Miss Riley is Here!

Riley Jane Neves

July 3rd 2009

3:32 AM

6 pounds 6 ounces

Okay so finally I have a few minutes to do baby pictures. I swear with a baby in the hospital people think you have time to do things but I have never been so busy in my life! (and that's saying a lot!!!!)

Here's the story slightly shortened. I took my anti contraction meds on wednesday night the 1st at nine but my nine thirty I was having contractions and the frequency just increased until at 11:00 they were close and hard and I called L and D and they had me come in. At 12:10 we walked into triage. They were happy I was 34 weeks but didn't know if they wanted me to stop or keep going so they decided to try to stop the contractions. Well it didn't really work, so they gave me more and more to stop them and it just made my body fight even harder. Finally after about 5 hours and tons of anti contraction meds they gave up and said never mind you're having the baby. Unfortunatly right about then the contractions stopped. Even more unfortunately I was about 6 cm and needed to keep going. We had to wait for the drugs to wear off. Contractions stopped for an hour and then we went back to a warring body and lots of pain. After about 14 hours I conceeded and got an epidural. It wasn't until about 20 hours though that they started giving me pitosin (?) and then at 25 hours they broke mt water because we weren't getting anywhere. Finally at 30 hours of labor or rather around 3:30 on the 3rd Riley's heart started dipping and the dr. decided it was now or never. Riley wasn't where she was supposed to be so they had to go on a fishing trip to find her. Two hands and a vacuum and me pushing were what it took to get her out. She cried a big cry and we were all blown away by her 6 pounds six ounces. I didn't get to see her because I had to lay flat, but she was taken to NICU and given a C-pap for breathing so it wouldn't be so hard since we had both worked hard. I finally saw her the first time about 8 hours later and I think she's gorgeous!!! But I may be biased.

Right now she is doing really good all things considered. She is breathing on her own, she is taking bottles and starting to nurse some, and totally off the IV. She is really working hard, but we're facing some bad jaundice from her body trying to heal the hematoma at the back of her head. Its coming down but it's still going to be a long process. None the less we are so proud of her and how hard she is working!

Thank you everyone for all the support, I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Love Eric Nellie and Riley

Mom and Dad waiting...

Grandpa Don and Grandma Linda sleeping and waiting for Riley

Her first hours

She doesn't like to wake up



Feeding with Mommy

Daddy's Girl!

Our funny little family is finally complete!

Thank you everyone for the prayers and support. Couldn't have done it without you!!!!!

Bummer News

I have some sad news. Winston our horse has had a few really hard days, he's had a fever, a hard time eating and keeping food in his mouth and has a lump on the joint of his jaw. Dr. Weilepp and my friend Jodi have been with him this week trying to figure out the problem, finally we found out today that it is an aggressive tumor. We decided with the amount of pain he is in that we would put him down. He was put to rest this morning. I'm glad he's no longer in pain.

I am very sad that I am loosing him at a time when I can't be the one to be there with him, but I can't risk the baby's health.I think it is important to remember all the lives that Winnie has touched over the years and what an amazing life he has led. He's been a professsional english jumping horse as well as a professional western pleasure horse and has won over 40,000 in his career, before I met him. He worked for three years as a therapeutic riding horse at Saddle Pals and touched so many lives while he was there. He has always been such charming and eccentric horse. From the fits he would throw where instead of bucking he would angrily do flying lead changes and dressage he's learned when he was young, to his ability to hunt birds in the arena and the pasture, killing 2 and injuring at least 5. Quite a talent. I'm glad he's been a part of our family. His life has been spared more than once so that he could enjoy the retirement he's deserved over the last two years. Now it is time for him to get the rest he deserves.
He is a fantastic horse and will always be remembered that way.

32 weeks and counting

We went to the Dr today and got great news.......I graduated from hi risk!! Yeah. While I am still considered a hi risk prego, I get to go to a normal prego dr. that's kinda cool! We also recieved a finalized timeline. Here's how it falls.


Now until july 2nd (34 weeks pregnant) - still on bedrest laying flat except I can sit up to eat which is really nice.

2nd- 16th (36 weeks pregnant)- released from bedrest, can walk around some and have a litt more activity, not much, sorry still can't work ;-)

16th and on- off medication, can have baby at any time.



As we know plans are great and all but there is a really good chance I won't make it until the 16th. The medication has started to wear off on it effectiveness. I am doing about two hours of contractions at least every other night and afternoon. The good news is today the dr said that Riley is safe. Yea! She weighed in at 5 pounds 1 ounce very impresive for her age I guess. He said that even if she went to the nicu the chances of her being on a ventilatator or anthing serious are very small. Eric says I look like myself again because I am a bit relieved. I have to admit it was really nice hearing that she is SAFE! Thank you for all the prayers! We'll keep you updated as our little bitty gets closer and closer.