This is Steve. I passed all parts of the CPA exam! I was studying for 3 of the 4 parts over the summer while working on house projects. Then the last section I studied quickly as I was working and waiting for Jenna to arrive. My scores were pretty good! (75 is passing)
Tax and regulation - 91
Audit - 84
Business - 91
Financial - 92
My job gives a little bonus for this now and mostly I'm relieved to not have to study while working and Jenna-ing.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Jenna Elizabeth - The Birth Story
It was a marathon to get our little girl born. Approximate 24 hours of labor, 3 hours of pushing and it ended in a c-section. Here is my story...
Finally at 5:15pm I was fully dilated. I was elated! And then I pushed. I couldn't really feel the contractions, but the nurses helped and I did the best I could. I even pushed sideways to get the baby to corkscrew down. That helped but it wasn't quite enough. When the doctor came in (around 8pm) he said, "Let's stop the epidural for 30 min, just so you can feel the contractions." Well, they cut the medication and let me feel the full back labor. I think during the entire process of labor I threw up four times - more than I have in the last 10 years!
The baby got really close to coming out vaginally. The doctor knew I didn't want a c-section and we tried to use a vacumn, but the baby's face was up and just wouldn't come out. When they made the decision to do the c-section, I was in so much pain and was so tired that I didn't care what they had to do - just as long as they made the pain go away!
So my delivery was NOT the way I wanted it to be! I wanted to have a natural, vaginal delivery. The pain really, really, really hurt, but I almost had it and if labor had been shorter that would have helped... I wonder that they didn't look to see that her face was up before. I guess if she had been a smaller baby we could have had her without a c-section...
We came home early Friday afternoon and I was still so exhausted that I spent the next couple of days crying and crying uncontrollably. I am much better now and able to function on 4 hours (in a 24 hour period) of sleep. My incision still hurts but I am healing well and have already lost 19 pounds (17 more to go!). I am still bummed that I had to have Jenna this way, but she is healthy, and that is the most important thing.
And that is my story.
Monday October 31st
On this day I was so excited! I knew that babies usually don't come on their due date, but wanted our little girl to be born on this day. It was not to be. Instead, I went to the doctor. My body hadn't progressed from the last visit and he said that we would set an induction date for November 7th.The week of October 31st
I was a wreck. Every day I couldn't help but wonder, "Was today the day?" I didn't sleep very well that week. I went to mutual (at the time I was 2nd counselor in the Young Women's presidency in our ward) and to church that Sunday. Everyone was as anxious as I was to greet my little girl.Monday November 7th
My induction appointment was at 5:30 am. They started pitosin at 6 am. I was hooked up to a machine all day and only kind of felt contracts. I could handle the pain and I only progressed to a 3. The doctor suggested we stop pitosin, sleep at the hospital and get started again the next day. I had only slept 3 hours the night before and that sounded like a good idea. Especially when they offered me a sleeping pill!Tuesday, November 8th
Pitocin started again at 5:30am. I was having back labor and decided to get an epidural at 10am. The doctor who gave me the epidural was LDS! He is in North Stake and Steve's parents know him. He was gentle and that was very comforting. Around 3pm I started feeling labor pain on my left side - from the belly button to the opposite side. They gave me extra juice and that really helped.Finally at 5:15pm I was fully dilated. I was elated! And then I pushed. I couldn't really feel the contractions, but the nurses helped and I did the best I could. I even pushed sideways to get the baby to corkscrew down. That helped but it wasn't quite enough. When the doctor came in (around 8pm) he said, "Let's stop the epidural for 30 min, just so you can feel the contractions." Well, they cut the medication and let me feel the full back labor. I think during the entire process of labor I threw up four times - more than I have in the last 10 years!
The baby got really close to coming out vaginally. The doctor knew I didn't want a c-section and we tried to use a vacumn, but the baby's face was up and just wouldn't come out. When they made the decision to do the c-section, I was in so much pain and was so tired that I didn't care what they had to do - just as long as they made the pain go away!
After administering pain relief, they rolled me into the surgery room. I tried my best to ignore the fact that I was there and to stop the uncontrollable shaking. Thankfully I was so drugged that it felt like I was in the room for only 5 minutes. I remember they told me the baby came out, but nothing registered until I saw Steve's elated face. Jenna got really high APGAR scores and is a very healthy, alert baby. This is exactly what I wanted, just not via c-section.
Here I am doing my best to smile. Totally didn't work!
We came home early Friday afternoon and I was still so exhausted that I spent the next couple of days crying and crying uncontrollably. I am much better now and able to function on 4 hours (in a 24 hour period) of sleep. My incision still hurts but I am healing well and have already lost 19 pounds (17 more to go!). I am still bummed that I had to have Jenna this way, but she is healthy, and that is the most important thing.
And that is my story.
(Both my mom and my mother-in-law had c-sections for all of their babies, and I may have to join the club (we'll see...). At least I have a lot of empathetic support.)
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