Hellobee

Before I get into the second part of the boys’ birth, I want to share a story from the night I was admitted to the hospital. I had only been in labor and delivery for an hour or so when a resident came into my room to ask me a few questions. She wanted me […]

I just passed the one month until the due date milestone. I think more than anything I am in complete shock that we are here. The final stretch. It’s a weird place, because I’m a week away from being full-term and being in the any day now territory, or I could still have six weeks to go. On one hand […]

My pregnancy had already been complicated (read part 1 and part 2 for more about that), so at the end of my 33rd week when I lost what appeared to be my mucus plug followed by leaking of some clear liquid, I turned to Doctor Google. Some websites said that before 35 weeks you should […]

This post was written Wednesday, March 6, 2013.   So, the Babies Blue will be arriving next week at an undetermined time through an undetermined method of delivery.  Yeah, there’s a lot up in the air, and this little . . . ahem . . . gigantic mama is ready to have some decisions made.  Here’s […]

Here is what I packed for my hospital stay with Aliya.  Note:  I had a vaginal delivery with no complications, so we only stayed in the hospital two nights.

Part 1 The Epidural The placement was quick, but definitely hurt a lot more than I remembered. I said “ow!” several times as I felt pressure along one side of my spine, and stinging and numbness. During the placement, the resident anesthesiologist said at one point that they had “inadvertently” gone past the epidural space […]