If I had been writing and keeping up with our blog over the past couple of years, I would have covered this about 10 months ago. This is not at all new, and therefore, I fear it may be a bit boring. However, for my own preservation of memories, I need…
Oh yes, even though I had an epidural, there was pain. I had a walking epidural, so I could still feel my legs and everything was comfortable from 6 cm to about 9.5 cm but the pain returned and felt like it had at 6 cm plus I had the…
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…