In 2006 I embarked on a new adventure...becoming a mom. This blog is about the pregnancy, aspects of life afterward, starting my life in a new role as mommy...and anything else in between.

Monday, November 20, 2006

I'm in the hospital!! My doc decided to induce labor today because I dilated 1cm on my own. We got here at 7:30pm and the induction started at 8:30pm. I'm sitting here in the room with Chris and we are watching CSI:Miami. I'm waiting for the contractions to get stronger and the dilation to increase. I'm not looking forward to the pain, but I guess whatever gets me closer to having the baby is good :) I think they are going to give me my epidural at 11pm before the anesthesiologist leaves for the night. Hopefully I'll just fall asleep for a while until the contractions get stronger and longer. I'm lucky to be able to update the blog, turns out the labor rooms have wireless internet access. Chris found that out on accident when he turned on his laptop to watch a movie. I don't know if I'll be able to update again until after I have the baby, but for now, this is the update! I guess the other thing to mention is that I'm scared, nervous, excited, happy, and sad all at once. I realize that my life with Chris is going to be changed forever. Honestly, I know it's going to be amazing, but realistically I feel a little loss too, because it won't be just us anymore. It's scary too, because you don't want your relationship and closeness to change. I don't think it will, but until you go through it you just don't know. Maybe that's being too brutally honest, but it's true. On the same note, I'm so happy about that because we are bringing something that's a part of both of us into the world which is so amazing. We can't wait to meet the little guy...FINALLY!! And we get to spend Thanksgiving with him...YAY!!! Hopefully we'll be home by then. So needless to say there are a lot of emotions spinning through me right now. I keep imagining the image of me and Chris finally leaving the hospital holding our new baby boy.

So, if you're reading this post, please know that we'll call as soon as the little bundle arrives. Hopefully by then we'll have picked his name too :)

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