Beautiful Pregnancy

From the moment I knew I was keeping this baby, I turned into supermommy. (Hence the name of the blog). I enrolled in several maternity programs, childbirth classes, looked into natural birthing centers, & breast-feeding classes. Of course, I also purchased the pregnancy "Bible"... What To Expect When You're Expecting <~~~ very informative. I am a planner, so waiting until I found out the sex was incredibly hard for me. But I did it. Right after we found out it was a boy (yay! We both wanted a boy.) I setup his crib & everything kind of fell into place.

My pregnancy was probably the best in human history from that point. I only gained 18 lbs. Woohoo!! I was all belly with gorgeous skin & hair. My heart arrhythmia just disappeared somehow & I worked up until my delivery.

************LABOR*********

So if you're an expecting mommy, skip this part. Lol. I don't want to add yet another horror story to the ones people have been so kind to share with you thus far. (btw, don't you just HATE that???) Sooo... I started having real contractions late Friday night after eating Taco Bell that my BD picked up for me. Greasy food will do it every time! Anyhoo, they were uncomfortable & stronger than Braxton Hicks but nothing unbearable. I started timing them anyway. They started coming five minutes apart so I went to the hospital as previously instructed by my physician. 80% effaced, dilated 1cm. They sent me home. The next night, the contractions REALLY started & they were pretty bad. So I went BACK to the hospital. They checked me. 100%, still only dilated 1 cm. Sent home again & they told me to come back when I feel like I've been hit by a truck. Sunday night, I felt like my son was trying to Kung Fu Panda his way out of my vagina. I tried EVERYTHING! Took a warm bath, did my breathing exercises, tried different positions. The only thing that helped even a little was getting on the floor on all fours & doing pelvic tilts. I was moaning & groaning the entire time. The contractions were 5 minutes apart but I couldn't go back up to the hospital... They just sent me home. After puking all night, i got up on Monday morning, & went straight to my dr. I told him the on call dr wouldn't keep me until Ive been hit by a truck but I'm not dilating. He called them and told them I've been hit by two trucks since I finally dilated to 2 cm after an entire weekend of contractions. I headed over to the hospital for a third & final time & got ready to meet my prince.


~Flyymommyjay