Here are a few pics of our little guy.

Wow! Its been a long time since I updated this thing. Our little man was born on June 9th at 5:21pm. He was 8lbs 2ozs and 19 inches. I went in for a normal doctors appointment on the 9th and the doc said that there was no way that I was going to make it to the scheduled cesarean so he wanted me to go to triage and monitor my contractions and we would probably do the section in the morning!! I went to have my contractions monitored and something that the doctor saw made him want to go ahead with the section that afternoon!!!!!!!! Needless to say, I called Justin and told him to get to the hospital and to call everyone else on the way. He made it just in time and was put in to scrubs and hurried to the OR to meet me. The section went great and he came out screaming at the top of his lungs! Justin got to walk him up to our room while the doctors finished stitching me up. He said that the screaming did not stop the entire time.........and he was still screaming when I got there. Finally he calmed down and we got to cuddle with him.

To be continued........the little guy just woke up from his nap.

Well I called the doctor yesterday morning because all weekend I was having some cramps and the baby's heart rate was up and down. They wanted me to come in just to check the baby out and low and behold......I was 2cm dilated!! The cramps that I have been feeling were contractions. They sent me up to Labor and Delivery to get a non-stress test on the baby. I was hooked up for about 3 hours and everything looked great. They sent me home to wait........I go back today to see my normal doctor but I am sure that nothing has really changed. I'll keep you posted!!

So now I know how women feel when they are near the end of their pregnancy and just uncomfortable. I mean I was just fine on Sunday and then when Monday came around.......the uncomfortable feeling set in and has not let up! I will take a few moments to vent as I know that Justin and friends are tired of hearing it. They just don't understand:) I am just so, so, so ready to get Cade into the world now. I swear, I think he must take after his daddy in size.....well, when Justin was a baby. I think he was a little over 12lbs when he was born!! You would never know it now because he is a fit, average guy, but can you imagine??? All that I want to do now is lay in my bed with a warm towel on my stomach. I can't sleep and I just feel like I need a good cry......not because I am sad but because I can't breathe!!

I know it will be over soon enough and I have definitely enjoyed it...Who wouldn't? It is the only time that it is possible to help God out in creating a miracle......I am just anxious to be a mommy.

Drumroll..............

So Cade's birthday is scheduled for June 16th. My doctor agreed with the cesarean. He thinks that I would be alright with a normal, easy delivery but with this being our first baby, he said that it could easily be an extremely long labor and he did not want that much stress put on my heart. June 16th is only 5 days before his due date so hopefully he will hold out until then. We are ready and waiting!!

I had a surprise doctors appointment yesterday. I swear, Cade is going to be an attention getter. He wants to make sure that no one has forgotten about him during the two week break in between doctor's appointments. I think that I have only made it through the entire two weeks a handful of times w/o interim appointments. Yesterday I kept getting really dizzy and hot flashes so I got the medic here at work to take my bp and it was 148/90. I called the nurseline just to see if it was alright that it was a little high and they wanted me to come in just to get checked out. After being in the waiting room for two hours, my bp was back down to normal. The doc said that everything looked fine. Somehow we got on the subject of delivery and the doc suggested that I consider a c-section. She thinks that it is a valid thought as I have had open heart surgery twice in the past and she thinks that it may put more strain on my heart than necessary!!!!!!!!!So now what??? She said it is up to me which path I choose, but she would take a closer look at the c-section option. Since this was not my normal doctor, she wants me to talk to him about it to see what he thinks. I guess we will find out soon enough!! Either way, the countdown nears the end.........44 days!!!

Well another good doctor's appointment. I tried to convince the doctor that the baby was bigger than 32 weeks.........but no luck. He was measuring exactly 32 weeks yesterday so we are a day ahead of schedule woohoo!! His heartbeat was at 152 bmp. Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful appointment. I will go back in two weeks and then start my weekly appointments. That's when I will know it is getting close.