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10.01.2007

Web blog entry number thirty-five.

Ah kids :) We have now established some routine and both Freya and Axel go to bed the same time, around 20:00, in the evening. Axel then sleeps to about 01:00 and takes his last feeding before the whole night. Sometimes he sleeps until 03:00 instead, but mostly until 01:00 and then until about 5:00 or 6:00. Then he sleeps again until 8:30 about, which is exactly when Freya wakes up too. Anyway, to get to the point, the evenings are for the parents again and so now I should have time to update the site more frequently!

We celebrated Christmas with my parents in the Netherlands, which was very nice. The only thing not so nice about it was the asbsence of my brother and his family. They went to Sweden, but weren't having such a good time there as both their children had fallen ill. The oldest first, coughing and so on, but he got over it well, but then the youngest ( about five months old now ) got sick too and they had to take him to the hospital, turns out he had some miserable virus called RS-virus ( respiratory syncytial virus ). It starts looking like a "normal " cold and then the child starts coughing, gets slime in the longs and gets difficulties breathing. It is also accompanied by high fever. They had decided to go back to the Netherlands while he was doing a bit better, but he got so sick while traveling that they had to go to a hospital in Germany. Unfortunatly that hospital didn't have any children doctors so they went for it and drove all the way to the Netherlands. This was before they knew what was really the matter. But they found out quickly in the hospital. And when we found out we decided that we shouldn't see my brother and his family as it is highly contagious. Sad but necesary, we have an even younger baby afterall. So that was kind of a damper on the holiday fun. He is doing well again now.

And now, full speed ahead into the new year!

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27.11.2006

Web blog entry number thirty-four.

A lot has happened since my last blog. Mainly because it has been a month since I last "blogged" which is of course due to obvious reasons...Now I have some time to write because Axel is sleeping and Freya is at fysiotherapy together with her pappa.

Speaking of Freya she is making great progress, more on that in Freya News. Also We have been to the kinderarzt with Axel for the first time, for his U3, more on that in Axel's News.

I am so happy things are going so well with breastfeeding and everything. I even have time to sleep in the afternoon as both kids sleep about at the same time between 12:00 and 15:00. I feel my energy is returning, although some nights are harder than others, when for example Freya wakes up from a nightmare and we put her in between us in bed so she can sleep and then Axel wakes up for feeding, then she stays awake for the duration of the feeding and then he doesn't want to go to bed alone, eventhough his bed is right next to me so by the time I have convinced him its not such a bad thing afterall, she refuses to go to sleep quietly and starts making these loud sounds waking up Axel again and her, by then grumpy, daddy who needs to go to work early next morning. He doesn't have the "luxery" of sleeping in the afternoon. Yes, those nights are tough, but not that common.

Can't believe its already been more than a month ago, time goes so fast and the kids both grow like crazy, Freya is already going into size 86 and Axel into size 62. I can't wait until he can crawl around a bit to see how they are together, Freya shows so much interest in Axel, you can just see she would love to play with him and in turn he smiles at her too and is very interested in looking at her, sometimes she gets a bit too rough for him though, than mamma or pappa have to halt little snuffelina. I have had some time for myself even lately and I read a book, Eragon by Christopher Paolini, there is film now too, very good book!

26.10.2006

Web blog entry number thirty-three.

Back home and doing well! We got released from the hospital three days early because of good behaviour ;) No, seriously, we are currently all doing well, we have been able to sleep and the whole event was much less stressful and painful than previously anticipated. The operation itself had a scary moment when after the PDA started working I got unwell, my bloodpressure amd heartbeat went down quite a bit but it was corrected with some medicine and I was told afterwards that it had never been life threatning. So spooky, but no big thing. The doctor kept his promise to me and showed me Axel the second he got hime out, with fruitwater and all ;) He even said

"You might get some fruitwater on your face, but here he is!" And we heard Axel cry immediatly. I asked the doctor, "is that my son crying?" and he replied that Axel was the only baby in there, I couldn't help smiling and when I looked at Terje I saw that he felt exactly the same.

The same day, in the evening I was already up and walking, only to the bathroom, but still. And I could actually sleep on my side. The next day I could already walk without too much discomfort and the really great thing is that I had Axel with me the whole time.

Everyone was real sweet in the hospital and I went back there on monday to get my plaster removed ( they put a big plaster over the wound here instead of stiches )and I took a cake with me for the doctors and nurses and also "beschuit met muisjes" ( Nederlands! ) to say "thank you" for making the birth of my son a positive experience.

I had a hard time seeing Freya coming and going during visting time, I know she was in good hands, my parents were here for a whole week to take care of her, but...And she changed, she got much bigger all of a sudden, or is that just my imagination now I have such a little one to compare her with? Anyway, its wonderful to be home again, both my babies are now sleeping and I can't help but walking in between writing to look at both of them. Now we just have to get a "normal day life rythm", but that will sort itself I'm sure.

12.10.2006

Web blog entry number thirty-two.

Count down in progress. Just a few more days and we will be able to hold our son in our arms. It's unbelievable really. Baby hasn't changed his position as far as I can tell so the 17th is D-day for us. Scary on one hand and a feeling of resignation on the other. It's the safest option according to a doctor I have confidence in. No long days of being in labor, just some small discomfort, 30 minutes on the operating table and then we have our baby boy! Of course I am somewhat concerned about the aftermath, I remember the weeks of pain after my c-section in Tampere. And then the fact I will have to be in the hospital for five to seven days is not very appealing. Being without Freya, only seeing her a couple of hours a day will be extremely weird.

So, this will be the last entry I will make in my blog for a while, I will be busy with recovering and taking care of our newborn and Freya, but I promise an update as soon as I can. Meanwhile Terje will put up some pictures and such to satisfy potential curiosity ;)

30.09.2006

Web blog entry number thirty-one.

So much to tell, last couple of days I have been twice to the hospital where I will give birth to our baby boy, including once today and in between I was at the gynecologists. Had a CTG both today and yesterday and both were fine, today also included an ultra sound and the baby is with his head up. I think he might have been like this for a long time. That unfortunatly means a cesarean section. We have already planned the date. Hospital testing ( pre-op ) the 16th and the cesarean section on the 17th of October.

Now, should junior want to come au naturel, turned head downwards before the 17th then he is very welcome and I will definatly give it a try. Infact, I hope that he is indeed planning this, but so far he's not showing any signs of being in a hurry...

Here are his stats for today, weight 2945 g, which is exactly average for his age, and head circumference 343,8 mm. Also, we got confirmed, without a doubt, that it is a boy.

Ooh, I am so nervous, to be honest the whole birth giving thing is giving me nightmares. And its not even the pain that I am worried about, I mean, I know what that is like, I have been there-done that with Freya's birth, for three days.., but after what I have been through with Freya's birth, ending in an emergency cesarean, two weeks of my baby being in ICU and the continuing aftermath... I just hope this time around it won't be such a drama, for all parties involved.

This time around we find deciding upon a name much more complicated, any suggestions are welcome, infact, if you know of a boy name that you think is absolutely wonderful, please e-mail it to me.

We also got to know one of our neighbours a bit better, on the picture they were visiting us as I had invited them to come over for eating an apple pie that I had made from apples that we had gotten from their apple tree.