Life As I Know It

There so much about having a baby I never knew, so much that our past experience hid and prevented me from enjoying and living. These elev...

Three years ago... ...today, Sh.awn had just had another surgery to repair a shunt malfunction. It was evident only shortly after his arriva...

(Cross posted with the boys' blog for those of you who read both.) How many weeks? Guess who’s 38 weeks along? Me! Can you believe it?!...

The contractions have slowed to one or two an hour for a few hours and then nothing. My back is better. Yeah. Went to the OB for my pre-op a...

Last night was pretty horrible. My back started really bothering me at about 9:30 pm. It started as a constant pain in my lower back and wou...

So welcome to my new place. :-) Thank you for continuing to follow me on this journey. --- It has been an interesting weekend to say the lea...

I've been struggling. I know. That's a surprise, right? I mean, I am totally zen on all of this pregnancy stuff and all. Ahem. Don...

So long, farewell... ...to doctor Doom! I had my final appointment with him yesterday. I can't even begin to describe how freeing it is ...

16 days. There will hopefully be a baby here in 16 days. One that will come home with me and not stay in the hospital for months on end (hop...

How far along : 36 weeks, 1 day Total weight gain : 25 pounds. Stretch marks : nope Sleep : I am now to the point of having trouble sleeping...

3 more weeks. Those were the first words out of my OB's mouth this afternoon. I just about fell off the table. Holy shit. 3 more weeks?!...

Sigh. I was feeling, dare I say, confident? not as worried? at least okay about today's appointment. The good : Gestation - 34 weeks, 3 ...

I have become quite the novelty at work. We don't have many babies amongst our staff any more. Either the people there are too old, have...

Thank you for the kind words on my last post. I am sorry if I scared anyone with the title. :-( I am smart enough to know that the things th...

Sigh. The good: Gestation - 32 weeks, 3 days Cervix had no change. It was still 3.0 cm. No funneling. Cerclage is doing its thing. The baby...

More random Friday night thoughts... Had an OB appointment today. I've gained 2 pounds since the last appointment. Baby sounded fine. Ut...

Ok. Before you look, remember it was late and I am not wearing makeup. Well, I never wear makeup, but I probably should start after looking ...

Gestation - 30 weeks, 2 days Cervix was 3.0 cm. No funneling. Not dynamic when pressure is applied. BPP was 8 out of 8. He was breathing! Fl...

Baby Lo is now scheduled to arrive on March 30, 2011 -- 60 days from now. Yikes. He's coming whether or not I am ready! Edited to add: N...

The boys were born at this gestation. Oh man does this day scare me. I've been dreading it, really. I am not sure how I am going to be. ...