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Our little man came out with as much hair as his daddy!

He had a little fever at first because I did. Pushing lasted 2 hours and he shot out pretty quick at the end, so he was spitting up some fluid. But, the baby nurse gave him an Apgar of 9 and 9. So good! They watched him a while in the nursery after his bath and his doctor checked him out.

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Things are finally calm here. I’ve been sick with a bad cold for 2 days and hadn’t slept from it and contractions since 3 am Weds. When I realized this might be it, I knew energy would be a problem.

I was having really good contractions when I got to the hospital, but wasn’t dilating. The Dr. Broke my water to make them stronger. Boy, did it. The ( Read more... )

I’ve made it past January! Our little man will be a February baby. Danny had been predicting an end-of-Jan birth, but I made it through the weekend with nothing but a whole lot of pre-labor contractions and very little sleep. I have been going back and forth between thinking baby will be a Valentine present or that he will arrive past my 2/18 due ( Read more... )

So I just got back from the OB from my weekly(!!) exam…

So my blood pressure was good - 100/60 now that I’ve stopped commuting to work. I had been stressing way too much the past few weeks. My weight looks good (I’m still almost ALL baby), fundal height exactly right at 37w and baby sounded good once she chased him around for his heart beat (he ( Read more... )

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I can’t believe I’ve made it far enough to have just had my baby shower! This pregnancy has certainly not flown by. But, the time for baby’s arrival is getting closer and closer regardless!

The second weekend of the month, our dear friends Johnathan and Mel flew all the way out from California for our baby shower. Mel and my good friend Laura were ( Read more... )

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