They got me back to bed and the anesthesiologist got there shortly. While she gave me the epidural, I sat on the edge of the bed with my forehead pressed into John’s. Thankfully I didn’t move, despite having a contraction during the time she was giving me the epidural. I…
At this point, it was kind of surreal. I said yes, and one of his nurses walked us over to the hospital registration desk. There, the German-only speaking nun got us registered in between the incessant phone calls she was taking. It seemed that the registration took forever. We then…
I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions for weeks, and March 31st didn’t seem any different. It was a week past the day John and I believed was my due date and 3 days after the doctor’s calculated due date. I was really motivated to finally get our little guy…
Elijah John was born March 31 at 11:37 PM Central European Time. He weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and was 21 inches long. His head was 14.96 inches. He has kept his mommy and daddy very busy and a wee bit sleep deprived, but we are so in love. He…
No baby yet. I have, however, finished another knitted project for Monkey: I have also decided that I should not be at work (though I will be until the day that Monkey comes). This is what happens to my ankles (or lack thereof) after being at work (this was taken…
As you all know, we couldn’t really provide a cute nursery for Monkey like we would have hoped due to our move. It would have ben impractical to paint the walls when everything would be moved out prior to his arrival. The same goes for décor. Everything would have had…