Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Build Up...

Time goes by so fast.  This we all know.  But let me tell you...  my 3rd pregnancy was a contradiction to everything I knew up to that point.   I felt like it would never end.  The sickness... the discomfort...  oh man, I was watching the clock.  My babies, I have no doubt, were in a hurry to have their little sister or brother out as well.  For all they know aliens invaded mommies body and the day that baby was born I was set free...  :)  

Let me clarify what else I meant by everything being a contradiction...  It was my 3rd pregnancy and yet the 1st time I got so unbelievably sick and uncomfortable, so exhausted I could barely stand and for the 1st time I tested positive for GBS or Group B Strep.  And if that weren't enough I also had horrible reoccurring yeast infections.  I. WAS. A. MESS.   When I tested positive for GBS my midwife and I discussed what I would need to do to take care of myself so it wouldn't be an issue and so I wouldn't have to be hooked up to an IV during my labor/birth.  Annoying and a total pain? YES.  Simple fix?  Yes.  Just another "something" to overcome and say goodbye to when my baby was in my arms. 

We, and I say we because in my house we all felt the affects of my pregnancy, were nearing the end and it was time to get everything in order.  I reserved and picked up my birth tub and birthing kit, my husband and I went to our birthing classes and I got a handle on all my "issues".  I started getting my nightly contractions that happened a couple weeks before my son was born and every night I went to bed I would think and wonder...  is it going to be tonight?  And then I would wake up (several times throughout the night) and my son would be climbing all over me and... nothing.  

The week of my due date I started feeling my nightly contractions more and more and swore a few times I was in labor.  But then they would slow down or stop completely and I felt all bummed. boo.  So one night I was getting ready for bed and when I went to the bathroom I saw something that is not normal, but definitely...  a sign.  I feel like I've already given you all way TMI so I'll spare you the details now.  Suffice it to say... this was it. 

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