Home Sweet Home

Feels great to be home! I was only in hospital for 3 days, Ciara was born early hours of Wednesday morning, so I was in all Tuesday, all Wednesday and then until lunch time today. We are a family of 5 now! I can't believe it really, I have 3 adorable children, a loving husband and i'm only 20 years old. I have so much living still to do, yet if I died tomorrow I would be happy (well not really but you understand my point) Ciara is a wonderful baby, she has no trouble with feeding and is just so good a sleeping and is really no trouble. Well now Ciara is sleeping i'm going to try and spend some time with Noah and April, I think some colouring in might be on the cards? They really want to run outside, but not really up to that, espeically since I have stiches :/ Oh I guess the great things about having a baby!

Privacy Reasons

I am so proud to have a wonderful family, espeically with the new addition of Ciara, but because of privacy and saftey reasons, I will NOT be posting pictures. I don't have the time to tag and watermark each picture I wish to upload and i'm not going to upload pictures which haven't been tagged. I don't want to risk the safety of my family or their privacy. I know there are some creeps out there and i'm just not willing to take the risk, espeicall with people I don't know. I know family members and friends read this blog as well and I apoligies to you, expecially my grandparents who live in New Zealand and haven't seen April and Noah in months and probably won't Ciara for a while either. But I just can't trust some people out there.

Ciara Lauren

Ciara Lauren Ellis

29th September 2010

Adam and I were blessed with our third child early this morning. She is adorable and looks just like Adam. She has really dark jet black hair, which is really different to April and Noah who had a light colour hair when they were born. Speaking of the big brother and sister they adore her! April has held her and given her so many kisses, Noah we haven't let him hold her yet, just because she is still so tiny but over the coming weeks he will have his share of time with her. We finally an hour ago decied on the name Ciara after much discussion and input from family and friends. The only problem I have with Ciara is the way people pronounce it. I know there is no right or worng way, but our daughter is named Cee-AIR-rah not Cee-ARE-rah. We are hoping to be discharged from hospital tomorrow so i'm able to get home and spend time with not only Ciara but with my gorgeous April and Noah who i'm so proud of :')

Baby Ellis Is here!

ITS A GIRL!!
She arrived at 1.54am
September 29th 2010
17 hours of Labour
4 Pushes
Weighting 7lb 6oz
Measuring 20in long
Reamins nameless for now, tossing up between Ciara Lauren and Chelsea Quinn.

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Update on Labour

It's been a couple of hours now since I was admitted to hospital. My contractions are about 2-3 minutes apart but are not too painful yet. I'm 3.5 cm nearly 4cm dilated and really now just waiting.  It's been a really long time and i'm barely dilating. It happened with April I remember it took forever to reach 4cm, then after that within 2 hours I was nearly to 7cm! It's nearly 4.00pm and doctors say the way things are looking now the baby will probably be born late tonight or in the early hours of tomorrow morning. I have been in labour for about 7 hours now, but nothing too painful and overwhelming. I think the contractions will start to get worst within the next hour so, considering the doctor has said the baby will probably come tonight. Once i'm dialted enough and the contractions are worst, i'll be able to order an epidural. Let's hope we are not here too much longer and i'll be able to give you the good news soon!

Labour

Well it's been about 24 hours since my membrane sweep and we are heading to the hospital as soon as I have finished this post. My water broke earlier this morning, but I wasn't having any contractions yet. At first i wasn't sure if it was my water, because I wasn't having any contrations and it didn't feel like my water breaking like it did during the first two pregnancies. But now it is my water and has been running down my leg for a while now, even with pads on. I am having some slight contractions too so it's time for the hospital. Adams parents have just picked up Noah and April and they will be looking after them until later today when my older brother and his girlfriend will pick them up and probably take them for the night. It allows both our parents to be there with us, and my sister is going to be there too. Of course not all in the room at once. So i'm off to the hospital. I'll update you later!

Back from the Doc.

Went to the doctors this morning for my membrane sweep, i'm fully engaged now and about 2.5cm dilated. It's been about 3 hours since the membrane sweep and I haven't felt any different. We are prepared to go to the hospital though at any point during the next 48 hours. I know with Noah it took a couple of hours and I started to feel contractions and my water broke, so hoepfully in the next couple of hours this baby will be doing the same. Thats all really. I'll update later.

38 weeks!

Nearly time for baby to arrive. I have my appointment tomorrow where i'm going to have my membrane sweep and then hopfully within the next 3 days i'll be holding my thrid child. I have so many emotions running through me right now, but I just want to have this baby. I'm still 2 weeks away from my due date, but from all my other appointments the baby is fine healhty and is ready to come into the world! I will make sure I keep you updated, i'll blog before and after my appointment tomorrow then with anymore news after that. I'm hoping i'm more than 1.5cm dilated tomorrow as well!!

My Cute Kiddies

April and Noah are so excitied to a new baby. Espeically Ap, she understands it more than Noah. I don't think he fully understand it all but he has been touching and kissing my belly alot the last few weeks. Ap keeps asking who the baby is, what is its name and will it be her friend. It makes me happy to know that they are excitied about this baby, I would hate it to be any other way. I wonder if they will still be excitied by the time its born haha. I don't know how they will react. April was really good when Noah was born, she has that that change and knows, well I guess she knows kind of what to expect. Noah on the other hand loves to have attention all the time is a look at me kind of boy. Very independant but loves to have people watching him and giving him attention, so maybe he won't cope well. I guess we will find out soon!

Membrane Sweep

I'm 37 and a half weeks now and I still have had no sign of any contractions or a broken water. I called my doctor today just to get some more information about what will happen towards the end of the week if nothing has happened. I was told that if by Monday (which I will be 38 weeks by then) I will go in and have a membrane sweep which should kick start labour within 24-48 hours. I had a membrane sweep with Noah around the same stage i'm at now and he arrived within the 48 hours. It was a little painful with Noah and so were my contractions and labour compared to Apirl's. I don't know if it was because of  the membrane sweep or if it was just a more painful labour. I friend of mine had a membrane sweep at 39 weeks and then was 'properly' induced at 41 weeks 3 days as the membrane sweep was not effective on her and I know that is the case for some women. I'm hoping because it worked before it will work again. I'm also hoping that my labour won't be as painful as with Noah. I decided not to have a membrane sweep with April because it was my first pregnancy and I was only young and I just didn't want to take any risks, I wanted things to happen naturally and eventually they did. So i'll blog hopefully over the weekend if anythign happens then for sure on Monday and after to see if the membrane sweep works some magic.

37 week App.

Well today I had my 37 week appointment and everything is fantastic! Whats even better is I was told the baby would probably be here on the weekend!! I'm still 1.5cm dilated but now i'm about 75% effaced (you need to be 100% effaced/thinned out for the baby to come) and the baby is fully engaged hence the numbness of my belly. So the baby will probably be here by the 38 week mark which is just so exciting! The house is a little mad right now i'm trying to finalise and check I have done everything I needed to. His/her heartbeat tow was 149, which is where it has been nearly the whole pregnancy. I'm so excitied, and my doctor said I could probably have a membrane sweep by the end of the week / weekend if nothing has happened by then. So to sum it all up, baby will be here within 1 week!

Numb Belly Button / Pressure

Today I have had a reallt numb and tingly feeling around my belly button. I'm not sure what it could be. I haven't really experinced in my other two pregnancies, or maybe I just never noticed it? It's in about a 3cm radius around my belly button. So strange and a werid sensation. I think it's possibly just the skin streching, but if it contuines I might bring it up at my appointment tomorrow just to get a second opinion.

I also have been feeling alot of pressure in my lower stomach today as well. It got hard to walk at some stages of the day, kind of like the baby was trying to push it's way out of there. I think my baby must nearly be full engaged!! Thats such great news and will probably mean he/she will be here pretty soon. At my last appointment my doctor didn't really mention anything about the baby being engaged, but i'm guess but the feelings I have had today he/she must nearly be fully engaged. I'm so excitied, this baby could be here before I know it.

We are waiting for..

Ryden Cole Ellis / Nathan Keaton Ellis
Ciara Lauren Ellis / Aubrey Jaylee Ellis
♥ One of those names will be the name of my third child.

Full Term

I have made it to full term! I know some doctors cound full term as 36 weeks but now by everyone standarts i'm full term. 3 weeks until me due date and we will find out on Tuesday if we should be expecting our baby sooner or maybe even later than that!

Our Plans

After the baby is born we know the house is going to be a place of complete chaos! So we have figured out a plan to keep in simple as possible. Of course i'm not new to the whole newborn/mothering side of things ut it's different everytime espeically this time have two children already and having to think about and put their needs first as well as the considerations of yourself and the new edition. We have enrolled April in an extra day of daycare, just for the first few weeks until things become easier, it seems like we are just plaming her off, but it's not like that at all. She's now 3 years old and loves daycare, it gives her great experinces and she loves being around other children. As for Noah, he's only 18 months old and we have kept him out of daycare for as long as possible, (April started to go at 10 months then we pulled her out for nearly a year, then she started back once/twice a week) but we think he is ready and needs to be around some children his own age and make some friends. So we will have at least on day with only the new baby which is give me some more time to get things mainly around the house done considering the baby is a good little sleeper. We are also considering moving to the next suburb. The prices for there houses are really cheap right now and out rent has been going up the last couple of months and we can't comfortably afford it anymore. We wanted to be moved and everything before the baby came so we didn't distrub anything but looks like it will wait until after Christmas or maybe just before depending on a few things.  Tomorrow I will be 37 weeks which is counted as full term Yay!! I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday and we will see if anything has moved along. Adam is working as many shifts as possible until the baby comes and has taken 4 weeks petunrity leave when the baby does come to help me, mainly with hosuehold things and looking after April and Noah. So baby could come at any time now and we are prepared!

Names!

I'm nearly full term (37 weeks) and I still have ZERO names that we can picture naming our child. We have a pretty long list which i'll post but still nothing we really adore or can agree on I might add.
Girls:
Lacey Maya Ellis
Rachel Kelsey Ellis
Sophia Drew Ellis
Moriah Lauren Ellis
Serena Faith Ellis
Alexa Grace Ellis
Kari (Kahr-ee) Emma Ellis
Aubrey Jaylee Ellis
Mayra Bailey Ellis
Chelsea Quinn Ellis
Nadia Stephanie Ellis
Hadley Mya Ellis
Ciara Lauren Ellis
Madison Cayla Ellis
Kiarn Louise Ellis
Ariella Marie Ellis
Rebekkah Renee Ellis


Boys:
Evan Taylor Ellis
Bronson Luke Ellis
Connor Lincoln Ellis
Travis Aiden Ellis
Owen Hunter Ellis
Jordan Louis Ellis
Jude Davin Ellis
Logan William Ellis
Nathan Keaton Ellis
Boyd Jeremy Ellis
Cruz Jared Ellis
Tully William Ellis
Austin Bradley Ellis
Ryden Cole Ellis

Life at 16/17

I was probably your typical teenager. I had been going out with my boyfriend Adam for 2 years and for me I knew it was love. That kind of teenager love, more physical than spiritual love. He was the one I knew it from that moment. But the future wasn't a thing I through about much, I lived in the moment for the moment. I had an amazing family, and being the baby I was pampered a lot. My parents also gave me a lot of freedom, having an older brother and sister they had been through this teenage stage twice and had, had little to know problems. So my weekends were spend out at friends, and even strangers parties just having a great time before life really started to happen. I was still going well in school had good relations with my family, friends and Adam. I wasn't much of a drinker, but every now and then I would make up for it when I over indulged and I guess that is where things went wrong. I never went off the rails or turned to drugs as a quick fix for my problems but i had that rebellious stage when all I wanted to do was fit in and be like everyone else and that included seex. I did feel ready at the time, but I had no understanding of the implications having seex would have o my life. It wasn't a drunken mistake; it was a "romantic" way to spend my first time. Little did I know it would turn into a more casual arrangement? It would have only been a couple of weeks after we made the casual arrangement that April began to grow and we didn't even know it yet. Our lives were going to be changed in a huge way! I was only 16 when that little red line changed my life. It was the beginning of Year 11 at school and I was pregnant. My parents were very understanding and supportive; I couldn’t have done it without them. They are really the most open minded and understanding people I have ever met. Adam as well and truly the love of my life and the father of my baby. I was due just before the end of third term at school. It was a horrible place to be, the feeling that everyone is looking at you, watching you and talking about you. The effort to get up and go to school in the mornings became pointless for me. The pregnancy was hard and took its toll on my mind and body. It felt like at first something strange and foreign was growing inside of me, at times I felt sick thinking about it. Adam and I decided to keep the gender a surprise until the very end, and it made that moment all the more special. I turned 17 on August 30 and was about to pop! I still had a little while to go until my due date as well. Early morning on the 4th September 2007 and felt contractions beginning to come on, and a few days before that my doctor had told me I had just slightly began to dilate. The contractions were not terrible at first, but my water broke shortly after and they intensified. I as admitted to hospital at around 8am in the morning having no real idea about the pain and long struggle before me. Adam and my mum were with me the whole time with constant visits from my sister, brother, dad and other close friends and family. All I really wanted was the epidural but I wasn’t dilated enough to have it. Late afternoon I was given the okay for the epidural and it seemed to have an instant effect on me. After that things seemed to move a little faster and by that evening I was told it was time to push. At 8.19pm I held my baby for the first time, it was a little girl, 8lb and 20 inches of perfection. She was given the name April Leigh Ellis and from that moment she was our princess. I bought her home from hospital 4 days later and life had changed so much. I was working on a couple of hours or less of sleep per night and was still trying to keep up to date with my school work which was being sent to me weekly. I wanted to not fall behind because I knew that if I did I would never catch back up. Life slowly got easier with April, I was still doing my school work and wasn’t falling behind. I went back to school when April was 2 months old, which was the beginning of November and my first term as a year 12 student. I went to school for roughly six weeks before the summer holidays came and I was able to have a bit of relaxation in my then stressful life. Going back to school was probably the hardest thing, leaving April and having a constant worry. But also add in the extra work and stress it was a nightmare. I can now say I am a different person to who I was back then, but it really was the next year of my life which changed everything completely.

36 week App.

I had my appointment toay for 36 weeks. We dropped April at daycare this monring and then took Noah to my parents place so we would have to worry about him during the appointment. Everything is still going great! At one point I thourght Adam was going to get the gender for our doctor, I don't know what he was thinking but he said he was only joking around. I think I would have killed him if he told me! So i'm measuring at 36 weeks, I remember when I was about 30-32 I was measuring a little ahead but everything seems to be on track now. I'm also 1.5cm dilated and 30% effaced :) I was so excitied to hear that. It means that everything is begining to get ready for the birth of our baby. My dilation will probably fluctuate between now and when the baby comes, well until labor begins.  I baby's heart beat is still around 150, which it has been for the last couple of appointments. It's just a really big relief after every appointment when you are told everything is normal and okay.

Doctors App.

Tomorrow I have my doctor's appointment for 36 weeks. I'm so excitied about the final few coming up to the birth. Last time I hadn't dialated any yet, nor was I effaced. I'm hoping this time there will be some progress in one or both of those areas. Also next week I will be consider full term which i'm thrilled about! It's so exciting knowing that this baby could possibly join the world at any time now. We are prepared for sure. The nursery is waiting, we have all the clothes we could possibly need, car seat, diapers, bottles all the baby stuff, we have it ready. My biggest fear in this pregnancy was towards the end I would be put on bed rest, and having 2 children already I could not see that working out at all. But i have almost made it now and the only thing we are waiting on now is this baby. I can't wait to meet him/her but i'm going to miss being pregnant as well.

Getting out of the House

The weather seems to be amazing today so we decided to take April and Noah down to the beach for a play in the sand and even a paddle if it's warm enough. They have been couped up in the house for months from the cold winter weather and have alot of engery to birn off. It would make mine and Adam's lives alot easier as well. The water was really warm, even I had a little paddle, I hope this new baby is going to be a beach bum as well because Noah and April love the water and being at he beach. I feel like i'm literally about to pop, I had trouble walking bad up the sand dunes to get to the car after the beach. I still have a month to go, although i'm lucky i'm not heavily pregnant during the heat of summer, I really don't think I could do that again! I did it with Noah, well he was born in March so I was 6-8 months pregnant during the hottest parts of summer, but couldn't imagine being 35-40 weeks during summer. Back to the beach, it was a lovely morning and I think that it really used up some of the kids energy. I know it did for Noah anyways, he's fast asleep right now and April is watching a DVD. I hope he weather contuines to be lovely so we can get out of the house more often and get this baby ready to be a beach bum like the rest of the family.

Introduction

Blogging is going to be my new thing. I guess it's an easy way to keep people up to date about my life, my children's and my husbands. I guess I should start with a little about me if you don't know anything already. My name is Loraah Jennifer Ellis, I have just turned 20 years old on 22nd August 2010. I'm recently married to my first and only true love Adam James Ellis on 3rd April 2010. He is my soul mate and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. Together we have two gorgeous children and another on the way. Our eldest is April Leigh Ellis and she was born 4th September 2007, were both still in high school and only 17 years old. She;s just had her 3rd birthday is the most amazing little girl I have ever met. Our second child is Noah Caden Ellis and he was born 16th March 2009. He was planned and I was 18, nearly 19 years old and Adam had just turned 19. He's a monster at times with an amazing imagination. He keeps everyone entertained. Coming to our third child, I'm currently 35 weeks pregnant and due October 10th (1 month today) the gender is a surprise and will remain that way. Adam and I were thrilled to find out we were expecting again at the begining of the year, even though it wasn't planned like Noah. My parents are the most amazing people I know. They are so supportive, understanding and inspirational. My older sister Samarrah is my best friend and idol. She has two amazing girls, Amy who is 3 and Lucy who is 5 months. My brother Lachlan is the sweetest big brother a girl could ever want, his girlfriend is currently pregnant with a baby boy, Luca and is due in Decemeber. I'm not a young mother who lives of government payments, I never have and never will. I graduated high school in 2008 and i'm into my second year at university, bachelor of education so I am able to become a teacher. Adam works full time, and i'm considering getting a part time job after the baby is born so we are able to have a little extra money. I don't miss out on things and never had, I choose this life and have never really looked back. April and Noah are my world along with Adam and this new baby. Without them in my life I wouldn't be Loraah. I wouldn't have any inspiration to complete university and get a good job. I would be worst off without them, without a doubt.