In the interest of documenting all four of my “birth stories.” This is the story of my very first baby. Joshua’s delivery was my most normal, uncomplicated labor and delivery of all. He was also the only one that was not induced. I got to go into labor, on my own, three days before my due date. That was truly an exciting experience. I can’t help but wonder if his labor and delivery was my most successful because it […]
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John David, 3 days old, in Mommy’s arms, in the comfort of his own room. So today is the 22nd, and he was born on the 19th. Does that make him three days old or 4? I’m thinking it hasn’t been 4 full days, so we will go with 3. That makes me feel better about how much I still hurt too. Hey, it’s only been 3 days. I will be feeling better before you know it! Let […]
» Read moreholding Daniel the very first time. I was so happy to finally see my baby, as it had been a few hours since the birth. But I was in SO much pain, and my head was so fuzzy from the morphine that I was still rather out of it. (And oh, yeah with 2/3 of my deliveries, I swelled really bad, as you can see in my face. What’s up with that? My blood pressure was not high–you can see […]
» Read moreToday Alan went with me to my ob/gyn appointment. All is set for a June 19th c-section. My doctor was able to look it up and tell me which doctor would be doing my surgery, and we set up my next appointment with him so that I can meet him before the delivery. He has the longest service record of any soldier serving in the Army. JD will be delivered by the man who cuts the Army birthday cake each […]
» Read moreCaleb and me, about 2 days after his delivery. I was 26. Caleb: 9 lb 9oz, 21.5 inches. He was my largest newborn, and he has remained the largest at each age ever since. He can now share clothes with Joshua, who is 20 months older than Caleb. **Caleb’s Birth Story** originally written in my journal: Fri., June 29, 2007 Yay! Caleb is here! I checked into the hospital around 12:30am Wednesday for my scheduled pitocin induction of labor. […]
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