Anna Grace Mills

Mary Reilly still doesn't know what to think of her little sister

This is me waiting. 2 days of waiting!

Sorry it's taken me so long to update my blog. So much has happened this past week. Anna Grace Mills was born on July 9 at 12:53 pm. She weighed 7 pounds 8 oz. The same birth weight as Mary Reilly.

It took along time for her to get here. I went on for an induction on July 7 at 6:30 am hoping to have a baby that day. At my 6:30 pm still no baby just alot on contractions. July 8 same thing no baby and alot of contractions. By this point I was very upset and thought this would never end. Finally that night they decided to start thinning my cervix with a special drug. Lets just say it wasn't pleasant. Also, by this point they had already given me so much fluid my eye balls were floating. Ladson and I did master the IV and monitor plugs. I had to disconnect them every time I went to the bathroom which was every 10 minutes! Anyway, after the second dose of this thinning cervix drug I went to sleep. 9 am on Thursday my Doctor checked me and I was at 4 centimeters. Those past 2 days I was still only 1 cen and her head wasn't low enough to break my water. By 11 or so they checked me again and I was 8 centimeters. (5 mins before Ladson was getting lunch) He had to rush back to the hospital. It went very quick from there.

Things I don't like about hospitals:

Nurses turning on the light every hour to get something or change your IV even at 2 am!

I had this one nurse who was very good and let me sleep. She was the best!

I finally get home Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon Mary Reilly gets sick and has another seizer. Second one in a year. Call 911 and I head down to MUSC. Left my dad and Aunt with a breast fed baby. Thank Goodness we weren't there for that long. Mary Reilly has an appointment to see a neurologist tomorrow at MUSC. Mary Reilly is still sick. She has a stomach bug and wont eat or drink. Ladson and I took her to the doctors today and he said it will pass. Now having to get use to two babies, one being sick, Ladson is moving to Virginia on Friday. I still don't know when I am going.

Anna Grace

She is so much like Mary Reilly. I am nursing her so balancing that and Mary Reilly is a challenge. Plus, she likes to sleep during the day so it's hard to wake her to eat. I have tried everything. I hope this passes so her weight wont go down.

I am not getting sleep. She does have her days and nights mixed up and wants to eat ever hour at night. I am hoping this will change :)