Arrival of Baby Ellen

I am now a mother of our third child. She came earlier than I expected. I went in last Thursday for my 39 week check up and they found that there was very low fluid and that she had an elevated heart rate. The doctor decided induction was the best way to go. So that evening my husband and I went to the hospital and started the induction process at about 9 p.m. Needless to say it was a very long night because although the doctor wanted me to be induced right away she did not want me to deliver in the middle of the night. As it turned out baby Ellen was born Friday morning at 8:44 a.m. Everything went well and baby Ellen was born healthy and just fine. Pictures will follow soon. 

When oh When Will She Come

The contractions are coming more frequently which leads me to believe it could be any day now. My OB is on vacation until this Sunday so I am hoping that baby girl Ellen does not come until Sunday. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow and just finished getting my bag packed for the hospital. (Oh how things change from kid one to kid three). I have decided that even though I want to stay up and continue sewing that I need to get to bed and get some sleep. So off to bed I go. I hope the Tylenol pm helps get me some much needed sleep.

10 Days To Due Date

Only 10 days to go until the official due date of our first baby girl. My two boys are psyched, but I can't seem to wrap my head around that fact that is could happen any day now. I know I should be sleeping but I can't stop sewing. There is something therapeutic about sewing that makes me stay up way too long.

I move slower and slower by the day and each morning is a challenge to find a maternity shirt that fully covers my stomach. This wouldn't be such a big deal if I didn't work full time in a professional atmosphere. My youngest son thinks it is a hoot and has started putting his head up my shirt against my belly. If you think walking around with a watermelon in your stomach is a feeling, try having a watermelon and the head of a laughing two year old banging against the watermelon. Nothing humbles you quite like motherhood.