The Birth Story (Part 2)

Read Part 1 here
We arrived at the hospital around 1:00 am.
Anyone who has ever given birth in a hospital is painfully aware of the annoyance that it the labor and delivery triage room. Never mind that I couldn’t walk from the car to the front door without stopping for a contraction. Or from the front [...]

The Birth Story (Part 1)

I suppose that it really is time that I write out the whole birth story before I forget the whole thing. And, really? It is amazing how much I remember, forget, remember again, and marvel at how fluid the details of the whole thing can be. Of course, that’s what happens when you go all [...]

The Real Deal

Yes, I really was in labor last night.
Violet Abigail H. was born this morning at 8:12. She is 21 inches long, 6 lbs 15 oz (!!!), and has a ton of dark hair. I will put up pictures later, when I get around to taking some (I know, I’m horrible). You’ll just have to [...]

Ouch.

The big question now is: Is it for real, or will it peter out and leave me exhausted for the day tomorrow?
All I know is that, if I’m not having a baby tonight/tomorrow, this is one heck of a pregame show.
Oh, and suddenly, I’m having a huge HOLY CRAP moment. I’m having a baby. [...]

Week 39–Perspectives

Awhile back, my mother commented to me about the fact that I had stopped posting regular pregnancy updates. There really has been a few reasons for this, but the main one had to do with what I had to say. You see, this being my fourth pregnancy, I don’t have the same wide-eyed wonderment that [...]

To Do: Done.

I wish I could say that my lack of writing lately has been due to the laid-back, restful life that I am leading as I go through these last few weeks of gestating. You know, like how they tell working women to start maternity leave a couple of weeks before their due date so they [...]

Exhale.

Given how quiet it has been here over the past week or so, it would be easy to assume that I had fallen off of the face of the earth. Wishful thinking, I suppose, could conjure up thoughts of me going into labor and having the baby early (this is no longer an evil thought, [...]

Week 34—The Weather Report

At this point, it has basically been a whole month since I have done any kind of pregnancy update. Mostly, this is because I’ve never felt like doing a picture. I actually tried to do one last week, but they all turned out awful. And you aren’t getting one today—after working in the garden in [...]

That About Sums it Up

Yesterday, in the hallway at church, I stood talking to a friend who is also pregnant and due the same time I am.
“It’s horrible,” she told me, “but all I feel like doing is laying on the couch.”
“Believe me, I totally understand,” I answered. “I’m having a hard time keeping up with everything. My family’s [...]

Click

A couple of years ago, Sean and I watched the Adam Sandler movie, Click. While I am generally not a fan of Adam Sandler, I was intrigued by the concept behind the story. A man is given a remote control that allows him to fast-forward through parts of his life. He starts using it to [...]