Delivery

I was leaking fluid at my checkup on wed and she sent me to hospital for pitocin

so less than 4 hours on pitocin and right after my epidural he crowns before I even had a chance to push, so nurse ran for doctor and he was out in two sets of pushes with no tear. perfect

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39 Weeks Today

Today little Leopold and I are 39 weeks, just 7 days from our due date! It's hard to believe that a week or so from now I will have a little guy to keep me company everywhere I go :). I'm working on getting our hospital bag/diaper bag packed. I've gotten most of the items I want in it but still need a few things. I read somewhere this past week that babies who make it past 39 weeks gestation have healthier hearts. I also read that babies born past 40 weeks have a higher neo-natal death probability. Soo... though I'm sure there are many factors in these findings that do not apply to us, the window is now... we just need to get him out this week and all will be well!

37 Weeks Today

Today I am 37 weeks along, the baby is perfect and I wish I had some belly pictures to post. Matthew and I are getting even more excited (if that's possible!), we just can't wait to see his little face and spend time with him. It's crazy to think that he'll be here in about 3 weeks, but he could be here any day. This is my favorite season, the air is so crisp and the nights are longer. I love that we're going to have him during the fall.
This is what Mayo Clinic says about 37 weeks:

Week 37: Baby is full-term

Thirty-seven weeks into your pregnancy, or 35 weeks after conception, your baby will be considered full-term. Your baby's organs are ready to function on their own. To prepare for birth, your baby may descend into the head-down position.

Our baby has been in the head down position since about 26 weeks.    

And this is what Parents Connect says about 37 weeks:

Your Pregnancy: Week 37
Your baby is officially baked this week! That means you could literally give birth at any given moment. A terrifying, exciting and overwhelming concept, all rolled into one. Your partner is undoubtedly having the same emotional roller-coaster ride, so be sure to share your feelings and enjoy these last weeks (days?! hours?!) together.

Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week? Read on ...

What You're Thinking:

 
"I can't eat, I can't sleep, but I can do a great imitation of a beached whale. Seriously, are we almost done with this?"

Your Body 
You made it! Your baby is considered full term at the end of this week. So kick your swollen feet up and swig back a glass of lemonade. All that hard work has finally paid off!

I wouldn't say Matt is on an emotional roller-coaster ride, but he is excited to 'get the call' that I'm going into labor. As far as not eating or sleeping, I havn't had any trouble at all actually. In fact, because I've started watching an 8.5 month old I've been more tired and actually taking naps as well as sleeping in.

So we are ready to meet him, the time has finally come (maybe). 

The Dance

Life goes by so fast when you're in love. Before you know it years have gone by, you're 25 and expecting your first child; and before you know it that child will be 25 and expecting their first child. Life is a dance, it's full of missteps and a few falls, nothing is forever; but I'd never miss this dance.

August 27th 2010

Matthew reminds me to update my blog and yesterday he told me it had been a long time. We have been busy with our wedding week at the beach and an 8 month old we've starting watching.
The wedding week was beautiful, we stayed in Nags Head NC and the weather was great, it was so nice to be there with friends and family. We were married friday August 20th 2010. I am glad we chose to be married during a weeks vacation with people that mean so much to us. Matthew and I love the beach and could not think of a better place to be married. We've been going to OBX NC since we were kids. I'm not sure when we'll have pictures of our own so here are a few some friends took.

Baby Cries

 I came across a portion of a book that really made an impression on me. It is about what happens when a baby cries himself to sleep during a restless night. I think a mother can tell when her baby is whining and when he needs something. But I also think that newborns do not yet know how to whine... so there will be no crying alone for our little man. This is the quote, it is from the book the "No Cry Sleep Solution":

"He awakes in a mindless terror of the silence, the motionlessness. He screams. He is afire from head to foot with want, with desire, with intolerable impatience. He gasps for breath and screams until his head is filled and throbbing with the sound. He screams until his chest aches, until his throat is sore. He can bear the pain no more and his sobs weaken and subside. He listens. He opens and closes his fists. He rolls his head from side to side. Nothing helps. (...) He begins to cry again, but it is too much for his strained throat; he soon stops. He waves his hands and kicks his feet. He stops, able to suffer, unable to think, unable to hope. He listens. Then he falls asleep again."