Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

I was folding clothes a few minutes ago, and was hit with an overwhelming feeling of wistful nostalgia, and maybe even loss. I came across  a pair of pajama pants that I had bought, with the matching robe, for my hospital stay when I had Cooper. As much as I enjoyed buying baby stuff while [...]

Monday, September 29 2008 Finally, at about 12:30 in the morning, the anesthesiologists finish up and can come see me. During this time the contractions have gotten to the point that I had resorted to snapping my fingers to get Luke’s attention, because talking is so difficult. I’d feel so bad about it that when [...]

Sunday, September 28

Since it’s Sunday afternoon, my doctor’s office is closed. I call the after-hours emergency line and tell the woman on the phone about my leakage. She seems bored until she gets to the part where it says I’ve tested positive for some Strep B thing. Basicallly it means that I need to get to the hospital as soon as my water breaks, because there’s a high chance of an infection developing.

I’ve been meaning to type this up, but having a tiny spidermonkey constantly attached to you makes it difficult to get things done. Who knew? Anyway, I thought it was important to have a record of Cooper’s birth story written down before it all becomes an epidural-induced haze. So here you go: Saturday, September 27, [...]

Ever since I was 20 weeks, the doctors have been measuring my fundal height. I’ve consistantly been measuring between 1 and 3 weeks ahead. I got measured yesterday, and I’m still measuring at 3 weeks ahead, so they’re sending me in for another ultrasound next week. Why? because there’s a good chance I could be [...]