Whipple Family Blog

Yep, she made it! Here's the story... My mom came out on Monday (the day after mother's day). It was very relieving to know that she was there and going to watch my kids and take them to all the many places I taxi them! The next day I gave her the run down of our routine and the tour of our house. We were all glad that she had that time to get acquainted to everything. On Tuesday we were all getting a little anxious for the baby to come! Out of desperation, we went and bought Blue Cohosh Root and some prenatals that were supposed to stimulate labor. Well, not much happened except I had to go... a lot more than usual. We tried all the regular methods and I think I lost a few pounds from the vigorous walks my mom led me on! I thought this would definitely do it, but no luck. Wednesday we did the same thing, long walks, about three shopping trips, and also the herbal remedies. I was pretty exhausted by the end of the day. I thought this would for sure put me into labor, but the wa...

I'm faced with a hard decision. I went to the doctor today for my 38th week checkup. I was a little apprehensive to go because the last three times I have been "checked" the doctors weren't able to tell because my uterus is soooo posterior. Brian asked me if I was excited before I went. I guess I should have had him come in the past and he would have known the answer to that (: . I was really interested to see if I had progressed at all, but I don't think excited was the right word. First the doctor did the exam, and gratefully she is a six foot tall doctor that has long fingers (: .She apologized, but was finally able to find out. I am dilated to a two and 70% effaced. I was a little surprised that I was only at a 2, but also grateful I hadn't had the baby before 38 weeks. She then proceeded to tell me the "problem". She asked me if I knew the difficulties that comes along with a baby who has her shoulder stuck coming out of the birth canal (like As...

Yes, this is our fourth girl! I know, the profile isn't great, but I guess that's just about what you can get when you're still in the womb (: . I had to ask again to make sure she was really a girl, and yes she definitely is. Wednesday was my second ultrasound. The doctor wanted to make sure that she wasn't too big, considering that each of my girls have been a pound bigger (Tera 7 pounds 2 ounces, Shay 8 pounds 3 ounces, and Ashtyn 9 pounds 2 ounces). I didn't know this but I guess Ashtyn got her shoulder stuck coming out. That can be quite dangerous and could cause brain damage. I was a little nervous to find out how much this one would weigh, because the bigger the baby, the more likely there would be another shoulder caught in the birth canal. Well, it turns out right now that she weighs (or so they say) about 7 pounds 13 ounces. Which isn't too small considering I have two more weeks to go, but isn't enough for a c-section. I am quite relieved since I ...

Okay, so this post is a little on the serious side... The last couple of nights I have watched the Mormon documentary on PBS. The first couple of hours was on the restoration of the church and the church members eventually moving to Utah. They focused on polygamy of course, the Mountain Meadow Massacre, Joseph Smith gold digging etc. They made particular mention that there was lack of archaeological evidence of the Book of Mormon. They did mention that the early saints were persecuted, but gave very little details. The last couple of hours of the documentary focused on the political powers of the LDS church members, the blacks not having the priesthood (and therefore the segregation of different cultures), temple rites, families, missionaries, women in the church, and discouragement of intellectualism. I came away from the program thinking, "that didn't feel right". Most of the documentary was true about the LDS church, but many of the things that they put in were half-tr...