Back Story, pregnancy, labor & delivery.

Oh where to even begin...John and I got married July 16, 2011. We had wanted to wait 2 or 3 years before we had a baby but God had other plans. We thought it would take a while for me to get pregnant because it had taken both of our mothers years to get pregnant, well we were wrong. 

I found out I was pregnant February 2, 2012. I was 11 days late so we kind of knew but were still surprised to have our thoughts confirmed. I got a doctor's appointment the very next day to confirm the pregnancy, that day, February 3rd started our short journey to becoming parents. I'll keep the pregnancy details short by saying this, I had an amazing pregnancy, I honestly couldn't have asked for a better one and I thank God for that. I started having shooting hip pains the last month of it, but I have hip problems naturally. I never had morning sickness and I only gained 31 pounds. I was 159 pounds when I got pregnant, 190 when I gave birth & I am currently 133. :) My due date was originally October 1, 2012 but then it was moved to October 8, 2012.

I also had a really good labor & delivery. I was a week overdue so I had a doctor's appointment for a non-stress test the morning of October 15th around 11 am. Everything went well and I was having "moderate" contractions 3 to 4 minutes apart but I couldn't feel them. We set an induction date for October 18th. I went about my day as normal, hung out with my mom, ate dinner with John at home and went to bed around 10:30. I woke up around 12:30 having a few cramps and needing to pee as I was in the bathroom I noticed the cramps were coming in waves so I knew it was the beginning of something. I went downstairs to lay on the couch because I didn't want to wake John. I labored downstairs for about 2 hours before I decided to wake John up and to finish packing my bag. At that point he called the hospital and informed them I had been laboring for about 2 hours and my contractions were 2 to 3 minutes apart and they told him to get me there as soon as he could, we live literally 3 minutes away. We left the house a few minutes after 3 am. I got checked into the hospital probably around 3:20 am and my water broke at 3:38. I was about 3 cm dilated and 85% effaced at my first check. I got my epidural pretty quickly and they started me on pitocin to make my contractions stronger. Everything was going well and then probably around 1 I spiked a fever of 101.6, I felt miserable, once it was under control I started feeling better. I started pushing at 2:50pm and Cason Alexander Wood was born at 4:27 pm on October 16, 2012, he weighed 9 lbs 6 oz and was 22 inches long. At that very moment my life changed forever and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I don't know how well I will keep up with this blog, but I will definitely try. This blog will be about the challenges and rewards of motherhood and I also plan to write some "letters" to Cason to show him when he is older. :) I hope you enjoy it!

-Sarah