Family Update

WOW has it really been 8 weeks, well almost. that's right Toby will be 8 weeks old on Monday. I can't believe it has gone by this fast. Toby is doing well, last doctor visit he is 11 lbs 10 oz. he is suffering from a little acid reflux, he has a doctors app on Monday and we hope to get some answers then. Suzanne is hanging in there, with lack of sleep and feeding every hour, she is rather exhausted, and i can't blame her. She is so great though, with me working early morning with the paper route, and driving that whole time i really can't work and sleep at the same time as i once could loading trucks for Walmart, so she lets me sleep a little more than i did with David. She is great though. More blogs to come really really soon keep close to us. Thanks to all.

Toby Everett Drummond

Toby Everett Drummond was born at 2:30pm April 27th 2009
He weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 19 1/8 inches long.

Emotional and indescribable moment we will cherish forever.

Toby is 5 minutes old.

Fremont Medical Center really pushed the skin to skin bonding, for the first hour of Toby's life he laid comfortably on Suzanne. It was great for the both of them.

Continuing with skin to skin bonding.

Our Tiny Baby Boy

Grandma & David meeting baby brother

We were finally released from the hospital on Wednesday at 2:30pm. We were so ready to get out of there. The experience was great but home sounded even better at this point. We did have to hang out in Yuba City for the circumcision. That was performed at 4pm on Wednesday. The procedure took about an hour. At 5:30 or so we were finally headed home. The trip home was long but we made it. Making a few stops here and there. Arriving at home, was great dinner was ready for us and we were starving. Home made tacos, can i say it again HOME MADE tacos yum yum yum.



I want to thank everyone who picked a day on the baby pool that helped us out so much it was great. The support we got and are still getting is wonderful. Thank you again to everyone.



There will be more posts soon. Updates on David, Toby, and Suzanne. Look out i might even get technical and post a video but lets not get too carried away just yet.



Thanks again to all,

Bryce, Suzanne, David, and Toby Drummond

VBAC Labor Story

My water broke Sunday, April 26th. It was around 3:00pm and so we took our time, finished getting ready to go, called everyone, said goodbye to David :( and headed for Yuba City around 6pm. The drive went well, I cried most of the way to Yuba City because I missed David sooooo much. (He stayed home with one of my girlfriends, and my parents came and helped with him) We arrived at Fremont Medical Center around 7:45pm. We got all checked in and I was hooked up to all kinds of monitors and an IV so then we waited...

and waited....

Daddy getting a little nap in

playing cards to pass the time

About 3am I was checked and found to be dilated to 3cm, at that point my nurse decided to do a process called cervical stretching. (It didn't hurt) She was able to stretch my cervix to 4cm, and it was supposed to help increase contractions. At this point in labor we were told that the baby had been so low my entire pregnancy that my pelvis had already stretched and accommodated for the baby being that low. So the normal pressure from the baby lowering into the pelvis that causes contractions was not there. I was having some contractions but they weren't regular enough to get us very far. So we waited some more, hoping the cervical stretching would regulate my contractions.

Hospital Jello... YUM!!

7am rolled around and nothing had changed. So they decided that they were going to induce my labor with Pitocin. (It's a nasty little IV drug that can throw you into hard labor fast, but it works) The doctor ordered me to start out on the lowest dosage so I wouldn't end up in hard labor right away.

me & my IV "buddy" w/ pitocin headed in

Listening to music trying to stay relaxed

Around 11am the contractions started to get really fast and hard. I was having a contraction every minute and they were lasting 40 seconds each. I was in so much pain and getting worn out really fast. I finally gave in and was given a shot of pain medication through the IV "buddy". Since I was doing a VBAC I was not able to have an epidural (I didn't want one anyway!) They gave me a drug called Phentynol, it was just something to let me rest between contractions and stay relaxed. Unfortunately it only worked for about 30 minutes and could only be given once an hour.

Good Pain Medicine! Bad Contractions

At around 12:30pm the contractions had gotten so intense that the only way I could tolerate them was to lean forward. However when I would lean forward the monitors wouldn't pick up my contractions or the baby's heartbeat. Since I was in so much pain the pressure from the monitors were making the pain even worse, I begged them to take the monitors off! Finally the Doctor and nurses agreed and put in an internal monitoring device instead of having the monitors strapped to my belly. At that point I was at 6cm.

I was really trying to hang in there and tough it out but there did come a point - around 1:30 or so that I was saying "OK, I'm Done!" I was so tired and weak that I didn't think I could handle anymore pain, so I did consider a c-section. Thanks to my wonderful coach and the wonderful nurses they talked me through it and helped me hang on a little longer.

2:10 or so I was even more tired and even more ready to just give up. I was at my breaking point and I think everyone knew it. The nurse wanted to check me one more time before they started prepping me for a c-section. When she did, she realized that I was 9cm dilated, so on my next contraction she stretched my cervix to 10cm.

The nurse had me do a couple "test pushes" and then told me to stop because they could see the head. My doctor came in just in time to get scrubs on and get sat down. I only pushed probably a total of 5 times before the baby was born. I have to say, the pushing was the easiest part! I had to have 1 stitch but only because the internal monitor rubbed off a little skin when I was pushing. The doctor called it "rug burn" but it was bleeding a little so he went ahead and put in a stitch. Other than that I didn't tear or have to have an episiotomy!

Headed to Yuba City

So my water broke and we're getting ready to head to the hospital!!!! Wish us luck and we'll keep every posted. Feel free to call our cell phones if you're wondering how things are going.

530 526 5302
530 515 2916


Will post pics asap...

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE BABY POOL

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE BABY POOL

Suzanne has been having a few good contractions, so it could be any day now and we don't want anyone to miss out on it. Scroll down to see the updated baby pool calandars. Click on them to make them larger. Right now the winner is looking at $70.

When we do go down to Yuba City for the delivery i will do my best to post blogs and images as we go, it depends on if i can get WiFi service in the hospital and if i get the chance to sneek away to do it.

36 Week Check Up in Yuba City

Today was my 36 week check up with my OB in Yuba City. I will now be going to Yuba City every monday until I deliver. The baby's heartbeat was really strong 160 bpm and he is head down. The doctor told me that I could go into labor at ANY time, he said baby is ready whenever mother nature is. I went and pre-registered at the hospital and took a tour of the labor and delivery floor. It was so nice and the nurses in there were absolutely incredible! They are soooo nice and just pleasant to be around. I did find out that I will have to spend 48 hours in the hospital after the baby is born. That bites, but Bryce will be able to stay there with me the whole time. When I do go into labor, we will jump online before we hit the road and post a quick note letting everyone know that I've gone into labor and we're headed to Yuba City. Also we will be taking our laptop with us - I'm not sure if they offer WI-FI but if they do, we'll be able to keep everyone updated on how things are going.

The hospital I'm going to be delivering at will be:

Fremont Medical Center
970 Plumas Street
Yuba City, CA 95991
(530) 751 - 4000

I believe visiting hours are from 11am to 8 pm but I'm going to have to double check on that and update the posting...

Our New/Used Vehicle

Just wanted to update everyone!!! We finally found a "family vehicle" that we liked and we bought it. Thank goodness for a good tax return this year! We are the proud new owners of a 1994 Isuzu Trooper. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures to post of it yet but I will get around to posting some this week. It's a very nice vehicle - power everything! Oh and get this, it has windshield wipers on the headlights! Isn't that hilarious?!! They are adorable, I can't imagine us ever using them but they are so cute! It needs a little TLC since it is an older vehicle but that's ok with us. Oh did I mention it has a sunroof too? Anyway, pictures will post soon so check back in a couple days....