Part 1 Tuesday, 4:00 pm We arrived at the hospital just after 4pm. There were several excruciating speed bumps on the way to the hospital. I refused to let Mr. S leave me at the door and insisted we go together to park the car. I had nearly a dozen contractions between the parking garage [...]
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Now that we’ve all said our hellos and I’ve introduced you to baby Stroller, I thought I’d share how he got here. Or at least the last few days of his life on the inside, since our journey through the infertility clinic is worthy of an entire post in itself. Mr. Stroller and I took [...]
Thank you all for the warm wishes on the announcement of Baby H’s arrival! We are loving every minute with her and learning so much. I had hoped to take my 40 week belly shot but I went into labor the day before my due date! And if I’d had my druthers, we would have [...]
Part 1 One of the male doctors in the room showed me a white plastic “pin,” as he called it. He let me feel the pointy end with my left hand, then said he’d be poking my legs with it. He started with my big toe, and I told him I could kind of feel [...]
After we found out were were pregnant with Chloe, I started researching birth methods and pain management options. I read birth stories, and read one awful story after the other about induced labor, stalling, and emergency c-sections. This certainly wasn’t the kind of birth experience I had in mind. I mentally prepared myself for natural [...]
When I left off, I was 10 cm dilated, fully effaced, and ready to start pushing! I was so happy that I was able to fully dilate, as I had been afraid that the pitocin/epidural combo might prevent that from happening. Even though the whole process had taken a lot longer than we had hoped, [...]
