A Week and Counting...

So in one week my love bug will be 3 years old! I can't believe that she will be 3. So soon we will be getting ready for pre-k. How my sweet pea came into this world has yet to be discussed so I will elaborate on the events. I had a very difficult pregnancy (I can't have a normal one-incompetent cervix). I had to have additional progesterone supplements, a cerclage (they put stitches in my cervix to reinforce it), partial bedrest from 12 weeks and complete bedrest from 24 weeks, and gestastional diabetes which required diet modification and insulin. I had a regular obgyn and a high risk obgyn and I went to the doctor once a week and towards the end, several times a week. It was July 2nd and my high risk doctor had taken out my cerclage and off of bedrest. He told me that I had a few more weeks from the looks of everything before I'd go into labor. July 4th was spent pretty leisurely until we pulled out some fireworks around 9pm and starting setting them off. I was in bed earlier than usual, about 10:30pm but it was almost 1am when I woke up with what I thought were gas pains. I went back to sleep, or tried, but all through the night to the morning I'd have these "gas pains". I even went to my regular doctor that day around 11am and I didn't say anything to her, because I didn't think it was anything. She did the strep b test and I went home. I kept having them on the way home and my sister Joy asked me if I was okay. I told her it was just gas that it was no big deal. I ate dinner, and even took my insulin. My husband got home around 6:30pm and at that point I was starting to get concerned. I told him and he kinda rolled his eyes and stated that he had waited for months to see the premier of "Rock Star Super Nova" and I would have to wait. He didn't believe I was in labor. I got together a bag and started packing and got more eye rolling. At 9pm, when his show started I called my doctor. I asked her when I would need to go to the hospital and explained I was having contractions that varied from 5 minutes to 12 minutes apart. She told me when they from 5 min. to 4 min. I needed to head to the hospital. I asked if that would be enough time to do a c section if needed since the baby was still breech when last checked and she told me yes. I hung up the phone and my contractions were 4 min. apart for the entire hour that I waited for his show to be over. I told him as it ended that we needed to go (I was using breathing techniques for the pain at this point) and he rolled his eyes again and said sure. We left a little after 10pm and got to the hospital around 10:30pm. He didn't even bring in my bag or our camera. I went up to the maternity ward and right as I approached the desk my doctor was rounding the corner and coming up herself as she had been called in by another patient. She said I guess they went to 4 min. and I confirmed so she instructed me to go into a room and they'd strap me in and then she'd be there in about 15 min. I got hooked up, waited 15 and she walked in. She looked at the little ticket on teh contraction monitor and said, yep, you're having contractions. She then checked me and calmly requested an ultrasound to see the baby's position. She performed the ultrasound and said she's still breech and you are 5 cm dialated. I just needed the ultrasound to know if it was a butt or head I was touching. She went off to scrub in and I started getting prepped for surgery. A nurse came in and started doing my iv's and asked if Joe had the camera and bag. He told her he'd left them in the car and she told him, well you better hurry up and go get them-the baby is almost here! I was filling out forms going into the operating room. I got to the hospital at 10:30pm and at 11:50pm my love bug came into this world. I had Joe leave me (you know-they had to stitch me up) and go with our baby girl. I was shaking so bad it was over an hour before I help my love for the first time. There are a few pictures we have of that moment when she was put into my arms for the first time. It has me, my eyes are closed and Kaya is resting on my shoulder. I will never forget that moment and I know why my eyes were closed. I was praying a prayer of thankfulness. It was repetitive but it went like this, "thank you God for giving this beautiful baby to me and Joe and thank you that she's safe and she's here, thank you God". I love my baby girl and she will have an amazing party and I will post pictures so everyone can see how much more adorable she has become.

Just A Little Update

My love bug is getting so much more talkative. It's great! She is so funny too with her facial expressions and mimicking. It's a bit of an eye opener though. I seem to say okay and alright way too much when I'm talking to her so now when she's done with what she has to say she says, okay, alright. I am trying very hard to stop that okay 8) It is great though and she even sings "Jesus Loves Me". It is the most beautiful little voice I have ever heard. Things are busy lately and I've taken on a little side work. It's nice because it's in my old field of employment so it's familiar. I also get the added bonus of taking stress off of someone else which is great, and the money's not bad either. I have a new battery for my camera and will be taking more photos this week of love bug. We are still trying to arrange for the world's largest garage sale and I am hoping for this weekend. Well I must go for now but I'll write more soon.