Miss Annie's Story

We were excited yet surprised to find out we were expecting Annie. When Burke was one we decided we would try to have another baby. Well then Chris got layed off at work and we decided to move back home to Burley. Chris actually got a job and moved to Burley and I ended up staying in Logan for six more weeks before moving. My little sister came and stayed with me to help take care of Burke while I worked. I guess I was a little grumpy because she complained to my dad about how grumpy I was and my family kept asking me if I was pregnant and I kept telling them that I was just stressed out with the move. Well we finally got moved and after a few weeks and my Dad of all people keep telling everyone that I was pregnant we found out i really was pregnant. Annie was due April 17, 2003. Yes I know her due date is just 11 days after what Burkes was :). We were pleased when we did find out. Her pregnancy was easier because I wasn't so sick with morning sickness, but I did have preeclampsia again and it was alot worse the 2nd time around. My last Doctors appointment before I had her was scheduled on Burkes birthday and I quickly changed that because I didn't want to be put on bed rest on his b-day. So we had our doctors appointment on the 19th and Dr. Dowdle promptly put me on bed rest. I was retaining water, and my ankles were huge. We were ok on Chris days off, but I decided Burke and I would go stay with my parents on Sunday so I could have some help with Burke. That night I became very sick. I couldn't keep anything down. The next morning I left Burke with my parents and went home so I could rest and not worry about Burke. Well I decided that since I couldn't keep anything down that I wouldn't drink anything either. It seemed logical to me at the time, but looking back it wasn't the wisest decision because I started having contractions and I ended up in the hospital that night. The contractions were coming regularly and the doctor said that I could have Annie if they kept going but I was so exhausted from being so sick that I let them give me something to relax and go to sleep. Well whatever it was it stopped my contractions. The next day when Dr. Dowdle came in to check on me he said it was to early for me to be induced without doing an amnio. He told me that he recommended the amnio because my blood pressure was so high and it would be better to have the baby sooner rather than later. So we decided to get the amnio done. We got the results that her lungs were developed and that it was ok to induce. Well by the time we got the results to the amnio it was to late in the afternoon to induce so we decided to induce the next morning. I remember they induced about 4:00 am on the 26th of March, but after I got the epidural everything is a little sketchy. My blood pressure plummeted and I had a reaction to the epidural. The nurse had never seen anyone react that way. I got so sick. I remember that the nurse call button didn't work in the room I was in but they couldn't move me because of the epidural and because of how I was doing they had to fix the button so the tech came in and fixed it. Annie arrived around 12:45 pm on March 26, 2003. She was 5 lbs. 15 ozs. She was so tiny. The doctor said because of the stress my body had been under that she had stopped growing and her lungs developed faster because I was under stress. We were so glad that she was a healthy baby girl. Her full name is Annie Luella Walquist. She is named after her great grandma Walquist. I am so grateful for a doctor that was on top of things and took very good care of me. The nurses at the Burley hospital were also very amazing.