Doing GREAT!

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since Alyssa was born and I'm recovering very well. I'm almost fully recovered and cant wait to spend some "quality time" with my hubby! The bleeding has subsided its practically like all stopped but im still going to wait the 6 weeks like the doctor advised. Since I had a slight tear, I don't want to risk anything happening. Can't Hardly wait though! LOL

Alyssa has done some really cute stuff too! Yesterday I was sitting on one side of the bed and went behind her and walked to the other side. I noticed that she turned her head towards me and her little eyes followed me. I walked to the other side again to see if it was a coinsidence. Nope I was right she kept following as I walked around the room =). I know its somthing so minimal but to me its a big deal because its a sign that she is growing so fast and observing everything around her. Pretty soon she will be crawling then walking and then leaving off to college. LOL It's just something I thought I would like to share.

ALyssa is 2 weeks now

Yesterday Alyssa turned 2 weeks. She had her 1st doctors appt with Dr. Arlene Francisco Hugh. No shots yet but they did measure her and take her weight. She is now 9 pounds 4 oz and and 1/2 inch longer. My baby is growing so fast. Dr. Hugh says that she is in the 88 percentile and 83rd percentile for length and weight. She is so big and beautiful and she does the cutest little faces. I love her so much. I think she looks like me but at times she resembles her daddy. Every day she changes, and I don't know what imma do when I have to go back to work. I get so sad just thinking about it too!

Today Jason went back to work. I was depressed for the last two days thinking that I would feel lonely. I miss him being here. Its not that I can't do it on my own because I know I could but just having him here just in case something happens was really reassuring. He was a great help. When I needed to shower, or prepare her milk he would watch her. If she was sleepy or needed a little attention he was really good at putting her to sleep. Also if I was tired and wanted to rest he was hereso that I could rest while he took care of our little precious angel. Now he is at work and I miss him so much! My mom is here helping out with what she can which helps. Also writing about it kinda helps too. I'm venting! :)

Here are some updates:

Alyssa's umbilicord cord stump fell off on moday that was exactly 10 days.

She is also eating more. She is up to 4 oz bottles sometimes.

Doctor says she is a big baby maybe a b ball player. lol maybe!

1 Week Old

Today my baby is 1 week old. I cant believe it! She is the most adorable little angel and does the cutest things, and to think its only been 1 week. WOW! Everything seems to be going well. She started eating very little like 1 ounce and then 2 and now she is up to 3 ounces every feeding about every 3 to 4 hours. She also makes the cutest face when she poops. :) LOL

I can not imagine life without her now, its like i love her so much and i've only known her for 1 week. It truely is amazing I cannot explain it. I now know what it means to be a mom and what that unconditional love that everyone talks about feels like.

Oh yes and Daddy Jason is very helpful. He helps feed her and change her diper too! Although we still need a little more practice in the diper changing area. :) He loves his lil mamas so much I can see it in his eyes when he looks at her. I love that about him. I know we have only been at it for ONE WEEK but he is going to be a great dad! (Ahhh tear tear). I gave him something that no one else has ever given him and it makes me so happy to see how much he enjoys having her around and how happy he is to be a daddy.

Lots of people have come to see her already too. She is so loved!

Great Grandma feeding her on the left and uncle Ricky with girlfriend on the right.

Alyssa Moriah Griffin is here!

She's here, she's here!!!

On April 9th Jason and I went for a walk at the park (you know since they say it helps with labor and all). After our walk we came home and showered and went to bed. Around 3:45am I woke up and felt something inside my stomach make a gurgle sound, like when a person is hungry, and then a quick little pop sound followed. I turned over and it felt like I wet myself. I didn't know if it was the real thing until I moved a little more and a bigger gush came out. My water broke! ! !
I tried to wake up Jason, I said, "Babe my water broke wake up" (i had to say it like 2 times) lol. I got up and it just kept coming out more and more and more. We got our hospital bag, I changed into some clean pants and we were off to the hopital.

We needed to put gas so we stopped for that and headed straight to the hospital. I think Jason was more nervous than I was because he almost took the wrong freeway. :-)

We got to the hospital and were admitted around 4am. I was not experiencing any major contractions so around 6:45am they gave me pitocin and oh boy did that start the contractions.

Evey 3-5 minutes i was in agony. Thank God for my hunnie if he would not have been there I would have not made it through. Thanks Babe I love you so much and appreciate everything you did.

So about 10:20am I could not take it anymore! I had the nurse check me and I was 3cm dialated and 90 % effaced @ zero station. I had to get the epidural! After the epidural everything felt a whole lot better. By 2:45pm I was @ 9 cm and so glad because the nurse said that she was going to prepare everything and call the doctor so I can start pushing soon. I started pushing around 3:15p and after an hour.....

ALYSSA MORIAH GRIFFIN was born April 10, 2009 at 4:16pm weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. I needed a few stiches because I had a slight tear, but once they placed my baby girl on my arms the pain was nothing.

Our little angel arrived to this world and we are happier than we have ever been.

She is so cute and im so happy to have her in my life. I cannot imagine life without her and she has not been here no more than 3 days. I love her so much. I just love her, love her love her!

And so does everyone else.

Still Waiting

We are still waiting and waiting and waiting. I have read plenty of blogs about women who have been induced and preffer that method and other blogs where women say they would have rather waited because its more painful. Now I don't know what I want to do. Im confused. I want Alyssa to come out already but Im afraid of an induction. I guess however it happens will be on Gods hands. Only he knows the plan ...

I have been feeling strong contractions today especially in the last hour. Ouch! Tomorrow I have an appointment with my OB for an NST so hopefully they can tell me some good news and I wont have to be induced. I just want to meet my little girl! Ya know! Hopefully this full moon myth has some truth to it. They say more babies are born on a full moon for whatever reason. Who knows all I know is that I can't wait to meet her.

Tomorrow should be the day?

Okay so its been a few days since I've been on here and updated my info. I kinda wanted to wait a while because there hasn't been any changes. Alyssa is still in my tummy. she is stubborn just like her mommy and daddy.

To our little angel:

Hi baby...

mommy and daddy want to meet
you so bad but your due date is tomorrow and Dr. Kizner says
that I'm still 1cm,
which means that your little butt is probably not going
to come out by your due date.

Daddy talks to you almost every night and
tells you to hurry up and come
out, but you seem not to listen.

We love you
little mamas and we want you to
come out and introduce you to our family,
but if its not tomorrow its okay!

We love you anyways with all our heart. <3 id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">don't stay there for another 2 weeks. =)

So, today we had our doctors appt. Last week I was informed that I was 1 cm dialated. I wanted to go in and have Dr. Kizner (my OB) tell me that i've dialated to at least one more (hopefully 3-4 cm) but when i saw him today he said that I was still 1 cm. NO CHANGES! OMG!!!!! WTF. I have been feeling contractions that should have done something... right? Well I made up my mind to stop worrying about "when" its going to happen. Every night I wake up to pee and wonder if my water will break while I'm walking to the bathroom. hehehe :)
Every contraction I feel makes me wonder if this is it...but nothing. Im really hoping that today would be the day but in reality only God knows when this little mamas will come out. I hope and pray that all goes well during my delivery and when it happens it will happen.

If you come out today or tomorrow little angel as long as you are healthy and well that's all i ask for.

I cant wait till the day you come out and I can hold you in my arms and say that your mine.

I cant wait to whisper in your little ears how much I love you and how much we have waited for our arrival.

Mommy and daddy wish you were here already but its okay as long as you come out with five little toes on each foot and five little fingers on each hand, we will be more than happy. =)

False Alarm

Okay, so since yesterdays incident with the whole mucus plug thingy everyone is concerned and wants me to get checked out. My mom and grandma believe that its a BIG sign and that I shouldn't take any risks and go to Labor and Delivery. I didn't want to go in yesterday since i've read about the mucus plug and it shouldn't be a big deal, so we decided to sleep on it and see what happens.
So Today, around 1:30 pm Jason came home and we got ready to go to the doctors office. Better to be safe than sorry. We drove to Long Beach Memorial and got checked it around 3:00pm. The Nurse's name was Janine. She was really nice! Very welcoming and explained everything. She even gave me some apple juice. Basically her diagnosis was that im still at 1 cm dialated but im 70 % effaced and im having contractions that are 7-8 minutes apart. She decided to send me home since it was too early and I was not in labor yet. :(
Of course we needed to take a picture for the album! :0)

YUCK! Mucus Plug

Okay so today is kinda weird. I have been doing a lot of reading in regards to the pregnancy so that I can be well informed of any signs or symtoms. Well anyways. . . I think im loosing my mucus plug. I have read that it can come right before labor starts so im kinda excited and nervous at the same time. Any day now. =0)