
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Diagnosis

Monday, February 23, 2009
Engine Power Reduced??

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Queen Valley



Here we are in the tent - it fit a queen sized air mattress which the three of us shared. It started out ok, but it turned into one of the worst nights for all three of us. My back hurt sooooo bad and Tylenol did nothing to help. (I have sciatic nerve pain so I don't generally sleep very well at home either.) Also, every time I would start to doze Stephen would try to steam roll me so I would have to push him back to Scott's side and he would then push Steve back to my side. The poor kid kept saying "stop pushing me!" Luckily he is a heavy sleeper...

Stephen was absolutely thrilled with sleeping in the tent until the sun came up in the morning. He sleeps until about 9:00 at home and I think it got light at about 7:00. When the sun started to light up the tent he rolled over and started to whine, "turn off the light!" He was VERY mad about waking up.

Here are Stephen and Anden throwing rocks into a stream the next morning. They would have done this all day long if we let them. They were slowly getting wetter and wetter so we had to stop though. The boys also enjoyed running around in the dark with flashlights and Stephen was especially disappointed the next morning to discover that the flashlight just wasn't quite the same in full day light!

This is Stephen in the car on the way home. He was eating a sucker and still managed to fall asleep. The pictures do not fully convey how incredibly dirty he was!



Saturday, February 14, 2009
Pregnancy Update
I went in for my 32 week doctor appointment yesterday. I have been contemplating attempting a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) with this baby. I had my mind made up to go for it because c-sections stink!! Then, after talking with the doctor yesterday about all of the risks to me and the baby (exploding uterus, neurological damage to the baby, possible hysterectomy) I am a little freaked out. The odds of these things happening are very very tiny but they DO happen and SOMEONE has to make up that small percentage of people. So I am not sure what to decide.
Anyway, there are a lot of things that would have to happen perfectly for this to be successful. I have to go into labor on my own (no induction) and progress through labor at a good rate. If at any time the labor stalls they would do a c-section. Also, they will be measuring the baby and if he is too big (bigger than Stephen was - 9lbs 9oz) they would not let me attempt the VBAC. (Not that I would want to push out a baby that big anyway!!)
Even though my due date is still 8 weeks away there is a good possibility that the baby will be born (by c-section) in 7 weeks because one of my doctors said that she wouldn't let me go past that point. BUT the other doctor said I could wait for labor to start all of the way up until my due date. We will see what I feel like when I get to that point. I might be so miserable that I won't want to wait for labor and may opt for the c-section after all!
Note: Ideally, this post would contain a picture of me with a big pregnant belly but I must refer back to the first paragraph which details my lack of sleep...basically, I am too tired to bother right now!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Stephen Sampler





