Just pics

Week 1

We are still in the hospital. Just met with the doctor and we get to break out of here at some point tomorrow. Marty, Molly and I are VERY ready to be home. I have enjoyed being here learning so much about Molly and babies but can't wait for my bed and the comforts of home. I will miss food being brought to me three times a day (even though it's hospital food), being able to all be together in the same room together for some serious bonding time and just getting to know Molly better. I can't wait for Molly to meet her dog and be able to sit in my rocking chair and feed my girl (12 times a day... :) )

Molly is getting bigger every day. I can't wait for everyone to meet her!

Molly's first videos

Untitled from Cindy Robinson on Vimeo.

Molly's first sing-a-long from Cindy Robinson on Vimeo.

Molly's First Bath from Cindy Robinson on Vimeo.

It' a girl - Molly has arrived!

Of course all of you know this already but Molly Claire Robinson made her first appearance in this world at 9:54pm on Monday, January 18th, 2010. She weighed 7 lb 15oz and was 20.5 inches long. She was born at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. We are so happy with her! I will post more about her birth story soon. I wrote it all down the day after to remember and need to translate it to the computer.

In the meantime, I will post an update on what we have been up to since she was born. It has been a very crazy first week but we are so happy with Molly and so happy that she is doing so well and gaining weight and are finding out we think she might be a mellow baby (being poked and prodded with needles can't help that, but she is really getting used to it, breaks my heart).

Since Thursday, 1/21, Molly and Marty and I are living at INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children. Molly went to her first pediatrician appointment on Thursday (day after we got back from the first hospital). She had a fever of 103.7 and we rushed to INOVA Fairfax and checked in. They had a room waiting for us. We were freaked. She got a spinal tap, tons of blood taken, IV put in and we've been here ever since. She is doing GREAT now though. Within 12 hours, the fever was gone. She was severely dehydrated with high sodium levels that had to be brought down slowly, but now she is all hydrated and is a breastfeeding MACHINE!

So they are running tons of tests and cultures to see what caused the fever, but realistically nothing has come back positive so we might never know. So far everything has come back negative. Her birth weight is back and then some and all the doctors and nurses are pleased with her progress and health. I am actually kind of enjoying being here in a very strange way. She gets checked every few hours by nurses, our practice's pediatrician and a resident pediatrician each day and we are learning alot. I made a daily appointment with the lactation consultant to come by and work with me (loving that) and we are getting baby tips from nurses nonstop. I know everything about IVs and baby heartrates and oxygen levels. Oh my!

Yes, I'm still here and still pregnant...

So today is 40 weeks and 4 days. I'm still pregnant. Nothing much is happening. If nothing happens by Monday, I am being induced early Tuesday morning (at midnight) so hopefully there will be a baby next Tuesday at the latest...I am really dreading being induced so please send me good wishes that the baby will decide that he/she wants to see the world before then...

I am working at home this week and trying to relax and enjoy these last few days of quietness in our house. Also trying to go out to eat alot because I know we won't be able to do that (well, at least do it easily) for a long time.

2 days until due date...

...And no sign of the baby dropping or wanting to go anywhere. Today is my last day at the office (I made it!) and I'll be working at home next week or until baby robinson decides to make an appearance. We had a dusting (maybe an inch?) of snow this morning and I took my time getting to work. I think I've FINALLY finished (well 90% finished) packing for the hospital. I have a checklist so Marty can throw in last minute things when we're on our way out. Still have to clean the house some more (I don't think I'll ever really finish that) but I'm feeling good. Come on baby, work your magic and come out to see us already!

39 weeks - It's January, baby, where are you?!

I am still pregnant. I think I might be this way forever. Only in the past several days have I started to feel uncomfortable. Yes, the heartburn has been bad for a while (I am keeping TUMS in business), and I have been tired alot, but I noticed in the past few days that I really can't keep going up and down the stairs cause I get out of breath really easily. I think the baby is still very high up and so it's pushing on my lungs and compromising my breathing. Drop already baby! But then I've read that when the baby drops you have trouble walking because the baby is taking over in your hips and pelvis. I'm not sure what is better at this point.

Overall though, I cannot complain at all. I had a doctor's appointment New Year's eve and she said the baby most likely wouldn't come this weekend, which she was right about. On New Year's eve, Marty and I got rear ended by some JERK in a maserati. We were completely stopped at a red light and he came plowing into us, claims he just got the car and missed the brake. Ugh, what a pain. We are both fine, poor Rosie was in the car with us and went flying forward but is fine. But I was in the hospital for a few hours on New Year's Day just making sure the seat belt didn't do any damage. I got to check in on the Labor and Delivery floor and kind of scope out the situation there. So that was kind of good. I had been there on a tour before but hadn't actually stayed there for a few hours. I kept telling the nurses I hoped to see them VERY soon. :) The baby had a great heartbeat and bloodwork came back fine. We were very lucky. Our poor car though needs a new bumper in the back so I'm expecting us to either bring Baby Robinson home in a rental car or my little corolla.

Will post some pictures shortly. I couldn't be inspired to take any yesterday. Mart and I have been watching lots of tv (the office, home improvement shows) and lots of movies (Up in the Air, It's complicated, Sherlock Holmes, (500) days of summer, etc.) and hanging out with our first baby, Rosie, before the big day arrives. It has been really nice to be able to relax together and not have to go to school or worry too much about business at work. Marty has been working alot so that he can hopefully take two weeks off when the baby comes and I am still here at work until this Friday. After that I'll work from home til I can't anymore. Trying to maximize the 12 weeks unpaid leave I get.

Hope to have more news soon! In the meantime, don't ask me why the baby hasn't come yet... :)