So after an early morning for Erika, labor moved along (what felt pretty slowly) through the morning and early afternoon. Around 3:00 the nurse (Jamie) came in and announced the baby was ready and it was time to push. The doctor arrived and there was a flurry of activity, Erika pushed for what [...]
Well, 2am, anyway. I’m wide awake. Contractions are coming about every 5 minutes now, but for some reason don’t hurt as badly as earlier in the evening. I’m supposed to call the doctor when the contractions come 3-7 minutes, and have been doing so for 45-60 minutes. I’m pretty much coming [...]
Today is my due date, and my maternity leave has started. I started having what I would consider “real” (but still mild) contractions Monday night, but they weren’t regular, and they went away when I laid down. Tuesday night they became more regular, more intense, and radiated into my back and legs – [...]
There are four days left until my due date of June 26. Still pregnant. I’m having tons of Braxton Hicks (pre-labor) contractions, especially when I walk. On Thursday night I starting having a mild but continuous contraction at around 3 or 4pm, and thought that it was the beginning. It didn’t [...]
Erika at week 35
Tad and I are making changes to the way we post photos (I’ll spare you the details), and between that and, well, life, I realize I haven’t uploaded ANY photos to Phanfare for all of 2008. I just posted two albums – one from Easter, and one with various pics from [...]
36-week ultrasound above, in profile. Here’s another face forward.
After 17 weeks of 20% uncertainty, the gender of Thing #2 has been confirmed to be GIRL. As you may recall, at the 19-week ultrasound, they were 80% sure that it was a girl, but no more ultrasounds were planned to confirm it until week [...]