Monday, March 23, 2009

The Pregnancy and Arrival...

The Pregnancy was pretty straightforward not many complications overall. It began in Nov 2007 with a bang.. I was so exicited but waited about a month to tell everyone. As I am a sucker for surprizes I did not want to find out her sex. Alex was dying to know but i did not let him find out either for a while we argued about it but he finally gave in. Midway through the pregnancy I found out I had gestational diabetes and we had to be monitored very closely.. Ultrasound about every four weeks and blood sugars taken 4 times a day that was a pain but all well worth it.. At about 36 weeks I began to have contractions but did not notice until the Dr. asked me have you been dilating, I said i don't think so and she stated well you are 1 centimeter dialated. The week after I was 2 centimeters... Julia was ready to come...


At 39 weeks I went to the specialist and they did a ultrasound to check how big she had gotten and discovered that my fluid was leaking so they sent me to the hospital for an induction. The induction began at 6:00 am and at 12:07 pm Julia arrived... I tried to fight the medication for a long time and used the birthing ball and other tactics i was labeled hardheaded by my mother and husband. At 8 centimeters I had some medication through the IV... which got me really dizzy I would of prefered nothing... at this time my mother, sister, cousin, husband and father were in the room the women in the corner and the men helping me... At 12:07 p.m. we heard the words: IT'S A GIRL......

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