6 weeks check up

She went in for her 6 week check up today.

She weighed 10lbs 3oz, so exactly 2 pounds heavier then birth.
She's right on track developmentally.  Cooing and smiling is about it at this point.  The doctor was impressed with her grip and neck strength.
She did get put on Zantac to try and help her reflux.  Stuff comes up her throat every time she eats and screams in pain so hopefully that fixes it because otherwise she is such a good and happy baby!

We go back in about 3 weeks for her next round of shots because we will be on the road or in New York by the time her next appointment should be :)

She's such a ham!

1 Month

I can't believe it's already been a month since she was born!
We don't have her next appointment until she's 6 weeks, so I don't have any stats until then.


She's still such a good baby. She's in mostly newborn clothes now, but we're making the transition up. She loves her breastfeeding pillow.  She sleeps in it every night.  Right now she doesn't even get rocked to sleep at night.  I just lay her in that and she's out for about 3-4 hours at a time.  She just wakes up to eat and then I lay her right back down and she's out until the next feeding.  I'm anticipating this will change as she gets a little older, but i'm hoping nott :)  Casen needed to be rocked right from the start.

She's still nursing awesome.  No complaints there.  I can't believe how much smoother this time around is going.  She has really bad gas and we've noticed that every time she eats she brings it back up and kind of chews it back down, so we're going to mention it to the doctor at the next visit.  I'm thinking its probably just reflux or i'm going to have to cut dairy out of my diet.  I usually pump and bring a bottle when we go out anywhere, just a personal preference, and I really like the Nuk bottles and pacifiers, which I guess I need to mention that she loves her pacifier!  That should make our road trip a little easier. 

That's about it for this update.  Not much happens in the first couple months.  She's battling some sort of cold type sickness these past couple days and its the saddest thing to see.

I didn't even attempt to get a good picture since she can barely breath

42 weeks :)

Only 5 pounds to go til pre-baby weight (nursing does wonders)....and then the diet and exercise begin!  And we have one healthy little lady.  She's back up to her birth weight and is such a blessing to us.

And to any moms currently nursing or planning on it, please check out Gilligan & OMalley nursing camis.  They are awesome!!

Arya on the left, Casen on the right....besides hair color, my babies looked just a tad alike at birth

Arya had her first trip to the doctors.  It would have been the day they normally release us from the hospital so the pediatrician wanted to check her out one more time.
All looks great.  She's down to 7lbs 9oz.  She has the tiniest bit of jaundice, but not enough to worry about.  Other then that she's good to go :)  We don't have to go back for another 2 weeks.

She's sleeping pretty well, eating really well, and is starting to be awake a little more often.  I think the newborn coma is officially ending.

Arya Morgan's Birth Story

As the little lady sits here squirming and eating away, I figured I should probably get her birth story written out before I forget.

Friday morning we had an ultrasound to determine if she was over 9 pounds, in which case I would be scheduled for a c-section.  After all their measurments they determined her around 7lbs 12 oz, give or take a half a pound.  The Dr. told us if she was right on, Arya would probably be about Casen's size by his due date.  If she was wrong she could hit the 9lb mark.  So we didn't need to do a csection, but were still planning a scheduled induction.

Sunday morning I woke up in horrible pain.  I wasn't sure what it was because the pain wasn't coming with any contractions.  Sunday night I called my dr to double check and she said if there weren't any contractions just to wait through the night and come in early to my appointment the next day to get checked out.

Monday morning came and the pain was still there, although not as intense.  We went to our 39 week appointment.  She was asking me what day would be best to schedule the induction while she was doing her exam and said, nevermind, you are 4cm and in labor we'll be sending you to the hospital from here.  This wasn't in the plans at all for us so we had to rush home and pack Casen's bag, drop him off at our friend's house, and were supposed to be back to the hospital within the hour.

We got to the hospital and got all checked in around 11.  After 3 IV attempts we were all settled in and I was about 5 cm.  I was definitely starting to feel them.  A couple popcicles later and another cm down, the nurses let me know my dr planned to break my water around 3 to get things moving along so now would be the time to get an epidural if I wanted one.  I knew she was going to be big and Casen's birth was not so pleasant  so I decided before we even got there I wanted one :)  Epidural done, water broke, we were good to go.  I felt awesome the entire time.  I told Caleb when I was around 9 and a half that I felt like I could take a nap.  It was such a better experience!

I went from 6 to 8 in 20 minutes and was 10 around 6pm.  They got everything set up and I started pushing around 6:30.  On 6:40 February 11, 2013 Arya Morgan Geiger arrived weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces, 19 inches long.

She came out so fast that she didn't get the great breath that she needed to fully clear out her lungs, so she's having a bit of trouble being congested and bringing things up, but other then that is doing awesome.  She started nursing about 5 minutes after being born and has had a little attitude right from the start :)

We got wheeled over to recovery I think around 10 pm that night after I finished up my IV and got the epidural removed.  Caleb and baby got to stay with me the whole time, which was so nice.  Unfortunately due to the flu Casen wasn't allowed to visit at all so we were really anxious to get home so we could all be together.  We asked the nursing staff if being home by the next night was possible and they said their usually policy was 2 -3 days, but it was as long as everything looked good with baby.  All looked good so we ended up going home less then 24 hours after she arrived.

Her whole story was perfect and has been every since.  She's been sleeping well, eating well, and Casen is an awesome big brother.  And her dad is pretty awesome too :D  He went out grocery shopping the morning after we got home and came back with all my favorite foods along with chocolate and flowers.  And the little lady definitely knows her dad.  Every time she hears his voice she looks around for him.

It is so nice being a family of 4!

We've had the base of the carseat installed for a few weeks now, but figured yesterday we would check it all out and put the carseat in too.  In do that, we realized pieces were missing to the carseat and we'd have to return it.  So today Arya is equipped with a brand new car seat....and stroller :)  We got an awesome deal on the travel system and she is good to go!
We originally had a safetyfirst onboard 35 and I really liked it, but they unfortunately didn't have it in stock at the store and we don't really have time to wait for one to be shipped.  We ended up purchasing an Eddie Bauer travel system and so far are liking it even better.