A week ago today I gave birth to my third child. For the first time ever I journaled just before being induced. Here is my journal entry:

This is the first time I’ve ever journaled or written anything down just before giving birth. With my oldest, I was young and scared only 23 and had no clue what awaited me. It proved to be 2 long days in a hospital bed before giving birth to my firstborn, a rambunctious little one.

With my baby girl, I was so excited and anxious to see her I had planned out everything in detail for her, clothes, nursery theme, none of which I thought much about with my son.

With Brady, whose mere existence caught me by surprise I feel so different. Anxious yet in a new way, I’m more prepared more aware and therefore more reflective and introspective. This is after all in my plans the last time I’ll ever experience this. I do not plan to birth anymore children. After all this one took me by surprise. I believe that God has something planned, bigger than my plans for this child, because it was HIS plan. And, his plan are always greater than ours.

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As I am ever so impatiently awaiting the arrival of my third child, yesterday I posted a picture of myself and my 2nd child, Lily.  I think I confused some newcomers to the blog who thought this was a “new” baby, but no she will actually be 16 months on Wednesday.

Hopefully by then we will have another picture, this time of the new baby, a boy who is due on Monday, July 14.  Let’s hope he makes it here on or before that date and no later.  Thanks for the congrats anyway.

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With every pregnancy I’ve had, this of which is number three, I have enjoyed almost the entire experience. Of course the early days when you feel nauseous and dizzy were not fun but they were over soon enough, but the later days when the big day is potentially “any day now” are far worse to me.

I have NEVER yes you read never gone into active labor or full labor on my own. I have been induced twice. Once prior to ever experiencing a contraction, which resulted in being in the hospital for over 24 hours before holding my first born.

With Lily, I began having these “braxton hicks contractions” as they called them on a Saturday, and they continued all day Sunday, until finally hubby took me to the hospital. They discovered I was dehydrated and put me in a room in the Labor & delivery area and put me on monitors and ran an IV for fluids. I stayed overnight before being released. On Tuesday I was having the same issues so I returned to the hospital but again was sent home. Thursday I finally had a doctor’s appt. was checked and was 3 cm dialated so they set me up to be induced the next morning at 6 am. I had Lily girl at 1:14 pm that afternoon.

This time around, I have had braxton hicks (I am assuming) for several days now. They will stay around for a few hours at irregular intervals and then disappear. However, this morning I got up at 4 am to come to the recliner from the bed for back pain relief, finally ending up on the couch asleep until 7 but even after getting up and moving around my back pain has not left. I have had a few irregular braxton hicks (I’m assuming) so I’m hoping that the signs are increasing. However, I also have some nausea, which is also new.

Whatever the case, Brady is due 2 weeks from today. I am hoping that I really don’t have to experience this for 14 MORE days, but only God knows!

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