Tomorrow is Kendall's actually birthday however I have a free moment tonight :) I thought it would be fun to remember what was happening a year ago to date. I pulled this from my pregnancy website:
Rough Day...
January 19, 2008
Yesterday I started having very light
Braxton-Hicks contractions throughout the day - it didn't hurt at all, just felt
tight on my tummy. Well, I woke at 2 this morning with what felt like the
most horrible menstrual pains I have ever had - my lower back hurt like crazy as
well. I wasn't sure what it was exactly so I looked on the internet and
they seemed to be legit contractions - they have a definitive start and stop
point, every 4-5 minutes for about 45 seconds. I finally woke Trenton up
at 4ish and he started helping me count. He called the hospital and they
told us to come in when the contractions were 2 minutes apart and a minute in
duration. So we waited...and waited...and waited...and still the pesky
little things kept coming every 5 minutes until about 7 and then they lengthed
out to about 10-20 minutes.
So now I think I'm heading for the longest "pre"
labor of all time! My doctor mentioned inducing on Thursday and I have my
next appointment on Wednesday. If I'm still getting these contractions -
or whatever they are - every 5-20 minutes I think I will BEG to be
induced. It hurts just enough to keep me from falling asleep and they seem
much more intense during the evening.
Well, I hope everyone is having a good
MLK weekend...please pray that we will have a quick and speedy delivery...I
wasn't made for this type of pain!!!
As it turns out, my water ended up breaking at 1am the morning of Sunday, January 20th. I was so relieved because I knew that I could now go to the hospital and they could give me drugs! For a time period, I had considered the no drug route, but after a couple days of off and on contractions, I knew that natural would not be for a wimpette like me. Our sweet little princess arrived at 11:13am and our lives have never been the same :)
We love you baby bee!
Happy birthday to your girl.
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time I visit your blog and you have an interesting blog:)
And you have a beautiful girl
Wibeche
Happy Birthday Kendall! P.S. Your new layout makes me think of mint chocolate chip ice-cream. I guess that is the pregnancy hormones at work. I may have to go to the store and buy some ice-cream now.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday my sweet precious Kendall Bee. I hope you celebrate the day with the world's largest bottle of milk :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable smile!!!! I can't believe it's been a year! The 15th was a year since we picked up Henok from the orphanage. He was soooo tiny and still very much my "baby". 45 pounds and one year later, he's my "handsome young man". Time is FLYING by!
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