Yesterday afternoon, at 1:51 p.m., Lisa delivered a healthy baby boy via Caesarean section. Less than 18 months after the vasectomy reversal surgery, we have our child!
The C-section followed a long and difficult labor. Contractions started around dinner-time Friday and by bed time were coming every 12 minutes. Lisa lost her mucous plug around 11 [...]
Today is my official due date! However, I have no signs of impending labor. No burst of energy, no loss of mucus plug, no flu symptoms, not even Braxton Hicks contractions. According to small town doc, who we saw today, I’m effaced, but not at all dilated. He does think that I may have a [...]
Yesterday was one week until my official due date, and we had yet another visit with small town doc. We’ve definately discovered another disadvantage of small town life. My doctor is going out of town three days after my due date, so if the baby is late, we’ll have to have the “on call” doctor. [...]
We’ve been busy baby shopping, getting rid of stuff in the house so that we have room for baby, and learning all about the labor process. After going through the childbirth education classes, I certainly feel more ready for labor and delivery. Initially, the classes terrified me, but after more info and repetition, they were [...]
I’m due in 6 weeks. No, I’m not sure I made that clear. I’M DUE IN 6 WEEKS!! Can you detect the excitement, the panic, the shock that I’m feeling? The time has gone so fast, and although I know cognitively that in a few short weeks, I will have a little baby boy in [...]
It’s a boy! We finally had the ultrasound that the doctor ordered about 3 weeks ago, and junior was very cooperative. It was pretty clear that we’re having a boy! Although I always said it didn’t matter if we had a boy or girl (and it doesn’t), I was really hoping for a boy, so [...]
Believe it or not, I’m actually at the halfway point through this pregnancy – twenty weeks along! I say believe it or not, because it feels like the four and a half months have just flown by, and I imagine the next four and a half will go just as quickly. I don’t feel sick [...]
Last Friday I had another followup visit with small town doc, and everything seems to be moving along well. So well, in fact, that there is no need for an ultrasound. This is good news, of course, but I want to know if we’re having a boy or a girl! I had [...]
Fourteen weeks is the official beginning of the second trimester. It’s an important milestone, because the risk of miscarriage goes down significantly when the second trimester starts. It’s also a big deal because all those pregnancy hormones stabilize around this point, so morning sickness often starts to fade, and tiredness becomes less of a problem.
So [...]
Last week, the first trimester genetic testing was completed. The first trimester combined screen is made up of a blood test and an ultrasound, which together, can be used to estimate the risk of the fetus having Down Syndrome or another triosomy (extra chromosome). For the blood test, I had to prick my finger at [...]
