Welcoming our Wiggle Worm (Delivery):  

  Our journey started back in May 2011 when I found out I was pregnant.  I do have to say it is interesting trying to teach a class of 2nd graders and having to pee all the time.  I of course told my co worker in the classroom next to me, just in case if I had to run to the bathroom during class.  Thankfully the classrooms were adjoining and all you had to do was open the sliding wall.  

  In January 2012, Matt's and my life changed!  On Thursday, January 12 I was supposed to have my last check up appointment before my due date of the 17th with the doctor and instead my water broke while getting ready for it at 8am.  I was always doubting whether or not I would know if my water breaks, if I was one of the few that break before you go into the hospital.  Let me just tell you, YOU KNOW!  There literally was a pop and then water just gushing out.  It makes it very hard to move around to call the doctor, your husband, and to get your last minute things together before going to the hospital!  At the hospital we were put into this small room for the morning and afternoon of Thursday.  There was the bed,monitors, chair, sink and bathroom w/very little space to move around for Matt if the nurse was in the room.  Matt thought it was like a closet, feeling claustrophobic, with no window.  We sat around waiting for her to come and walked the halls.  It was kind of funny because we would do 1 lap and get to this one spot and I would get a painful contraction.  It was so bad I had to lean up against a wall or Matt.  It would be the same thing at the same spot every lap.  Then I got moved to the next room, the labor & delivery room a little before 8pm.  That is when I asked when was a good time for an epidural because I was ready!  I thought it was worth it even though I wasn't a fan of it going in.  I will keep in mind to make sure I move in the bed instead of staying to one side so one leg isn't completely useless like it was that night.  On the plus side it allowed me to take a nap that night before I delivered to give me a break rom the contractions earlier in the day.  After 1am I told the nurse I'm thinking I'm ready to start pushing soon...which by 2am I was ready and Kelsey was born at 3:39 (just over 1 1/2 hrs of pushing).  It was funny because earlier in the day I asked my doctor how much she thought Kelsey would weigh.  Her response was 7-7 1/2 lbs...when Kelsey came out the doctor looked at her andsaid we all should guess how much she actually weighs.  Kelsey was born at 8 lbs 15 oz, 21 inches, and head was 14 inches around.    
  People ask would I have another child after giving birth to our daughter...my response is yes I would.  Overall, my pregnancy was not bad at all and the delivery really wasn't that bad either.  The recovery afterwards was quicker than I thought too.  When we do have our second child I would want to have an epidural again, be at a hospital that has private rooms (after delivery), and hopefully our second won't be bigger like how people say it happens.