Wednesday March 12,2008:

At about 9am we went to the beach, got totally sunburned and then went to the doc. at 11am... I was feeling strange, but I wanted to do something, so we went out to dinner with the family. At about 8pm I noticed that I was feeling crampy and couldnt sleep at all. At about 2am they were 5 min apart and lasting 2-3 min! I was worried that something was wrong, so I went to the hospital. I was in early labor, and they reason my contractions were lasting so long was because my membrane was stripped.... They told me I could stay or go home and come back, so I went home.

They got really close together and luckily shorter. By 6am I jumped in the bath, which was wonderful by the way, and then at 8am went back to the hospital.

I was 6 cm and was totally exhausted from not sleeping at all. At 10 am I was fully dialated and ready to push... Only problem was that my doctor was NO WHERE to be found!!!!! So for 2 hrs I was in the bathtub with pushing contractions, and NO DRUGS! She finally showed up at noon and then we started pushing. She then blessed us with her presence :) at 1:02pm!

However, I tore A LOT and Brooklynn swallowed aminotic fluid, and got rushed to the other room. I on the other hand, was bleeding too much and then they had to squeeze my uterus to get out the blood clots. I was stuck in the bed bleeding for 2 days unable to see my baby. It was the most emotional 2 days of my life.

March 21,2008:

Still in the hospital. Brooklynn is almost 9 lbs now but still needs oxygen, and we are just waiting. She is a total chubster and eats like a horse, she just needs to get her lungs to work and we are waiting patiently.