Tucker James Coss has ARRIVED!

Tucker James Coss weighed 6# 15 oz., was 20 1/2 inches long, and was born at 6:12 am! Here are SOME photos of the hundreds taken!!!



As of Monday, April 20th we were blessed with our beautiful baby boy Tucker James Coss! We arrived at the hospital around 5:00 am, as planned, on Monday morning and were greeted by my wonderful postpartum friends as we dropped off our stuff in room 420! I have to add the room number as it is the same number as the date of Tucker's birth-4/20 (not on purpose)!!!! We headed to labor and delivery to get admitted by my girls for our 6:00 am cesarean section! Everything went soo smoothly--from the anesthesia to recovery! I was so terrified even though I knew everything that was going to happen. Not ever having been a patient, I was a little nervous to be "cut on." However, the spinal anesthesia felt amazing and kept me from feeling a thing! Besides itching that was related to my spinal medication, I only had a very small burning pain where my uterus was stiched closed! I barely needed any pain medication! I was able to walk by 2 in the afternoon on Monday and was eating solid food by night time! We had a great stay in postpartum and were able to be discharged on Wednesday at noon! Life is good!

38 weeks! 5 days from Delivery!

Today we went to visit Dr. Lampkin for the LAST TIME before I deliver this baby boy! It felt good I must say! I remain dilated to a 1 and 50% effaced. He still feels his little head too! How cute! He said my cervix was not firm and not soft-just medium! So not much change from last week except for the fact that it didn't hurt near as bad when he did my exam! :) After asking his opinion, Dr. Lampkin believes it would be in my best interest to have a cesarean section with my "very narrow" pelvis. He thinks I would probably be able to have a vaginal delivery but would probably have a lot of "trauma." And he means to me, not Tucker-NECESSARILY! Things can definitely happen with the little man, too! There is just no sense in risking him not being able to deliver safely by sticking with trying a vaginal delivery having a narrow pelvis! I know and see way too much! So...I am VERY satisfied with our decision! We will go into surgery at 6:00 AM on Monday morning--he should be here around 6:15-6:30 or so that morning! YEA!!!! Very early-I know! We can't wait! The family will be here and it will just be awesome! 

Everything looked good in the office. His heart rate was in the 130's and I have only gained one pound in the past 2 weeks! Craziness! There have been times when I have lost weight, when I have stayed the same from week to week and now I have gained only one pound! Its really weird because it seems as though I eat anything I can get my hands on! They still think he will be a peanut--yea!!!! All the plans are in place and we are ready to go! I have stocked up on food, the house will get cleaned Friday, the dog gets cleaned today, the air filters will be changed, my nails and toes will get done with my girls tomorrow, etc! We are as ready as we will ever be! Please pray for us as Grant and I join the world of parenthood! And pray for my nerves/health as I have never had surgery or a baby for that matter! I will post an update as soon as I get a chance after he is born-- with pictures! Bye for now as "Jill"---talk to you later as "Mom!"

37 weeks!

Today we had a very interesting visit with Dr. Lampkin! By this I mean I totally and thoroughly embarrassed myself! He did an exam that I thought was absolutely going to kill me! I definitely said a few choice words! Oops! If anyone were to be a fly on the wall--it probably would have been very funny for most! Anyways, I am dilated to a 1 and 50% and REALLY posterior or high (as evidenced by the pain I experienced as he tried to play with the hangy ball in my THROAT) (uvula)! Whoopty doo....that is basically nothing! A slight change from last week. Nothing that screams progress to me-just from experience! Oh well...we will still decide next week as to how he will be delivered! He was able to feel his little head--still head down! Yea!

On another note, here is a picture from Tucker's nursery of the window treatment that Grant's mom made to match our bedding! It wouldn't fit in the last blog post for some reason! It looks great! Hope everyone's week has started off well--its already half way through! Less than 2 weeks for Mr. Tucker to arrive-eek! So exciting! Love to all!

36 weeks PLUS-Almost 37 weeks!

Hello everyone! :) Well---are things getting more real or WHAT!?!?! Last Wednesday at 36 weeks we went to visit good ol' Dr. Lampkin! He did an exam and I am a fingertip(dilation), thick(effacement, and high(station)! Yea-haha! Just kidding! Oh yea...plus I have a "narrow pelvis." So..this makes the decision to have a c-section vs. vaginal delivery a little difficult! I will see how things progress the next couple of weeks and then make my decision the week after next! If I have many more moments of contractions like I did ALL night last night--maybe I will make some cervical change! You definitely have to have those contractions to make change!!! Its pretty much up to me how I deliver after speaking with Dr. Lampkin! He doesn't think I won't be able to deliver vaginally-necessarily! My reservation to a vaginal delivery is the fact that it all comes back to having a narrow pelvis! I don't want to go through the labor process, make it to the end, get ready to deliver and then risk not being able to after such a long day because of my pelvis! Alot of work to end up in a c-section! Especially if I have to come in the night before for cervidil which helps ripen the cervix for labor! A possible 24 + hours of labor-ick! AND I would risk having multiple "repairs," if you will, just to get him out! My heart is not completely set on a vaginal delivery so having a c-section is not a bad thing to me at all! I see so much up at work and talk to so many people that would rather have a c-section over a vaginal delivery any day! Since I have not been there myself I can only trust what all the ladies are telling me! Anyways---the date is still set for April 20th! He will be coming one way or the other! :) Woo hoo! In the meantime, pray for a clear decision for me if you think about it! :) I have been feeling fabulous--just many moments of swollen feet (really swollen)! He is definitely making it interesting to get around and things are getting more and more uncomfortable! But.... its so worth it!

On a different note I have pictures!!! I have pictures of my nursery! We are still waiting to hang pictures of Tucker/Maternity on either side of the window once they are available for purchase and we can get them developed! By the way....we took maternity pictures on the 29th after the family left from "shower weekend" with our WONDERFUL photographer Sara Bradshaw! She is so artistic and has such a great vision! Not to mention she is so sweet! We look forward for the gallery to be revealed so we can see all of the pics! She took almost 600 pictures! WOW! She will come the week after delivery to capture Tucker in all his glory! :) Her blog is available on my blog if you would like to check her out! She has some preview pics of Grant and I on there too. We go back to Dr. Lampkin this Wednesday and I will give an update! 2 weeks from today! Yippee! 

 

35 weeks and 2 days! :)

Grant and I went to see Dr. Hales this morning! :) It was a great visit! Tucker is weighing in at 5 lbs. 9 oz.! They say he is in the 26th percentile. Dr. Hales projects he will be 6.5-7 lbs. at delivery! My little peanut. :) My fluids were great at 16, my cervix is almost 4 inches (still thick), my placenta is where it should be AND......drum roll please.....he is HEAD DOWN! I truly can't believe this! I have thought for the past 3 weeks he has been transverse (sideways)! When I contract (which is quite often) I can feel his body from left to right. He may have been transverse at some point but today he is head down! His body remains sideways though. So his head is down and his little body and legs curve to my right side! Weird! I guess its a good thing so he is not constantly jabbing me in the ribs! I think I have been feeling his little sideways body this whole time when I have a contraction! We were able to get a couple of "ok" pictures of his profile on the 4d US today....not good enough to post I am afraid! But we know he is still a boy ;) and that he has feet, ears, toes, hands, a cute little nose, etc! Dr. Hales was thrilled that he actually had a labor and delivery nurse with no "issues." He seemed surprised and relieved! We hope it stays this way through the actual delivery!

Anyways...I have been busy working lately. I worked last Friday and Saturday, had off Sunday night and then worked Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! I am TIRED and my feet are swollen! The good news is I only have 2 more weeks of work or 6 shifts to be exact! And no more 3 in a row! Yippee! My last day will be the 10th of April and then I will have 10 days to relax before I deliver---at least that is the plan! :) Everyone knows Tucker is in charge of when he wants to show his pretty face! In that time, Lora, Kari Jo and I are having a girls night and I will try to have some "get togethers" with other friends before my time is up! Of course sleep is of the utmost importance! I will definitely make sure to get a lot of that! Grant, I am sure, will continue working on his truck and other people's vehicles with his friends and try soaking up all the relaxation he can get!

The family is coming in town today for a baby shower that my wonderful friends are throwing for me! We are having a birthday dinner here at the house tonight to celebrate Grant's grandmother Dorothy's birthday and his Dad's bday as well that will be on April 3rd! We are expecting around 13 people! Hope we all fit-haha! :) I will soon post pictures from all the showers thus far as well as nursery pictures! :) We are on the countdown people! Keep us in your prayers! Love to all!

32 weeks and counting...

Today I went to Dr. Lampkin's office! Nothing exciting at all except that now my sweet little boy is laying sideways or "transverse" as we like to call it! And he is still facing to the back! He is a stinker! I hope this is not a sign of whats to come-haha! Oh well! Anyways, everything is going great! We had a great time this past weekend in Dallas! I had a couple of showers and was "showered" with gifts galore! Thank you to everyone who came to the showers and for all the wonderful gifts! I have spent the past couple of days organizing all the new goodies and figuring out where things needs to go! It is fun but overwhelming! I still have 3 more showers! :) Woo hoo! We are still waiting on the crib that DID NOT arrive today like it was supposed to! So we will see if it comes in on Friday and then get all of the bedding on and pictures taken for all to see. It really needs to get here...we are getting ancy! We have been waiting since the middle of January! I am also working on some artwork for the room! I have to incorporate Uppercase Living somehow...and of course spell out his name with fun lettering! Hope all is well with everyone! Gotta go get ready to run some errands this evening! Love to all!

Visit to Dr. Hales

On Wednesday we visited Dr. Hales office for a follow-up appointment. The doppler studies are back down to normal limits! In other words, the blood flow from my placenta to Tucker is normal again. They did not estimate his weight at this visit. We will go back on March 27th and they will do that then! We did try to get more pictures but he decided to face toward the back AGAIN! All we got were more foot, ear, and arm pictures! Darn! We did find out he is BREECH right now---with an arm under my right rib! He has alot more time to turn back around but if he doesn't it will be a cesarean section (which I am not opposed to at all!) :) Anyways--we are in Dallas now for a couple of baby showers! I have one tomorrow and one on Sunday! We will then head back to Lubbock with presents in tow! When we get back, we will pick up our crib and get that put together this week! Yippee! We are fixing to watch a movie with the parents! Hope everyone has a good weekend!