On having a baby..

On August 17th, about two months ago, I gave birth to a healthy 9lb 15oz baby boy. As many parents say, it was the BEST day of my life, by far. Hearing my baby's first cry was magical and I couldn't wait to take him home with me.

This was by no means a surprise pregnancy. O and I definitely planned it down to the T. But as earlier tries were unsuccessful, finding out we were actually pregnant was pure joy. And then worry...worrying about making it through the first trimester, then about passing the sequential screen - both parts, then about anything that could harm my baby in hydro, then about the delivery which ended up being a C section. The worrying never stops, it just changes.

I remember, on one Friday during the pregnancy, I started having abdominal pains at work. They weren't too bad so I ignored them for the most part, but by the time I got home from work, I reAlized they were contractions and The pain was sooo bad I ended up going to the ER. I had to wait for O to get hom, he had gone out of town and was on his way back home. I sat at the dining table by the front door waiting, all the while doubled over in pain when each on traction hit. Unfortunately, none of the RE docs could figure out what was causing my pain. Isn't that the worst??? When something's wrong but the experts can't figure it out?! The ER doc initially thought I could be having a miscarriage so they did 2 different ultrasounds but the baby was doing great so they went back to scratching their heads. Eventually, I was discharged, still in pain, but because the docs didn't find anything wrong, they would'nt prescribe any pain meds. I was instructed to see my OB the following Monday though. So I spent the weekend in pain and on Monday, I went in to see my OB, Dr C. Needless to say, after explaining the symptoms to Dr C, it took him all of 30 seconds to accurately diagnose what two other docs could not after spending hours in the ER even with all the bloodwork and ultrasounds. The second ER doc is also in my OB's practice. I LOVE my OB! I seriously wanted to hug him! He then gave me a prescription for percoset and sent me on my merry way.