Need To Know

Ladies,
I have a question for those of you who are done having babies.  How did you know you were done?  Did you feel your family was complete?  Did you ever have moments where you were unsure? 
I feel I am being pulled back and forth on this one.  I do NOT feel that we are complete [...]

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Birth Story, Part 2

After taking some time to monitoring the baby, I was allowed to take the monitor and spandex belt off.  If I remember right, we were still being monitored when my doula arrived and boy was I relieved.  She told me my other doula was going to try to come, but her kids were very sick.  [...]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA

I can’t believe it has been a week since the baby was born!  I promise to get on the birth story soon!  But obviously it has been a crazy week, and today we celebrated Joshua’s 7th birthday. 
So today made for an emotional morning as I remembered where I was last week, giving birth to my [...]

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The Real Thing?

Well, this is Melissa’s mom.  First, let me say that I am not the writer that Melissa is.  She can write things and make them so interesting, just full of life.  But I told her that I’d try to keep everyone informed, so here I am.
Melissa has been having steady contractions now for several hours, [...]

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Another Long Night With No Baby

What is it about the night that makes my uterus want to work?  I was up all night again.  The contractions became more intense and eventually I got out of bed and headed downstairs with a couple of pillows and sat on the recliner part of my couch.  I had the heating pad on, which [...]

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Shirts

I’m still having contractions.  They are just here and there.  They got pretty intense early this morning.  I really had to focus on my breathing and there were a couple of times they caught me off-guard and I was not in a relaxing position when they hit…nor could I get in a relaxing position until [...]

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Or not…

Of course this is how it happens!  We call our Doula, call the doctor and let him know we think we are at the beginning stages of labor. 
I have a moment where I start crying because I just feel so guilty about leaving little Madison at someone else’s house overnight without being able to explain to her what is [...]

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Contractions, Contractions

Yesterday was quite eventful.  I went to my 39 week checkup with Scott and my mom (and Madison) there too. 

Dr. said the baby’s head was definitely engaged, and that this weekend would be good for him because his wife is going out of town and left him with a to-do list!    I really do [...]

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Dealing With Fear (Especially in Childbirth!)

Still pregnant, but getting closer.  Some really cool things have been happening this last week. 
First, I have a friend who tried calling me several times Tuesday.  I never got around to answer the phone or calling her back, but when she called me back on Wednesday, I picked up.  She asked me if things were [...]

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Short Post

I was up til 2 a.m. this morning with contractions, and then they finally dwindled down to just one or two and hour, and then stopped.  Needless to say, I was exhausted this morning!
I have an OB appt tomorrow.  I’ll find out if the doctor thinks the baby has dropped.  It sure looks like it [...]

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