He was born at 2:50 on the 23rd after 8 hours of labor and only 20 minutes of pushing! He weighed 7lbs. 11oz. and was 20.5 inches long. We came home two days later and have been spending this time recouping (harder than I thought it would be) and just trying to get a grip [...]
Archive > February 2006
Update.
Weight: gained 4lbs. BP: 120/80 (a little high, they said) Dilated: 5cm So today was quite interesting. The general concensus is that no one can believe the baby isn’t out yet. The good news is that I’ve been having contractions since yesterday. The bad news is that the contractions are coming as back labor. Oh [...]
Prenatal appointment.
Doctor’s appointment today at 1:15. I’ll write later and let you know how it went.
Saturday…
Instead of riding around like we normally do on Saturdays (it hurts to sit for too long, and the more I walk the more likely I am to go into labor, I’m told), Mike and I went to Toys R Us. They’re having a great sale right now, and we got this for 20% off [...]
Happy Due Date!
Yes, that’s right. Today is the date that the docs long ago predicted would be the date I was due. Of course only 5% of women actually go into labor on their due dates, so no worries there, but at least it means that I’m getting down to the wire. I had no idea the [...]
Sitting down now…
What a morning. I slept really crappy last night, and I had to wake up early, so I was already working on a deficit. I wasn’t hungry, but was rather nervous, and that made my stomach feel really funky, so my normal breakfast of Honey Nut Cheerios just wouldn’t go down. Mike stayed home for [...]
