Diego Isaac Camacho

He is finally here. This post is a little late in coming, but I have a new baby to take care of and I am not getting much sleep these days.

Diego was due Dec 28th, which came and past with no signs of him showing up. Previously we had set an induction date so that I didn't go into my 42 week. It was set for Jan 5th, a Tuesday. The Sunday before we went to church and I wasn't feeling well. I was cramping and just felt blah. So after Sacrament meeting I went home to nap. I felt a little better after that. We had a pretty lazy day after Isaac got home from his meetings. Then we received a phone call from my doctor to make sure I was doing ok and let me know some things that I needed to do for my induction on Monday morning. WHAT?! The people who scheduled my induction told me wrong. So after we found out that it was going to be the next morning, we hurried and did some last minute chores (laundry, dishes, etc.)

We wanted to go to bed early so that we would have enough sleep to handle the oncoming day. Yeah that didn't happen. We both couldn't sleep for the life of us. Finally around 12:30 Isaac fell asleep, but no such luck for me. My cramps started to get worse so I decided to take a warm shower to relax. I got back in bed around 1:30. I tossed and turned for a while and then I began to drift off to sleep. I was half awake and half asleep when I felt like I wet my pants. That woke me up! I got up to see what was going on. No I hadn't wet myself, my water had broke! I woke Isaac up and within 10 or 15 minutes my contractions started. And they were HARD! Sorry if this is TMI, but I was throwing up and bent over. And I was MAD! Poor Isaac got yelled at many times for suggesting things like, "lets put on your pants so we can go to the hospital". When we finally got me all dressed and in the car, Isaac sped to the hospital. I was in a lot of pain and so tired! We got me all checked in and I decided I wanted an epidural.

Ahhhh, the power of drugs. Although I must say, the anesthiologist was a tool. He came into my room, didn't even introduce himself and barked, "you need to cooperate". Nice to meet you too. Isaac was a champ though all of this. Poor guy. I was in so much pain when they were putting in my epideral I nearly sawed off his fingers with my fingernails. I didn't want to be the only one in pain. But after I got the drugs in me, I was nice again.

By 7:00 I was ready to push. I pushed for about an hour and half. Diego was being stubborn and didn't want to come out. His head was in a weird position in the birth canal. I would push and he would move down, but once I stopped pushing he would move right back up. The epidural was great for getting me out of pain so I could rest, but when it came time to push, I could feel how to do it. I kinda regret getting it for that reason. Because Diego's head was in a weird position, it was putting a lot of stress on him. His heart rate would spike and drop too rapidly and he was stuck. So the doctor wanted to do a c section. Isaac and I felt that was the best option because we wanted him out safe.

So they prepped me for surgery and wheeled me away. This boy was big! They had a hard time get him out of me with a c section. The doctor had to lay on my stomach to push him out.

Diego was born at 12:12 on January 4th, 2010. He weighed 8lbs 15oz and was 20 inches long. He cried intally of course, but then calmed right down. He is such a peaceful, content baby. We stayed in the hospital for 5 days so that I could recover. It was a good time.

We love Diego so much and feel so blessed to have him in our family, but I gotta go now cause the little angel is waking up from his nap and wants to eat!

Just a practice run

Yesterday I got a lot done and was pretty busy the whole day. During the afternoon I started to have Braxton-Hicks contractions. No big deal, I have them all the time. But then I started to have more than I was supposed to. I called my doctor just to let her know, expecting that she would tell me to lie on my side and drink juice ( pretty much the answer to everything). But she told me to come into the hospital so that they could put me on the monitor. I am 35 weeks, so still a little early to be having this baby.

Isaac was on his way home because he knew I was having too many contractions. When he walked in the door I told him that we needed to head to the hospital. For the first couple of seconds he didn't believe me. But we got ready and went. He sped the whole way. This whole time I am having contractions (they don't hurt, they are just uncomfortable). We get up to labor and delivery, I get all dressed up in the beautiful hospital gown, they hook me up to the monitors, and the contractions stop. Of course. I felt really silly and hoped the nursed didn't think I was making things up. But they monitored me for a while and nothing happened so they told me I could go home. The minute I got up I had 3 contractions in 3 minutes!

So I was in false labor, but they did check me and I am dilated to a 2 and 50% effaced. That is ok at 35 weeks but I just have to take it easy. I am so happy that he didn't come last night. I think the biggest disappointment was that Isaac and I were planned to go to Vegas to see my brother and his wife for Thanksgiving and now we can't :(

Honsetly

So my friend Rachel tagged me in her Honest Scrap Award post. We are supposed to reveal 10 facts about ourselves and be completely honest about it. Here is goes.

1. I hate not having a job. Isaac and I decided that I should quit my job at a daycare early because two little girls got the swine flu and I was exposed to it. I didn't want to take any chances of getting it because I am pregnant. So I quit a month early and I hate it. I don't like that I know I could be making money and helping our situation but I am not. I also don't like how bored and lonely I get. I think it will better once Diego comes cause I will have someone to take care of, but until then I kinda feel like I am going crazy.

2. I love to go to arcades. They are kinda nasty and filthy, but I find them so much fun. I think I have a gambler's personality. If I had money to blow I would play arcade games for hours.

3. Making dinner is one of my least favorite things to do. I don't know if anyone else feels like this, but most of the time it is so hard for me to figure out what the heck I want to fix. I even worry and stress about it most days. I am not one of those persons who can just whip something up and it is good, I have tried to make experimental things before and they were not that good. It is just something I don't like to do. It seems like such a chore to me.

4. I expect to much out of others and not enough out of myself. Sometimes I find myself getting so frustrated with my primary class because they don't listen or pay attention. I don't even think how maybe they are little kids and need extra patience. And then most times I never expect anything out of myself. I find it so hard to get motivated about anything. I want to learn Spanish cause Isaac speaks it and I want Diego to speak it but I put no effort into it but expect to know it.

5. Rach, I feel the same way. I miss Utah. I also don't miss the cold and the snow, but I really miss having people my own age in my own situation. Here in California I am so far away from any family and don't really have any friends. I have friends but I hardly ever do anything with them because I feel like if I were to call them to do something I would just bother them or get rejected. I seriously am trying to be more out going, but lots of times I just sit at home.

6. I am so done being pregnant. When I was younger and not pregnant, I always thought it would be so cool to be pregnant and that I would just love it. No so. Don't get me worng, I already have so much love for Diego and can't wait to hold him in my arms, but I really don't like being pregnant.

7. While I miss Utah for the friends I had there, I really love living in So Cal. It is so beautiful and clean and not cold. I really feel like I could live here for forever and be perfectly happy.

8. I love cold cereal. I would eat it all the time if I could. I am actually quite a picky eater. If I find something I like, I stick to it. It is hard for me to venture out and eat new things. I figure if I like something why change. There is a lot of that in me about a lot of things, not just food.

9. Lately I my desire to be more giving and generous has really increased. We have been given so much and been blessed beyond measure (seriously) that I really just want to help people. We attend a ward where lots of the members are very poor. Some of them rent rooms cause they cannot afford apartments and live with 4 or 5 people in a room. Some of these members have to live with people who do not have the same standards as they do and it is quite sad. I was actually thinking about buying a house and a part of it to people in our ward so that they could live in a better atmosphere. I don't know if it would ever happen, but I was thinking about.

10. I worry about a lot of things. I know I need to take things as they come, but I don't. I think I find things to worry about if everything is good. I want to change this about myself because it is not good for me or the baby and I would have easier time coping with bad things if I just chill out.


So there are the 10 honest things about me. So I am going to tag Francesca, Mary K, Alicia S., Heather M., Shauna G., Rethsy, Julie E., Leanna, and Emmy.

Update

It has been awhile since I posted anything, mainly cause I haven't felt like it. However, there have been some happenings down here in SoCal that are worth mentioning.

So as many people know the H1N1 has been going around while there has been a short supply of vaccines. I was on the fence about getting a vaccine, but my dr. recommended it, so when it made avalable, I was going to get it. Then when I went to work one day, the director of the daycare told me that two of the girls that I take care of had the swine flu and that I had been exposed. AHHHHH!!!! That was on a friday. On Saturday I spent half the day trying to find out where I could get the vaccine. It turned out that no one had it except a Kaiser Hospital. If you are not a member you can't get the vaccine. I am not a member. Then we heard that some dr.'s were not recommending it. That made me and Isaac uneasy because so many different health professionals had so many different views. I talked to my brother, who is a doctor, and he told me what he did. He works with kids on a daily basis and he did not get it because he believes it needs to be tested on more people to really see the effects. After a long, long discussion and a lot of prayer, Isaac and I decided that it would be best if I quit my job. I didn't want to get the vaccine, and even if I didn't get the swine flu, the kids at the daycare are always sick and I get sick too. That puts stress on me and Diego which is not good. There was only one more month until I was going to quit anyways so we just moved it up. So now I am unemployed and staying at home taking care of myself and my baby.

So because I am now staying at home, I am trying to get as many things ready for Diego as possible. I have set up the crib, in the process of cleaning and disinfecting our whole apartment, etc, etc, etc. Isaac and I are also taking birthing classes which I love! I think they are so much fun, plus Isaac massages my back for part of it. It is great!

Besides that I am just trying to be patient and wait until Diego comes, which is super hard I might add. I want to hold him NOW! But I am at 32 weeks, so only 5 more to go until he is considered full term. Hopefully he will decided to make a sooner debut than a later one :)

Can't wait

This video is a brief introduction of a Book of Mormon film. Yes, it looks like its going to be equal with the cheese level of the Book of Mormon movie released not too long ago with the Lehi who sports a cardboard beard, but this one is the entertaining kind of cheese. What do you think?

Beautiful Video. Enjoy.

Noteworthy Notes

Isaac and I have had an exciting week. Well maybe not exciting, but busy. Full of meetings and appointments etc etc etc. On Sunday our branch became a ward! Yahoo! It was really cool be a part of it and feel the of the spirit there. Also Isaac was set apart as the Elder's Quoram Pres. He will do a great job because his heart is in the right place and he is so willing to serve others.

As far as the pregnancy goes, I am 27 weeks. I feel great most of the time, but lately I have been feeling more and more like a balloon or a whale than a person. I really am not that big, but it is bigger than what I am used to and so it feels werid. We get to go and get another ultrasound next week and that will be exciting. Those are always fun.

On the 30th my job at the LDS Employment Center is up so again I am looking for a job. Blah. I still have my one at the preschool, which is tons of fun, but way far away.

So that is about it.