Dreams Do Come True

We are very Blessed. Kayla Gabrielle Rockett was born January 25 2009 at 10:40am. She weighed 9lb 8oz 22in long and she is perfect. I will post more later.

I DID IT!

I am officially full term! I did it, I hit my goal and I am going to have a healthy Baby. I do feel very good about it and I can't wait until I have her... literally. I thought for sure I was going to have her last night. In the afternoon I started to feel contractions, so I went to lay down. They were every 10 minutes apart, then every 5 minutes. I decided after 3 hours to get into Triage. When I got there and got put on the monitor they were showing up every 2-5 minutes! I thought for sure that was it. They checked me and I was still 3cm, They let me hang out for about 2 hours to see if any changes. I was contracting like that the whole time. When they checked me again, I was still the same!!!!! Talk about frustrating. All those darn painful contractions and nothing. They decided to send me home and said to come back if I was contracting every couple minutes and if they hurt. Ummmm, they were doing that then. I guess I will just wait to see what happens. Jason took me out for dinner after that and I got pie to. Yummy. I had contractions through the night until today. I'm still having them, but they have slowed down a bit.

I went out today and walked in the mall to see if I could get things going. We will see what happens. We do have a induction date set for Feb 3rd, but I don't think I will make it that far. The Doctors in Triage didn't think I would either.

142 Days

I have been very bad when it comes to keeping up with the Blog and Pictures. Maybe it's because I feel I write the same stuff every post, or maybe it's because I have a difficult time documenting how I feel. I need to get back on the Blogging Wagon because I want Kayla to be able to look back at this. It is special and this is what makes me the Mother I am today and the Mother I will be for Kayla. I don't take a second for granted. I may be a little too strict, but it comes from a good place, my love and appreciation I have for my Children. All three of them.

I am 36 weeks 2 days Pregnant. I have been on "restrictions" for 142 days. It has been quite a journey and I am very excited for the reward. I am also excited to have a life again without constant worry that my body will go into preterm labor. My restrictions were lifted on Thursday. I saw my Perinatologist and it was a great visit. I am dilated 1-2 and have quite a way to go. I will be 37 weeks on my next visit and that is when I had Austin. I am prepared to have her then, but I will not be induced until 39 weeks. I of course want to give her as much time as she needs, but I also want to be done with all of this. I am very uncomfortable, huge, retaining water, having contractions a lot and several other things that I can't think of or just don't want to post for the world to see. I am trying to get over my issues with being Pregnant and enjoy it. This is my last time I will ever be Pregnant, and I should be catching up on sleep.

It's hard to believe I will be taking care of 2 Children. I am so curious to see how Austin will react to a Baby Sister. I am not too sure he will understand right away, but he will catch on when he realizes baby isn't going away. He loves to come over and cuddle with me and give me kisses. It is very important to me that I keep that bond with him and make him feel very secure that she is not taking his place.

On a great note, I have been out and about quite a bit this week. I went to the Movie to see "Marley and Me" and I cried that uncontrollable ugly cry. It was quite embarrassing but nice to be out in the world again. I have gone to the store for Kayla stuff several times. I went out to Olive Garden, YUM! Jason drove me around a bit and I am loving all of it. Best of all I got to give Austin a bath for the first time in Months. That was quite a treat, and I think I will do it again tonight. Here is a pic from bath time. Sorry, I am very big right now. Oh well, I'm having a Baby!!