don't even remember what it felt like...all I remember was an ice cold sensation go down my spine, it was SO weird but never hurt. While I loved the epi, I H A T E D how numb it made my legs...HATED, this coming from a girl who hates when her mouth is numb after a filling. I kept making Matt move my legs, so I knew they were there HAHA!

So the doctor on call was not my doctor however if there was another doctor in the practice that I wanted to delivery my child, it was her. She came in to check on me about every hour. Finally at 4, they decided that since my contractions were ALL over the place that they were going to start pitocin, I was ok with this. This made my contractions speed up, become more consistent & then my epi began to wear off...UMM! They came back and upped my epi, however this made my legs even more numb now, as if they weren't bad enough but I would prefer that then pain!

**as a side note, I want to add that at some point my Dad was so nervous that he was pacing directly outside of the L&D doors, that I finally asked if he could come in and see me to rest assure that I was ok. He doesn't like seeing his kids in pain and this was killing him. How cute is my Dad?**

Fast forward to about 7ish....she came in, checked me out and said "ok, you want to try pushing...." I was ready, I was ready to meet him/her.

So we set ourselves up.......PUSH...10, 9, 8 ,7 ,6 , push push push push 2, 1...breathe...my Mom then leaves. This was to be a moment for just Matt & I to share, i would've been ok if she stayed but she wanted us to have our moment together alone. Next contraction comes...I push and the babies heartbeat DROPS drastically.....so much so that I have to be put on oxygen for the rest of the delivery. (stubborn kid!) My doctor threatens C-Section b/c she doesn't like that his heartbeat dropped so fast and it's only the 2nd push. Panic sets in...I don't want to have a C! She said if it drops like that again with the next push, that she's going to set up the room for a c-section..I talk to the little one and tell him/her we're ok, we can do this.

Next push goes well....so on and so on.....hour and a half later, i'm still pushing.....during one push at this point the babies heartbeat drops again even while I'm on oxygen, she threatens C a again and literally calls to have the room set up :(.....as this happens, I have a strong contraction and she says PUSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! She said it was one of my biggest pushes yet, and that he/she is COMING and that she had to be on her sterile outfit QUICKLY! Of course as soon as this happens, he begins to get stuck coming over my pelvis....really?? REALLY??! He/she would progress, get over my pelvis and then progress back down.....here comes the threat again of a C, I wasn't having it...I came this far...he/she is coming out this way. 10 minutes later at 9:24 pm....push,push,push,push,push........Our little baby boy Joseph Matthew was here and in my arms. It was the craziest moment of my life and one I will never, ever, ever forget. I couldn't believe it was a boy and that HE was finally here in my arms. We did it! We really did it.

He is the most precious thing to ever enter our lives and I will cherish that moment forever.

He had to be taken away rather quickly, he had some fluids in his lungs but all was ok. Matt got to tell our families, I love that video. I'll upload that if I can on here. We spent two days in the hospital and then were able to come home, I couldn't wait to be in our home with my little family.

& now here we are 3 months later and all is perfect. Joey is the best little boy, he's smiley, cuddly like his mommy, Daddy can make him smile the best, he's very curious, very alert and has been since day one, very strong and always has been, he began "sleeping through the night" at 3 weeks (how lucky are we??!!!). It's amazing to watch him discover new things...his hands, he stares at his feet trying to figure out what there purpose is, he grabs for things now, doesn't fully grasp them on his own but knows he can. He rocks as if he almost wants to roll over from back to belly, which I think he'll do in the next 2 weeks (he already rolled belly to back for me like 3 times in a row and then never again). He loves when we sing to him, and LOVES his changing table for some crazy reason, we have some of our best conversations on that thing.

I love him so much and don't know what my life was like without him now.

Nursery Pics

2009-11-13T12:42:00.000-08:00

The bassinet. This has been in my family since forever. My Mom slept in here, I did, my sister, my nephew. We believe our baby will be the 30th baby to have slept in here. I absolutely adore this.

I just adore this artwork- I got them from here http://farmhousefive.com/store/

Still Waiting....

2009-11-13T12:24:00.000-08:00

I was hoping my next post would be about the arrival of our banana but it's not! I'm 40 weeks 5 days now & overdue!!! The latest update is.....I'm still barely 1cm dilated but 50% effaced, banana is head down, ready to go but yet doesn't really want to come out just yet....he/she is stubborn already. We were monitored yesterday and the baby was active as could be...of course, he/she is just having to much fun to come out! IF I do not progress on my own within the next few days, I am scheduled to go into the hospital Wednesday night at 7 for my cervadil injection, I will stay overnight and be induced in the morning. Hopefully the cervadil works nicely making the pitocin work nicely and I will avoid having to have a c-section......better yet, hopefully I just go into labor tonight on my own!

I can't lie, this has been a difficult week. I'm trying to stay positive, this is not my ideal birth plan and Matt & I are really anxious to meet our son or daughter already. I'm struggling to get through the days, struggling to think properly....struggling so badly that I locked myself out of the house yesterday, which was oh so pleasant HAHA!

I do have to publicly thank my wonderful husband......these last few days I have been on an emotional roller coaster, a bundle of nerves...anxiously awaiting our son or daughters arrival and without him, I wouldn't be able to stay half as calm as I have OR at least laugh about the things I cry about on a daily basis right now. Poor guy, but he loves me.....thank god. He's the best and he's going to be the best Daddy around. (I cannot wait to see him with him/her, I think that's why I'm even more anxious.....I get to fall in love all over again)

Anyway, hopefully the next post will be the announcement!!!!!!!! (actually I'll post pics of the nursery then after that maybe it'll be the good news!)

Baby Pool!!!!

2009-09-30T09:08:00.001-07:00

. . .Baby Perotti's Summer

2009-09-10T06:46:00.001-07:00

It has been a busy one! Baby P. took it's first car trip down to Hilton Head South Carolina (first of many, many to come), 16 hours! She/He behaved well and didn't make Dadddy stop the car 100 times for Mommy to use the facilities, which was a good thing! Here are some pictures of the trip!

Eddie was desperately trying to find where the baby was....it was THE funniest thing ever!!

(& the cutest)

Mommy & Daddy love you!

After Hilton Head, we had busy weekends with birthday parties, BBQs...etc..etc.. Even as the summer has come to an end we still haven't slowed down!

Lots of Baby P. things going on...we took our hospital tour, which was very exciting! While we were on the tour a baby was born (they play a song throughout the WHOLE hospital!!), so when our tour moved into the nursery area, we saw the brand new baby (my eyes welled up with tears)!!!! Then while in the Labor and Delivery rooms, someone was giving birth, THAT made it feel SUPER real and scary all in one. All you heard was the doctor counting down and saying "puuuuuuuuuuush" I was like :-O !!! Visiting hours at Huntington are from 12-8 BUT the baby is only with us until 6, so if you come after 6 you'd have to view through the window between 7-8...mark this down now :) I believe grandparents have special visiting hours, I have to double check. We found a daycare, which is a huge relief! My Mom will watch him/her 2x a week, my Mother-in-law will watch 1 day a week and then the other 2 he/she will be at Precious Little Angels :) It's an in-home facility and Matt & I love everything about it (so far! haha). We meet with our first pediatrician tonight, which is just crazy! We have our birthing class on Sunday, we are going to New Baby Belly in Bellmore, I'm pretty excited for it!!!!!! Our next doctors visit is on Tuesday, we started going every 2 weeks now. I'm hoping we have a growth sono soon b/c I desperately want to see this little banana again!

The nursery----- HAHA!!! We can't even find paint we like......hopefully I'll update the blog soon with pictures of the nursery b/c I'm getting REALLY ANSY about it!

Until Next time......here I am at 30 & 31 weeks:

. . . I'm SLACKING!!!

2009-09-10T06:45:00.001-07:00

Wow, I have a lot to catch up on!

. . . Glucose Test

2009-08-10T10:17:00.000-07:00

It wasn't so bad :-) All the worrying and I got through it (although, I still don't know my results yet). The orange "soda" I have to admit, I never fully tasted b/c I was holding my nose the whole time, I'm sure it would've tasted fine but I was scared if I tasted it and hated it, it would've been all over. I chugged it down like a champ while Matt encouraged me along the way....I use the word encourage loosely, it was more like: (picture us alone in the waiting room, Matt laughing at me)

Matt: "omg, will you just stop holding your nose...you'll be fine. CHUG it, stop, stoping!!"

Me: "I can't chug an entire coke what makes you think I can chug this, leave me be!!!"

It was not seltzery like people said, it was kinda thicker then I thought (not like barium thickness, I couldn't get that down for the life of me) but it was thick.....syrupy thick. Overall, I got it down, the worst part for me was the 2 vials of blood they took beforehand! Why do they think it's smart to take TWO vials of blood from a pregnant lady who hasn't eaten in 12 hours?? I turned to Matt quietly and said "i think I might pass out, talk to me" Matt was silent....I think he feared I'd faint and be to busy trying to distract me to be able to say anything to me after I told him I was going to pass out. lol (which, I didn't...thank god!) To make matters worse, after he was done taking the vials, he told me to put pressure where the needle was however.....when he told me to put pressure, I turned my head around thinking the needle was out of my arm (b/c I don't look) IT WAS STILL IN and he wanted me to hold the gauze there while he pulled the needle out....as if I wasn't going to pass out beforehand, this made it worse! Anyway, we sat for the hour....Marci & Chris kept me occupied with emails...so I sent them these in return b/c I knew they'd laugh:

After the test, they took more blood and I was on my way! I went to visit Dr. Scanlon again, our banana was good, nothing new to report except him/her were laying vertical which we thought was funny. Head is up, legs were down! No wonder why, I've had to use the bathroom like 4x in an hour, the little banana is clearly kicking the bladder! ;-) As my doctor looked over my chart he says "So I've got good news...no more bloodwork or tests for you" I replied with a good ol' "Yessssssssssssss" Although I was getting use to having blood taken every 4 weeks and was pretty proud of myself for not passing out once or crying, I fear I'll have to conquer my fear all over again when it's time for the epidural which is NOT a time to be trying to get over your fear of needles! (Although, I'm sure I'll be accepting that needle with open arms!!!) He also told us, I had to start seeing the other 3 doctors in the practice, which made me sad but I knew the day would come. I told him he better be on call though for when I go into labor! (not that he could promise that!) I'm looking forward to meeting the other doctors, I hope I like them all.

Anywho, here I am at 27 weeks, can you believe how fast this is going!!!!:

. . .Just because

2009-08-04T06:43:00.000-07:00

I love him to pieces.....isn't my nephew the cutest?!

. . .Random

2009-07-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

So today I went to Old Navy b/c Matt desperately needed new shorts since every pair of his khaki ones he has somehow ruined....besides the fact that I had an awesome coupon and scored some awesome deals, I ended up finding banana's outfit to wear home from the hospital!!!! I've been eyeing different ones like it for some time now and I couldn't pass it up....

How Cute!!!

I'm going to buy two hats one boy/one girl....we like these (UPDATE: Gloria, one of my bestest friends has offered to make these for us as a gift instead of purchasing on etsy!! SO EXCITED. If anyone wants one made, let me know....I'm starting this business for her b/c she makes these exact hats):

Boy Hat Definite:

Girls Hats, we can't decide:

These hats will also be used for his/her newborn photo shoot with Jaclyn Noelle Photography (I graduated HS with her and she does amazing work. . .SO excited!). She'll be taking pictures two weeks after him/her are born :o)

That's all for today. I have a normal check up next week but on the same day I have the dreaded 1 hour glucose test. . .not looking forward to that! Until next week :)

. . .Doctor Called

2009-07-22T15:21:00.000-07:00

. . .Which of course scares the crap out me everytime, you think I'd be use to it now! I had my normal bloodwork taken this weekend for my ongoing low progesterone issue & after being left BADLY bruised (more then ever before, she clearly moved the needle while it was in) I am cleared of taking my medication for the rest of the pregnancy! My body finally loves me and decided it can produce it on it's own. Woo Hoo!!!

On another note....I had my first run in with heartburn today, holy mother of god, please don't ever grace me with your presence again! I have no idea what gave it to me, I had chicken salad with green apples in it (mind you, it's what I've brought for lunch for the last 3 days & I've been fine) & wheat thins. Sadly I'm sure it was the acid in the green apple, another favorite food out the window!

In closing. . . I would love nothing more then a nice big glass of Yellow Tail Shiraz :::sigh:::

. . . Teresa Strassers Baby Blog

2009-07-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

She's so freakin funny....if you have time it's definitely a funny read.

Teresa's Blog

. . . Mommies to be

2009-07-22T08:19:00.001-07:00

This blog I follow has THE coolest ideas for baby showers.... Hostess Blog, you must check it out. Even if you aren't a mommy or mommy to be there are SO many great party ideas!! Matt has suddenly became obsessed with Monkeys since we found out we are pregnant (hence, little banana) this theme would be great for him....it made me laugh which then made me post this entry.

. . .The Nursery

2009-07-21T16:33:00.000-07:00

Baby Perotti now has nicer furniture then Mommy & Daddy but he/she deserves it :-) Here is our progress on the nursery...oh wait there is no progress!!!

Doodles Furniture: Crib on the left (w/ out the drop side though), combo unit next to crib without the hutch & the bookshelf. (spoiled already!)

But we did manage to pick out bedding and a theme. We'll be doing a light teal wall color, with white wainscoting. So excited!

I bought the blanket and window valances from our bedding set, so I could pick out paint colors. In doing so my sister found great accessories at Restoration Hardware Babies, that is where the piggy bank is from, so we've also registered there.

. . .The Baby Bump

2009-07-21T15:44:00.000-07:00

. . .Baby Perotti's First Pictures

2009-07-20T15:28:00.001-07:00

Our little thumb sucker at our 20 week ultrasound, which came back perfect. Look at that little foot!!!!!

. . .For the record

2009-07-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

....Within the last week I've had several people look at me in complete shock when I tell them I'm 6 months pregnant and I know I should love this compliment but honestly when you feel like a house (or just not yourself! I've become a little self conscious, especially in a bathing suit....let's not talk about that meltdown!) sometimes it's better to say "wow, you look great for 6 months" & not "you're pregnant,seriously??" What do you think this is people.....a beer gut???!! ;)

...you be the judge!

. . .Is This Thing On

2009-07-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to start blogging about the little Perotti bundle of Joy that's on his or her way. I'm not really sure what I should be writing but we figured we had family and friends all over and this could be a fun way to update....even when the little one is here. :)

Baby, Mommy & Daddy are moving right along. I'm starting this blog at our 6 month mark...6 months!! How did that happen? How did it go by so fast? I guess this is what it means when people say time goes by really fast when they are growing up!

As a quick catch up....I was very sick at the beginning. Our little banana (matt nicknamed, I call him/her little doodles) hated everything I ate or drank and therefore I was not a happy camper but how could we pass up documenting this wonderful time in our lives. . .

(at least Matt's happy & I give him lots of kudos for having the guts to come into the bathroom with a camera while I'm praying to the porcelain goddess, he's lucky I didn't chuck the camera back at him. Surprisingly...I'm glad he captured this moment though.)

but about 3 weeks into our second trimester it was like a light switch came on and everything went back to normal. I've been feeling great and the baby has had excellent check ups! We went for our big 20 week ultrasound a few weeks ago and he/she is perfect :) We couldn't be happier!

Our banana is very active nowadays and we are loving every minute of it. He/She LOVES Daddy already & on command kicks or moves. Matt will come over and talk to the baby or even just put his hand on my stomach and he/she automatically reacts...does this for no one else, not even ME!! He/She even had the hiccups on Sunday morning, that was fun to watch!!

Well, I'm off to buy the babies furniture with my parents (it's their gift to us!!! how lucky are we?!) I hope you enjoyed my first posting even though I have no idea what I'm doing!