So, when I was pregnant with Gage, this happened ( Read more... )

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So. Minor emergency. Brandon and I were in a car accident Friday night. We were waiting to turn left at an intersection, and we got rear-ended by someone going straight through the intersection. The car is totalled; the trunk is now in the back seat and the entire frame of the car buckled. Thankfully, Gage was not with us; he was safe at home ( Read more... )

Had an unwelcomed surprise this morning; had some unusual bleeding ( Read more... )

I have insanely vivid dreams when I'm pregnant, which makes my pleasant dreams exponentially more awesome, but my nightmares become exponentially more terrifying / dreadful. I was so relieved to wake up this morning and realize that the horrible circumstances of my dream were not actually happening in real life. Whew.

...Had a brief scare today. Had an appointment with my OB today, and he wanted to listen to the baby's heartbeat with the doppler. I layed there for what seemed like an eternity as he tried and tried to locate the heartbeat. I was suddenly terrified and couldn't hold back the tears. I was so worried, thinking the worst, and then finally heard ( Read more... )

...was a little scary.

as far as i knew, i was only going in to get some fluids to prevent early labor.  but when i got in my room, the nurse started asking me all sorts of questions.. do you want an epidural? do you want the baby circumcised? do you want the baby to receive his first vaccinations here at the hospital? who do you want in the room ( Read more... )

...apparently i'm going to labor & delivery.  the OB nurse said i need to come in and get hooked up to an IV and get some fluids in me so i don't go into labor

.... but every now and then, i get these quick little 10-second bouts where i am suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of dread / terror / impending doom.

there's a baby on the way.  oh my god.

so either :

(A) i am a huge wimp incapable of bearing typical pregnancy pains

or

(B) i am one of the lucky 0.33% of pregnant women who gets to suffer through SPD (Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction)

....lately i have been in a pant-load of physical pain in and around the crotchal region.  it feels like someone took a wooden paddle (a la "dazed and confused ( Read more... )