A LITTLE ABOUT ME I AM 23 AND A STAY AT HOME MOM I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND HAVE A 7 MONTH OLD BABY BOY NAMED DAWSON LUKE AND A 2 1/2 YEAR OLD STEP SON NAMED ASHTON ISAIAH WHICH I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SINCE DAY ONE. BOTH ARE MY BABY ANGELS AND SO PRECIOUS BUT MAN ARE THEY GOING TO BE A HAND FULL I CAN ALREADY TELL :)

MY BIRTH STORY

OK WELL THE PLAN WAS TO DO THE ALL NATURAL THING NO DRUGS NO NOTHING AND I WAS GOING TO USE A MIDWIVE. WELL.... I FOUND A MIDWIVE THAT I WANTED TO USE SHE WAS A YOUNGER GIRL JUST STARTING OUT BUT SHE WAS VERY BUBBLY AND I LIKED THAT. SO I CONTINUED TO SEE HER EVERY OTHER WEEK IN THE BEGINING FOR MY NORMAL APPOINTMENTS. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE GOING GREAT WE GOT TO HEAR THE HEART BEAT AT 6 WEEKS AND IT WAS VERY STRONG 160 BPM THEN AT 8 WEEKS WE HAD OUR FIRST SONOGRAM AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL TOO BECAUSE OF COURSE THE BABY WAS REALLY SMALL BUT YOU COULD SEE SO MUCH THE HEART BEAT THE PLACENTA THE SACK AND MY LITTLE BABY I REMEMBER THAT DAY MADE IT ALL MORE REAL. SO EVERYTHING WENT ON LIKE NORMAL I STARTED TO CRAVE POPSICLES AT ABOUT 10WEEKS ANY AND EVERY KIND EVER. THEN THAT CRAVING STOPPED AND ALL I WANTED TO EAT 24-7 WAS FAST FOOD OHHH MY GOSH IT TASTED SO GOOD WHEN I WAS PREGNANT NOW LET ME TELL YOU BEFORE I GOT PREGNANT I WAS 5''1 AND 104 LBS AND MAN OH MAN DID I START PACKING THOSE POUNDS ON QUICK I REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WHOLE EATING FOR 2 :) SO ANY WAYS EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AT MY APP'S SHE JUST SAID YOUR GAINING TO MUCH WEIGHT WATCH WHAT YOU EAT SO I TRYIED. THEN WE HAD OUR SONO AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A BOY THAT WAS SO EXCITING I COULDN'T WAIT FOR THAT DAY TO COME AND WHEN IT DID IT CAME AND WENT VERY QUICK. SO HEAR I AM LIKE 36 WEEKS BIGGER THAN A HOUSE AND READY TO HAVE THE BABY MY WHOLE PREGNANCY WENT GREAT I WAS NEVER SICK OR ANY THING I ONLY HAD HEAT BURN ALL THE TIME IT SUCKED BUT I PROMISE YOU IT DOES GO AWAY AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR BABY! SO I WAS FINALLY READY TO HAVE THE BABY BUT WITH GOING NATURAL ITS ALL UP TO HIM AND HE WAS NOT READY MY DUE DATE WAS APRIL 28 ON SATURDAY AND I DIDN'T HAVE HIM UNTIL MAY 5 WHEN I WAS 41 WEEKS PREGNANT. SO ON APRIL 26 I HAD NEVER LOST MY MUCOS PLUG OR HAD BLOODY SHOW OR ANYTHING SO I HAD MY MEMBRAINS SWEPT (GROSS SOUNDIDG I NO) SO I THOUGHT AFTER THEY DID THAT I WAS GOING TO GO INTO LABOR WELL MY MOM HAD ALREADY COME INTO TOWN SO THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO DINNER AND MAN I HAD THE WORST CRAMPS EVER AND UP TO THIS POINT I HADN'T HAD ONE BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTION OR ANY THING SO THIS WAS A RUDE AWAKINING BUT SHE TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE CRAMPING AFTER SHE DID IT BECAUSE ITS SUPPOST TO GET THE PROCESS GOING. SO I HAD CRAMPING FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN IT ALL STOPPED SO I KNEW I WASN'T GOING INTO LABOR. AT THIS POINT I HAD ALREADY GAINED 70LBS!!!! HOLEY MOLEY I KNOW I WAS LIKE A BALL A BIG BEACH BALL I WAS HUGE.

LABOR STORY

41 WEEKS ALONG NOW AND A WEEK OVER MY DUE DATE. IT WAS ABOUT 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY AND I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND NOTICED SOME BLOOD NOT ALOT BUT SOME SO I CALLED MY MIDWIVE AND SHE SAID IT WAS PROBIBLY SOME BLOODY SHOW OR THAT MY CERVIX WAS OPENING UP MORE BECAUSE SHE SAID YOU CAN BLEED SOME TIMES WHEN YOU START TO DIALATE AND OPEN UP. SO I WASN'T HAVING ANY CRAMPING OR ANYTHING SO SHE SAID TO TRY AND SLEEP SO I WENT TO BED BUT COULD I SLEEP NOOO I KEPT THINKING MY WATER WAS GOING TO BREAK BECAUSE LIKE EVERY STORY I HAD READ IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WATER ALWAYS BROKE IN BED SO I LAYED THERE BUT COULDN'T SLEEP THEN AT 10 I STARTED TO HAVE SOME CONTRACTIONS BUT THEY WERE REALLY FAR APART THEN AROUND 2AM SAT MORNING I WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN WITH CONTRACTIONS BUT THEY WERENT VERY REGULAR SO I FIGURED THEY WERE BRAXTON HICKS SO MY HUSBAND RAN ME A WARM BATH THAT DIDN'T HELP SO I GOT OUT. THEN AT 4AM I THOUGHT FOR SURE MY CONTRACTIONS WERE STEADY LIKE 2 MIN APART AND I WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN SO I CALLED MY MIDWIVE AND SHE SAID WE COULD COME ANYTIME SO WE GOT TO THE BIRTHING CENTER AROUND 4:30AM THEY CHECED ME AND I WAS ONLY 2 CEN DIALATED DARN I THOUGHT I STILL HAVE A WHILE TO GO AND I FELT LIKE I HAD DONE ALL THE LABORING AT HOME I WAS WAY WRONG SO I TRYED TO SLEEP SOME THERE BUT THE CONTRACTIONS WERE SO BAD THEY WOULD WAKE ME UP EVERYTIME I DOZED OFF. ANYWAYS AROUND NOON THAT DAY I STARTED FREAKING MY SELF OUT THAT THE BABY WAS GOING TO BE TO BIG TO GET OUT OF ME BECAUSE IM A SMALL FRAME AND I GOT HUGE. WELL I TOLD MY HUSBAND I WANTED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE WAS LIKE WHAT..... BUT SERIOUSLY I JUST FELT LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT AND THE HOSPITAL WAS LIKE 20 MINUTES FROM THE BIRTHING CENTER AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND I HAD TO TRANSPORT THATS A LONG WAY AWAY SO I GUESS I JUST FREAKED AND I WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN AND DECIDED I WANTED SOME MEDS SO MY MIDWIVE TRYED EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO KEEP ME THERE BUT I ALREADY MADE UP MY MIND TO LEAVE AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE I FELT SAFER I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. SO MY MIDWIVE WANTED TO CHECK ME AGIAN BEFORE WE LEFT AND SHE SAID ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO YOU ARE DIALATED TO A 9 ALREADY AND IF I BREAK YOUR WATER YOU CAN START TO PUSH SO THEM I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH NO COME ON LETS GO BECAUSE I DID'T WANT TO HAVE THE BABY IN THE CAR SO MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE IF THATS WHAT YOU WANT LETS GO BECAUSE AT THAT POINT EVERYTHING CHANGED FROM BEING ALL NATURAL TO I NEEDED SOMETHING BIG TIME SO THE DRIVE FELT FOREVER LONG I THOUGHT I WAS DYING THEN WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND THAT SEEMS FOREVER TO GET CHECKED IN THEN FINALLY AFTER WHAT FELT LIKE FOREVER THE DR. CAME IN AND SAID WE USUALLY WOULD NEVER GIVE A EPIDURAL TO SOMEONE DIALATED TO ALMOST A 10 BUT I KNOW YOU NEED IT SO I GOT THAT AND FELT 1,000 TIMES BETER I DIDN'T EVEN RELIZE AT FIRST THAT I COULDN'T FEEL THE CONTRACTIONS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HIT ME LIKE HEY I CANT FEEL MY TOES :) THEN I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH I STOPPED HAVING CONTRACTIONS. THEN THE DR. CAME BACK IN AND SAID CC ITS A REALLY GOOD THING YOU TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE AFTER LOOKING AT ALL YOUR PAPER WORK YOU ARE 5 FOOT WITH A 75LBS WEIGHT GAIN YOUR BABY IS GOING TO BE PROBIBLY ALMOST 9LBS SHE SAID USUALLY I WILL ONLY LET GIRLS PUSH 3 HOURS BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY I WILL LET YOU PUSH FOR AN HOUR AND IF NOTHING YOUR GOING TO NEED A C-SECTION BECAUSE YOUR BABY MIGHT GET STUCK SO THEN SHE BROKE MY WATER AND THE BABY HAD POOPED IN ME SO THEY PUT SOME LIGUID TO FLUSH IT OUT SO SHE SAID YOU CAN HAVE A C-SECTION OR TRY AND PUSH AND AFTER WEIGHING OUT ALL MY OPTIONS I THOUGHT TO SKIP THE PUSHING AND HAVE A C-SECTION BECAUSE THE BABY WAS GETTING STRESSED AND I REALLY DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD FIT AND THEN THEY SAID HE MIGHT GET STUCK AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BREAK HIS COLOR BONES SO I DICIDED TO HAVE A C-SECTION AND BEFORE I WENT IN EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO GUESS HIS WEIGHT. SO I WENT IN AND THEY GAVE ME A C-SECTION I DIDN'T FEEL A THING I WAS OUT OF IT BIG TIME AND ALL I REMEMBER WAS THEM SAYING OH MY GOSH WE WERE ALL WRONG HE IS 10 LBS 3 OZ AND MY HUSBAND SAID LOOK BABE THERE HE IS AS THEY CARRIED HIM TO THE TABLE AND ALL I WAS THING WAS OH MY HE IS ALREADY OUT THAT WAS QUICK I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD STARTED. SO THEIR HE WAS HAPPY HEALTHY AND VERY BIG :) AFTER IT WAS ALL DONE I KNEW I HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION ON WHAT I HAD DONE AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE KNEW I DID TOO. MY BABY BOY DAWSON LUKE IS NOW 7 MONTHS AND THE BEST BABY EVER. MY NEXT STEP NOW IS I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A SERROGATE MOM. I REALLY WANT MORE CHILDREN BUT WITH A 2 YEAR OLD AND 7 MONTH OLD I AM VERY BUSY AND I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT A COUPLE YEARS SO IN THE MEAN TIME I THOUGHT I WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND BLESS A SPECIAL FAMILY WITH THE BEST THING EVER A BABY :)

SORRY I NO THAT WENT ON AND ON BUT THATS HOW IT WENT. GOODLUCK TO ALL YOU NEW MOMS TREASURE EVERY MOMENT PREGNANT AND EVERY MOMENT A MOTHER NOT EVERYONE GETS BLESSED WITH A CHILD SO CHERISH IT!

OK SO PLANS HAVE CHANGED, I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT BECOMING A SURROGATE MOM AND I STILL WANT TO BUT WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD OF OUR OWN FIRST. SO AS OF NOW WE ARE TTC AND HOPING FOR A GIRL! EVEN THOUGH IM NOT PREGGO YET I FEEL LIKE ITS GONNA BE ANOTHER BOY, BUT THATS OK TOO!

THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST TIME TO TRY FOR A BABY! DAWSON IS A PRE-CUM BABY CRAZY HUH. WELL 1-25 WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT MY HUSBAND SAID IT BETTER TAKE MORE THAN THAT :)SO ASHTON WILL BE THE BIG 3 ON MARCH 10 MAN HOW TIME FLEW AND DAWSON IS A WEEK SHY OF 9 MONTHS HE HAD A DR. APPT YESTERDAY HE IS 18.2 LBS AND 28 3/4 INCHES SHORT. HE IS GETTING SO BIG.

1-29-08 SECOND ATTEMPT FOR A BABY

I KNOW ITS TO SOON TO TELL OF COURSE BUT I KINDA FEEL PREGGO ALREADY I MEAN I DONT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS I JUST THINK I AM.(ILL FEEL LIKE A JACK ASS IF IM NOT AND I WROTE THAT)BUT WE WILL SEE. IF IM NOT PREGGO THIS MONTH I WANT TO WAIT A COUPLE MONTHES TO GET MY BODY A LITTLE MORE IN SHAPE AND READY FOR ANOTHER.

2-4-08 BD LAST NIGHT!!!!!

SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU TTC AND CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE :)